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From: Jaime D. <jd...@ha...> - 2006-11-10 16:26:22
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Stefan Schmidt wrote: > Hello. > > Please make sure you don't strip the ml address. I added it again. Thanks. >> Also, is there a way to check the flags that were used to compile a >> kernel? > > Yes, as ubuntu base on ebian I guess you have something in /boot . > It's called config-$KERNELVERSION. OK. Looks like IBM_DOCK is not set. Sounds like you say it's not really needed anymore. ACPI_DOCK is set to module. There is, in fact a dock.ko file in /kernel/drivers/acpi . I modprobed it, but I still don't have a dock file in /proc/acpi or proc/acpi/ibm . But it sounds like that's not a problem. I don't know if the module was loading automatically before, but it is now, after I modprobed it once. I have a colleague with a setup similar to mine, who I've asked to check if lsmod reports dock being loaded. > > It would be helpfull if you could give a bit more information about > what you like to do. > > I use my T40p with a Dock II and the docking driver. No more need to > have script echo something in /proc/acpi/ibm/dock . I just hit the > undock button on the dock, the driver does everything I need, the > light on the dock switched off and I can undock my ThinkPad. Docking > works even better; just connect it to the dock and that's it. I've managed to identify the error as having to do with unregistering /dev/hdc when the button is pressed. That is, if I'm docked, and press the undock button, it fails to deregister /dev/hdc and then it locks hard. I've just realized that if I unregister it manually with the command in the now-not-needed-and-not-executed undock.sh script, I can safely undock. When I dock, the dock light comes on and ports get replicated, but /dev/hdc doesn't register. It registers OK manually. > > JFYI: There is a docking bug in all kernels before 2.6.19-rc4. The new > stable version 2.6.19, whoich should show up in one or two weeks, have > a fix for that. > I see. Since I'm running 2.6.17, maybe I'll just have to wait. Do the symptoms I describe above sound like they could be caused by the bug you mention? Did this bug get introduced after 2.6.15, when switching away from ibm-acpi/dock? All of the docking and undocking worked fine under ubuntu dapper, which I believe used 2.6.15. Many thanks, Jaime > regards > Stefan Schmidt -- ****************************************************** Jaime J. Davila Associate Professor of Computer Science Hampshire College School of Cognitive Science jdavila at hampshire dot edu http://helios.hampshire.edu/jdavila ******************************************************* |
