Linux 3.1.9 and HDA ATI SB problem [SOLVED]

I`ve just updated kernel from 3.1.8 to 3.1.9 and now my HDA ATI SB (ALC889 Analog) audio card is now unavailable for system. Any suggestions?
I have KDE, and phonon-gstreamer.
Last edited by RealGecko (2012-01-14 11:38:02)

Well problem solved. Of course it is strange, but.. Before update I installed fluidsynth and enabled to run it as daemon through rc.conf. Then was update and restart after that I had message that my sound card doesn`t work. I was thinking and decided to remove fluidsynth from daemons array. After restart everything works again. The strangest thing is that if I start fluidsynth daemon during system run(/etc/rc.d/fluidsynth start) everything works fine.

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I successfully solved all the problems during the installation, but this one I can not handle. The laptop is HEATING too much. I also have Ubuntu 9.10 on the other partition and its all fine. Its working on the temperature of ~46 C. And my Arch is working on the temperature of ~60 C. So its about 15 C difference between Ubuntu and Arch. Way too much.
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Last edited by webmasteryoda (2010-04-05 19:10:54)

Linux Mint 8 lsmod:
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 8356 1
ppdev 6688 0
vboxnetadp 78344 0
vboxnetflt 84840 0
vboxdrv 121160 1 vboxnetflt
dm_crypt 12928 0
arc4 1660 2
ecb 2524 2
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203328 1
snd_hda_intel 26920 2
joydev 10272 0
snd_hda_codec 75708 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 7200 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 37920 0
ath9k 258744 0
snd_mixer_oss 16028 1 snd_pcm_oss
mac80211 181236 1 ath9k
snd_pcm 75296 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 2656 0
snd_seq_oss 28576 0
ath 8060 1 ath9k
snd_seq_midi 6432 0
iptable_filter 3100 0
snd_rawmidi 22208 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6940 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
ip_tables 11692 1 iptable_filter
snd_seq 50224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 22276 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
cfg80211 93052 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
x_tables 16544 1 ip_tables
uvcvideo 59080 0
snd_seq_device 6920 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
fglrx 1989532 34
snd 59204 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
led_class 4096 1 ath9k
soundcore 7264 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9156 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
videodev 36736 1 uvcvideo
atl1c 30880 0
v4l1_compat 14496 2 uvcvideo,videodev
psmouse 56180 0
lp 8964 0
serio_raw 5280 0
parport 35340 2 ppdev,lp
dm_raid45 84228 0
xor 15620 1 dm_raid45
usbhid 38208 0
video 19380 0
output 2780 1 video
intel_agp 27484 0
agpgart 34988 2 fglrx,intel_agp
ramzswap 8880 1
xvmalloc 5180 1 ramzswap
lzo_decompress 2620 1 ramzswap
lzo_compress 2300 1 ramzswap
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ipv6 237596 14
radeon 525058 2
ttm 31045 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 21971 1 radeon
drm 126556 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 4219 1 radeon
fuse 51628 2
joydev 7768 0
arc4 1058 2
ecb 1545 2
snd_hda_codec_realtek 179443 1
snd_hda_intel 18985 2
snd_hda_codec 56728 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
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snd_seq_oss 25304 0
snd_seq_midi_event 4452 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 42628 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 4313 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 33693 0
snd_hwdep 5102 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 57351 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss 14810 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 16117 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
ath9k 263503 0
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usbhid 33579 0
soundcore 5007 1 snd
mac80211 149018 1 ath9k
psmouse 56309 0
i2c_i801 7122 0
uvcvideo 54591 0
iTCO_wdt 7577 0
ath 6552 1 ath9k
cpufreq_powersave 646 0
intel_agp 23225 0
videodev 31763 1 uvcvideo
hid 61085 1 usbhid
v4l1_compat 13478 2 uvcvideo,videodev
cfg80211 106663 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
uhci_hcd 19156 0
ehci_hcd 31594 0
snd_page_alloc 5841 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
pcspkr 1347 0
serio_raw 3620 0
rfkill 12320 1 cfg80211
atl1c 26168 0
i2c_core 15369 5 radeon,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801,videodev
cpufreq_ondemand 6897 2
agpgart 23331 3 ttm,drm,intel_agp
usbcore 118921 5 usbhid,uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
sg 21079 0
video 14871 0
iTCO_vendor_support 1453 1 iTCO_wdt
evdev 6970 16
output 1404 1 video
ac 2255 0
battery 7328 0
thermal 9326 0
led_class 1933 1 ath9k
button 3638 0
wmi 4083 0
acpi_cpufreq 5631 0
freq_table 1955 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
processor 26526 3 acpi_cpufreq
rtc_cmos 7504 0
rtc_core 12011 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 1450 1 rtc_core
ext4 313138 2
mbcache 4278 1 ext4
jbd2 68146 1 ext4
crc16 1041 1 ext4
sr_mod 13161 0
sd_mod 24101 5
cdrom 31625 1 sr_mod
ahci 29834 4
libata 135579 1 ahci
scsi_mod 78933 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
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No sound with HDA ATI SB ACL887-VD

