On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Barry Marler wrote:
> 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:
Good, i thought Chmouel and Pixel did a nasty hack to make me crazy :)
> 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).
could you diff them please, or just send em both to Pixel
> 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.
While Chmouel was at LSB i hacked those error messages off to syslog
insstead of console. I don't remeber why they were put back exactly,
good-reason or oversight one of the two :/
> 3. Although I use Gnome/sawmill, root and my wife use KDE. KFM crashes
> _alot_ now, although it never did before.
File a bug report on
Package: kdebase
It's the easiest fastest way tobe sure David sees it
> 4. My mouse is no konger working in the console, although gpm is running.
Hmm i forget what info pixel needs for this :)
Do you start runlevel 5? (XFree, maybe imwheel tweeks my mouse and i have
to restart gpm after X)
serial ps/2 or usb? (and all that other type tuff)
> 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
> (706)542-0059 (fax)
>
>
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