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#307118 - 10/02/2008 06:00 Linux help?
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12345
Loc: Sterling, VA
So as not to take another thread off-track, I was wondering if a Linux guru out there could instruct me on how to do something.

You see, I have a laptop, a bluetooth PCMCIA card, and a bluetooth mouse. I'd like to get the three living together in harmony, but the laptop is running linux, and the PC card's manufacturer seems to not even have Windows drivers on their site, let alone Linux support.

I have found this page, though, which indicates that it's possible. However, everything on there is greek to me, and I'm not very familiar at all with Linux yet (I'm running Ubuntu). Is there a kind soul out there that could help me get this working?
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#307121 - 10/02/2008 07:47 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
LittleBlueThing
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Registered: 11/01/2002
Posts: 612
Loc: Reading, UK
I can try smile

I don't have the card, use Debian not Ubuntu, and I don't use the stock kernels either so I can't guarantee success smile
OTOH I did get a bluetooth USB dongle to talk to my Nokia headset so I've done a bit...

I don't know your experience so say 'obvious' if it is and 'eh' or something if I'm not clear enough.

Open a shell and become root.

Ok - so what kernel do you have?
uname -a
will tell us.

Make sure the hardware is in and then we have a look at what modules are installed:
lsmod

If hci_uart and serial_cs aren't in the list then do:

dmesg | tail -30
to see the last system messages - this is just so later on you can recognises the last line and see if anything is added

then:
modprobe serial_cs
modprobe hci_uart

to probe the modules (ie look for dependencies and then load them etc)

do a
dmesg | tail -30 to see if the system says anything about them

At this point the kernel should know about the hardware - so now we need some user applications to make them do useful things,,,

hciconfig
is a good start

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#307130 - 10/02/2008 18:39 Re: Linux help? [Re: LittleBlueThing]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12345
Loc: Sterling, VA
This is going to be embarrassing for me smile I need to stop you at the first instruction. I think I understood it, but I'm having trouble. Does "shell" also mean "terminal?" I've been able to use that okay from time to time, but I looked up how to "become root," and I've typed "su -" and it asks me for a password. I typed the only password I've used on this machine (it's a brand new install), and it says authentication failure. Is there a standard password or something?

Thanks for the help, by the way.

*edit*

Nevermind, I figured out how to change the root password. I always ask a few research attempts too early smile


Edited by Dignan (10/02/2008 18:43)
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#307131 - 10/02/2008 18:58 Re: Linux help? [Re: LittleBlueThing]
Dignan
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Posts: 12345
Loc: Sterling, VA
serial_cs was there but hci_uart was not, so I ran that part. The new lines were:

Code:
[ 3108.524000] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.2
[ 3108.524000] Bluetooth: HCI H4 protocol initialized
[ 3108.524000] Bluetooth: HCI BCSP protocol initialized

I tried running hciconfig but nothing happened.

And here's the kernel:
Quote:
Linux dignanlaptop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 04:59:50 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
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#307138 - 10/02/2008 21:31 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
drakino
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Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
Originally Posted By: Dignan
but I looked up how to "become root," and I've typed "su -" and it asks me for a password.


The best way from an Ubuntu install (if I remember right) is not to directly run the "super user" command, but instead to run "sudo <command>" You can do "sudo su" to change to root for an entire session, but it's best to just use sudo on a command by command basis when root access is needed. sudo runs commands at root level, after authenticating using your normal user account. I can't remember how the user management worked in Ubuntu, but OS X calls users with sudo access administrators.

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#307140 - 10/02/2008 21:52 Re: Linux help? [Re: drakino]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
I have a couple of Kubuntu boxes and use sudo -i to jump to root if I'm going to be there a while. I just put my ordinary user password in.

I picked up some bad habits using Gentoo and found myself always logging in as root.
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#307142 - 11/02/2008 00:40 Re: Linux help? [Re: drakino]
Dignan
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Posts: 12345
Loc: Sterling, VA
I'll try to do that in the future, but any idea how to get this bluetooth stuff working?

*edit*

I've done some further research. If you follow the second link in my initial post, the writer talks about using the BlueZ bluetooth stack to get the card to work. Well, it appears that since the time of writing that (2006), BlueZ has become part of Ubuntu. That's what I have on here already. So I don't understand why it's not working.

I've found this page with some info. Search for "Zoom Bluetooth PCMCIA Card." Does any of that info help?


