[gentoo-ppc-user] Soundcard disable nic?

[gentoo-ppc-user] Soundcard disable nic?

[darren kirby]

Well, I had hoped to start using the G5 as my main desktop. Towards those ends 
I purchased an M-audio Revolution 5.1 soundcard, as it is listed as supported 
under both OS X and Linux, and the onboard sound cannot handle my 5.1 speaker 
system. I physically installed the card, fired up OS X, installed the 
drivers, rebooted and tested. It works fine (as does networking).

I then boot up Gentoo to test it there. My initscripts start throwing errors 
along the lines of "device eth0 does not exist". Networking fails. Indeed, 
when I try "ifconfig eth0 up" it gives the same error: "eth0 does not exist, 
confirm hardware and/or drivers".

Well, here's my dmesg:

# dmesg | grep eth0
eth0: Sun GEM (PCI) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:0a:95:8f:4c:50
eth0: Found BCM5421-K2 PHY
eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex

# grep /usr/src/linux/.config SUNGEM
CONFIG_SUNGEM=y

# lspci | grep Ethernet
<nothing>

So where did the nic go? Could this be a conflict with the new soundcard? The 
nic is just the regular onboard that comes with the G5. Here is the lspci 
output for the soundcard:

0001:06:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 
[Envy24 PT/HT] PCI Multichannel Audio Controller.

Of course, the bloody soundcard doesn't seem to work either, but that's an 
issue for after I get networking back. 

Any ideas here? I can post output of other commands if you think it will help 
(though I have to copy by hand because of the no-networking deal).

Thanks for consideration,
-d 
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[gentoo-ppc-user] Soundcard disable nic? [solved]

[darren kirby]

Sorry to reply to self so soon. I figured I'd swap PCI slots. What do you 
know, ethernet works. Not very happy though, as the sound card is about 2mm 
away from the heatsink of my AGP card now...

Try to see what's up with sound now. Don't be surprised if I'm back in an hour 
about that issue ;)

Sorry for the noise,
-d
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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Soundcard disable nic? [solved]

[Louis]

On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:40 -0700, darren kirby wrote:
> Sorry to reply to self so soon. I figured I'd swap PCI slots. What do you 
> know, ethernet works. Not very happy though, as the sound card is about 2mm 
> away from the heatsink of my AGP card now...
> 
> Try to see what's up with sound now. Don't be surprised if I'm back in an hour 
> about that issue ;)
> 
> Sorry for the noise,
> -d
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> darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
> "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
> - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

noise is good  I have a G5 with out sound working when you get the fix
send it Thanks 
Louis

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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Soundcard disable nic? [solved]

[Joseph Jezak]

> noise is good  I have a G5 with out sound working when you get the fix
> send it Thanks 
> Louis
> 

He's not trying to get the onboard sound working, which it sounds
like you are.  snd-aoa should work for all G5's so give that a
whirl.  I recommend building it into your kernel as that's easiest
to set up.

Take a look at the PPC FAQ (it's the same on ppc64) for details.
-Joe
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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Soundcard disable nic? [solved]

[Louis]

On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 00:51 -0400, Joseph Jezak wrote:
> > noise is good  I have a G5 with out sound working when you get the fix
> > send it Thanks 
> > Louis
> > 
> 
> He's not trying to get the onboard sound working, which it sounds
> like you are.  snd-aoa should work for all G5's so give that a
> whirl.  I recommend building it into your kernel as that's easiest
> to set up.
> 
> Take a look at the PPC FAQ (it's the same on ppc64) for details.
> -Joe
 
Thanks just read that online will do it 
Louis

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