Topic: Cant see isdn card

[Kif]

Hi
Gave up trying to get a BT speedway card working and went out and bought an EICON DIVA 2.02 PCI card whicxh i understood would be better supported... haha

threw it in... restarted machine and internet access test still fails !!!!

dmesg sez:
ISDN subsystem Rev: 1.114.6.7/1.94/1.140.6.3/1.85.6.2/1.21/1.5.6.2 loaded
HiSax: Linux Driver for passive ISDN cards
HiSax: Version 3.5 (module)
HiSax: Layer1 Revision 2.41.6.1
HiSax: Layer2 Revision 2.25
HiSax: TeiMgr Revision 2.17
HiSax: Layer3 Revision 2.17.6.1
HiSax: LinkLayer Revision 2.51
HiSax: Approval certification failed because of
HiSax: unauthorized source code changes

no problems appear to be there at all

lspci sez:
00:06.0 Network controller: Eicon Technology Corporation: Unknown device e00b
   Subsystem: Eicon Technology Corporation: Unknown device e00b
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
   Memory at e9002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
   Memory at e9003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
   Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

hmmm unknown device... that cant help at all

cat /proc/interrupts sez
           CPU0      
  0:     330078          XT-PIC  timer
  1:       1799          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
 11:        370          XT-PIC  eth0
 13:          1          XT-PIC  fpu
 14:     267745          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:          8          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0

hmmmm... no IRQ 7 there at all !

cat /proc/ioports sez:
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
d000-d07f : eth0
d800-d807 : ide0
d808-d80f : ide1

Dont know what any of that means, as i'm too stupid...

Has anyone anywhere got ANY idea why i cant get these ISDN cards to work... I've been trying to set up my SME server for 2 weeks now and it's becoming VERY trying indeed...

Pleeeeeeeeeeeease help me someone.. If I pull any more of my hair out over this I'll be as bald as an egg !!!!

Cheers Y'all... thank God this is such a helpful and pleasant list!

Kif

[Kees Blokland]

I just found good info at http://www.one.btinternet.co.uk/isdnfaq/readme.hisax

make sure you have the proper 'type' of card.
(type=11 in your case, I think)

quote: a) when built as a module
-------------------------

insmod/modprobe  hisax.o \
  io=iobase irq=IRQ mem=membase type=card_type \
  protocol=D_channel_protocol id=idstring

unquote

To (manually) load the driver for these cards, I would use the command

modprobe hisax id=HiSax type=11 protocol=2

Than, on succes (?) lsmod should show the drivers.
maybe the system did not realise you threw in a new card, did you get any indication that it did?

Try 'kudzu' before trying anything else. (to make sure there is no undiscovered hardware)
 
..saying all that, bad hardware is not unknown to be the cause of many wasted hours. (speaking from too much experience here.)

[Kif]

Thanks for your help, Kees

Don't think this is a hardware problem... it works fine if I throw it in my other machine which is running, erm... that other popular operating system

I disabled a few things in my bios to try and free up any IRQ's etc that didn't really need to be used. Dmesg now tells me this:

ISDN subsystem Rev: 1.114.6.7/1.94/1.140.6.3/1.85.6.2/1.21/1.5.6.2 loaded
HiSax: Linux Driver for passive ISDN cards
HiSax: Version 3.5 (module)
HiSax: Layer1 Revision 2.41.6.1
HiSax: Layer2 Revision 2.25
HiSax: TeiMgr Revision 2.17
HiSax: Layer3 Revision 2.17.6.1
HiSax: LinkLayer Revision 2.51
HiSax: Approval certification failed because of
HiSax: unauthorized source code changes   <----- ???????????
HiSax: Total 1 card defined
HiSax: Card 1 Protocol EDSS1 Id=HiSax (0)
HiSax: Eicon.Diehl Diva driver Rev. 1.25.6.3
Diva: No PCI card found
HiSax: Card Eicon.Diehl Diva not installed !
ISDN-subsystem unloaded

so it doesn't seem to know about my card, which is an eicon diva 2.02

Apparantly (after searching about the web for info) recognition of this card wasnt built into the linux kernel until version 2.2.5, so perhaps i should upgrade it... seems a bit of a major operation tho...

Can anyone offer any further advice?

Kif

[Kees Blokland]

>HiSax: unauthorized source code changes <----- ??
don't worry, that's ok..

>Don't think this is a hardware problem...
Which means the other machine/card combination works, not that This motherboard/card works, but I accept that it is likely to be ok.

