Topic: Problems with Fritzcard dsl sl and installation 7.1

[Rebirth]

Hallo,
first I have to exculpate my bad English and my inexperienced with linux (but I have same experience with hp-ux). I try to run an SME server for the first time.

We want use the server at home among others as gateway. So I have bought a AVM Firtzcard DSL SL (PCI) to connect to the Internet. The Mainboard is a VIA EPIA ML6000. Fist I installed SME 7.0 and it worked well. But I can’t find a driver for the Firtzcard. So I tried to compile it from the source code. The compilation process worked fine after some rpm installations.

I used the following sources and packages:
fcdslsl-suse93-3.11-07.tar.gz
capi4k-utils-2005-07-18.tar.gz
kernel-devel-2.6.9-34.EL.i586.rpm
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.19.i386.rpm
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.19.i386.rpm
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.98.EL.i386.rpm
cpp-3.4.5-2.i386.rpm
gcc-3.4.5-2.i386.rpm

But I can’t start the driver module! The command
Modprobe –v fcdslsl
fails with the message
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.EL/extra/fcdslsl.ko
FATAL: Error inserting fcdslsl (/lib/modules/2.6.9-34.EL/extra/fcdslsl.ko): Invalid module format.

Edit: The following difficulty is now solved
In between there came a new version of SME. So I tried to install this, because I don’t want to update the old version (without internet connection). But this also didn’t work. I boot the image CD from an external CD ROM drive with USB connection. For 7.0 it worked well, but with 7.1 the keyboard (PS2) freezes at boot prompt. The screen print says:
Verifying DMI Pool data …
Boot from CD :
The result of pressing any key is a shot beep on the buzzer.
This happens even though I used the same burning process I used for the older version.

Can anybody help? Even with my Fritzcard or the install process.
Thank you

[Rebirth]

I have to say sorry!!
Using Ahead Nero to burn boot CD roms from iso-image don't work on my computer. For me Knoppix k3b worked fine.
My Fritzcard still dosn't work.

[CharlieBrady]

My Fritzcard still dosn't work.

Please report all problems via the Bugzilla Bug Tracker. Link is towards the top of this page.

[Rebirth]

Hallo,
thank you for the answer.

In the meantime I have detected, that there is a compatibility problem among the “kernelcapi”, witch was installed from the SME Server image CD and the self compiled “fcdslsl” driver. As far as I can see, the “kernelcapi” comes either from SME, CentOS, Red Hat or Debian. Anyway!

A “modinfo kernelcapi” shows
vermagic:       2.6.9-42.0.3.EL 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4
and a “modinfo fcdslsl” shows
vermagic:       2.6.9-42.0.3.EL 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4
depends:        kernelcapi
finally a “dmesg” shows
fcdslsl: version magic '2.6.9-42.0.3.EL 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.9-42.0.3.EL 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4'

It sounds strange: On my 586 EIPA board runs a 686 module without any problem (kernelcapi). The self compiled Fritz driver (fcdslsl), compatible to the 586 image, does not run, because the driver module depends on a 686 compatible kernel module (kernelcapi).
I can make nothing of it and have two questions:
Is it possible to get a native 586 “kernelcapi”? It seams, that “kernelcapi” depends on other 686 modules.
Is it possible to compile 686 codes, running on a 586 system and how to do?

At this point I will follow CharlieBrady’s hint and I will report the problem to the Bugzilla Bug Tracker (Bug 2252).
But it would be nice, if anyone can answer my questions.
Thanks.

[Rebirth]

Bugzilla themes not to be the right place for this problem. Is there anybody knowing the right answer to my obvious simple questions?

Bugzilla worte:
Comment #1 from gordonr-bugzilla@gormand.com.au  2007-01-08 01:18 ------- I'm sorry, the bug tracker is not a help list. It's for tracking bugs in installed software. This bug is also not about "Bugzilla options", but then there isn't a category for your request.

[Rebirth]

157 readings, just one answer?
Now I’m running IPCop. Easy to install, included Fritz DSL driver. It takes just 15 minutes to install. This post is via IPCop and the FritzCard DSL SL. I'm happy now! And I wasted so much time with SME Server, SME Forum and SME Bugzilla. IPCop has is no software release hassle. And bugs are not declared as features. May be some one can use SME Server without Fritz support. But don’t hope for help in this form or at SME Bugzilla!

[gordonr]

157 readings, just one answer?
Now I’m running IPCop. Easy to install, included Fritz DSL driver. It takes just 15 minutes to install. This post is via IPCop and the FritzCard DSL SL. I'm happy now! And I wasted so much time with SME Server, SME Forum and SME Bugzilla. IPCop has is no software release hassle. And bugs are not declared as features. May be some one can use SME Server without Fritz support. But don’t hope for help in this form or at SME Bugzilla!

The SME Server has never supported such cards. We have a tiny development team and it's not a key feature for us, so we haven't allocated any resources to it. We only have the resources to support devices supported natively by the RHEL/CentOS kernel. Sorry.

[Rebirth]

That’s a good answer. Thank you!
But why so late. A true early answer could save my time and prevent me from trying things that don’t work.

[gordonr]

That’s a good answer. Thank you!
But why so late. A true early answer could save my time and prevent me from trying things that don’t work.

I'm sorry for the runaround, but the user to developer ratio here is very high, so you will get a lot of reads with very few responses for such questions. I  know that I can be a bit mechanical/robotic when bouncing things out of Bugzilla, but if we don't do this, we end up with a huge load of things we will never look at (e.g. specialised drivers, as in this case).

We need more developers and forum helpers