Rich, On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 09:57:27PM -0500, Rich Payne wrote: > > > > They usually are well supported. I'm wondering what changed in that > > driver between the 2.2.x and 2.4.0-test series (then again, what hasn't > > changed...there were quite a few drivers that were practically rewritten). > > Ugghh....I'll try to stuff an adaptec into a UP1x00 on Monday and boot a > 2.4 and see what happens. Which adaptec are you using (2940, 2940U2W > etc...)? This was test-11-pre5 ?
It is a 2940U2W > > > > The 2.4 series have been nothing but painful on my system. The main 3 > > > reasons I want to get them working is: > > > 1. Sound Blaster Live! support > > Well, you could use ALSA (www.alsa-project.org). > I may try this, but would prefer kernel support > > > 2. DRI, and agpgart support for my Matrox g400 > > I think the latest 2.2.x series has had much of this back ported. > This I may also try, along with the USB stuff > > > 3. USB *stable* support > > Again, I know that RH are shipping USB with 7.0, not sure if that was > their backport or if it's in the latest 2.2.x > > > I can understand this. I know that API has tested USB support > > successfully under 2.4.0-test kernels, but I'm not sure if they were using > > the Adaptec driver or if they had installed another SCSI adapter and used > > that instead. I'll ask... > > Neither :) I was using IDE at the time. Had a USB mouse working under X, > it was a good feeling. > > --rdp > > -- > Rich Payne > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.alphalinux.org > Robert
