> > here I am, still trying to fine-tune my PC and understand it a bit > > further... > That attitude seems to be the minority these days, judging from the > recent flamefests on Slashdot.
Well... I'm really somehow 'old-fashioned'... ;-) > > OK... I'm puzzled by the 2nd one... what does he mean by 'Cannot find > > map file'? I guess he means that he can't find the /boot/map file, > No, its looking for a System.map file, which lists where all the > functions live when the kernel is in memory. (useful for debugging > kernel panics among other things). OK... and how do I build a System.map file? ;-? > > Aug 18 16:45:32 groo /usr/sbin/gpm[152]: Skipping a data packet (?) > > Aug 18 16:45:32 groo /usr/sbin/gpm[152]: Skipping a data packet (?) > > > > What's that all about? ;-? > Perhaps it has something to do with your other problems? Don't really think so... This one happens in my work PC, where the mouse is connected to /dev/ttyS0 and, even when the kernel seems to map it to /dev/ttyS00, the mouse works fine... believe it or not! ;-) > > What is 'perpendicular mode'? Do the massage mean that my FDC is wrongly > > configured for Linux or what? ;-? > Can you use your floppy drive just fine? Looking at the source in > drivers/block/floppy.c, it has something to do with seeking and getting > high transfer rates (128k/s) on special floppy drive controllers. OK... I'm sure this VERY old FDC unit wouldn't support it! As the floppy unit is working fine, I must presume that Linux is only trying to see if it supports perpendicular mode each time I change the disk in the FDC... No problem, then! Ciao, and thanks for your help! Guilherme Zahn
