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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

** High Priority ** The only significant messages I get form dmesg are: Feb 20 21:05:04 JMA64 kernel: psargs-0352: *** Error: Looking up [Z005] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND Feb 20 21:05:04 JMA64 kernel: search_node 0000010037e05c30 start_node 0000010037e05c30 return_node 0000000000000000 >>>Matt T. <Matt(a)boons.net> 02/20/05 8:52 pm >>> On Monday 21 February 2005 01:07, jm macip wrote: >Yes, I have corrected config.opts and also added the memory areas >reported by Windows. I also added the PCI bridge memory area. >In windows the card is reported as a OPTi 82c861 PCI to USB open Host >Controller using memory D04FE000-D04FEFFF, should I add this mem area to >config.opts? Why not, give it a try. After what Pascal reported about his card using memory and ports different from what lspci reported it would not surprise me. However please be aware that we could help you much better if you would answer more clearly about what you find in /var/log/messages or as dmesg output. Did you see my questions? If there would be indeed No messages, as you said earlier, then PCMCIA would not even start to try to talk to the card, and then adjusting the memory and port range would not help, the PCMCIA code would not get started. I have a modem card, when I insert it, then kde freezes. Until I take it out again. After that kde works fine again. When I close down the memory / port ranges then it does not get recognized, but PCMCIA starts and gives some output. May be I just have not found the winning port / memory range for it. This just to demonstrate you that PCMCIA can work for some cards, and for others not (yet). In order to understand if you have such a not working card, your clear report of /var/log/messages or as dmesg output might be helpful. Also, have you seen my post that I need to kill and restart cardmanager before any card gets recognized. (I did not test yet if that is true for older kernels, or only for the latest ones which I have installed currently. As far as I remember it was not like that for the kernels current 2 or 3 months ago. HTH, Matt >Thanks in advanve. >Josep Maria Macip > >>>>Matt T. <Matt(a)Boons.net> 20/02/2005 16:46 >>> > >On Sunday 20 February 2005 03:09, jm macip wrote: >>I'm sure PCMCIA is working > >PCMCIA on AMD64 might be working for some cards, but may be not for >all. > >I understand that you already corrected your config.opts file using the >output >of lspci, correct? > >However if one card works that does not mean that all can work. Every >card >uses a different memory range / port range to talk to your system. I >assume >that some cannot use the memory / port range offered by amd64 64bit >systems. > >Also different cards / different functions use different parts of the >PCMCIA >code. network cards and modem cards use different modules of the PCMCIA > >package. Some parts might work better than the others. > >>>>>Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 20:49 >>> >> >>jm macip <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: >>>No messages! card is not recognized! > >Nothing in /var/log/messages? Nothing at all? Nothing about anonymous > >memory? Nothing about unable to access memory? > >Ususally there is something showing that PCMCIA understood there is >something >to do for it, it wakes up, checks, and if it does not recognize what is >going >on there usually is a message. And as far as I've seen, if a card does >not >get identified, the PCMCIA code seems to try the memory_cs module, >which does >the output listed above. > >Also, type dmesg in a konsole window, after you inserted the card. >Look at >the last lines of the output. There should be something. Is it? > >>Really nothing at all? Search the archives of this list, could be > >the > >>PCMCIA issue we discussed several times, > >yes, not all cards could get to work, and some need dirty workarounds >(as >postet here this and last month) > >>Andreas > [snip] > >>>>>>Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> >>> >>>jm macip <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: >>>>Hi all: >>>>I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to > >make > >>>it >>> >>>>work. >>>>I have followed the steps stated in this how-to >>>>http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 >>>> >>>>but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it > >is > >>>>currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) >>> >>>What is the output of /var/log/messages? >>> >>>Andreas > >HTH, >Matt > -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

Yes, I have corrected config.opts and also added the memory areas reported by Windows. I also added the PCI bridge memory area. In windows the card is reported as a OPTi 82c861 PCI to USB open Host Controller using memory D04FE000-D04FEFFF, should I add this mem area to config.opts? Thanks in advanve. Josep Maria Macip >>> "Matt T." <Matt(a)Boons.net> 20/02/2005 16:46 >>> On Sunday 20 February 2005 03:09, jm macip wrote: > I'm sure PCMCIA is working > PCMCIA on AMD64 might be working for some cards, but may be not for all. I understand that you already corrected your config.opts file using the output of lspci, correct? However if one card works that does not mean that all can work. Every card uses a different memory range / port range to talk to your system. I assume that some cannot use the memory / port range offered by amd64 64bit systems. Also different cards / different functions use different parts of the PCMCIA code. network cards and modem cards use different modules of the PCMCIA package. Some parts might work better than the others. > >>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 20:49 >>> > > "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > > No messages! card is not recognized! Nothing in /var/log/messages? Nothing at all? Nothing about "anonymous memory"? Nothing about "unable to access memory"? Ususally there is something showing that PCMCIA understood there is something to do for it, it wakes up, checks, and if it does not recognize what is going on there usually is a message. And as far as I've seen, if a card does not get identified, the PCMCIA code seems to try the memory_cs module, which does the output listed above. Also, type "dmesg" in a konsole window, after you inserted the card. Look at the last lines of the output. There should be something. Is it? > > Really nothing at all? Search the archives of this list, could be the > PCMCIA issue we discussed several times, > yes, not all cards could get to work, and some need dirty workarounds (as postet here this and last month) > Andreas > Andreas, is SuSE working with the PCMCIA guys to get a better amd64 support in PCMCIA, or is SuSE doing something to have yast do a better configuration of config.opts at install time with SuSE 9.3? If SuSE does nothing I would try to find the time to report the issue to the PCMCIA code owners, but I'm probably too short of time for working it out. It would be great, and also great for SuSE, if amd64 and PCMCIA would work out of the box with SuSE 9.3, but I can understand if amd64 notebooks would be too small a market to invest time in it. Just let us know, please. > >>>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> > > > > "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > >> Hi all: > >> I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make > > > > it > > > >> work. > >> I have followed the steps stated in this how-to > >> http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 > >> but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is > >> currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) > > > > What is the output of /var/log/messages? > > > > Andreas HTH, Matt -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