**edit 2**

I've stumbled across this thread, which appears to be exactly what I'm looking for (sounds like the "support" for this card isn't as good as advertised), but I can't get their very first lines to work. I tried entering:
Code:
sudo hciattach ttyS1 zoom

But I just got back:
Quote:
BCSP initialization timed out

(I also tried ttyS0 - same result)


***edit 3***

Just to add as much info as possible, I ran an lspcmcia -v and got the following results:

Code:
Socket 0 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:02:09.0)
        Configuration:  state: on       ready: unknown
                        Voltage: 3.3V Vcc: 3.3V Vpp: 0.0V
Socket 0 Device 0:      [serial_cs]             (bus ID: 0.0)
        Configuration:  state: on
        Product Name:   PCMCIA Bluetooth Card 
        Identification: manf_id: 0x0279 card_id: 0x950b
                        function: 2 (serial)
                        prod_id(1): "PCMCIA" (0x281f1c5d)
                        prod_id(2): "Bluetooth Card" (0x7664fb1d)
                        prod_id(3): --- (---)
                        prod_id(4): --- (---)
Socket 1 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:02:09.1)
        Configuration:  state: on       ready: unknown


Edited by Dignan (11/02/2008 04:58)
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#307187 - 12/02/2008 05:00 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12345
Loc: Sterling, VA
Anyone have any ideas? It appears that people have gotten this to work...
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#307189 - 12/02/2008 06:59 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
What happens if you do "hcitool scan"?

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#307195 - 12/02/2008 11:42 Re: Linux help? [Re: julf]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
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Loc: Sterling, VA
Originally Posted By: julf
What happens if you do "hcitool scan"?

It says "Device is not available: No such device"
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#307228 - 13/02/2008 08:11 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
julf
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Hmm, OK, so it's definitely the driver for your PCMCIA card that is the problem. This was after having done the "modprobe serial_cs" and "modprobe hci_uart"? They need to be redone after each boot.

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#307229 - 13/02/2008 09:14 Re: Linux help? [Re: julf]
LittleBlueThing
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Loc: Reading, UK
If you've rebooted, get to the point where lspcmcia shows the device and lsmod shows hci_uart

Then try:
hcitool dev

Have a look at /etc/default/bluetooth
(yell if it's missing)
Set BLUETOOTH_ENABLED=1
ignore the rest for now.

Then try:
/etc/init.d/bluetooth start

and try:
hcitool dev
and
hcitool scan
again.
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#307234 - 14/02/2008 02:05 Re: Linux help? [Re: LittleBlueThing]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12345
Loc: Sterling, VA
Originally Posted By: LittleBlueThing
If you've rebooted, get to the point where lspcmcia shows the device and lsmod shows hci_uart

Then try:
hcitool dev

Have a look at /etc/default/bluetooth
(yell if it's missing)
Set BLUETOOTH_ENABLED=1
ignore the rest for now.

Then try:
/etc/init.d/bluetooth start

and try:
hcitool dev
and
hcitool scan
again.

Did all that, everything was as it should be, but the last two commands still insist that no device exists.

Running lspcmcia just after booting shows the device just as I quoted above.

I emailed the person who posted this, and he responded to me. According to him, nothing needs to be done. For him (and he has the exact same card), he just needs to insert the card, the OS detects it automatically, and he's good to go.

Maybe it's my laptop...

*edit*
...Does it tell you anything if the boot process for Ubuntu takes about 5-7 minutes? I get a black screen for all that time, then the login screens. If this means anything (like hardware support failure?), is there a way to get a boot log that someone here could read for me?


Edited by Dignan (14/02/2008 03:34)
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#307237 - 14/02/2008 09:25 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
julf
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Originally Posted By: Dignan
is there a way to get a boot log that someone here could read for me?