I had this setup working fine in Arch a few days ago. The system froze (ended up being dirty contacts on my PCI wireless card) and after some cleaning and a reboot, I have no sound. The wireless card now works fine; however, even after removing it I still have no sound.
Motherboard: Asus E351-M PRO
Soundcard: ACL887-VD
The card doesn't exist in the HD-Audio-models.txt list, but since it worked before I don't think it's the cause of the issue. The closest options are:
ALC882/883/885/888/889
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3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
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options snd-hda-intel model=auto position_fix=3
This is the same setup that a previous Arch user had success with (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p1046038)
Looking at aplay, everything still looks to load fine:
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I have set the default soundcard to be my Analog out in /etc/asound.conf (just as in the Arch Alsa Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … figuration )
defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.ctl.card 1
All the modules seem to be loaded correctly and alsamixer works fine and all the controls show up. When I mute/unmute the Master and Front channels I can even hear the small "thud" through the speakers as the channel gets activated.
The only thing that i'm not entirely convinced about is if the default "PCM" output is tied to the front speakers - and not some other channel. I have selected "2 channel" output in the appropriate spot in alsamixer but am unsure how this is handled by alsa. Can anyone confirm if the "speaker-test" command below will force output through the front speakers? The command executes happily (with no warnings or errors) - just NO sound.
speaker-test -Dhw:1,0 -c2
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated! This whole issue is very annoying - especially since I have no error messages to work with - and is making my HTPC useless!!.
Last edited by klimas (2012-04-24 16:17:10)

OK, some additional information. I installed the HDA-analyzer tool and browsed through all the available codecs and mixers. Aside from the large quantity of information available, two things sparked my interest:
1. There are a bunch of nodes that correspond to each audio output and none of them are muted (all have mute=0). All of these inputs and outputs seem to correspond to alsamixer channels.
Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
Device: name="ALC887-VD Analog", type="Audio", device=0
Control: name="Front Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=1, idx=0, ofs=0
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
Converter: stream=8, channel=0
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x03 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
Control: name="Surround Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=1, idx=0, ofs=0
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
Converter: stream=8, channel=0
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x04 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
Control: name="Center Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=1, dir=1, idx=0, ofs=0
Control: name="LFE Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=2, dir=1, idx=0, ofs=0
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
Converter: stream=8, channel=0
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x05 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
Control: name="Headphone Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=1, idx=0, ofs=0
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
Converter: stream=8, channel=0
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x06 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x611: Stereo Digital
Node 0x07 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x08 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10051b: Stereo Amp-In
Node 0x09 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10051b: Stereo Amp-In
Node 0x0a [Audio Input] wcaps 0x100711: Stereo Digital
2. There are a bunch of hardware audio mixers that correspond to specific sets of audio output nodes and all of them are muted (mute=1).
Node 0x0b [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Control: name="Rear Mic Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=1, idx=0, ofs=0
Control: name="Rear Mic Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=1, idx=0, ofs=0
Control: name="Front Mic Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=1, idx=1, ofs=0
Control: name="Front Mic Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=1, idx=1, ofs=0
Control: name="Line Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=1, idx=2, ofs=0
Control: name="Line Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=1, idx=2, ofs=0
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 10
0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17
Node 0x0c [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Connection: 2
0x02 0x0b
Node 0x0d [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Connection: 2
0x03 0x0b
node 0x0e [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Connection: 2
0x04 0x0b
My front channel is node 0x02 and the corresponding audio mixer is 0x0c. The mixer is also connected to node 0x0b, which appears to handle the front/back line-in and mic channels.
Does anyone know if these mixers have an "auto" mute when there is no input?
Alamixer does not seem to have access to these hardware mixers. Is there a way to unmute them manually?

