Linux-Hardware Digest #552, Volume #12 Sun, 26 Mar 00 04:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs? (Dan Harkless)
Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs? (Dan Harkless)
Corel or Turbo Linux? ("Toolman")
Re: Removable-media IDE drives question (Adrian)
Re: Problems Shutting Down Linux ("Bill Tourloupis")
Matrox Millenium G400 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Small and silent Linux hardware (Jim Jerzycke)
where have YAMAHA 724 XG driver for Linux? (jackysue)
Need help to make my Aureal Vortex Advantage sound card work under Linux (maxi)
whats Linux equivalent of Adaptec CD Direct ? (robert t. lemmon)
P2 with 1G memory works ... sometimes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
fixed sound, broke network card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: whats Linux equivalent of Adaptec CD Direct ? (Dances With Crows)
Re: cdrecord can't find driver (GarbMan)
ANNOUNCE: cpuburn-1.2 testing utilities: burnBX RAM tester improved (Robert
Redelmeier)
Re: Corel or Turbo Linux? (david a. lethe)
voodoo 2's in sli (Simon Beckett)
Contacting device driver maintainers? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problems Shutting Down Linux (James Moss)
Re: Voodoo 3 Card only as root ("Jean-Fran�ois Bocquet")
Re: Problems Shutting Down Linux (Vilmos Soti)
Re: fixed sound, broke network card (Scott R. Haven)
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From: Dan Harkless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs?
Date: 26 Mar 2000 00:54:42 GMT
David Gentzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter) writes:
> >Given that the printer will only handle up to 36 megs (4+32), a 64-meg SIMM
> >would be a waste. Yes, buy.com said it'd take a 64-meg SIMM, but the
> >manual says it'll only take up to a 32-meg SIMM.
>
> Lexmark's web site claims 68M max:
> http://www.lexmark.com/printers/inkjet/OptraColor/40tech.html
They also sell a 64MB SIMM for it, as does Kensington. They must have upped
the limit after the manual was printed.
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From: Dan Harkless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs?
Date: 26 Mar 2000 00:58:16 GMT
Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > So how do you go from 1K refresh on the board chips to 2K on the
> > SIMM? Is 1K just way too old-tech. to be required, or are 2K chips
> > backwards-compatible with 1K boards?
>
> So the 1K, 2K, etc isn't the refresh rate as such, it's the number of
> rows to refresh in the cycle. These devices appear to have a 32ms
> cycle, so the refresh rate is really 1K per 32ms.
Interesting. So if the refresh rate is really 1K but 2K chips work, does
that mean the cheaper, current, 4K chips should work as well?
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From: "Toolman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Corel or Turbo Linux?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:55:56 -0800
Hi Folks!
I want to try (for the 3rd time in a year) to remove windows from my
vocabulary. Can anyone tell me which is the most user friendly to install
Corel or Turbo Linux?
Thanks in advance,
Dennis, WI
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From: Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Removable-media IDE drives question
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 18:11:51 -0700
SomeGuy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently working towards building a PC (AMD K7 Athalon 700 Mhz with
> an ASUS K7V motherboard) and I want it to have multiple operating systems
> (Red Hat Linux, NT, Windows 2000 and W98). It was suggested that I use
> multiple hard drives over System Commander due to the fact that Windows at
> some point and time will need to be re-installed (and I like to do this
> every so often anyways-kinda like a good enema) and it may be easier with a
> removalbe hard drive.
>
> According to Red Hat "Most removable-media IDE drives are not compatible
> with Red Hat Linux; this includes the removable IDE drives by Syquest." Has
> anybody had any success using removable media with Linux? If so who is the
> manufacturer and what is the model of your unit?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated,
> Thanks in advance,
> SomeGuy
That sounds like old advice. Removable "floppy" ide devices like zip and
sysquest do work in atleast 2.2.14 and newer with the CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY
option. In any event it doesn't matter, if I understand you, you want to use
removeable drive cages to swap the system drive on bootup. This IDE devices are
not "hot swappable" and on bootup appear to the BIOS as just a hard drive.
Adrian
--
- I just tried this on my old Packard Bell 486/66 w/4MB (Hey ...
- shut-up! I was young, ignorant, and didn't know anything about
- hardware or quality manufacturers.).
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From: "Bill Tourloupis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Problems Shutting Down Linux
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:24:07 +1000
Dear All,
It has been a while since I last posted to the newsgroup, so I am not
certain whether the questions I am about to ask have already been
asked and/or answered. However, here it goes....
I have been successful at installing RedHat 6.0 on my Pentium 233MHz
PC. As I am sharing this PC with other people in the house, I have
installed
linux on the second hard drive that I purchased a couple of months ago,
which is a 20GB LBA Western Digital hard disk drive.
There are, however, a few problems that I am experiencing with my setup,
that of which are summarised below:
1. I am unable to boot linux off the primary root partition.
I have installed LILO on the primary root partition, and have flagged
this
partition as bootable, however, for some reason I am unable to boot
linux
off it. Whenever I do, I get "LI" being displayed, which suggests that
LILO
does not to recognise the disk geometry of the hard drive. No matter
what
I do to resolve the problem, I am still getting the same result.
