RE: Sweeping generalizations Re: calebs time problem was (Re: MSI motherboards?)

2004-05-23 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Steve wrote: Come on now... let's get real. Linux isn't perfect, nor is plenty of the software that runs on it. If you want to lock up your machine, it's pretty simple. Well I was telling someone in the weekend that since I built my current box with Gentoo at home 18 months ago I do not recall

RE: Sweeping generalizations Re: calebs time problem was (Re: MSI motherboards?)

2004-05-23 Thread luukml
On the other hand, I'm still getting plenty of lockups since I installed Gentoo. .. It is definitely improving though as I work my way through various kernel/driver/framebuffer issues. I'm getting there slowly. Quoting Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Steve wrote: Come on

Re: Sweeping generalizations Re: calebs time problem was (Re: MSI motherboards?)

2004-05-23 Thread Nick Rout
I read somewhere that on your nforce chipset board you should disable either apic or acpi. now if i could find where i saw it. i'd be really useful! On Mon, 24 May 2004 10:27:57 +1200 (NZST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the other hand, I'm still getting plenty of lockups since I installed

Re: Sweeping generalizations Re: calebs time problem was (Re: MSI motherboards?)

2004-05-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 24 May 2004 10:35:06 +1200 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read somewhere that on your nforce chipset board you should disable either apic or acpi. now if i could find where i saw it. i'd be really useful! got it, it was a response from the gentoo-dev list in response to a

Re: Sweeping generalizations Re: calebs time problem was (Re: MSI motherboards?)

2004-05-23 Thread luukml
Thanks, I did a bit more googling around just now and found this http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=169004highlight=nforce2 which has a patch for the problem which will allow me to use acpi and apic. I will have a go at this tonight. Luuk Quoting Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon,

Re: Sweeping generalizations Re: calebs time problem was (Re: MSI motherboards?)

2004-05-23 Thread Carl Cerecke
Nick Rout wrote: I read somewhere that on your nforce chipset board you should disable either apic or acpi. On Mon, 24 May 2004 10:27:57 +1200 (NZST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the other hand, I'm still getting plenty of lockups since I installed Gentoo. .. It is definitely improving though as