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Steve,
What's the fix? How can we test it?
I have tried latest hardy-updates and hardy-proposed kernels and still have a driver problem.
Usage: Board D945GCLF, using NIC as PXE Boot with LTSP.
I have done quite a bit of testing on this issue. Here's what I found:
1) 2.6.24-16 kernel does not work with this board (kernel panic on NIC driver load).
2) 2.6.24-19 (old one in hardy-updates, I believe was -33 or -37) passes kernel panic, NIC driver loads, PXE is functional, , but has audio problem as alsa improperly configures to 16kHz and 1 channel. I researched this in bug report 240648 which is related and found there to be a reported PCI scan conflict with the NIC and Audio at the same time. Video was non-functional at the login manager at first, then after xorg settings adjustment, got it to work.
3) 2.6.24-19-41 (latest in hardy-updates) fixes the audio problem above, however, video does not work (the login manager, e.g. ldm is not visible- shows strange lines on the screen). Note on video problem: this kernel is similar to what we saw with the older kernels with respect to the video problem, however, some xorg settings made the video work with the .24-19-33/37 kernel whereas with the -41 kernel this can not be fixed.
4) 2.6.24-21 kernel (in hardy-proposed) is similar to 2.6.24-19-41 kernel in it seems the NIC and audio problems are fixed but the video problem is not fixable.
Note: I believe this to be a kernel issue, as using different kernels does affect the result, and when considering the number of kernel issues reported for this board.