> Hi Gustin and Ralf > Thanks for the replies. > > I didn't know I can build the newer driver on debian-etch too, but > downloaded the latest xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.3.tar.bz2 tarball and > will try to build it later today. > > I can keep my BIOS set to IDE, to see if the video driver works, but > would like to use the SATA controller of course. > Can I just switch this setting in the BIOS back to SATA after > installing the newer kernel from Synaptic ? Or should that newer > kernel be installed when the BIOS is already set to use the SATA > controller, so it can configure itself to use SATA ?
I don't know, but you can test it, I don't think you will lose data by testing this. It's definitive possible to change the kernel modules at any time. Suse e.g. only knows sda, no hda any more, but also IDE can used this way, anyway there e.g. was a problem with secondary drives and it was possible to change the kernel modules. I've got AMD 690G and ATI SB600 chipsets, storage is done by the SB600 and CHS and LBA are inconsistent. It's not a problem for me, but I guess because of this inconsistency RAID won't be possible. > For the update of the BIOS , I'll have to find out what mobo it is > exactly that I've bought, but thanks for the advice Ralf. As root run: dmidecode This will give you the information about your mobo. > I'll go back to play some music in the studio and test UbuntuStudio a > bit more (it just recognised the midisport 2x2 USB , I installed > fxload from synaptic and didn't have to edit any files or add scripts > like before with older Ubuntu versions :) Tomorrow, I'll bring the box > back here and try the kernel upgrading. > > Yesterday night, when I played keyboard while switching channels in Muse, I'm impressed, MusE is absolute unable to run on any of my Linux. > it crashed, but the most of the time, I could just play and make > music. I'll do some more tests to see how much delay I've got with > recording audio and midi, or if there are any other problems. > If there aren't any problems left, it would be nice for the community > to have some low budget supermarket PC model to point to as > "Linux-compatible" , especially for a musician-oriented distribution I > guess. Maybe some DSP genius isn't interested in OS theory/politics, > but wouldn't it be great to have him programming in and for open-source ? ALDI PCs are good, but if you built a computer yourself, you can get all you need for half of the price. And everyone who is able to run a Linux, because he was reading and learning about Linux, also is qualified to learn how to built a computer himself, in less of the time he needs to know something about Linux. Ralf
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