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That's about as far as I got booting from the HD. I get the splash screen then it freezes.

ace

Okay, so the problem may be in MoL. I'll try to compile and test the lastest version of MoL (may take some time, there are other things todo around Christmas ).

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A1SE: G3@600MHz, 2GB, 1GBit network card
A1XE: G4@933MHz, 2GB, refitted AC'97 codec
microA1: G3@800MHz, 1GB

- A1 Linux support -

Kernel 2.6.16.35 works fine up to now. There is small problems like it can't read hardware clock and some problem with alsa: "Setting up ALSA.../etc/init.d/alsa: Warning: 'alsactl restore' failed with error message 'alsactl: set_control:930: warning: name mismatch (Mic Boost Playback Switch) for control #22", "alsactl: set_control:930: warning: name mismatch (Four Channel Mode/Phone Playback Volume) for control #24" and " alsactl: set_vontrol:1025: bad control.24.value type'. other than that feels fine.

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Kernel 2.6.16.35 works fine up to now. There is small problems like it can't read hardware clock...

That may be a config issue. The hardware clock should work.

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...and some problem with alsa: "Setting up ALSA.../etc/init.d/alsa: Warning: 'alsactl restore' failed with error message 'alsactl: set_control:930: warning: name mismatch (Mic Boost Playback Switch) for control #22", "alsactl: set_control:930: warning: name mismatch (Four Channel Mode/Phone Playback Volume) for control #24" and " alsactl: set_vontrol:1025: bad control.24.value type'. other than that feels fine

Execute alsaconf as root to reinstall the ALSA drivers. That should make it work without error messages.

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A1SE: G3@600MHz, 2GB, 1GBit network card
A1XE: G4@933MHz, 2GB, refitted AC'97 codec
microA1: G3@800MHz, 1GB

- A1 Linux support -

In dmesg I get these errors: PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:05.0 (0084 -> 0085)
via686a 0000:00:07.4: base address not set - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr
vt596_smbus 0000:00:07.4: SMBus base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr
cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-0)
VIA 82xx Audio: probe of 0000:00:07.5 failed with error -12
AC'97 codec is not ready [0xffffffff]
codec_read: codec 1 is not valid [0x4f4f4f4f]
codec_read: codec 1 is not valid [0x4f4f4f4f]
codec_read: codec 1 is not valid [0x4f4f4f4f]
codec_read: codec 1 is not valid [0x4f4f4f4f]
AC'97 1 access is not valid [0xffffffff], removing mixer.
VIA 82xx Modem: probe of 0000:00:07.6 failed with error -5
And these:
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:00.0
radeonfb (0000:01:00.0): Invalid ROM signature 0 should be 0xaa55
xtal calculation failed: 22967

But sound works.

Last edited by Fabio on 19-Dec-2006 at 07:03 PM.
Last edited by Fabio on 19-Dec-2006 at 07:00 PM.

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Fabio wrote: In dmesg I get these errors: PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:05.0 (0084 -> 0085)

What is PCI device 00:05.0? Can you post the output of lspci?

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via686a 0000:00:07.4: base address not set - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr vt596_smbus 0000:00:07.4: SMBus base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr

The VIA ACPI controller is not powered up by U-boot, thus hardware monitoring and the SMBus controller are not working.

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cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-0) VIA 82xx Audio: probe of 0000:00:07.5 failed with error -12 AC'97 codec is not ready [0xffffffff] codec_read: codec 1 is not valid [0x4f4f4f4f] codec_read: codec 1 is not valid [0x4f4f4f4f] codec_read: codec 1 is not valid [0x4f4f4f4f] codec_read: codec 1 is not valid [0x4f4f4f4f] AC'97 1 access is not valid [0xffffffff], removing mixer. VIA 82xx Modem: probe of 0000:00:07.6 failed with error -5

Also the AC'97 audio and modem controller is not powered up and initialized by U-boot. I guess you have another soundcard installed? Or do you have a uA1?

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And these: PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:00.0

I guess that's the AGP aperture base. AFAIK it's not used on the A1.

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radeonfb (0000:01:00.0): Invalid ROM signature 0 should be 0xaa55 xtal calculation failed: 22967

Never seen this error message before. Does the radeonfb driver work?

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A1SE: G3@600MHz, 2GB, 1GBit network card
A1XE: G4@933MHz, 2GB, refitted AC'97 codec
microA1: G3@800MHz, 1GB

- A1 Linux support -

Ouput of lspci:
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)

I have mA1.

Radeonfb works as far as I now (ncurses programs look fine).

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Hints on getting Firefox to work:

I also have had problems changing between versions. You need to make sure that you've totally uninstalled one version. Then install it again.
dpkg --purge firefox
dpkg --purge iceweasel

There is a hidden directory in your home folder: ~/.mozilla Delete this or move it somewhere else. Delete it for all users (including root).

Now make sure that firefox has totally gone by making sure the following directories don't exist:
/etc/firefox
/etc/mozilla-firefox
/etc/iceweasel
/usr/lib/firefox
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox
/usr/lib/iceweasel
/usr/share/firefox
/usr/share/mozilla-firefox
/usr/share/iceweasel

Then re-install:
For Firefox 1.5..... apt-get -t stable install firefox
For Firefox 2.0..... apt-get -t unstable install iceweasel

Im not that good on making /etc/apt/sources.list
I believe i have to many stuff in it. Im using sarge.
Can anyone give me a good sources.list.

Im from Sweden

Thanks.

EDIT: I Bought a webcamera for test. Its the same brand but a newer modell. More ugly but at least it doesnt use the led lights that cant be shut off.
This one uses infrared or whatever the soldiers are using for their goggles. At least the seller told so and showed it had a light picture even when its on dark places. Sure the picture was still light ;) and no lights that disturbs.
I really dont know what the camera is called but it says Uni Flying 130 pc camera on the box. He said it was 2.0mpixel (the older was 1.3). However on the box it says 640x480/800x600 and i dont see any higher resolutions. Everything is in chinese ;)

Tested it but as you know i have the usb problem. So often linux freezes before the desktop appears while loading kernel and other stuff. I had luck 2 times, debian desktop KDE was appearing and i bring up Gnoomemeeting but it crashes. And also if not running gnomemeeting debian would freeze the whole system randomly. Thats when having usb ports enabled and something connected to them.
But that you know already. I hope one day the uboot will be updated with the changes you wanted and that the usb problem will be fixed.

I remove KDE and reinstalled it so now i can run some programs i couldnt before. Shell often complained it couldn't show screen for GTK, something like that.

Last edited by Kicko on 23-Dec-2006 at 02:55 PM.