On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> You shouldn't have to touch anything, do a fresh install
> on the first bootup kudzu will add the sound alias to conf.modules
> theres nothing to configure it's either there or it isn't. If on the off
> chance you don't see the "alias sound emu10k1" in your conf.modules on
> the first boot contact me so i can find out what went wrong please.
Actually, I did an upgrade from Helios to Air this morning; my
SBLive! worked, as you predicted, automatically. There were a couple of
other anomalies, though:
1. The graphical config of X Window was flaky. It kept telling me my
configuration was wrong (I have an Optiquest V95 and a Creative
GraphicsBlaster RIVA TNT w/ 16 mb memory). Somehow, I finally got it to
accept settings that were much more modest than what my monitor & card are
capable of. But, when I booted, my X server kept crashing before it could
launch, due to an "improper configuration." Replacing the
upgrade-generated XF86Config with the backup of my old one cured the
problem. I'm now running at 1280x1024 @ 32bpp, just like I have since
my original Venus install, although the Air graphical install said my
system was incapable of such a resolution (interestingly, when the X
server crashed after my 1st boot of the upgrade, it told me that my system
was incapable of 24 bpp, which is the depth the installer forced me to
choose, i.e., no greater depth would be accepted).
2. In /var/log/messages, the following message repeats ad infinitum:
starbaby kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy) sector 0
I assume this is due to Supermount. I can use the floppy. It's lioght
stays on all the time, so I unmounted it.
3. Although I use Gnome/sawmill, root and my wife use KDE. KFM crashes
_alot_ now, although it never did before.
4. My mouse is no konger working in the console, although gpm is running.
I'm wondering if upgrading, as opposed to a fresh install, led to these
problems.
/b
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Barry Marler
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
University of Georgia
(706)542-0742
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