On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:16:52 -0500, Gene Czarcinski <gene@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since the volume is high on this mailing list while the signal-to-noise is > often low, I would appreciate any communications on this to be done off-list > (I will post any results to the list). > > I have a Compaq R3000z (Athlon64) notebook. There are multiple systems > installed: WinXP on a shrunk hda1, swap on hda2, a FC3 minimal install on > hda3 as a boot director, FC3 i386 everything install on hda5 and FC3 x86_64 > everything install on hda6. My problem(s) occur identically (as far as I can > tell) on both the i386 and x86_64 systems. Hi Gene, There is an R3000 mailing list for Linux that has been very helpful for many people. Check it out: LinuxR3000 mailing list LinuxR3000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 > Booting with ACPI=ON (actually specifying nothing at boot time): > > 1. The integral synaptic touchpad is detected as a generic PS2 two-button > input device. > 2. A USB (1.1) mouse is not detected/useable. > 3. USB 1.1 flash drive is not detected although USB 2.0 flash drives are > detected and useable. > > Booting with ACPI=OFF: > > 1. The integral synaptic touchpad is not detected. > 2. The USB (1.1) mouse is detected an useable. It can be hotplugged if not > present at boot time. > 3. Both the USB 1.1 and the USB 2.0 flash drives are detected and useable. > > Bug reports have been filed: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143893 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143894 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143895 > > There are some bug reports filed at bugzilla.redhat.com which may be the same > thing or at least related. However, nothing recent which sounds like this. This sounds familiar to a f30 BIOS issue that has been discussed on the above list. This is probably not a FC3 issue, but rather a BIOS issue. Are you running the f30 BIOS? If so, you may want to flash back to f21. Try looking at this thread in the archives (of the LinuxR3000 list): http://lists.pcxperience.com/pipermail/linuxr3000/2004-December/001861.html > I also searched bugzilla.kernel.org and came up with some reports indicating > problems in the 2.5/2.6 kernel with USB/ACPI (one very old report pointed me > in the right direction). > > I have also tried these devices on a ASUS SK8V/Opteron system and everything > worked fine there. This "problem" seems to have been around for a while and > I know that there are Compaq R3000z notebooks (or the HP equivalent) out > there being used with FC3. I am a bit surprised that this problem is not > more widely known. If you don't have the problematic BIOS (you only would with very new laptops or if you upgraded), then the issue isn't there :). > I am also interested in trying a "generic" kernel from kernel.org if that is > possible/practical. Does anyone know if it is "safe" to run the generic > kernel without all the Red Hat/Fedora Core patches (a lot fewer patches than > SUSE run but nevertheless a significant number). You will most likely have issues with SELinux here. There have at least been a couple of threads on the list with trouble. > Any help will be appreciated. > -- > Gene Hope this helps. I have an R3000Z and I really like it. There are many out there using Linux on it with great success. Jonathan
