Bug#298623: installation report (i386 laptop failure)
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 12:09:43AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> The dump probably happens because the OSS (i810_audio) audio driver does
> not like something about your hardware. I think you will have more luck
> with the ALSA (snd_intel8x0) modules. I would think this problem should
> be solved after you install the alsa packages as IIRC they include
> blacklisting for the OSS modules.
>
> Can you confirm if this is correct?
Yes, the ALSA module loads without problems. I can't verify whether
installing the alsa-* packages blacklists the i810_audio driver, because
I no longer have the laptop with me. In any event, I kept the manual
blacklist entries in place, because I don't ever want the user to come
back to me saying "the laptop doesn't boot, or respond to ctrl-alt-del,
and by the way it says something about Oops and a lot of numbers on
the screen".
(He may have to bring it back to me today, depending on whether I got the
PPPOE configuration right on the first try. I won't know until later.)
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/287344 (hp pavilion ze4900)
Same as mine, except that I fumbled around more than he did.
> [2] http://bugs.debian.org/277691 (laptop Dell D600)
Definitely milder symptoms. He didn't mention having to boot with
init=/bin/sh as I did, or doing any chroot tricks from the install CD.
> [3] http://bugs.debian.org/296188 (HP Pavillion zd8000)
Same symptom as mine.
> P.S.
> My own Toshiba Satellite A40 laptop has:
> i810_audio: Connection 0 with codec id 0
> ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: ADS116 (Unknown)
> i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 supports AMAP, total channels = 2
>
> While yours has:
> i810_audio: Connection 0 with codec id 0
> ac97_codec: AC97 Modem codec, id: CXT48 (Unknown)
> i810_audio: codec 0 is a softmodem - skipping.
Hmm. I don't know whether this is a difference between pre-rc2 and
whichever installer you used, or a difference caused by the presence of
a "winmodem".
> It looks like this could be a kernel driver bug.
That was my assumption too.
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