On Saturday December 29 2007 17:53:15 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Saturday December 29 2007 16:59:09 Javier Vasquez wrote: > >> On 12/29/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote: > >>> Javier Vasquez wrote: > >>>> Happy holidays ! > >>>> > >>>> I have a toshiba satellite 2800-S202, with a yamaha sound > >>>> card YMF-754. From the lspci output I see: > >>> > >>> <snip> > >>> > >>>> firmware request failed: -2 > >>> > >>> <snip> > >>> > >>> I see this in the changelog for 2.6.23-1 (I am only now > >>> dnlding 2.6.23-2): > >>> > >>> ... > >>> * Remove binary only firmwares for: > >>> ... > >>> - Yamaha YMF724/740/744/754 > >>> ... > >>> > >>> Could that be related? > >>> > >>> Hugo > >> > >> Well, the card is YMF754, so if fits into the ones, and the > >> problem is also about firmware, so you seem to have > >> identified the issue... > >> > >> If this is actually the issue, is there a way to work around > >> it? Maybe downloadind the firmware from somewhere and > >> placing into a specific directory? Maybe just like it's > >> done for ipw2100/ipw2200? > > > > Roll your own kernel.org kernel. Using your existing .config > > file, it shouldn't be too hard. > > As the matter of fact rolling the Debian i386_none_686 kernel I > see that the config file has: > > ... > # CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set > ... > > just change that, I prefer with make menuconfig and recompile > as set forth in this list previously and voila! you have your > Debian kernel but with the firmware again for your soundcard. Since the binary firmware has been "physically" removed, will that have any effect? > Let us know how you fare. > > Hugo -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it." Jack Handey
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