vern wrote:
>
> I likewise am back on Mdk 6.1 after a few days of trying
> to get 7.0 to "work". My main problem is the Intel drivers
> I got won't recognize the 2.2.14mdk?? kernel as a 2.2 kernel
> the mdk "customized" version pukes, so I am awaiting the
> chance to try out Red Hat 6.2 and see it the kernel in it
> is a little more "mainstream" I'm not advanced enough to
> get into kernel hacking although it's tempting sometimes!
> Vern
>
I think you will find agpgart.o works fine with the latest cooker
kernels.
Civileme
> > > | > X. At this stage my colleague threw the ver 7 cd
> > > in the bin, and will be
> > > | > putting 6 back on the machine next week. (No -
> > > he doesn't want to know
> > > | > how to fix it, or what went wrong.)
> > > | >
> > > | > Also today, I installed the BeOS 5 (Personal
> > > Edition) operating system
> > > | > that I downloaded last night. It really just
> > > unpacked the files. I
> > > | > rebooted the machine, and hey! presto ... BeOS!
> > > Funny, video worked,
> > > | > sound worked, Cdrw burnt cd's, ... all with NO
> > > installation questions,
> > > | > NO how-to's, No hassles. OK - so there is
> > > nothing written for BeOS yet,
> > > | > and I'm not serious about keeping it, just
> > > curious, BUT, it proved you
> > > | > can write a hassle free installer THAT WORKS!
> > > | >
> > > | > OK - back to Linux - the current attitude that
> > > if something didn't work,
> > > | > it's because you didn't read the instructions or
> > > your hardware is faulty
> > > | > IS SIMPLY NOT ACCEPTABLE to me any more - If it
> > > doesn't work FIRST TIME
> > > | > it's because its broken, and needs fixing.
> > > | >
> > > | > The first Linux distribution that produces a
> > > hassle free installer that
> > > | > works (no if's, but's, or maybe's - I mean works
> > > - full stop!)
> > > | > WILL SUCCEED, all the rest will only be
> > > installed by enthusiasts (which
> > > | > I still count myself among) and are doomed to
> > > their rightful resting
> > > | > place in the garbage bin.
> > > | >
> > > | > Now, it's time for my big decision - Do I, like
> > > my colleague, consign
> > > | > the Ver 7 install I have spent so much time on
> > > to oblivion, and go back
> > > | > to Ver 6 because it worked, or do I persevere,
> > > and try to get 7 up and
> > > | > running properly, or, perhaps, do I try RedHat
> > > 6.2, or just wait for a
> > > | > distro with kernel 2.4 & XFree 4? I really don't
> > > know, and I really
> > > | > don't expect anyone else to decide for me, I
> > > just know that my
> > > | > perceptions of install problems will never be
> > > the same again.
> > > --
> > > "Brian, the man from babbleon-on"
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Brian T. Schellenberger
> > > http://www.babbleon.org
> > > Support http://www.eff.org.
> > > Support decss defendents.
> > > Support http://www.programming-freedom.org.
> > > Boycott amazon.com.
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