On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:31:42 you wrote:
> > I noticed the IRQ number in the second line -> IRQ 233. Isn't this
> > weird?
>
> Not necessarily; what is your output for "cat /proc/interrupts"?
$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 26228 IO-APIC-edge timer
8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
9: 0 IO-APIC-level acpi
14: 4377 IO-APIC-edge ide0
185: 34 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb1
193: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb2
201: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb3
209: 2 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb4
217: 139 IO-APIC-level eth0
225: 210 IO-APIC-level libata, eth1
NMI: 0
LOC: 26185
ERR: 0
MIS: 0

>
> > I am using Debian stable with linux kernel 2.6.18-6-686.
> >
> > $ lspci
>
> [...]
>
> > 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
> > [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
>
> Make sure that the module is unloaded (run "modprobe -r snd-intel8x0"
> if necessary), then load it again and activate the buggy_semaphore
> workaround:
>
> modprobe snd-intel8x0 buggy_semaphore=1
>
> Does that eliminate "semaphore is not ready" messages?
Yes, this eliminates them.
Now I get these error messages:

Apr 20 08:49:26 leva kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:02.7 (0000 ->
0001)
Apr 20 08:49:26 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI
18 (level, low) -> IRQ 233
Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: AC'97 0 does not respond - RESET
Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: AC'97 0 access is not valid [0xffffffff],
removing mixer.
Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: Unable to initialize codec #0
Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:02.7
disabled
Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed
with error -5

Thanks!

Daniel

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On Sunday 20 April 2008 08.53.03 LÉVAI Dániel wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:31:42 you wrote:
> > > I noticed the IRQ number in the second line -> IRQ 233. Isn't
> > > this weird?
> >
> > Not necessarily; what is your output for "cat /proc/interrupts"?
>
> $ cat /proc/interrupts
> CPU0
> 0: 26228 IO-APIC-edge timer
> 8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
> 9: 0 IO-APIC-level acpi
> 14: 4377 IO-APIC-edge ide0
> 185: 34 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb1
> 193: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb2
> 201: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb3
> 209: 2 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb4
> 217: 139 IO-APIC-level eth0
> 225: 210 IO-APIC-level libata, eth1
> NMI: 0
> LOC: 26185
> ERR: 0
> MIS: 0
>
> > > I am using Debian stable with linux kernel 2.6.18-6-686.
> > >
> > > $ lspci
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
> > > [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
> >
> > Make sure that the module is unloaded (run "modprobe -r
> > snd-intel8x0" if necessary), then load it again and activate the
> > buggy_semaphore workaround:
> >
> > modprobe snd-intel8x0 buggy_semaphore=1
> >
> > Does that eliminate "semaphore is not ready" messages?
>
> Yes, this eliminates them.
> Now I get these error messages:
>
> Apr 20 08:49:26 leva kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:02.7 (0000
> -> 0001)
> Apr 20 08:49:26 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] ->
> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 233
> Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: AC'97 0 does not respond - RESET
> Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: AC'97 0 access is not valid
> [0xffffffff], removing mixer.
> Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: Unable to initialize codec #0
> Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device
> 0000:00:02.7 disabled
> Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed
> with error -5
>
> Thanks!
>
> Daniel

It was a bad BIOS, after updating it works ok. Sorry for the noise.

Daniel

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