dmesg

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#307247 - 14/02/2008 16:00 Re: Linux help? [Re: julf]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12345
Loc: Sterling, VA
I don't know if this is it all (it might have cut off some from the beginning):
Code:
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001fff0000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000001fff0000 - 000000001fffffc0 (ACPI data)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000001fffffc0 - 0000000020000000 (ACPI NVS)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb80000 - 00000000ffc00000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
[    0.000000] 0MB HIGHMEM available.
[    0.000000] 511MB LOWMEM available.
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 131056) 0 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] Zone PFN ranges:
[    0.000000]   DMA             0 ->     4096
[    0.000000]   Normal       4096 ->   131056
[    0.000000]   HighMem    131056 ->   131056
[    0.000000] early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
[    0.000000]     0:        0 ->   131056
[    0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 131056
[    0.000000]   DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
[    0.000000]   DMA zone: 4064 pages, LIFO batch:0
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 991 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 125969 pages, LIFO batch:31
[    0.000000]   HighMem zone: 0 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000] DMI 2.3 present.
[    0.000000] ACPI: RSDP signature @ 0xC00E6010 checksum 0
[    0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000E6010, 0014 (r0 OID_00)
[    0.000000] ACPI: RSDT 1FFFA9E0, 0034 (r1 INSYDE RSDT_000        1 _CSI    10101)
[    0.000000] ACPI: FACP 1FFFFB00, 0074 (r1 INSYDE FACP_000      100 _CSI    10101)
[    0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 1FFFAE60, 4C99 (r1 TOSINV   INT810     1002 INTL  2002036)
[    0.000000] ACPI: FACS 1FFFFFC0, 0040
[    0.000000] ACPI: BOOT 1FFFFB90, 0028 (r1 INSYDE SYS_BOOT      100 _CSI    10101)
[    0.000000] ACPI: DBGP 1FFFFBC0, 0034 (r1 INSYDE DBGP_000      100 _CSI    10101)
[    0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 1FFFAA20, 029A (r1 INSYDE   GV3Ref     2000 INTL 20021002)
[    0.000000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
[    0.000000] Allocating PCI resources starting at 30000000 (gap: 20000000:dfb80000)
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 130033
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: root=UUID=1052f0be-a707-4ebd-ba52-c3e50808fc48 ro quiet splash
[    0.000000] Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
[    0.000000] mapped APIC to ffffd000 (0140d000)
[    0.000000] Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
[    0.000000] Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
[    0.000000] Initializing CPU#0
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
[    0.000000] Detected 1594.833 MHz processor.
[25946.884072] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
[25946.884364] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[25946.884666] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[25946.902871] Memory: 508172k/524224k available (2015k kernel code, 15436k reserved, 915k data, 364k init, 0k highmem)
[25946.902884] virtual kernel memory layout:
[25946.902885]     fixmap  : 0xfff4d000 - 0xfffff000   ( 712 kB)
[25946.902887]     pkmap   : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000   (4096 kB)
[25946.902889]     vmalloc : 0xe0800000 - 0xff7fe000   ( 495 MB)
[25946.902890]     lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xdfff0000   ( 511 MB)
[25946.902892]       .init : 0xc03e3000 - 0xc043e000   ( 364 kB)
[25946.902894]       .data : 0xc02f7e86 - 0xc03dce84   ( 915 kB)
[25946.902895]       .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc02f7e86   (2015 kB)
[25946.902899] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
[25946.902944] SLUB: Genslabs=22, HWalign=64, Order=0-1, MinObjects=4, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[25946.982960] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3191.92 BogoMIPS (lpj=6383855)
[25946.982990] Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
[25946.982998] SELinux:  Disabled at boot.
[25946.983015] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[25946.983159] CPU: After generic identify, caps: a7e9f9bf 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000180 00000000 00000000
[25946.983173] CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
[25946.983177] CPU: L2 cache: 1024K
[25946.983180] CPU: After all inits, caps: a7e9f9bf 00000000 00000000 00002040 00000180 00000000 00000000
[25946.983191] Compat vDSO mapped to ffffe000.
[25946.983203] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
[25946.999055] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[25946.999228] Freeing SMP alternatives: 11k freed
[25946.999499] Early unpacking initramfs... done
[25947.374745] ACPI: Core revision 20070126
[25947.374832] ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
[25947.376827] ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0800)
[25947.392981] CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz stepping 05
[25947.392988] SMP motherboard not detected.
[25947.392991] Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
[25947.393030] Brought up 1 CPUs
[25947.393159] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
[25947.393229] Time: 17:51:45  Date: 01/14/108
[25947.393256] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[25947.393346] EISA bus registered
[25947.393360] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[25947.393447] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xe9db4, last bus=2
[25947.393450] PCI: Using configuration type 1
[25947.393452] Setting up standard PCI resources
[25947.396252] ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
[25947.401741] ACPI: EC: GPE=0x10, ports=0x66, 0x62
[25947.406376] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[25947.406379] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
[25947.406398] ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
[25947.415779] ACPI: EC: GPE=0x10, ports=0x66, 0x62
[25947.415826] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
[25947.415835] PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
[25947.416200] PCI quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
[25947.416205] PCI quirk: region 1300-133f claimed by ICH4 GPIO
[25947.416544] PCI: Firmware left 0000:02:08.0 e100 interrupts enabled, disabling
[25947.416697] PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
[25947.416817] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[25947.416893] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCI2._PRT]
[25947.419907] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs *11)
[25947.419995] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs *11)
[25947.420080] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs *11)
[25947.420164] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *11)
[25947.420255] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 6) *11
[25947.420334] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 11) *0, disabled.
[25947.420414] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 11) *0, disabled.
[25947.420492] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 11) *0, disabled.
[25947.420615] ACPI: Power Resource [PFA1] (off)
[25947.420660] ACPI: Power Resource [PFA0] (off)
