linuxant install FC2 lockup

ike · #1 16th June 2004, 04:07 PM

Fedora Core 2 locks up on me while installing the HCF modem drivers from Linuxant.

During hcfconfig, it locks hard after the point where it looks for the source files.

It locks hard, no mouse, no cursor, no CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE.

I am using kernel-2.6.6-1.427 (the newest kernel with drivers available) and installing the i686 verison on my Athlon. I tried the i586 version, but it refused to work. dmesg reported a difference in strings kernel-2.6.6-1.427-586 and kernel-2.6.6-1.427-686.

Anyone else experience this? Any suggestions on diagnosing the problem? I don't really know how to track an error with it locking hard like this.

Maybe the new drivers for the new kernel will fix it when they come out.

ike · #2 16th June 2004, 04:23 PM

I just tried to install them outside of X and I saw it crash. It displayed all the standard crash debug info with a "kernel panic" afterward.

jrittvo · #3 16th June 2004, 09:07 PM

I'm a semi-clueless newbie, but have you thought of trying the 8k-stacks kernel version that Linuxant has for FC2 users? They have one for 427. I don't know at what point the stacks become an issue, but it might be worth a try.

crackers · #4 17th June 2004, 05:19 PM

Yup - Linuxant released their re-configured/rebuilt kernel because of the issues their drivers had with the 4k/8k stacks swap. It "just happens" to fix several other third-party, commercial software and drivers.

To me, this is a very good example of how commercial concerns and FOSS work together! Everyone "wins!"

ike · #5 19th June 2004, 09:28 AM

Ah ha, thanks for the help guys! I am reasearching the stacks issue as we speak.

So what's up with the 4k stacks anyway? All I've heard is that it increases performance in some threaded applications. Isn't driver support more important? Sorry if I brought up an old issue.

Ike

jrittvo · #6 19th June 2004, 11:55 AM

The drivers will catch up, at least the ones specifically made for Linux. The "borrowed" ones from Windows that Linuxant or ndiswrapper load might be an ongoing problem though. Fedora is the only distro that has locked in the 4k. With other distros, or building your own kernel, you can still use 8k if you want to, for the time being.