----- Original Message ----
From: Timothy Murphy <tim(a)birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie>
To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2007 9:31:15 AM
Subject: Re: F7 Kernel 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 USB stick
Antonio Olivares wrote:
>> I wonder if 2.6.22.1-41 will work for you? (It is the latest update.)
>> I couldn't connect with 2.6.22.1-33, though I could with the earlier
>> kernel.
> I think that the problem here are not directly with the kernel, maybe the
> martian code is incompatible with kernels >= 2.6.22. The other winmodem
> drivers work well with both the newer kernels. I see differences in the
> martian_dev.ko sizes. Maybe that is where the problem lies.
Well, I don't have a martian device,
and I have (or had) exactly the same problem as others described -
the machine hung when trying to activate eth0.
This has also happened to me at school, sometimes human error, like some persons
have mentioned before forget about certain drivers and we get things like this happening.
I have another machine at school, and it had a Sis based Ethernet, and when 2.6.21.1 was
released, the unpatched one, the machine hung and gave a kernel panic. Then someone
reported the issue and the patch was issued and things got fixed. On one of my machines,
the DHCP never worked and it hung getting IP address from DHCP, I turned off the network
on it (chkconfig network off) and manually added IP address, DNS and gateway and got
connected. I asked for help on the list and serveral people were very nice and gave me
advice. The problem as at school, the big computer that issues out IP's according to
mac addresses had two machines with different Mac Addresses sharing the same IP. The
other machine got the IP address and mine of course did not. The solution was to remove
the
other computer and of course things started working out fine. I turned network on which
chkconfig and removed the lines from /etc/rc.local that gave ip address manually.
In any case, what do you mean by "not directly with the kernel"?
Are you distinguishing between the kernel proper and kernel modules?
(If so, it doesn't seem to me to matter too much where the problem lies,
or lay.)
You are absolutely correct. It does not seem to matter, because with both newer kernels,
the martian_dev does not work, while another one does. When I use that machine I connect
with the older kernels.
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Timo> thy Murphy
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s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
I suggest that there is nothing wrong with the kernels since the other winmodem works.
Smartlink 56K PCI. Take a look here
Not working: martian/Agere Winmodem
http://linmodems.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?1:mss:27471:200708:occeenpbojiacbf...
http://linmodems.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?1:mss:27472:200708:bhciamjdlfnegii...
Working:
http://linmodems.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?1:mss:27473:200708:jeflelhdabkehoc...
Regards,
Antonio
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