Re: 2.4 kernel, sis900 module, won't work
Geoffrey Prewett <prewett@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> writes:
> I recently bought a Sony GRT-170 laptop and have been trying to install
> Debian on it. I have been successful in getting 2.2.20 (3.0r1) to both boot
> and have network (sis900) support. Unfortunately, 2.4 kernels refuse to
> work. modprobe sis900 works great, but the network simply does not work;
> DHCP fails and pinging from a static ip address fails. (The same config
> commands work in 2.2.20) I tried kernels ranging from 2.4.0 to 2.4.22 and
> nothing works, compiling them myself and using stock Debian kernels.
>
> I did find that in order to boot successfully I had to disable APIC ("noapic"
> on the lilo command line), otherwise all 2.4 Debian kernels would hang
> immediately after IDE devices were detected. I suppose that it is possible
> that this prevents the network devices from being properly detected
> and configured.
I had sis900 working (with disabled APIC) on woody and 2.4.20 (IIRC) and
still do on sarge with 2.4.21, so don't give up ;-) I don't know why it
works for me but not for you, sorry. My hardware is different from yours.
One thing you could try is booting KNOPPIX. This works here, but I
have to type 'knoppix noapic' (or similar) at the boot prompt.
BTW: booting with APIC enabled *did* work here, just the driver refused
to load.
BTW2: on an older kernel (I think it was 2.4.19) I had to patch sis900
to make it work. The patch is not needed any more, though.
Not too much help, sorry.
Robert
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