Laptop Install report: Compaq Armada 7380 DMT

[Craig Bladow]

On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 23:09, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 07:05:51PM -0600, Craig Bladow wrote:
> 
> > NTP:
> > 
> > I get a "Synchronizing clock to pool.ntp.org  [fail]
> > *ror Temporary failure in name resolution" error during every boot.  
> > 
> > I see PCMCIA services start later.  Is the computer attempting to update
> > the time before the wireless network card is working?
> > 
> > The graphical time and date setting application will not let one select
> > a server
> > "Please run NTP support in the system to enable synchronization with
> > internet time servers"
> > 
> > Manually running 'ntpdate pool.ntp.org' from the command line works.
> 
> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261
> 
> > Modem:
> > 
> > The laptop has built-in modem that may or may not be a winmodem.  No
> > modem was found by wvdialconf.  I tried winmodem drivers for Lucent to
> > no avail as there are lucent dsp chips on the internal modem/audio
> > card.  The modem is enabled and configured to Com2 via Compaq's setup
> > program.
> 
> Software modems are a tricky situation for Warty; this may be something to
> look into for Hoary or later.
> 
> > X:
> > 
> > I had to edit /etc/X11/XFree86Config to change the default depth to 16
> > as the installation set it to 24 which won't work with the amount of
> > video memory (2mb) and the resolution (1024x768) on this laptop.  
> 
> The autoconfiguration currently doesn't attempt to probe the amount of video
> memory, I don't think, and bases its choices on the supported sync
> frequencies.  Whether we should do something differently here is a question
> for Fabio.
> 
> > Sound:
> > 
> > The sound chip is an ESS 1878.  No sound drivers were loaded.  
> > I can get it to work by typing:
> > 
> >  sudo modprobe snd-es18xx
> >  sudo modprobe snd-mixer-oss
> >  sudo modprobe snd-pcm-oss
> 
> Please send the output of:
> 
> lspci

 $ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Compaq Computer Corporation NorthStar CPU to
PCI Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
0000:00:0c.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
0000:00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86cM65 [Aurora64V+] (rev
43)
0000:00:0e.0 ISA bridge: Compaq Computer Corporation MIS-L (rev 04)
0000:00:0e.1 IDE interface: Compaq Computer Corporation Triflex Dual
EIDE Controller (rev 03)

> lspci -v

 $ lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Compaq Computer Corporation NorthStar CPU to
PCI Bridge (rev 01)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66
 
0000:00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b046
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
        Memory at 7fffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=04, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 10000000-103ff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 10400000-107ff000
        I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
        I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
 
0000:00:0c.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b046
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
        Memory at 7ffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=08, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 10800000-10bff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 10c00000-10fff000
        I/O window 0: 00004800-000048ff
        I/O window 1: 00004c00-00004cff
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
 
0000:00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86cM65 [Aurora64V+] (rev
43) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
        Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
 
0000:00:0e.0 ISA bridge: Compaq Computer Corporation MIS-L (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation MIS-L
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 0
 
0000:00:0e.1 IDE interface: Compaq Computer Corporation Triflex Dual
EIDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if ea)
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Triflex Dual EIDE
Controller
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at b140 [size=16]
 
And for a good measure lspnp which shows:

 $ lspnp
01 PNP0401 ECP printer port
02 PNP0501 16550A-compatible COM port
03 PNP0511 Generic IRDA-compatible device
04 PNP0700 PC standard floppy disk controller
05 ESS0004 multimedia controller: audio
06 ESS1878 multimedia controller: audio
07 PNP0c01 System board
08 PNP0c04 Math coprocessor
09 PNP0000 AT programmable interrupt controller
0a PNP0100 AT system timer
0b PNP0200 AT DMA controller
0c PNP0800 AT-style speaker sound
0d PNP0b00 AT real-time clock
0e PNP0303 IBM enhanced keyboard (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support)
0f PNP0f13 PS/2 port for PS/2-style mice
10 PNP0a03 PCI bus
11 CPQae48 communications device: RS-232
12 PNP0c02 Motherboard resources
17 PNP0e03 Intel 82365-compatible CardBus controller





> 
> and we'll arrange for it to be autoloaded.
> 
> > ACPI: I don't believe this is working, I've attached my dmesg output
> > below.
> 
> Does the laptop support ACPI at all?  If not, load the 'apm' module and use
> APM instead.
> 
APM it is.  Shutdown computer now results in actually turning the power
off.

> -- 
>  - mdz
-- 
Craig Bladow