[25947.420669] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
[25947.420679] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[25947.420688] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[25947.426829] pnp: Device 00:0c activated.
[25947.426931] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[25947.426933] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[25947.426937] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[25947.426987] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[25947.426990] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it helps, post a report
[25947.429812] NET: Registered protocol family 8
[25947.429814] NET: Registered protocol family 20
[25947.429881] pnp: 00:05: iomem range 0xfff80000-0xffffffff could not be reserved
[25947.429888] pnp: 00:07: ioport range 0x680-0x6ff has been reserved
[25947.429891] pnp: 00:07: ioport range 0x200-0x20f has been reserved
[25947.429895] pnp: 00:07: ioport range 0x1000-0x107f has been reserved
[25947.429898] pnp: 00:07: ioport range 0x1300-0x133f has been reserved
[25947.429902] pnp: 00:07: ioport range 0x77c-0x77f has been reserved
[25947.432709] Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
[25947.460195] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
[25947.460198]   IO window: c000-dfff
[25947.460202]   MEM window: e0000000-efffffff
[25947.460206]   PREFETCH window: a0000000-afffffff
[25947.460214] PCI: Bus 3, cardbus bridge: 0000:02:09.0
[25947.460217]   IO window: 0000a400-0000a4ff
[25947.460222]   IO window: 0000a800-0000a8ff
[25947.460226]   PREFETCH window: 90000000-93ffffff
[25947.460231]   MEM window: d4000000-d7ffffff
[25947.460235] PCI: Bus 7, cardbus bridge: 0000:02:09.1
[25947.460237]   IO window: 0000ac00-0000acff
[25947.460242]   IO window: 0000b000-0000b0ff
[25947.460246]   PREFETCH window: 94000000-97ffffff
[25947.460251]   MEM window: d8000000-dbffffff
[25947.460255] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
[25947.460258]   IO window: a000-bfff
[25947.460264]   MEM window: d0000000-dfffffff
[25947.460268]   PREFETCH window: 90000000-9fffffff
[25947.460283] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
[25947.460444] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
[25947.460448] PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
[25947.460452] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[25947.460597] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
[25947.460600] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.1[B] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[25947.460618] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[25947.496754] IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[25947.496802] TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 196608 bytes)
[25947.496997] TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[25947.497138] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)
[25947.497141] TCP reno registered
[25947.508856] checking if image is initramfs... it is
[25947.960704] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[25948.243266] Freeing initrd memory: 7057k freed
[25948.243442] Simple Boot Flag at 0x37 set to 0x1
[25948.243685] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[25948.243703] audit(1203011505.020:1): initialized
[25948.246039] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
[25948.246100] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[25948.246220] io scheduler noop registered
[25948.246223] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[25948.246226] io scheduler deadline registered
[25948.246248] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[25948.246424] Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0
[25948.246614] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[25948.600566] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[25948.635460] Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
[25948.635586] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[25948.635695] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[25948.635915] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[25948.636751] 00:0b: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[25948.637213] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 11
[25948.637218] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[25948.637228] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:1f.6 disabled
[25948.637834] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size 1024 blocksize
[25948.638106] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /class/input/input0
[25948.638192] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[25948.643508] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.1.
[25948.646063] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[25948.646069] serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[25948.646073] serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[25948.646080] serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[25948.646083] serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[25948.646282] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[25948.646689] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[25948.646699] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 1
[25948.646729] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[25948.646853] TCP cubic registered
[25948.646874] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[25948.646910] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[25948.647105]   Magic number: 12:169:896
[25948.647221]   hash matches device ptyy6
[25948.647612] Freeing unused kernel memory: 364k freed
[25948.695282] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input1
[25949.843013] AppArmor: AppArmor initialized<5>audit(1203011506.520:2):  type=1505 info="AppArmor initialized" pid=1202
[25949.865504] fuse init (API version 7.8)
[25950.068174] Failure registering capabilities with primary security module.
[25950.168600] ACPI: Transitioning device [FAN0] to D3
[25950.168603] ACPI: Transitioning device [FAN0] to D3
[25950.168607] ACPI: Fan [FAN0] (off)
[25950.168670] ACPI: Transitioning device [FAN1] to D3
[25950.168672] ACPI: Transitioning device [FAN1] to D3
[25950.168676] ACPI: Fan [FAN1] (off)
[25950.174944] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
[25950.174951] ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
[25952.671947] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THZN] (55 C)
[25962.006206] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[25962.006247] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[25962.006267] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[25962.007743] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
[25962.007832] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[25962.007845] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
[25962.007850] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[25962.008082] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[25962.008107] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 11, io base 0x00001200
[25962.008239] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[25962.008266] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[25962.008271] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[25962.114391] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[25962.114411] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
[25962.114416] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[25962.114446] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[25962.114471] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 11, io base 0x00001220
