On 4 Oct 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> [...]
>
> > > > 2. had to specify mem=1024M on lilo; system only saw 896M -- was OK on LM7.2
[...]
> Oops I forgot that the installer actually does:
>
> kernel-enterprise" if (availableRamMB() > 800)
S'OK... :^)
> > > > 4b. why does this beast go through everything for EACH user...? Surely the
> > > > network stuff is not likely to change per user...
> > >
> > > This should not do the same concerning draknet, but the rest is useful for
> > > each user.
> >
> > Well... each user is given the screen to setup the network; this is silly
> > IMHO.
>
> Yes, this is a bug, concerning network. Sorry that you misunderstood me on
> that.
>
>
> > > > 6. The Sound Blaster PCI-128 worked fine on LM7.2 and I have another on my
>LM8.0
> > > > machine which works fine... sndconfig claims that this card is not
> > > > supported...! Do I have to boot kernel 2.2...?
> > >
> > > It's PCI so what is the output of "lspcidrake -v" and what gives when you
> > > simply modprobe the right module? Have you investigated rebooting with
> > > 2.2?
> >
> > snd-card-ens1370: Ensoniq|ES1370 [AudioPCI] [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO]
> > (vendor:1274 device:5000 subv:4942 subd:4c4c)
> >
[snipped part showing sound module loaded after nodprobe]
> But then, what gives an access try to /dev/audio with "mpg123" or "xmms"
> or anything? You may also try to cat any file and redirect output to
> /dev/dsp and /dev/audio, it should scratch on the audio output.
I'll check sound when I get home; but in trying to install 8.1 on another
machine with the same sound card; that one worked... the only major
difference in installation was that the one with security=medium worked
while security=high did not. While not conclusive, this the most obvious
difference between the installations that comes to mind first.
> > My real issue is the inability for my pre-8.1 userids to use X...
>
> And I have no knowledge on that, sorry..
I'll repost the question; maybe someone will have an answer or at least a
pointer...
Thanks,
Pierre
