Messages in this thread | | | From | "nope nope" <> | Subject | Hard freeze when loading Neomagic NM256 driver | Date | Mon, 03 Jul 2000 02:25:11 GMT |
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I am experiencing a problem the likes of which I haven't really seen on Linux before. I am trying to load the nm256_audio.o & supporting modules on a Dell Latitude LS laptop. The result is an instantaneous freeze - no kernel oops, no log messages, nothing. The computer must then be manually shut off; neither the 3-finger salute or issuing a suspend command via the keyboard does anything. The machine just dies as soon as I try to load the module. I compiled the module under both 2.2.16-3 and 2.4.0-test2 and had the exact same problem under both. I have seen many people get NeoMagic sound support to work fine under Linux, in some cases using the exact same system as me, so I'm a little befuddled as to what is going on here. I tried loading the module in X windows, out of X, in single user mode, loading it with PnP support disabled in the BIOS, loading it with the onboard modem & ethernet chips disabled in the BIOS, and many combinations thereof, yet I still have the exact same problem. I wish I had more/any debugging information to post, but like I said I'm not getting a kernel oops, log message, or anything. About the best thing I can do is give you my /proc/pci output:
Bus 1, device 0, function 0: VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation [MagicMedia 256AV] (rev 32). IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=128. Min Gnt=16.Max Lat=255. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf6000000 [0xf6ffffff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfe400000 [0xfe7fffff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeb00000 [0xfebfffff]. Bus 1, device 0, function 1: Multimedia audio controller: Neomagic Corporation [MagicMedia 256AV Audio] (rev 32). IRQ 10. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf7800000 [0xf7bfffff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfea00000 [0xfeafffff].
Any ideas, guys? I've been running Linux for 7 years and just never seen it crash like this before...
Thanks!
John jctdrix at hotmail dot com
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