[25962.114603] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[25962.114632] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[25962.114640] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[25962.218578] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
[25962.218584] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[25962.218598] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
[25962.218603] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[25962.218632] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[25962.218658] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 11, io base 0x00001240
[25962.218781] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[25962.218811] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[25962.218817] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[25962.583488] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 11
[25962.583494] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D] -> Link [LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[25962.583509] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
[25962.583513] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[25962.583551] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[25962.583585] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[25962.583592] PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
[25962.583602] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 11, io mem 0xf4000000
[25962.587499] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[25962.587611] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[25962.587643] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[25962.587649] hub 4-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[25963.028924] e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.5.17-k4-NAPI
[25963.028929] e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation
[25963.029217] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] enabled at IRQ 6
[25963.029221] PCI: setting IRQ 6 as level-triggered
[25963.029226] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A] -> Link [LNKE] -> GSI 6 (level, low) -> IRQ 6
[25963.117662] e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xd0000000, irq 6, MAC addr 00:A0:D1:D7:A4:FD
[25963.152173] SCSI subsystem initialized
[25963.163180] libata version 2.21 loaded.
[25963.169137] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.11
[25963.169159] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[25963.169202] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.1 to 64
[25963.169290] scsi0 : ata_piix
[25963.169336] scsi1 : ata_piix
[25963.169560] ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x000101f0 ctl 0x000103f6 bmdma 0x00011100 irq 14
[25963.169565] ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x00010170 ctl 0x00010376 bmdma 0x00011108 irq 15
[25963.330384] ata1.00: ATA-5: TOSHIBA MK6022GAX, HB002G, max UDMA/100
[25963.330389] ata1.00: 117210240 sectors, multi 16: LBA 
[25963.338360] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[25963.658177] ata2.00: ATAPI: DW-224E, 7.0B, max UDMA/33
[25963.830138] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[25963.837928] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      TOSHIBA MK6022GA HB00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[25963.839032] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            TEAC     DW-224E          7.0B PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[25964.349861] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 117210240 512-byte hardware sectors (60012 MB)
[25964.353839] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[25964.353843] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[25964.361821] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[25964.369818] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 117210240 512-byte hardware sectors (60012 MB)
[25964.373817] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[25964.373820] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[25964.381815] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[25964.381820]  sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
[25964.646475] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[25964.652064] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[25964.652088] scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[25964.665045] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[25964.665051] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[25964.665122] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[25965.916570] Attempting manual resume
[25965.916574] swsusp: Resume From Partition 8:5
[25965.916576] PM: Checking swsusp image.
[25966.013534] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[25966.829462] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[25966.829474] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[26061.031183] Linux agpgart interface v0.102 (c) Dave Jones
[26061.055093] agpgart: Detected an Intel 855PM Chipset.
[26061.058771] agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xb0000000
[26061.071224] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[26061.073917] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[26061.392326] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
[26061.395438] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.01 (21-Jan-2007)
[26061.395525] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[26061.395568] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
[26061.405579] intel_rng: Firmware space is locked read-only. <4>intel_rng: If you can't or
[26061.405581]  don't want to <4>intel_rng: disable this in firmware setup, and <4>intel_rng: if
[26061.405583]  you are certain that your <4>intel_rng: system has a functional
[26061.405585]  RNG, try<4>intel_rng: using the 'no_fwh_detect' option.
[26062.560548] input: DualPoint Stick as /class/input/input2
[26062.584841] input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as /class/input/input3
[26062.867195] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[26062.867219] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64
[26063.284864] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 55177 usecs
[26063.284870] intel8x0: clocking to 48000
[26063.286101] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:09.0 [1179:ff10]
[26063.286119] Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
[26063.286122] Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
[26063.286127] Yenta TI: socket 0000:02:09.0, mfunc 0x01000222, devctl 0x44
[26063.430854] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
[26063.443334] ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
[26063.443337] ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
[26063.463925] ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, git-1.2.2
[26063.463929] ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[26063.517491] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0428, PCI irq 11
[26063.517495] Socket status: 30000059
[26063.517498] Yenta: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#02) from #02 to #06
[26063.517506] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0xa000 - 0xbfff
[26063.517509] cs: IO port probe 0xa000-0xbfff: clean.
[26063.517983] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff
[26063.517987] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x90000000 - 0x9fffffff
[26063.518159] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:09.1 [1179:ff10]
