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madchumpy
12-05-2001, 04:53 AM
Hello everyone. I'd really like to use linux, but unless I solve these problems, it looks like I will be stuck with M$. Anyways, here it is:

I just installed Mandrake 8.1 on my machine which has a ISA Advansys SCSI card (for my CD-R), a generic ethernet adapter, and a USB mouse.

Right after the install, when I rebooted some bad things happened. Let me list them.

1.

SCSI 0: Advansys SCSI 3.3G: ISA PnP: IO 0x130-0x13F, IRQ 0xC, DMA 0x6

Advansys: advansys_reset: board 0: SCSI bus reset started

Advansys: advansys_reset: board 0: SCSI bus reset successful

SCSI device set offline - not ready or command retry failed after bus reset: host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0

This last line repeats except with id 1-6

2. Loading USB interface (usb-uhci) /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-uhci.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters

init_module: No such device

/lib/modules/../usb-uhci.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/../usb-uhci.o.gz failed

/lib/modules/../usb-uhci.o.gz: insmod usb-uhci failed

3.

Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP info for eth0 failed. I find the USB thing very odd, because during the install, I was able to use my USB mouse, but now after installation I cannot. I have an Abit board based on Intel 440ZX. And during the install, the USB components were detected. I also tried reinstalling ML to see if the same USB error came up. It did.

I have cable modem (road runner) which uses DHCP to the best of my knowledge. I was able to run Win2k previously without touching my network settings, so I assume I was using DHCP with Win2k. So, during the ML install, I chose to not specify an IP, turn on "get IP from server", and not specify a http/ftp proxy. Is it safe to assume that my ethernet card is working and that it's dhcp that is not? Hm..do I have to use socal.rr.com or something somewhere. Never had to do that with Win2k.

I can boot up fine and start x, but w/o mouse support or ethernet, it's pretty much useless.

Malakin
12-05-2001, 06:03 PM
You could take a look at your bios settings, make sure "plug n play OS" is disabled (or whatever they call it).

You could also try updating your bios.

DMR
12-05-2001, 09:56 PM
As for the cable modem, you'll probably have to enter the DHCP server address or gateway IP that RR supplied you. You can use netconf or linuxconf to do that.

[ 05 December 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]

madchumpy
12-09-2001, 07:55 PM
Wohoo! Got my USB and internet connection fixed. I don't know what happened, but when I changed my SCSI card setting from PnP to Legacy (via jumpers) my USB and ethernet/cable modem started working. Unfortunately my SCSI card still does not work and I need it to burn CD's. Anyone have experience with Advansys ABP5140 or any similar ISA SCSI card?

Thanks for the tip on the PnP settings!