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Hardware driver problems with 2.6.24-21-generic

Asked by ybaruss

Hello,

I did install Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on a Toshiba laptop AMD Turion 64 from a CD Desktop Edition 64 bits.
The installation configures kernel 2.6.24-16.
The integrated ATI Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3650 graphic Board was correctly handled directly.
But Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology 4355 was not recognized I then used a perl script to modify sky2 module and launch it manually.
But it was not possible to get USB Wifi Wireles Board Realtek work and connecting a USB key to my laptop gives no results and not seen in lsusb.

Hardware driver is not really my cup of tea then I said I will wait that future generic kernel release will handle my hardware. Then I tried to upgrade toward 2.6.24-21-generic.
When booting it stops around 10 minutes at stage "Loading Hardware Driver" then it switches to console mode at stage "Starting Bluetooth". Most of the time, at first connection of GNOME there is a problem with Xorg configuration file. When you finally get GNOME work again there is no improvement for USB storage drive management but now Realteck wireless network is being recognized. I never could get my home wireless connection work mainly because I switched back to 2.6.24-16 due to the 20 min necessary to boot on 2.6.24-21.

Here is the feedback.
My questions was :
> Did I missed something and 2.6.24-21 should work perfectly ?
> Is there a particular Ubuntu site where to report this type of problems, I didn't find any ?
> Where to find information on changes between 2.6.24-16 and 2.6.24-21 ?
> When can I expect another kernel release and how to help to fix my problem ?

Many thanks.

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Best Savvas Radevic (medigeek) said : 		#1

Try ubuntu 8.10 intrepid ibex and see if you have any luck with newer drivers :)

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ybaruss (yabruss) said : 		#2

Hello,

I would prefer to stay under 8.04 because it is a LTS.
I also tried 2.6.24-22 recently released with exactly same issues.

> I thought that fixes brought to 8.10 was automatically added to 8.04 also ... is that not the case ?
> Is this Launchpad site the best location to report hardware problems ?
> Where to find information on changes between 2.6.24-16 and 2.6.24-21 ?
> When can I expect another kernel release and how to help to fix my problem ?

Many thanks.

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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) said : 		#3

LTS doesn't mean that they will improve drivers, only fix some important bugs and provide security updates, they won't add drivers for your marvell chipset.

You should file a bug about it: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
(or search if it is already filed)

Either way, you could try booting from the Ubuntu 8.10 Live CD and just see if it works, you go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal and type:
lspci -nn

if there is no "Unknown device" or something like that, then probably they have added support for your marvell ethernet

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ybaruss (yabruss) said : 		#4

Thanks a lot for your answers.

I really don't understand why "they" would not add Marvell drivers in 8.04LTS.
They are sometimes new "restricted-driver" package being updated ... why not with those that I need ?!
Is it done randomly or there are rules that lead Ubuntu contributors ?

I am a newbee on Ubuntu and I am really glad of all that wonderful job done so far but Ubuntu Community seems (seen from a newbee point of view) like a big mess where things are happening but nobody knows why ...

From what I see in Forums, going to 8.10 from 8.04 is not really easy and I am a bit reluctant to do it.
I will try 8.10 Live CD soon and give feedback on hardware.

> Is there a Hardware Compatibility Ubuntu site to report this kind of problem (I believe experienced by a lot of peoples) ?
> What is hardware compatibility limits of 8.04LTS as "they" will not add Marvell drivers within ? Where to find information on that ?
> Where to find information on changes between 2.6.24-16 and 2.6.24-21 ? My bug was raised because from 2.6.24-21 and onward there is a clear regression ?
> Where to find information and/or Forum where are discussed kernel release contains ?

Many Thanks

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ybaruss (yabruss) said : 		#5

It was true that this issue was solved in Ubuntu 8.10.
But it is still confusing where users should report their specific hardware problems and where to find information on what release supports what hardware.
Thanks again for the good job.

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ybaruss (yabruss) said : 		#6

Thanks Savvas Radevic, that solved my question.