[26063.518175] Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
[26063.518178] Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
[26063.518183] Yenta TI: socket 0000:02:09.1, mfunc 0x01000222, devctl 0x44
[26063.749457] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0088, PCI irq 11
[26063.749462] Socket status: 30000006
[26063.749466] Yenta: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#02) from #06 to #0a
[26063.749474] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0xa000 - 0xbfff
[26063.749478] cs: IO port probe 0xa000-0xbfff: clean.
[26063.749952] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff
[26063.749956] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x90000000 - 0x9fffffff
[26063.756880] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[26063.757229] ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
[26064.152721] pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
[26064.180143] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input4
[26064.411875] parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[26064.411924] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
[26064.448701] irda_init()
[26064.448717] NET: Registered protocol family 23
[26064.462146] Detected unconfigured Toshiba laptop with Intel 8281DBM LPC bridge SMSC IrDA chip, pre-configuring device.
[26064.462151] Setting up Intel 82801 controller and SMSC device
[26064.462167] Detected Chip id: 0x00, setting up registers...
[26064.462175] ERROR: could not configure SIR ioport.
[26064.462177] Try to supply ircc_cfg argument.
[26064.462182] smsc-ircc2, Preconfiguration failed !
[26065.939213] cs: memory probe 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff: excluding 0xd0000000-0xd07fffff 0xd4000000-0xdbffffff
[26065.944566] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
[26066.016614] eth1: Radio is disabled by RF switch.
[26066.232852] cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x300-0x307 0x310-0x31f
[26066.234506] cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
[26066.235237] cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[26066.235858] cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
[26066.300455] cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[26066.301627] cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x300-0x307 0x310-0x31f
[26066.303279] cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
[26066.304010] cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[26066.304647] cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
[26066.305398] cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[26066.452889] ttyS2: detected caps 00000700 should be 00000100
[26066.452906] 0.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xa0c0 (irq = 3) is a 16C950/954
[26066.721970] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[26067.862914] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[26067.967153] Adding 1510068k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1510068k
[26069.696124] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[26078.603034] ACPI: Error installing notify handler
[26078.603279] Device 'dock.0' does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed.
[26078.603283] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/base/core.c:107 device_release()
[26078.603308]  [<c01fa208>] kobject_cleanup+0x48/0x80
[26078.603321]  [<c01fa240>] kobject_release+0x0/0x10
[26078.603326]  [<c01fb03b>] kref_put+0x2b/0xa0
[26078.603331]  [<c0262cf0>] platform_device_del+0x10/0x60
[26078.603341]  [<e0a8f791>] find_dock+0x1ef/0x219 [dock]
[26078.603353]  [<c022ad86>] acpi_ns_walk_namespace+0x102/0x11c
[26078.603366]  [<c0229580>] acpi_walk_namespace+0x57/0x74
[26078.603371]  [<e0a8f5a2>] find_dock+0x0/0x219 [dock]
[26078.603380]  [<e085903c>] dock_init+0x3c/0x55 [dock]
[26078.603384]  [<e0a8f5a2>] find_dock+0x0/0x219 [dock]
[26078.603391]  [<c014a7f1>] sys_init_module+0x151/0x1a00
[26078.603398]  [<c01fb43f>] prio_tree_insert+0x1f/0x250
[26078.603433]  [<c01041d2>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xa9
[26078.603447]  =======================
[26078.603491] No dock devices found.
[26078.760808] input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input5
[26078.764747] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[26078.807866] input: Lid Switch as /class/input/input6
[26078.811723] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[26078.854857] input: Power Button (CM) as /class/input/input7
[26078.858729] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PBTN]
[26078.968771] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDEC.SECD.S_D0: found ejectable bay
[26078.968779] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDEC.SECD.S_D0: Adding notify handler
[26078.968816] ACPI: Error installing bay notify handler
[26078.968819] ACPI: Bay [\_SB_.PCI0.IDEC.SECD.S_D0] Added
[26080.678206] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[26080.877877] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent)
[26081.005737] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
[26088.600624] e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, half-duplex
[26089.533230] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[26091.144217] audit(1203011648.556:3):  type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="a" denied_mask="a" name="/dev/tty" pid=4893 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
[26091.187316] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
[26091.187323] apm: overridden by ACPI.
[26092.539670] Failure registering capabilities with primary security module.
[26093.498053] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
[26093.498182] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[26093.498186] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[26093.498189] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[26093.590783] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
[26093.590788] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[26093.716411] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[26093.716500] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[26093.716503] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
[26099.601154] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[26099.601384] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[26099.601601] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[  157.612000] Marking TSC unstable due to: possible TSC halt in C2.
[  157.620000] Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed.
[  158.044000] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -262486927 ns)
[  158.800000] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[  158.808000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[  158.812000] [drm] Initialized radeon 1.27.0 20060524 on minor 0
[  160.352000] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[  160.352000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode
[  160.352000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode
[  161.660000] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[  161.660000] [drm] Loading R200 Microcode
[  161.660000] [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
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#307271 - 15/02/2008 07:59 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
julf
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Having the log as an attachment might make it easier for others to peruse. But seems the bluetooth stuff was detected and started up OK.