Linux on my X220T (and why it failed)

I’m sorry but this is going to be a long post but I have seen so many posts out there from people in my position - making an attempt to migrate from Windows to Linux - that I felt compelled to share my experiences. This is not a Linux bashing post either. Like UFOs, I want to believe. I just haven’t seen the light yet so if there are any Linux evangelists out there who have got Linux working on their X220T then I would *love* to hear from you
Background and reasons for change:
I am not your ordinary Windows user. I work in IT and I’ve been working with Windows since the days of v2 (yes I’m that old) running on Dos. I’m comfortable with it. Because of my age I’m also comfortable with the command line. I’ve worked with Xenix (a variant of the original Unix) and have a grasp of the fundamentals. Now I’m all grown up and an IT consultant I wanted to ‘round out’ my understanding of my business by getting to grips with Linux in order to write code. I understand it’s very different to the nice little bubble of Visual Studio where everything happens around you. I’ve yet to find out Sure I can produce a virtual machine and learn in there but wanted to immerse myself in it all so decided to convert my X220T. This little beauty is not my main work computer so I could sacrifice the contents. If your X220T is your only machine and you need it for serious stuff, think carefully before going ahead.
Starting point:
My X220T was pretty much out-of-the-box Windows 7. It was working fine, but had the odd glitch. Wouldn’t hibernate properly (although it did before an ‘upgrade’ screwed it up) and the mouse kept losing its settings despite following all the advice, upgrading, hacking etc to fix it. I also had Windows 8 preview on the ‘Q’ drive and was liking that but of course it’s not really ready to go yet.
My choice was Linux Mint with the KDE desktop. Did a bit of digging. Seemed to do the job. So I took several backups, trashed the drive and installed it.
My previous experiences with Linux have always been a battle to get the OS to see certain devices. Wireless cards never used to work. Peripherals failing. Not resuming from hibernate. That kind of thing. This time it was flawless. It simply installed. Everything appeared to work! Fantastic!! Of course it wasn’t all there yet. But because my internet access was up and running (had always been an issue before) I was a happy man.
Then three things happened almost simultaneously.
I wanted to read an eBook and the screen wouldn’t rotate
I couldn’t log on using my fingerprint reader
My fan wouldn’t shut up
So thought I would tackle the first issue. KDE supports a tool that pops a nice little icon on to your task bar to allow screen rotation. Didn’t work. What it did do was install the Wacom drivers to manage the touch screen and it would re-orientate the mouse ‘as if’ the screen had rotated, but the display itself was in portrait mode. So spent two evenings after work working out how to make this happen. In the end I wrote two shell scripts to rotate the screen AND to set the Wacom drivers to orientate the mouse and stylus properly. Job done! Felt pleased with myself. I was cross that the KDE interface screen button thingy didn’t work properly but that’s life. I had learned something. Two dos-like icons on my task bar flipped my screen (albeit slowly) from landscape to portrait and back again.
Meanwhile, I’m sitting in my conservatory (no power) and watching my battery disappear in about two hours. Under windows, my usage pattern gave me at least five hours before a re-charge. And that pesky fan didn’t run once! Peace!! But not with Linux. It was annoying so thought I would tackle that next. Everyone uses their machine differently so since power consumption is quite subjective I thought if I fixed this I could move on to other things and then ‘suddenly notice’ that my battery is still powering my baby after four or five hours.
