Problems with updated kernel [OldWorld]
Geert Janssens
geert.janssens3 at pandora.be
Wed Mar 2 04:02:55 MST 2005
On Wednesday 2 March 2005 01:13, Andrew wrote:
> I've installed the available yum updates and I am very pleased so
> far as the system fell 'faster' and more responsive compared to 2.6.8
> and 2.6.9. (Responsiveness is ranked very high on my OS-o-meter
> appreciation list) Good job ;)
>
> I have spotted a couple [minor] issues so far. Perfection is just a
> dream after all. One is about atyfb and the other about the bmac
> ethernet adapter.
>
> 1- Thus X11 is working super fine, there is a bad bug in the consoles.
> The screen show a pair of distorted column. The letters are 'buzzing'
> The first (left most) column is located on 'n)' of
> 'Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 (orion)' and the second is located 10 letters
> to the right. tty1 does print debug stuffs:
>
> debug atyfb: Mach64 non-shadow register values:
> debug atyfb: 0x2000: 007F00A3 002C0083 02FF031F 00230300
> debug atyfb: 0x2010: 023C0000 20000000 00000002 0B000200
> debug atyfb: 0x2020: 00280919 02C00679 00000000 92100000
> debug atyfb: 0x2030: 00000000 00000031 00000000 00000000
> debug atyfb: 0x2040: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> debug atyfb: 0x2050: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> debug atyfb: 0x2060: 00000000 AAAAAA0F 000BFE00 02F00000
> debug atyfb: 0x2070: 00300000 00000000 00003720 00000040
> debug atyfb: 0x2080: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> debug atyfb: 0x2090: 00A63003 00000000 00000000 00000000
> debug atyfb: 0x20A0: 7B23A050 00000000 00000000 25010001
> debug atyfb: 0x20B0: 004215B9 00010000 00010000 00000000
> debug atyfb: 0x20C0: 00FF0010 86010182 00000000 00000000
> debug atyfb: 0x20D0: 00000100 00000000 00000000 00002082
> debug atyfb: 0x20E0: 9A004754 0000001D 00000000 00000000
> debug atyfb: 0x20F0: 00000000 00000018 800004F8 00000000
>
> debug atyfb: Mach64 PLL register values:
> debug atyfb: 0x00: ADD52414 A80341B5 8E82C501 A61B0000
> debug atyfb: 0x10: ADD52414 A80341B5 8E82C501 A61B0000
> debug atyfb: 0x20: ADD52414 A80341B5 8E82C501 A61B0000
> debug atyfb: 0x30: ADD52414 A80341B5 8E82C501 A61B0000
>
> My first guess is that i should set another driver than 'atyfb'
> in bootx. Im not sure the one I should use. Suggestions?
>
> NOTE: I've set XF86Config to use 'mach64_accel' and its fine.
>
Can't comment on this one...
> 2- bmac ethernet card. I just had to do /sbin/modprobe bmac' then
> activate the eth0 interface the usual way. I wrote a shell script that
> does just that for me with a single command input.
>
A few days ago, Owen mentioned the following regarding bmac being a module
now:
Add the line
alias eth0 bmac
in /etc/modprobe.conf
I think you won't need your shell script after that anymore. Just make sure
your network interface is set to be configured at boot time.
Good luck,
Geert Jan
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