Hi,

try as root

        modprobe aic7xxx

if that works, you could check for alias scsi_hostadapter in
/etc/conf.modules, and see what it's set to. If it's set to off, then you
might try to set it to aic7xxx ( this is a guess :-)

Regards,
        Tor Sigurdsson

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* Reinstall is NOT an option  ( heard on RHCE course ) *

You're right, I felt duly ashamed, and took some time confessing my sin.

Back to aic7xxx.

modprobe aic7xxx loads the module all right , but the scanner still does not work, even if Yast makes a valid link /dev/scanner to /dev/sg2 (sg0 = dvd drive, sg1 = cdrw).

Inserting alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx after the ide-scsi alias does not change anything: the module is not loaded on boot..

What next?

fx
 

 

Þann föstudagur 05 janúar 2001 20:07 skrifaðir þú:
> Tor Sigurdsson wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Just add:
> >    Option        "RightAlt"      "ModeShift"
> > for XFree 4, or
> >    RightAlt ModeShift
> > for XFree 3.3.x, in your XF86Config under the keyboard section.
>
> Thanks for the advice, but it did not do the trick, nor did the various
> other suggestions I got . Strange case of the vanishing latin keymap, I
> guess. Because I couldn't figure out what to do next, I  used the other
> obvious option, barring suicide: I reinstalled the whole thing. God. How
> can a distribution grow in a few months!
>
> Anyway, two hours later  I was back in business, with a working fr keyboard
> map complete with Alt Gr,, but with a snag: my SCSI scanner was not working
> anymore. In fact, the Adaptec Scsi card was not even detected on boot up.
> On checking the  boot messages, I found this strange message from outer
> space:
>
> "Atapi device hdd"
> "error - bot ready - sense key = 0x02"
> "(reserved error code " {thanks guys, this really helps} "--lax=0x30,
> asco=ax01)"
> "The failed "read cd/dvd capacity" packet was "25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 "
>
> (Linus/Alan Cox work in wondrous ways...}
>
> I should explain that I have an IDE DVD on hdc, and an IDE CD writer on
> hdd; scsi emulation is enabled,; and the two drives have been working
> happily since the beginning of time (or when SuSE 7 came out, whichever
> came first).
>
> So I booted on the SuSE DVD, aborted the installation,  chose "load
> modules", selected the AIC7XXX scsi module, and  got an error message,
> complaining that the  module could not be loaded, followed by the very same
> message I quoted earlier, which appears on every boot. After which the
> module is loaded anyway (I checked with: "check loaded modulmes" or
> whatever the command is. And the scanner works. But if I reboot, all is
> lost (I mean, the Scsi card...).
>
> Scsi emulation works fine, I can burn CD's.
>
> But why isn't the Scsi card detected anymore, and what can I do to load it?
>
> I would appreciate the input of the list's Wise Men.
>
> Fx
>
> > > My Alt Gr key does not seem to be working anymore.
> > >
> > > Problem is I can't say when it stopped working exactly. I have been
> > > fiddling quite a bit with  my configuration after upgrading my
> > > motherboard, processor, memory and video card. Having problems
> > > configuring my ATI Expert 98, I installed Xfree 4.02 from the SuSe FTP
> > > site, and later went back to the original SuSe 7 Xfree 4. That might
> > > have done it.
> > >
> > > I am running SuSe 7 with kde 2.01. The problem appears with all window
> > > managers.
> > >
> > > The key works fine in console mode, so my keyboard definition (pc105 -
> > > be) is fine.
> > >
> > > Can anyone offer a suggestion?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Fx Fraipont
> > >
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> >                                          ______
> >  /---------------------------------------\     \
> >
> > | Þór Sigurðsson     | Tor Sigurdsson     |  t  |
> > | Netmaður           | Network Specialist |  o  |
> > |-----------------------------------------|  s  |
> > |               tosi@rhi.hi.is            |  i  |
> >
> >  \---------------------------------------/_____/
>
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> ______________________
> Courtesy of SuSE Linux
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 /---------------------------------------\     \
| Þór Sigurðsson     | Tor Sigurdsson     |  t  |
| Netmaður           | Network Specialist |  o  |
|-----------------------------------------|  s  |
|               tosi@rhi.hi.is            |  i  |
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