After research and digging into a cpu frequency daemon (background process) I realised that this was the wrong line of attack. That took another two evenings of work. The Linux Mint kernel doesn’t support this. More research suggested that this was an old/different methodology and the approach was to use cpu ‘governers’ to control cpu frequency switching. The governers have names like ‘ondemand’ and ‘conservative’ and as you might guess, the conservative one holds the processor speed down to reduce power consumption. You may assume dear reader that I had done all the other stuff. Turning off bluetooth only happened in software and I gave up before researching that. It may be possible to turn it off in hardware via the operating system but didn’t get that far. Screen brightness, wireless etc. Typically when I read a book I flick the hardware radio-off switch on the side which of course turns off bluetooth and wireless, so they were taken out of the equation in terms of power consumption.
After another evening of digging I managed to discover how to instruct the machine to use the ‘conservative’ governor. By now I’m starting to get a bit fed up. My philosophy was partly to learn what it was like to live in the world of Linux, but mostly to get to grips with the C++ compilers, possibly mono (A windows-like development environment) and Apache (system for hosting web sites) but hadn’t got beyond the foibles of the operating system. Finally got the conservative governor in place, rotated my screen (still working!) and settled down to a good read (purely for testing purposes of course
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The screen rotates out of the box
The buttons along the bottom of the screen work to rotate the screen (never did get that working in Linux but it was on my list
Power consumption is back to being pretty good for a laptop rather than just average
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I can logon with my fingerprint reader and when it fails (I get it wrong three times) I can revert to an on-screen keyboard to get me out of trouble without having to switch to desktop mode to do it.
I know they are small things but they are now what I am used to and what I expect from my operating system so why should I do without them?
My feeling as I sit here writing is that Linux is great. Don’t get me wrong here. I still love it and intend to explore further, but unlike Windows there is a learning curve that you HAVE to climb. You have no choice. When I come home at the end of the day, sure I want to play with my little Lenovo and have some fun. But then I want to relax. Do a bit of surfing, read my ebooks and generally do stuff that the operating system is intended to support. Instead the operating system got in the way of my user experience rather than supporting my user experience. The problem for me is that wihlst I can produce a Linux machine in vmWare or VirtualBox, the driver woes I’ve just described are hidden from you because those virtual worlds either abstract the problem away or don’t port-over the hardware from the host that you want to explore the problems with. The only solution is to buy another X220T to play with and that’s not worth it for me.
I also think that my relatively large understanding of Windows frustrates my experience of because I am now a novice with the computer which I’m definitely not used to and that of course skews my perception.
So if there are any Linux superheroes out there who have solved all the above issues and can lead me into the glorious sunshine of developing in the wonderful world of Linux then please talk to me. And for the rest of you guys in my position for whom this has struck a chord, if you want to play, I’m sure the results are worth it but prepare to be frustrated!!

