Bug 771240

Summary: Hardware not Recognized and/or Usable
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: KitchM <tech>
Component: hardinfoAssignee: Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 17CC: adel.gadllah, tech
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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KInfoCenter Summary Page
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KInfoCenter Memory Page
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KInfoCenter Device Viewer Page
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KInfoCenter Interrupts Page
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KInfoCenter DMA-Channels Page
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KInfoCenter PCI Page
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KInfoCenter IO-Ports Page part A
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KInfoCenter IO-Ports Page part B
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KInfoCenter SCSI Page
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KInfoCenter USB Page
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KInfoCenter Samba Status Page
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KInfoCenter OpenGL Page part A
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Description KitchM 2012-01-02 19:52:57 UTC
Created attachment 550290 [details]
KInfoCenter Summary Page

Description of problem:
Various hardware components are not recognized by the system.  In my case, I find that the SCSI card, the sound components, the parallel printer and the DVD drive is not working.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Simply booting up and trying to get items working with the provided software does not work.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 16 from Live CD.
2. Try out hardware components thru software interfaces.
3.
  
Actual results:
Components not working.

Expected results:
Expected automatic detection and activation of all hardware items.

Additional info:
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+, 2 x built-in 1GB NIC, Plexwriter CD Drive, built-in Realtek ALC 850 8-channel sound, no built-in video, XFX HD-557X-ZHL2 Radeon HD 5570 1GB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.1 (x16) Video Card in the second x16 slot, Domex DMX3191D PCI SCSI Card, 4 x 1GB DDR400 DIMM, parallel port, Deskjet 820cxi.  All items active in BIOS as applicable.

This is not necessarily an identification issue, although indications are that is so in some cases.  But in others, it is a problem with usability or items being made available for use.

The printer was found by the configuration software thru the bi-directional port and cable.  After that, no software can reach the port.  The Domex card has never been found, and so the scanner cannot be found.  The sound system does not work, even after un-muting all recognized systems (cards).  The monitor is capable of 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz non-interlaced, but the system does not see it nor recognize the max resolution.  The Plexwriter is not seen at all.  It does not matter if the DE is Gnome, KDE or Xfce.  Xfce will not give option to shutdown, only log back in, and Gnome is exactly what Linus said.

Please help.

Thank you.

Comment 1 KitchM 2012-01-02 19:55:31 UTC
Created attachment 550291 [details]
KInfoCenter Memory Page

Comment 2 KitchM 2012-01-02 19:57:06 UTC
Created attachment 550292 [details]
KInfoCenter Device Viewer Page

Comment 3 KitchM 2012-01-02 19:58:08 UTC
Created attachment 550293 [details]
KInfoCenter Interrupts Page

Comment 4 KitchM 2012-01-02 19:59:08 UTC
Created attachment 550294 [details]
KInfoCenter DMA-Channels Page

Comment 5 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:01:25 UTC
Created attachment 550295 [details]
KInfoCenter PCI Page

Comment 6 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:02:44 UTC
Created attachment 550296 [details]
KInfoCenter IO-Ports Page part A

Comment 7 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:03:48 UTC
Created attachment 550297 [details]
KInfoCenter IO-Ports Page part B

Comment 8 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:04:41 UTC
Created attachment 550298 [details]
KInfoCenter SCSI Page

Comment 9 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:05:29 UTC
Created attachment 550299 [details]
KInfoCenter USB Page

Comment 10 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:06:39 UTC
Created attachment 550300 [details]
KInfoCenter Samba Status Page

Comment 11 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:07:28 UTC
Created attachment 550301 [details]
KInfoCenter Network Interfaces Page

Comment 12 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:08:32 UTC
Created attachment 550302 [details]
KInfoCenter OpenGL Page part A

Comment 13 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:09:31 UTC
Created attachment 550303 [details]
KInfoCenter OpenGL Page part B

Comment 14 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:10:23 UTC
Created attachment 550304 [details]
KInfoCenter X-Server Page part A

Comment 15 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:11:20 UTC
Created attachment 550305 [details]
KInfoCenter X-Server Page part B

Comment 16 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:12:22 UTC
Yeah, Samba doesn't work either.  My Windoze system can see my Arch system, but it can't see the Fedora system.

Comment 17 KitchM 2012-01-02 20:12:53 UTC
Please let me know what other info you might need.

Thanks.

Comment 18 KitchM 2012-01-27 03:04:16 UTC
<Bump>

Comment 19 Fedora End Of Life 2013-01-16 09:54:21 UTC
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Comment 20 KitchM 2013-01-16 21:21:42 UTC
Same sort of problems with my new Fedora 17 system.  Can see Domex card but not the scanner, even after reboot with scanner on.

One of the major problems with Fedora is its unablility to identify the hardware in the computer, and a lack of a GUI interface to check out these things, activate them or diagnose the problems.

Comment 21 Fedora End Of Life 2013-02-13 07:54:29 UTC
Fedora 16 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2013-02-12. Fedora 16 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 22 KitchM 2013-02-13 15:50:59 UTC
(In reply to comment #21)
> Fedora 16 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2013-02-12. Fedora 16 is 
> no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
> security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.
> 
> If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
> Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.
> 
> Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

This has nothing to do with Fedora 16.  Someone needs to adjust the addition of these messages to only appropriate bugs.

Comment 23 Fedora End Of Life 2013-02-26 15:29:47 UTC
Fedora 16 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2013-02-12. Fedora 16 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 24 KitchM 2013-02-26 16:35:06 UTC
Please remove end-of-life.  Does not apply.