> built into the linux kernel until version 2.2.5,
Hence the suggestion to prod it manually, by telling it what card it is.
What does it say to manual prodding?

> perhaps i should upgrade it..
Upgrade to what? what SME version are you running?

it said:
HiSax: Version 3.5 (module)
HiSax: Layer1 Revision 2.41.6.1
HiSax: Layer2 Revision 2.25
HiSax: TeiMgr Revision 2.17
HiSax: Layer3 Revision 2.17.6.1
HiSax: LinkLayer Revision 2.51
HiSax: Approval certification failed because of
HiSax: unauthorized source code changes

But what comes after this is where it will show whether it it ok, what does it say?
(I googled a bit and found a few instances of complete logs.. )

You said that you are trying to set up a box for 2 weeks, would you give it a try, starting from scratch again?

and if there is no way to get it going, I would suggest you drop 'bugs' a line, I'm sure they would be interested too.

[Kif]

At the moment if I dmesg i get this
ISDN subsystem Rev: 1.114.6.7/1.94/1.140.6.3/1.85.6.2/1.21/1.5.6.2 loaded
HiSax: Linux Driver for passive ISDN cards
HiSax: Version 3.5 (module)
HiSax: Layer1 Revision 2.41.6.1
HiSax: Layer2 Revision 2.25
HiSax: TeiMgr Revision 2.17
HiSax: Layer3 Revision 2.17.6.1
HiSax: LinkLayer Revision 2.51
HiSax: Approval certification failed because of
HiSax: unauthorized source code changes
HiSax: Total 1 card defined
HiSax: Card 1 Protocol EDSS1 Id=HiSax (0)
HiSax: Eicon.Diehl Diva driver Rev. 1.25.6.3
Diva: No PCI card found
HiSax: Card Eicon.Diehl Diva not installed !
ISDN-subsystem unloaded

lspci shows:
00:04.0 Network controller: Eicon Technology Corporation: Unknown device e00b
   Subsystem: Eicon Technology Corporation: Unknown device e00b
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
   Memory at e5001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
   Memory at e5002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
   Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

So it doesn't seem to know the card?
Im using  SME 5.5 + upgrade 2 - I reinstalled the whole thing today and still get the same result !!!

neither cat /proc/interrupts or cat /proc/ioports reports anything to do with the card!

           CPU0      
  0:     577434          XT-PIC  timer
  1:        939          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
  9:       1876          XT-PIC  eth0
 10:          0          XT-PIC  usb-uhci
 13:          1          XT-PIC  fpu
 14:     455953          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:          8          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0

0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
e000-e07f : eth0
e400-e407 : ide0
e408-e40f : ide1
e800-e813 : usb-uhci

IRQ11 is also used by my (onboard) gfx but that shouldn't be a problem as i believe the IRQ can be shared anyway...

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This is a fairly new eicon i think 2.02 with an infineon chipset
Maybe I should buy a third card and try again... this is becoming expensive, lol

[Charlie Brady]

Kif wrote:

> lspci sez:
> 00:06.0 Network controller: Eicon Technology Corporation:
> Unknown device e00b
>    Subsystem: Eicon Technology Corporation: Unknown device
e00b

There's the simple answer to your question - that card isn't recognised. Even the latest kernel from RedHat only knows about these EICON cards:


#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_EICON             0x1133
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_EICON_DIVA20PRO   0xe001
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_EICON_DIVA20      0xe002
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_EICON_DIVA20PRO_U 0xe003
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_EICON_DIVA20_U    0xe004
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_EICON_DIVA201     0xe005
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_EICON_MAESTRA     0xe010
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_EICON_MAESTRAQ    0xe012
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_EICON_MAESTRAQ_U  0xe013
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_EICON_MAESTRAP    0xe014

No sign of 0x0009 there.

Charlie

[Peter]

Hi Kif

Put your hair back in to place, take a bite of the bullet, go to PC world get an external Hayes Accura ISDN box £ 125,  plug it into Serial port and let e-smith find it, which it will then off you go into the wide blue yonder!

[Dave]

Better still, stay in your chair, fire up yoru browser, check the various online computer stores and order from them. PC World, just say no, a  company with some very iffy trading practices.

Cheers
Dave.

[Kif]

Ok, and thanks to all for the help and advice
An external Hayes Accura ISDN box @ £ 125 from PC world it is then...

I WILL get this SME server hooked up if it kills me...

 (anyone wanna buy 3 useless internal ISDN cards?)

Kif

[RypPn]

Sure Kif,

If its going cheap, I'll take the speedway off your hands!!

Regards.