Hi all. I must be in league with the devil as my lucky number is 13. When I saw Galloping Gerbil or Raring Rhinocerous or whatever the **bleep** thing is called I also saw v13.04 and thought that the time had come to go again!
So it's about a year on now. Two important things have happened. The first is that my trusty old X220T is now no longer my primary machine so I can afford to lose it to experimentation for a while. The second is that the huge behemoth that is Linux is rolling over the bugs and niggles that sent me screaming back to Windows all those months ago.
So I've tried again with Raring Ringtail v13.04 and right now I feel as if I've come home! It's still not right but it's pretty close! More importantly, I fee that I'm no longer in the minority in wanting to get this to work right. There is this big push out there towards touch screen so people are spending time on this and wanting their software to be touch screen friendly so it is!
Before I go on, I was rather shocked when I did my pre-13.040-install research to find this post top of the google list on linux on x220! I'm guessing that my thoughts must parallel a lot of other people thinking about making the jump. So to that end, here's some thinking.
13.04 is close. Really close to being a very serious competitor to Windows. My view is that Linux is about there now. The X220T is a complex beast to support. it has touch, pen, fingerprint readers, rotating screens etc. And it all works pretty well. I can do a sudo apt-get install to make the fingerprint reader work. And it DOES work. Reliably. I still have issues rotating the screen but I've learned enough now to knock up a simple bash script that will do it for me. AND (this is where the Linux philosophy works) I have written the script to suit me. I like to hold the battery unit in my left hand and hold my laptop in portrait mode to read books/browse the internet. Then switch to normal orientation to type emails etc. The script only toggles between normal and anti-clockwise and back again. Works for me.
The issue with Linux was more that it was a philosophy than an operating system. You don't just "use" it. You immerse yourself in it. That made it geeky and non mainstream. You can make it sit up and do stuff that suited you exactly if you were prepared to put the time in. The issue was that until now it didn't do the basics reliably enough to suit everyone. I used to read a lot of stories about sons/friends putting Linux on to Mums/Dads/Grans laptop and it working beautifully. Linux is very very good at this. It just works. But getting it there was a right pain unless you were lucky. Now however that out-of-the-box functionality is really really close. To the point at which Tracey from Essex (forgive me Tracey!) can stick the CD in and expect the same functionality from Linux that she could get from Windows without having to sweet talk that geeky bloke that she knows has a crush on her to come in and sort it all out
Once you get past that bit then you end up in this little wonderful world. Without too much effort courtesy of all those hard-working ordinary people out there, I have a machine that will do most of what I want without tweaks and pokes that take days to research. Now I can browse, read my books, play the odd game and "ignore" the operating system until such times as I choose to tackle the odd tweak. On my relatively small screen for example I want hide the Unity launch bar thingy. However if I do this I can't get it back via the touch interface. Enter Ginn! I have yet to play with tihs but I can configure multi-touch gestures to "do stuff" like making the launcher appear with two finger gestures (!) and that little nugget of configuration pleasure is waiting in the wings for when I get bored reading the news or playing silly games. My operating system has now become a toy, a tool and a learning centre. I can now pursue my long term dream (okay I have modest dreams!) of being able to develop AJAX based web sites using WCF in Mono running under Apache. That means I have all the fun of learning how to use Apache, and working out how to make WCF code in Mono. These things are easy for me under Windows and IIS but how you do it in Linux is a new and exciting challenge! Yes I truly am that boring!
I wish I could change the title of my original post because Linux is coming of age. Windows had better watch out.

Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5 64bit and Enterprise Manager 10.2.0.3 Install ?

Appreciate specific steps to ensure that Oracle Enterprise Manager 10.2.0.3 is installed as baseline for upgrade.
Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5.2 64bit.
The major problems are with the Configuration Assistant Web Cache during the Install. It fails with OUI-25031.
The configToolFailedCommands script contents is:
oracle.sysman.emcp.agent.AgentPlugIn

The root cause of Oracle Grid 10.2.0.3 did not install successfully was because of a Network Configuration Issue. i.e., some strange IP was being referenced over the internet and mapping it to my hostname of my server. I performed a "dig hostname" to see what ip was being associated with my so-called unique hostname. After fixing that problem and removing all of Oracle, I only had one warning with OPMN not starting. I discovered additional rpms that needed to be installed and all is good now until the next opportunity.
Learned Lesson: Pay Very Careful Attention to all configuration components and document as you go to ensure that you have your process documented.

Is there a known conflict between a CalDigit FASTA-GU3 sata/USB 3 card and an ATI Radeon X1900XT video card?

Hello all.
I am having trouble with my Mac Pro (circa 2008) not powering up the monitor (an Apple HD Cinema Display 23 inch).
Here's some history.
For about two weeks I was having trouble waking up the monitor from sleep. I would have to reboot the computer to see the screen.
Then the screen wouldn't wake up after many reboots. I tried the Apple Cinema Display on my MacBook Pro laptop an on an older Mac Mini. The display didn’t' work on any of them.
I then hooked up a Samsung monitor to all three computers in turn. The Samsung worked fine with each.
From that I deduced that it was Apple HD Cinema Display that was at fault.
I replaced it with one I bought from a friend - in perfect working condition.
The new Apple Display worked fine with my Mac Pro.
Problem solved - or so I thought.
Now, a few days later, I am having a repeat of the same problem. The Apple Cinema Display won't wake up.
I removed all the peripheral devices, still no joy.
I removed and reseated the video card (after blasting all with compressed air).
Still no joy.
I then removed the CalDigit FASTA-GU3 sata/USB 3 card I installed about a year ago.
Now the Apple Display came back to life.
So my question is, are there know conflicts between a CalDigit FASTA-GU3 and an ATI Radeon X1900XT video card?
If so - is there a fix?
Also open to other theories.
Other tech specs:
Mac Pro (from around 2008) 2 x 3 GHZ Quad Intel Xeon.
OSX Lion
The video card is an ATI Radeon X1900XT (512 MB)
Apple HD Cinema Display - 23 inch
Many thanks.

Thanks for the info on the Expansion Slot Utility. I found it and ran it. It shows no problems. It shows the ATI Radeon X1900XT to be properly installed and running at full capacity.
I found a reliable dealer of flashed ATI Radeon 5770 cards. A couple of trusted friends have had good luck with cards from the dealer.
So I will have that on stand-by for when/if the existing card fails completely.
Thanks everyone for your input.
A

Redhat linux 6 VM - stop and restart

Hi,
I've installed new HVM - Redhat Linux 6, standard installation. I have the problem with stop and restart initiated from the OVM console. Job is running, but the OS inside VM doesn't start the shutdown process.
For example another VM running Oracle Linux 6 works. The same problem is with the restart and live migration - both works for Oracle Linux, but redhat no.
Do you have an idea what are the requirements for stopping and restarting the VM from OVM console?

DN,
I take all your questions, don't I?
Anyhow, this command adds your Report Server to the Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server's (opmn) and Enterprise Control:
$OH/bin/addNewServerTarget.sh reports_server_name
After that your Reports server will be started and stopped whenever you issue "opmnctl startall / stopall". Issue a opmnctl reload after running that script, or opmnctl restart.
You can also start and stop it individual with: (the choice is yours)
opmnctl startproc ias-component=reports_server_name
opmnctl stopproc ias-component=reports_server_name
opmnctl startproc process-type=reports_server_name
opmnctl stopproc process-type=reports_server_name
Check status with:
opmnctl status

I'm a linux user (mint 9) and installed FF4. When I try to bookmark a new page it doesn't give the Usual dialog to add the bookmark- it gives an empty shell of a small window that should be there.

I'm a linux user (mint 9) and installed FF4. When I try to bookmark a new page it doesn't give the Usual dialog to add the bookmark- it gives an empty shell of a small window that should be there. this shall seems to point at the little star, but it's totally empty.

This can be a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox

K8T Neo and AGP ATI 9700 Pro...Video Problems!

This computer has been out of service for almost 6 months as I have replaced it with a new one. I grabed it today and loaded XP Pro on it without any problems. I have 2 monitors attached to the ATI 9700 Pro both running at 1600x1200. After configuring the new OS with updates and drivers I rebooted. This is where the problem surfaced.
PROBLEM:
I get to the XP PRO Loading screen with the progress bar. After a few seconds, 2 revolutions from the progress bar, the screens go black and a few seconds after that the monitors go into standby due to the lack of a video signal.
MORE INFO:
Several times when I tried to reboot, the PC would not display video at all and beep (the video error), 7 times (I think). Now this problem is not happening. Although I did get random characters all over the screen once.
I can boot into Safe Mode without any problems.
480w Thermaltake PSU
THEORIES:
The AGP slot is having problems changing the resolution from default to 1600x1200 for the monitors.
NOTE:
This computer has always had problems, 99% of which were playing video games. The problems I experienced in video games were that the computer would lock-up or automatically reboot after random time intervals when playing games. The games I noticed it having the most problems with were Everquest II and World of Warcraft. I replaced this machine with a Dell and have had no problems with either application. Therefore I can rule out faulty software. At the time before replacing this machine I tested everything, Memory, Hard Drives, etc...

