-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jaimon Jose wrote: > Hi, > I have few of hardware related problems with a dell latitude c640 > 1. I use a TEAC CD224E DVD drive with this. I can see that drive is > properly recognized while booting. But I don't have a /dev/dvd > created. ( dmesg is attached.)
# ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd (or similar)? /dev/dvd isn't necessary for anything really, it's just a convenience link (like /dev/pilot too), and I don't know if there is any easy way to auto-detect it. > > 2. I do have a PCTEL 2304WT v.92 modem. I can't see 9.2 recognizing > this as valid modem. I'm trying to set it up as per > http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/. This appears to be little > old. Is this correct? > > 3. As reported earlier, I have disabled ACPI due to system lock up. I > can't suspend the system now which was possible with Mandrake 9.1. If > anybody is interested in helping me debugging the problem, I can provide > sufficient information. Boot with the 'nolapic' option, ie at the bootloader prompt, hit ESC and type: linux nolapic If if fixes it (all other Dell users who have tried this had success), then add the option to the append line of your default kernel entry in the bootloader. - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/njiJrJK6UGDSBKcRAqy7AJ47PW+vdPbojnzRqkrIwP+S00ekTQCdF4Q9 YkhejLvXKeXpbEBeAPK8+w8= =sBbs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