I'm sure PCMCIA is working >>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 20:49 >>> "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > No messages! card is not recognized! Really nothing at all? Search the archives of this list, could be the PCMCIA issue we discussed several times, Andreas >>>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> > "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > >> Hi all: >> I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make > it >> work. >> I have followed the steps stated in this how-to >> http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 >> but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is >> currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) > > What is the output of /var/log/messages? > > Andreas > -- > Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj > SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany > GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 > A126 Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Load Discrepancies
by Ric Tibbetts 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

Okay, I'm getting an odd feeling. I'm finding discrepancies between load media. Here's the situation. Two machines. A P4 at work An AMD64 at home. A couple of weeks ago, I loaded both boxes via the internet available code (not the eval, but the full load). On both boxes, I had a problem printing. There was nothing wrong, and no errors, they just wouldn't print. Then I bought the boxed set of Suse 9.2 Professional. (I like to do my part to support my distro of choice). I grabbed the CDs and took them to work to load the P4. I loaded the AMD64 at home from the DVD. The box at work now prints just fine. The box at home doesn't. It exhibits the same behaviour as it did from the net load. I have also noticed differences in the packages included. Some seem missing from one media to the other (more oddness). So, I got the thought that maybe, there's an odd problem with the DVD version, and thought I'd try loading the CD version on my AMD64. When the load first started it issued the warning: "You are about to load a 32 bit operating system on a 64 bit machine" What's up with that?!?! I backed out of the install until I could research this a little further. Is it REALLY going to load the 32bit version, or can you select the 64bit version a little further into the load? I have to admit that these kind of discrepenacies between media from the same disro/version/BOX is disturbing. I'm looking for any insights anyone can offer on this. Has anyone else had the opportunity to load from all 3 sources, and found differences? Thanks in advance! -Ric

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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

No messages! card is not recognized! >>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > Hi all: > I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make it > work. > I have followed the steps stated in this how-to > http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 > but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is > currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) What is the output of /var/log/messages? Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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wchar_t with 4 bytes?
by Detlef Grittner 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

I am using Unicode in a C++ program and found out that wchar_t uses 4 bytes instead of 2 bytes, which would be sufficient. Probably wchar_t is defined as int for 64 bit platforms, I haven't looked it up in the header file yet. Is there any chance to downsize wchar_t to unsigned short? Detlef

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DVD-R Compatability question
by Ric Tibbetts 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

Greetings all. I've just built a new box, and installed Suse-AMD64. Needless to say, it has a couple of problems that I could use some help with. I'll do this with a couple of threads, so I don't get them crossed up. I'll start with the set-up Suse 9.2 AMD 64 AMD Athlon 64 3600+ ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe mobo 1 GB Corsair XMS DDR 400 memory 2x 12gb Maxtor 120gb SATA hd Sony CD-RW DVD ide (reader) Plextor PX-712SA DVD-RW SATA BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC Problem #1 I can't get it to recognoize the Plextor SATA DVD burner. At all. The box is multi boot, and I've burned DVDs with that drive in WinXP, but it doesn't even show up in hwinfo under Suse 9.2 I've checked the Hardware Compatability list from the Suse site, and it was unclear about this drive. Does anyone here have any experience with the Plextor SATA DVD Burner? (the PX-712sa to be specific)? I could really use some pointers on whether or not this drive is even supported. Thank you in advance (I'll approach the second problem in a different thread). -Ric

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vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

Hi all: I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make it work. I have followed the steps stated in this how-to http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) Any help will be apreciated1 Thanks in advance, Josep Maria Macip

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mplayer-32 under 9.2 - help!
by Wayne Brennan 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

I've been trying to get mplayer32bit working under 9.2 on an amd64. I found this on a previous thread: from Joergen Pihlflyckt: " I took the source for MPlayer, and compiled _both_ 32-bit and 64-bit executables :-) 32-bit is compiled like this: linux32 ./configure --as='as --32' --cc='cc -m32' make make install Then rename /usr/local/bin/mplayer to something like mplayer-32, and compile a 64-bit version like this: ./configure --with-x11libdir=/usr/X11R6/lib64 --enable-gui make make install " but I can't get the 32 bit to play any 32bit codecs, I run into a distorted screen. It also doesn't install the gui for X and when I try that it tells me that GTK is required (of course I only have the 64bit GTK stuff installed)... I do have all the codecs installed in /lib/codecs Yast is setup to install the Packman files and I can select the i686 version, but it won't isn't playing the 32bit encoded files either. I now see that I have messed up the number of installs ... /usr/bin/mplayer /usr/local/bin/mplayer Should I just delete all these and start again from source?

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vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

Hi all: I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make it work. I have followed the steps stated in this how-to http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) Any help will be apreciated1 Thanks in advance, Josep Maria Macip

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