AMD 64 (Don't Remember the Speed)
MSI KT8 Neo
2x512 MB PC????
Built-By-ATI 9700 Pro 128MB
1x200GB WD SATA
LiteOn DVD-ROM
Yamaha CD/RW
Realtek AC97 Onboard Audio w/ Cheap Dell Speakers
Some Realtek NIC (PCI)
Enermax Case wit ALOT of noisey fans (I hate noise)
Some dumb case light kit too.
Thermaltake 480W SilentPower
Windows XP SP2 (Installed a few days ago and still not working)
Click here for the PSU specs

Linux 3.13 - Kernel and Razer Mouse (Hard Freeze)

I upgraded to the new kernel 3.13.4-1 the other day and everytime I'd try to log into Xwindows the system from GDM, it would hard freeze. So I went about problem solving and couldn't find what was going on. I then upgraded to the 3.13.5-1 kernel thinking that might fix it. It did not. So I went rooting around for a couple hours. Then I realized that it only occured when I went to touch my mouse. So I switched to my Wacom tablet to see if I was right. And yep, it worked perfectly with the tablet. No Freezes.
So for anyone else having problems with the XWindows freezing constantly try switching to another pointer device (unlikely I know). Or you can do what I did and downgrade the kernel from 3.13 to the last 3.12 version which involves downgrading the headers, nvidia driver, and nvidia-utils if you have them. I am using the same mouse in 3.12 with no problems.
I couldn't find a bug report anywhere about it and I don't know what actually causes the mouse to freeze the system while the tablet doesn't.
By the way I use the Nvidia Proprietary driver for XWindows so that might be causing it too since it had to be downgraded... not sure... I can't get any logs from the hard freezez at all.
The 3.13 kernel also randomly decides to lose sync with my main harddrive and then go in a kernel panic on boot sometimes. Clearly it has a few bugs to work out. I'm gonna stick with 3.12 for a while.
Here's the device info:
Bus 009 Device 006: ID 1532:0016 Razer USA, Ltd DeathAdder Mouse
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x1532 Razer USA, Ltd
idProduct 0x0016 DeathAdder Mouse
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 Razer
iProduct 2 Razer DeathAdder
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 34
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xa0
(Bus Powered)
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 2 Mouse
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.11
bCountryCode 0 Not supported
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 73
Report Descriptors:
** UNAVAILABLE **
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
bInterval 1
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
goodluck all!
Last edited by classdark (2014-02-24 03:27:45)

I just experienced a similar problem after upgrading to 3.13. At first I thought this was an Intel driver bug (I'm using Bumblebee with Intel + NVIDIA drivers), but nothing showed up in the logs, and it did seem to happen when moving the mouse. I'll try downgrading as well.
EDIT: mouse info
$ lsusb -vs 003:003
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c069 Logitech, Inc. M500 Laser Mouse
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x046d Logitech, Inc.
idProduct 0xc069 M500 Laser Mouse
bcdDevice 56.01
iManufacturer 1 Logitech
iProduct 2 USB Laser Mouse
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 34
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 4 U56.01_B0009
bmAttributes 0xa0
(Bus Powered)
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 98mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 2 Mouse
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.10
bCountryCode 0 Not supported
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 71
Report Descriptors:
** UNAVAILABLE **
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0006 1x 6 bytes
bInterval 10
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
Last edited by bchr (2014-02-24 13:08:13)

[SOLVED] ATI catalyst problems

I just did a pacman -Syu and ran into problems with my ATI radeon hd 7870 card.
After reboot, I noticed that my GPU fan speed was too loud because this command does not work anymore:
aticonfig --pplib-cmd "set fanspeed 0 25"
PPLIB command execution has failed!
ati_pplib_cmd: execute "set" failed!
Other commands fail too:
aticonfig --od-gettemperature
ERROR - Get temperature failed for the Default Adapter - AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Also, when I move windows around in Gnome (fallback mode), or when I scroll in gedit, the movement is not smooth, you can see how they redraw at their new position slowly.
I am not experienced with catalyst troubleshooting. Is there any guidance on how to find out what's wrong?
PS:
I just found this in the Xorg log file:
[ 2.672] (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed. Probably kernel module missing or incompatible.
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed *
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): * kernel module (fglrx.ko) may be missing or incompatible *
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D and 3D acceleration disabled *
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
Thanks in advance
Last edited by wombat23 (2013-01-22 11:35:14)

