Hoyt, Actually I posted a message to the group asking if anyone had seen an error message I FINALLY got. There was only one message of it in Google and it seemed to point to DMA. Todd being the helpful soul he is found the error message in the kernel (/usr/src/linux/char/devices/drm_40/i810_dma.c). I did some comparison between the stock Win4Lin kernel used in 8.1 and 8.2 and found that somewhere around 2.4.10 (I read the changelogs from 2.4.8 to 2.4.18 ) DRM 4.1 was added to the kernel. BUT the old DRM was still there. Posted it back Todd noticed that the config file had a mention of using old DRM and I started playing with Kernel configs. Don't know who to tell about this or where to place a bug report. It seems to be inherent in the kernel not Mandrake. I installed RH 7.3 and FreeBSD on partitions on this box and RH is even flakier than Mandrake. FreeBSD doesn't use DRM 4.1 and sits there like a rock. Put 2 and 2 together crossed my fingers Patched a kernel myself and ... it worked. Can't say how long it will stay up yet. It's been hovering around 100 daytime in the valley and I've been shutting the box off during the day for it's/my sake. Really glad this helped. This to me means 3 chipsets that the new DRM doesn't work well with. Intel i810, i815 and the AMD chipset you have. Both my boxes, one with the i810 chipset and one with the i815 have gone solid. This is why my servers all run 2.2.20.
James On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 02:17:44 -0400 HoytDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Grabed a keyboard and said: > On Friday 09 August 2002 04:09 pm, James Sparenberg scribbled in > crayon on a yellow legal pad: > > Fingers crossed for you. *grin* > > > > > > James > > > Seems to be holding so far. 8) !!! > > Now I just need to apply the Win4Lin patches and do the same > thing, > > Where did you stumble upon this bit of advice? And to whom do I > direct a request for a more reasonable "fix"? > > -- > Hoyt > http://www.maximumhoyt.com > "Fix it until it breaks." > >
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