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#307272 - 15/02/2008 08:05 Re: Linux help? [Re: julf]
julf
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Hmm. Just realized you have a Toshiba. Try
Code:
/usr/bin/toshset -bluetooth on

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#307274 - 15/02/2008 12:42 Re: Linux help? [Re: julf]
Dignan
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Sorry about that. I liked the way the new board compresses the stuff inside the code tags.

I tried that command and got:
Code:
required kernel toshiba support not enabled.
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#307292 - 15/02/2008 18:25 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
julf
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Strange, the ubuntu installation should have enabled the toshiba extensions in the kernel. OK, you'll have to generate a new kernel with the Toshiba support enabled.

If you feel up to it: http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_ubuntu

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#307293 - 15/02/2008 18:39 Re: Linux help? [Re: julf]
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Maybe he just needs to insert a module? (I'm totally unfamiliar with Toshiba kernel extensions; this is just a guess.)
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#307294 - 15/02/2008 18:44 Re: Linux help? [Re: wfaulk]
mlord
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Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Maybe he just needs to insert a module? (I'm totally unfamiliar with Toshiba kernel extensions; this is just a guess.)


Worth a try, I suppose.
Enter this command to load them:

modprobe toshiba toshiba_acpi

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#307296 - 15/02/2008 19:46 Re: Linux help? [Re: mlord]
Dignan
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Originally Posted By: mlord
Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Maybe he just needs to insert a module? (I'm totally unfamiliar with Toshiba kernel extensions; this is just a guess.)


Worth a try, I suppose.
Enter this command to load them:

modprobe toshiba toshiba_acpi

Tried that, got:
Code:
FATAL: Error inserting toshiba (/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/char/toshiba.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)


*edit*
By "tried that," I don't mean I tried compiling a kernel. I don't know where to begin there smile


Edited by Dignan (15/02/2008 20:45)
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#307316 - 16/02/2008 11:17 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
LittleBlueThing
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Originally Posted By: Dignan

Did all that, everything was as it should be, but the last two commands still insist that no device exists.

