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Slackware 10.2 on Dell Inspiron 1300 - No USB
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I am trying to install Slackware 10.2 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop. I have done a basic install and am using the bareacpi.i kernel - 2.4.31. The installation fine but when booting the laptop it would freeze running rc.hotplug I rebooted and then booted up from the install disk again, mounted /dev/hda1 at /mnt. Then 'chroot /mnt' and made the rc.hotplug non-exectuable with 'chmod -x' Now the laptop boots up and I can now login. Added 'modprobe b44' to rc.modules. Am on the machine now online, so no problems there. My problem is with attaching USB devices. When I boot up, this is my output from lsmod: root@slacker:~# lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted soundcore 3396 0 (autoclean) pcmcia_core 39172 0 ntfs 51232 1 (autoclean) ide-scsi 9392 0 b44 13644 1 agpgart 45508 0 (unused) root@slacker:~# This is the output from lspci: root@slacker:~# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02) 02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) root@slacker:~# I can 'modprobe usbcore' and modprobe 'usb-storage' but if I try 'modprobe usb-uhci' or 'modprobe uhci' it hangs the machine. Here are the contents of the drivers folder in the kernel modules: root@slacker:/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/usb# ls CDCEther.o.gz dabusb.o.gz ibmcam.o.gz pegasus.o.gz se401.o.gz usbcore.o.gz vicam.o.gz acm.o.gz dc2xx.o.gz kaweth.o.gz powermate.o.gz serial/ usbkbd.o.gz w9968cf.o.gz aiptek.o.gz dsbr100.o.gz kbtab.o.gz printer.o.gz storage/ usblcd.o.gz wacom.o.gz audio.o.gz emi26.o.gz konicawc.o.gz pwc.o.gz stv680.o.gz usbmouse.o.gz auerswald.o.gz hid.o.gz mdc800.o.gz rio500.o.gz tiglusb.o.gz usbnet.o.gz brlvger.o.gz host/ microtek.o.gz rtl8150.o.gz ultracam.o.gz usbvideo.o.gz catc.o.gz hpusbscsi.o.gz ov511.o.gz scanner.o.gz usb-midi.o.gz uss720.o.gz root@slacker:/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/usb# cd storage root@slacker:/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/usb/storage# ls usb-storage.o.gz Now I guess they are freezing perhaps because there is no usb-uhci or uhci modules that I can see. Am looking for any advice on how people got their Dell laptop to recognize their USB drives. What additional modules do you think I need? Many thanks |
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Run dmesg to see if there is anything wrong. Also consider upgrading your kernel to 2.6.x |
Thanks.
Aha. Found them. Thanks for that. Running DMESG doesn't show anything wrong. When loading the modules it reports it: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. Am just trying to upgrade to the new 2.6.16 kernel and see how that goes. Thanks!! |
Hmm. Upgraded to 2.6.16 and added it as an additional option in lilo. Now when I boot with the 2.6.16 kernel, the screen is just blank, but it does appear to be doing something. Lots of disk activity.
I did read on another post with debian about a similar issue, but as that machine was set to run level 5 and launch KDE, it would eventually go and start KDE and you could then see the screen contents. Up until then it was blank. I might try logging in anyway and see what happens. Booting from the 2.4.31 kernel still runs fine. Any ideas? |
You mean the screen gets blank right after you select the kernel to boot from lilo? If that's the case check your lilo.conf for the line: "vga = ..." and change it to "vga = normal" to see if it works. Don't forget to run lilo after any changes you make in lilo.conf.
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Thanks for that. I think I left some stuff out when compiling the kernel. Using vga=normal works fine. However when using the 2.6.16 kernel my eth0 has stopped working. It is a Broadcom. I load it with modprobe b44. That goes OK but 'dhcpcd eth0' fails to acquire an address. I'm sure I added it as a module when compiling the module.
The networkworks fine under kernel2.4.31 |
I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 working with a 2.6.15 kernel. I actually compile B44 into the kernel: "CONFIG_B44=y" in /usr/src/linux/.config. I'm not sure if this is actually necessary or if loading it as a module is also possible -- but this works for me. I think B44 may still be 'experimental', so you could check to make sure you have "CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y".
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if i use #make menuconfig i get 'VESA frame buffer' - I had the very same problem on a Dell inspiron 700m with 2.6.15 untill i set up in menuconfig. Now i got the pengiun and 1024x768 |
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