FC3 and 440GX

[Alex F. Evonosky]

Anyone know why FC3 is not working on an Intel 440GX anymore?  FC1 did 
not work, yet FC2 did (and PERFECTLY); yet FC3 is doing the same thing 
FC1 did..

Detects the AIC 7xxx SCSI drives, then hangs...  Basically states "no 
hard drives found"; when FC2 is actually on the drives.

lspci shows:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX Host bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX AGP bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] 
(rev 24)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] 
(rev 30)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] 
(rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 
1X (rev 5c)
02:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U2/U2W / 7890/7891
02:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7860 (rev 03)
02:0a.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 80960RP [i960 RP Microprocessor/Bridge] 
(rev 03)
02:0a.1 I2O: Intel Corp. 80960RP [i960RP Microprocessor] (rev 03)




Thanks!

Alex

[Dave Jones]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:04:02AM -0500, Alex Evonosky wrote:
>  Anyone know why FC3 is not working on an Intel 440GX anymore?  FC1
> did 
>  not work, yet FC2 did (and PERFECTLY); yet FC3 is doing the same thing 
>  FC1 did..
>  
>  Detects the AIC 7xxx SCSI drives, then hangs...  Basically states "no 
>  hard drives found"; when FC2 is actually on the drives. 
*sigh*, first guess -- acpi regression.  how does it fare with
acpi=off ?

		Dave

[Alex F. Evonosky]

Dave Jones wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:04:02AM -0500, Alex Evonosky wrote:
>  > Anyone know why FC3 is not working on an Intel 440GX anymore?  FC1 did 
>  > not work, yet FC2 did (and PERFECTLY); yet FC3 is doing the same thing 
>  > FC1 did..
>  > 
>  > Detects the AIC 7xxx SCSI drives, then hangs...  Basically states "no 
>  > hard drives found"; when FC2 is actually on the drives.
>
> *sigh*, first guess -- acpi regression.  how does it fare with
> acpi=off ?
>
> 		Dave
>
>   
>  
Thank you for the suggestion, but it did the same thing.  I got to the 
screen that states 'No hard drives found, please manually add......'

Thanks again.

A

[Peter Smith]

Alex Evonosky wrote:

>  Thank you for the suggestion, but it did the same thing.  I got to
> the 
>  screen that states 'No hard drives found, please manually add......'
>
>  Thanks again.
>
>  A
>  
Alex, did you ever resolve this?  I have a 440GX system (Dell PowerEdge 
2300) which is not running raid, but AIC 7XXX only.  It does boot fine 
in FC3, except the newest kernels.  Although I haven't actually tried 
the "acpi=off" thing quite yet.

Peter

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Fr, den 29.07.2005 schrieb Peter Smith um 18:13:

Peter,

I had to use the archive to find out to which original posting your are
replying. It would be good to mention the reference in the beginning
line.
Anyway, you are answering to a posting from November 13th 2004!

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=110032226927673&w=2

What's the reason for replying to such old list mails? Just wondering.

>  Alex Evonosky wrote:
>  
>  > Thank you for the suggestion, but it did the same thing.  I got to the 
>  > screen that states 'No hard drives found, please manually add......' 
>  > A 
>  Alex, did you ever resolve this?  I have a 440GX system (Dell
> PowerEdge 
>  2300) which is not running raid, but AIC 7XXX only.  It does boot fine 
>  in FC3, except the newest kernels.  Although I haven't actually tried 
>  the "acpi=off" thing quite yet.
>  
>  Peter 
Quote from http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc1/#AlanCox:

o	System hangs reporting SCSI timeouts or at the IDE probe
	and "ide=nodma" does not help.

	If this is an Intel 440GX board, await errata news

	For other SMP boards please try "noapic"

	You may also need to set the BIOS MP to "MP 1.1" if you can

Alexander


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[Peter Smith]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

> Am Fr, den 29.07.2005 schrieb Peter Smith um 18:13:
>
> Peter,
>
> I had to use the archive to find out to which original posting your are
> replying. It would be good to mention the reference in the beginning
> line.
> Anyway, you are answering to a posting from November 13th 2004!
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=110032226927673&w=2
>
> What's the reason for replying to such old list mails? Just wondering.
>
>   
>
> Quote from http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc1/#AlanCox:
>
> o	System hangs reporting SCSI timeouts or at the IDE probe
> 	and "ide=nodma" does not help.
>
> 	If this is an Intel 440GX board, await errata news
>
> 	For other SMP boards please try "noapic"
>
> 	You may also need to set the BIOS MP to "MP 1.1" if you can
>
> Alexander
>  
Alexander--I do realize I was responding to a message from November of 
last year.  I did not think that would be an issue--I apologize.  I was 
also already aware of the 440GX problem which Alan Cox mentioned, but 
that was for Fedora Core 1.  Besides, the problem I am having is similar 
to what you were experiencing under Fedora Core 3.  So, have you worked 
around it or are you on different hardware and/or software now?  My 
system is an acpi system and not apm, so acpi is working correctly.  I 
think I'm going to have to take this issue to the devel list as I think 
it is a bit low-level.  Any details?

Thanks,
Peter

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Fr, den 29.07.2005 schrieb Peter Smith um 20:08:

>  >Quote from http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc1/#AlanCox:
>  >
>  >o	System hangs reporting SCSI timeouts or at the IDE probe
>  >	and "ide=nodma" does not help.
>  >
>  >	If this is an Intel 440GX board, await errata news
>  >
>  >	For other SMP boards please try "noapic"
>  >
>  >	You may also need to set the BIOS MP to "MP 1.1" if you can
>  >
>  >Alexander 
>  Alexander--I do realize I was responding to a message from November
> of 
>  last year.  I did not think that would be an issue--I apologize.  I was  
Nothing to apologize for! It was no complaint and can't.
I meanwhile see the reason to ask quoting that old list posting.

>  also already aware of the 440GX problem which Alan Cox mentioned, but
>
>  that was for Fedora Core 1.  Besides, the problem I am having is similar 
>  to what you were experiencing under Fedora Core 3.  So, have you worked 
>  around it or are you on different hardware and/or software now?  My 
>  system is an acpi system and not apm, so acpi is working correctly.  I 
>  think I'm going to have to take this issue to the devel list as I think 
>  it is a bit low-level.  Any details? 
>  Peter 
While the FAQ entry was published when FC1 was current it may help with
current Fedora / Linux kernel 2.6 too.
And it is "noapic" - APIC != ACPI.

Alexander


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