This kind of thing sucks frown
I just don't do it enough to do effective remote diagnosis - sorry frown

When I'm doing my own diagnostics it's a mixture of knowledge, googling and observing all kinds of weird details - such as when LEDs start flashing on the card etc etc.

If I had the same hardware it'd be easier - I keep coming back to it to see if inspiration strikes though smile
Originally Posted By: Dignan
Running lspcmcia just after booting shows the device just as I quoted above.

I emailed the person who posted this, and he responded to me. According to him, nothing needs to be done. For him (and he has the exact same card), he just needs to insert the card, the OS detects it automatically, and he's good to go.

Maybe it's my laptop...

*edit*
...Does it tell you anything if the boot process for Ubuntu takes about 5-7 minutes? I get a black screen for all that time, then the login screens. If this means anything (like hardware support failure?), is there a way to get a boot log that someone here could read for me?


This sounds like your monitor isn't displaying lo-res (vga) signals.
Does the BIOS show up when you power on?
This is v. unlikely to affect the card though.
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#307318 - 16/02/2008 12:23 Re: Linux help? [Re: LittleBlueThing]
mlord
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Quote:
I emailed the person who posted this, and he responded to me. According to him, nothing needs to be done. For him (and he has the exact same card), he just needs to insert the card, the OS detects it automatically, and he's good to go.


The problem with something like the exact same card, is that it can be very difficult to tell whether that is actually true or not. The lspci/lspcmcia data is the best for accomplishing that. The manufacturer's model/revisision number on the card/package/etc are often much less useful.

Cheers



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#307324 - 16/02/2008 13:38 Re: Linux help? [Re: mlord]
Dignan
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Originally Posted By: mlord
The problem with something like the exact same card, is that it can be very difficult to tell whether that is actually true or not.

I agree, but after finding that guy's page, I've found at least three people on the Ubuntu forums who, while they had difficulties, were able to get their cards to work with the OS. Doesn't it seem unlikely that they'd all have different versions of the card? I don't think Zoom made the card long enough to have different versions...

This might just not be worth it. I may see if anyone on Craigslist wants to trade old laptops with me. Mine isn't worth much, but I'd be happy to start over again with different hardware. At the very least I could experiment with the live CD on another laptop and see if it works.
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#307328 - 16/02/2008 14:05 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
mlord
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This might just not be worth it.


Heh.. I kinda just assumed it, and that you were doing this purely for the sake of curiosity. smile

After all, a simple USB bluetooth dongle might cost all of $10 (or less), and would definitely "just work".

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#307332 - 16/02/2008 16:10 Re: Linux help? [Re: mlord]
Dignan
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Originally Posted By: mlord
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This might just not be worth it.


Heh.. I kinda just assumed it, and that you were doing this purely for the sake of curiosity. smile

After all, a simple USB bluetooth dongle might cost all of $10 (or less), and would definitely "just work".

You're absolutely right. I did want to tinker around a bit with this, and it's given me a little taste of some Linux stuff.

I also knew I could go get a really cheap bluetooth adapter, but I liked this card because I could just leave it in all the time. I found the Kensington adapter that Tony posted in another thread, but it's a bit too expensive for me right now, and I don't even know if that one will work with Ubuntu.

I'll think about it for a while. I haven't compiled anything since a CS class in my freshman year of college, but it would be good experience for me.
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#307343 - 16/02/2008 21:25 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
Dignan
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Well, I'm ashamed to say it, but I gave up. I went out and bought a Kensington bluetooth adapter, and it worked in Ubuntu instantly. I still ran into the same problem this guy did, but the suggestion of the first response worked for me. I am now happily using my portable bluetooth mouse in Ubuntu.

At this point I don't fault Linux for anything that happened with the PC Card. It's one that's barely supported in Windows by the drivers that come with the thing, so I didn't expect Linux support to be easy.

I do find it a tad annoying that I had difficulty with the second adapter. Still, I'm happy with it now, and I'm looking forward to using Linux.

Thanks for your help, everyone. I may not have had the problem solved, but your help gave me some valuable experience with a new OS. Does anyone have a good beginner's guide to Ubuntu or Linux in general?
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#307350 - 17/02/2008 01:50 Re: Linux help? [Re: Dignan]
mlord
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USB bluetooth dongle: $6.17, delivered.

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