On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Anton Graham wrote:
> Ok, I did an hd install from what was the latest available at rpmfind.net @
> 1700 (GMT) yesterday.
>
> System configuration:
> P-200, 96MB, 6.4 GB, ISA v.90 Modem (PNP features disabled), ESS1868
> sound, 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI (16 MB), Creative 4224E CD-RW, Hitachi 8x CD-ROM
>
> 1) If in time configuration, if I select America/Los Angeles, I am not
> asked if my hardware clock is set to GMT, but I am if I Select US/Pacific.
Strange, should ask only depending upon what install class you choose, not
time zone :/ Pixel?
> 2) X is now broken :(. While the 12/21 snapshot gives me a working X
> server, the latest provides a white border around a field of wavy blue
> lines and hangs during the server test. I let it sit there for half an
> hour hoping it would straighten out.
nothings been done to XFree86, I'll blame Pixel ;) cause i have no clue
> 3) Ok, boot into runlevel 3. muck around a bit restoring various config
> files (and X still doesn't work after restoring my XF86config), prepare to
> shutdown and am informed:
> Shutdown: No authorized users logged in.
> What?!? Check /etc/shutdown.allow and it contains all authorized
> users. Explicit: shutdown -a now allows the shutdown, but dumps into
> runlevel 1. Must type init 0 to shutdown the system.
Yoann, only levels 4 and 5 bubba ;)
> 4) On another install to a similarly equipped system (using an onboard
> CL-5446 in place of the Voodoo and lacking a CD-RW, but otherwise the
> same), Lothar is still choking on the sound card. Reports device or
> resource busy when I try to test the card. sndconfig plays test sounds as
> well as can be expected for the card. But, at least I had X.
Same card? ESS1868?
--
MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
--Axalon