foutrelis wrote:
Assuming you're using catalyst-dkms from [community], you will need to enable the dkms service in order for the fglrx module to be rebuilt for Linux 3.7.
More info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dy … figuration
Yes, I use calalyst-dkms.
I enabled dkms.service and rebooted, but the problem persists:
dkms.service - Dynamic Kernel Modules System
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dkms.service; enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Die 2013-01-22 12:20:00 CET; 2min 10s ago
Process: 261 ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/dkms start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: DKMS: build completed.
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: fglrx.ko:
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: Running module version sanity check.
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: - Original module
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: - No original module exists within thi...el
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: - Installation
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: - Installing to /usr/lib/modules/3.7.3...s/
Jan 22 12:20:00 lacandona dkms[261]: depmod....
Jan 22 12:20:00 lacandona dkms[261]: DKMS: install completed.
Jan 22 12:20:00 lacandona systemd[1]: Started Dynamic Kernel Modules System.

Windows 7 64-bit: Switchable graphics and Ricoh card reader problem

Hi guys,
Two problems with my laptop. I'm using a T400, previously installed with Windows Vista Business 32-bit.
Switchable graphics worked well until I formatted and installed Windows 7 Pro 64-bit (I got the RTM through MSDNAA). Now, Windows can only detect either the discrete graphics or integrated graphics at one time. When the BIOS was set to switchable graphics and enabling the detection of switchable graphics on Windows, it could only detect the Intel integrated graphics. When I try to switch to High Performance graphics through the Lenovo power manager, the screen flashes once, and the ATi graphics card appears on the device manager with the code 10 error (cannot start device). Also, compared to this image, my power manager window that opens with left-click does not have battery stretch and switchable graphics options. I have to right-click to switch my graphics.
After some tinkering, I managed to activate the graphics card through the BIOS by switching it to discrete graphics only and disabling switchable graphics detection by Windows. Now the device manager shows the ATi card only, the Intel integrated graphics is gone. I understand that it should show both display adapters in the device driver when the ATi card is active: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-70495.html#g4
The second problem is with the Ricoh card reader. I managed to install the drivers properly, but the device shows up with a code 12 error (This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use) in the device manager. That error appears on 6 items in the device manager:
Ricoh Memory Stick controller
Ricoh SD/MMC Host controller
Ricoh xD-Picture card controller
Ricoh 1394 OHCI Compliant host controller
Ricoh R/RL/5C476(II) or Compatible CardBus controller
SDA Standard Compliant SD host controller
Additionally, 6 error messages appear during every boot up, which I think is related to these 6 devices:
ERROR
Resource Conflict - PCI in slot 07
Bus:15, Device:00, Function: 00 (it ranges from function 00 to 05)
AND disabling the device through device manager results in a BSOD.
I've seen some people post about the Ricoh problem, but didn't have any resolution (at least for those who had the boot up error message too). The switchable graphics problem seems quite common too but in my case it seems like it is working fine EXCEPT for the fact that only one graphics adapter can appear on the device manager at one time and I can't do switching at all. Anyone know if I can somehow solve this? Sorry for the wall of text and two-problems-in-one. I put them together because I don't know if one problem is affecting the other as both problems appeared at around the same time.

As far as the graphics goes it's well accpeted the only way at present to switch is though the bios manually. There is currently no drivers that enable users to switch from within Win7. Know it's a pain but will just have to wait.

Trying to access hotmail account but it is taking forever to get into hotmail it was working ok at start of week only yesterday and today have a problem with it

rying to access hotmail account but it is taking forever to get into hotmail it was working ok at start of week only yesterday and today have a problem with it

You can try these steps in case of issues with web pages:
You can reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.
*Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
*Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
*Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)
Clear the cache and remove cookies only from websites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
*Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
*Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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