I can’t even get QNX running off the CD. When it starts… it laods and
stuff, then it displays this dialog asking me to confirm info about my video
card. And before I can do anything it locks up. I’m guessing it’s one of
two things, QNX just aint made to run on my computer, my USB mouse is
fuckin somethin up.
Also, does anyone know of any (REAL BASIC, im a QNX NEWBIE), instructions on
how to start qnx on a Promise ATA100. I know everyone thinks it can’t be
done, but I garauntee it can. I know the memory addresses of the IDE
controller, and I know the card can be access the same way a regular IDE
can, I just need to know how to specify where it looks for drives.
Thanks
-Insodus
Insodus <insodus@mediaone.net> wrote:
: I can’t even get QNX running off the CD. When it starts… it laods and
: stuff, then it displays this dialog asking me to confirm info about my video
: card. And before I can do anything it locks up. I’m guessing it’s one of
: two things, QNX just aint made to run on my computer, my USB mouse is
: fuckin somethin up.
Not sure on this one. If you got the video dialog, then its running…
Try a different mouse/keyboard and see if the lock up is just in your
input devices. (can you toggle the numlock lights on a keyboard?)
If you have another RTP node around, see if you can reach the machine
via qnet to see if it is up and running.
: Also, does anyone know of any (REAL BASIC, im a QNX NEWBIE), instructions on
: how to start qnx on a Promise ATA100. I know everyone thinks it can’t be
: done, but I garauntee it can. I know the memory addresses of the IDE
: controller, and I know the card can be access the same way a regular IDE
: can, I just need to know how to specify where it looks for drives.
look at the docs for devb-eide. You should use the options ioport and
irq. (ie devb-eide eide ioport=0x######,irq=0x##)
You can check some of this information with the pci util.
Aftwards you could try adding this to rc.local so that it is always
run for you.
Peter
: Thanks
: -Insodus
Hi,
Make sure that “Legacy USB Support” is turned off in the BIOS.
It currupts data on the PS/2 port which causes problems with PS/2 devices.
USB drivers will not be started automatically by the QNX enumerators. Your system
is probably not locked up…it just appears that way because PS/2 ports are corrupted
and USB drivers are not yet running. So there is no mouse and keyboard to select
video options.
If disabling the Legacy USB in the BIOS gets your keyboard going and you get RTP
installed you can do the following to have the usb mouse started up at bootup.
Create a file called rc.local in the /etc/rc.d directory.
Add the following lines to the file:
devu-uhci &
waitfor /dev/usb
devu-mouse &
Then make the file executable using the ‘chmod u+x rc.local’
Regards,
Joe
Insodus <insodus@mediaone.net> wrote:
I can’t even get QNX running off the CD. When it starts… it laods and
stuff, then it displays this dialog asking me to confirm info about my video
card. And before I can do anything it locks up. I’m guessing it’s one of
two things, QNX just aint made to run on my computer, my USB mouse is
fuckin somethin up.
Also, does anyone know of any (REAL BASIC, im a QNX NEWBIE), instructions on
how to start qnx on a Promise ATA100. I know everyone thinks it can’t be
done, but I garauntee it can. I know the memory addresses of the IDE
controller, and I know the card can be access the same way a regular IDE
can, I just need to know how to specify where it looks for drives.
Thanks
-Insodus
Ok, like I said Im a newbie, where would I enter
(evb-eide eide ioport=0x######,irq=0x##) ??
Also, I tried turnin legacy USB off, it still locks up, except I can’t see
the mouse pointer anymore. So what’s up?
“Insodus” <insodus@mediaone.net> wrote in message
news:9kd5mr$2e2$1@inn.qnx.com…
I can’t even get QNX running off the CD. When it starts… it laods and
stuff, then it displays this dialog asking me to confirm info about my
video
card. And before I can do anything it locks up. I’m guessing it’s one of
two things, QNX just aint made to run on my computer, my USB mouse is
fuckin somethin up.
Also, does anyone know of any (REAL BASIC, im a QNX NEWBIE), instructions
on
how to start qnx on a Promise ATA100. I know everyone thinks it can’t be
done, but I garauntee it can. I know the memory addresses of the IDE
controller, and I know the card can be access the same way a regular IDE
can, I just need to know how to specify where it looks for drives.
Thanks
-Insodus
Insodus <insodus@mediaone.net> wrote:
: Ok, like I said Im a newbie, where would I enter
: (evb-eide eide ioport=0x######,irq=0x##) ??
Try entering it on the command line until you get it working. Running it
this way will only get you the raw devices under /dev, you’ll have to
mount them as well. Once you get everything running the way you want
you could enter the commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and it will be run
at startup everytime. (make sure to set the file rc.local to be executable.)
Peter
: Also, I tried turnin legacy USB off, it still locks up, except I can’t see
: the mouse pointer anymore. So what’s up?
: “Insodus” <insodus@mediaone.net> wrote in message
: news:9kd5mr$2e2$1@inn.qnx.com…
:> I can’t even get QNX running off the CD. When it starts… it laods and
:> stuff, then it displays this dialog asking me to confirm info about my
: video
:> card. And before I can do anything it locks up. I’m guessing it’s one of
:> two things, QNX just aint made to run on my computer, my USB mouse is
:> fuckin somethin up.
:>
:> Also, does anyone know of any (REAL BASIC, im a QNX NEWBIE), instructions
: on
:> how to start qnx on a Promise ATA100. I know everyone thinks it can’t be
:> done, but I garauntee it can. I know the memory addresses of the IDE
:> controller, and I know the card can be access the same way a regular IDE
:> can, I just need to know how to specify where it looks for drives.
:>
:> Thanks
:> -Insodus
:>
:>