FAQ for isapnptools

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1. General

• 1.1 Where can I get the latest FAQ ?
• 1.2 Support contacts
• 1.3 What do isapnptools do ?
• 1.4 How do I use isapnptools to configure my ISA PnP cards ?
• 1.5 Who wrote/maintains isapnptools ?
• 1.6 What is the latest version, and where can I get it from ?
• 1.7 What version do I have ?
• 1.8 What about security ?
• 1.9 Can isapnptools be used to configure PCI hardware.
• 1.10 Is there a version of isapnptools for PCI ?
• 1.11 NT,WIN95,... works ok now, will running isapnp screw it up ?
• 1.12 Isn't there a better way to configure PnP cards ?
• 1.13 How do I find out if my card is supported ?
• 1.14 Where can I find out more ?
• 1.15 Is there a mailing list for isapnptools ?
• 1.16 My card works, but it's not in the Hardware-HOWTO (appendix C).

2. General - Fundamentals

• 2.1 What is a driver (module) ?
• 2.2 What is a logical device ?

3. General - Compilation/installation

• 3.1 What configuration options are there when compiling ?
• 3.2 I get lots of link errors
• 3.3 Why does make give a "segmentation violation" ?
• 3.4 I've got the binary distribution and the binaries won't run.
• 3.5 I get warnings about implicit declaration of snprintf when compiling.
• 3.6 I get './libisapnp.a: could not read symbols: ... add one' when cross compiling.
• 3.7 Problems compiling for 2.1.x kernels
• 3.8 I've upgraded my library/C-compiler and now have problems compiling the programs.
• 3.9 Problems compiling for 2.2.11 kernels
• 3.10 Can isapnptools be used with operating systems other than Linux.
• 3.11 What do I do if I think I've found a bug or got some other problem ?
• 3.12 How do I make a statically linked binary ?
• 3.13 How can I make a non-native binary ?

4. General - Running

• 4.1 Which kernel do I need ?
• 4.2 I get "Permission denied" when trying to run the programs.
• 4.3 The program crashes with a "Segmentation fault"
• 4.4 Where can I get example configuration files ?
• 4.5 How can I find out how the card is configured ?
• 4.6 Isapnp fails with error "Error occurred executing request 'ISOLATE' on or around line 13 --- further action aborted"
• 4.7 What is a good readport address to use ?
• 4.8 Pnpdump doesn't find all the PnP boards in the system.
• 4.9 Pnpdump doesn't find a particular board in the system.
• 4.10 Pnpdump messes up with more than one PnP board.
• 4.11 Pnpdump cannot see the boards after using the -r option.
• 4.12 Pnpdump reports "No boards found"
• 4.13 Pnpdump reports "Ident Byte x, (..) differs from resource data (..)"
• 4.14 Pnpdump reports "Unknown tag .., Resource data dump aborted"
• 4.15 What does "Don't know what to do with ... on or around line x" mean ?
• 4.16 What does "Error occurred executing request 'LD 2' on or around line..." mean ?
• 4.17 What does "End tag checksum 0xb8 (BAD)" mean (in the pnpdump output) ?
• 4.18 What does "IO range check attempted while device activated" mean (from isapnp) ?
• 4.19 What does "IO range check failed for n bytes of IO at addr" mean (from isapnp) ?
• 4.20 I think I've configured the board correctly, but the driver still can't find it.
• 4.21 What does "/proc/bus/pci/devices not found, so PCI resource conflict not checked" mean ?
• 4.22 What causes lots of errors running the script generated by pnpdump -s ?
• 4.23 Do I have to reboot after running isapnp or pnpdump ?

5. General - Kernel/Driver issues

• 5.1 Do I need to configure CONFIG_PNP in the kernel ?
• 5.2 I've configured my ... using isapnptools, but the kernel doesn't recognise it.
• 5.3 I get the error message "... module support already loaded" when trying to load the ... module.
• 5.4 I'm having trouble getting interrupts to work.
• 5.5 I've configured the card, but /proc/interrupts still shows the interrupt as unused.
• 5.6 The driver for my card cannot be built as a module.
• 5.7 As soon as I run isapnp, my machine locks up.
• 5.8 How can I stop isapnp and pnpdump using certain addresses for the READPORT.

6. Upgrading

• 6.1 I've upgraded isapnptools from my favourite distribution and it has wiped out my isapnp.conf file.
• 6.2 What should I do to upgrade isapnptools.
• 6.3 I've upgraded isapnptools, and now isapnp gives errors.
• 6.4 I've upgraded my motherboard, and now isapnp can't find my boards.
• 6.5 I've upgraded my kernel to 2.4.x, now isapnp can't initialise my Sondblaster AWE.

7. Resources

• 7.1 Determining resource usage (linux).
• 7.2 I've configured the card but the /proc entries haven't changed.
• 7.3 I've got a ..., which runs fine under Win95, how can I find out the port settings ?
• 7.4 Examining Win95 resource settings.
• 7.5 The windows CTPNP.CFG file.
• 7.6 How can I prevent pnpdump allocating certain resources with the -c flag.
• 7.7 Common problems
• 7.8 What does isapnp mean by "Fatal - resource conflict allocating DMA1".
• 7.9 Do I have to configure all the devices.
• 7.10 How can I reconfigure a device.

8. Advanced usage.

• 8.1 Common configurations on multiple machines, Version 1.11 and earlier.
• 8.2 Common configurations on multiple machines, Version 1.12 and later.
• 8.3 Sending a RESET CSN command.
• 8.4 Dumping the boards configuration registers.
• 8.5 Displaying a list of isapnp boards in the system.

9. Soundcards.

• 9.1 I've got an AWE32/AWE64, but Linux doesn't recognise it.
• 9.2 Problems with the Aztech Sound Galaxy 16 III-3D PnP sound card.
• 9.3 CD sound doesn't work (one channel or no channels).
• 9.4 What to do about "sb: Interrupt test on IRQ10 failed - device disabled."
• 9.5 Soundblaster site.
• 9.6 Sound works if I boot straight into Linux, but not if booting from Win98.

10. Modems.

• 10.1 See also.
• 10.2 I've got a WinModem, and I've followed all the instructions, but it still doesn't work.
• 10.3 I've got a PCI modem - what about that ?
• 10.4 I've got a modem that works in DOS and Windows, but not Linux.
• 10.5 I've configured the device, but it is really SLOW.
• 10.6 I've configured the device, but it doesn't work.
• 10.7 I've configured the device, it seems to send ok, but not receive.
• 10.8 What's this about not using /dev/cua1 ?
• 10.9 How can I check the modem is working ?
• 10.10 Thunderlink modems (PCT3880).
• 10.11 USR Robotics Sportster.
• 10.12 General help on setting up internet dial up link.

11. Network cards.

• 11.1 The card supports non PnP configuration.

12. IDE ports.

13. PCMCIA cards.

14. Disclaimers etc.