Note that I have done the proper thing of creating and installing LILO
below
cylinder 1024, as the HOWTO's suggest. Also note that the root
partition
containing LILO and the kernel exists well below cylinder 1024.
2. Problems with amd - Automatic Mound Daemon.
The Automatic Mount Daemon (amd) takes a long time to initialise itself
when booting or rebooting linux.
3. Problems shutting down linux.
Every time I try to shutdown linux with the halt option, I get a whole
lot of
junk of what seems to be machine code being displayed on the last
(halt) command.
If anybody has come across similar problems, and has resolved them, could
they let me know. It would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Bill Tourloupis - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Matrox Millenium G400
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 21:20:34 -0500
Two questions in serial:
Does anyone have the G400 working in Linux? I have SuSE 6.3 and will
probably be using KDE if not X11.
Iff you have the G400 can you adjust the vertical refresh rate to
something (anything) other than 60Hz? 72Hz or better would be optimal,
IMO.
Thanks,
Duane
--
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Duane A. Bielling
http://www.datasync.com/~bielling
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Matt. 6:33; John 3:16; Rom. 8:1
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Small and silent Linux hardware
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:02:49 +0000
For an easy flash adapter that plugs into an ide port, check out
www.tapr.org
They have a reasonably priced adapter for use in extremely rugged
environments.
Regards, Jim
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From: jackysue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: where have YAMAHA 724 XG driver for Linux?
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:13:45 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
where have YAMAHA 724 XG driver for Linux?
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From: maxi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help to make my Aureal Vortex Advantage sound card work under Linux
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 20:07:09 -0800
I'm a non-expert user of linux, and I've got a PCI Vortex
Advantage sound card. The problem is that I can't make it
work under Linux, neither as a Sound Blaster compatible
card. I couldn't find support in the Aureal site, and I
couldn't find any driver on the Web. Please help me to make
my own device driver, to find a site with it, or send me one
just made. I have real knowledges of hardware, so don't be
afraid about what you write. Thanks from now!!!(And sorry
about my English, I'm argentinian (latin)!!!)
Maximiliano Rinaldi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (robert t. lemmon)
Subject: whats Linux equivalent of Adaptec CD Direct ?
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 03:30:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i have a Hitachi CD-R/W drive in my Linux system
( Gateway 9300 CL ). i'd like to use it like i use
the CD burner on my Windows desktop - copy
and paste files for backup. is there a Linux
equivalent to Adaptec CD Direct ? don't reallly
need GUI interface, just something that works...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: P2 with 1G memory works ... sometimes
Date: 25 Mar 2000 21:56:24 -0500
I put 1G in my Linux system (Asus P2B-DS board with dual processors).
Originally it only detected 960MB of ram.
Due to advice received here, I recompiled the kernel with CONFIG_2GB.
This seems to work, except some programs don't like it!
In particular Allegro Common Lisp 4.3, halts with some strange message about
a "frame error".
My question is: does anyone know how these memory models work and if/when
I can expect problems using the 2G (or higher) options? We are planning
on getting some 2G and 4G machines (Xeons), so I'd like to understand
this stuff better.
Thanks!
Richard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: fixed sound, broke network card
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 04:04:33 GMT
Relative newbie to linux here ....
I'm using TurboLinux workstation 6, and I used TL's utilities
(turbopnpcfg and turbosoundcfg) to get my (embedded) sound card up and
running. Problem is, now the embedded network card, which worked until
I did the above, is no longer working. It's a no-brainer to figure out
that it's probably an IRQ conflict, but I can't tell for sure by
running dmesg...
Two Q's:
1. Is there a "sure-fire" way to determine if an IRQ conflict is to
blame?
2. Is there a .conf or some other file I can manually edit after I
disable the sound card to get the NIC back until I can get a handle on
what is going on? I would rather have the NIC than sound right now!
The only way I know for sure to get it back right now is to
reinstall :P .
Thanks!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: whats Linux equivalent of Adaptec CD Direct ?
Date: 25 Mar 2000 23:52:33 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 03:30:56 GMT, robert t. lemmon
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>i have a Hitachi CD-R/W drive in my Linux system
>( Gateway 9300 CL ). i'd like to use it like i use
>the CD burner on my Windows desktop - copy
>and paste files for backup. is there a Linux
>equivalent to Adaptec CD Direct ? don't reallly
>need GUI interface, just something that works...
Not really. cdrecord has an option to enable the *EXPERIMENTAL*
packet-writing interface. To read packet-written CDs, you must get the
UDF filesystem driver, patch the kernel, and enable it... unless you get
the 2.3.99-pre-3 kernel, which has that as an option. At the moment,
you're better off not using packet-writing, since for some reason, it's
taken the Linux developers a long time to grok it and make it work.
Read the CD-Writing-HOWTO
(http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html)
and check out the bits about "multi-session". This works very well with
Linux/WinXX and it's been thoroughly tested. The only problem with
multi-session is that you can append files but not delete them. CD-RWs
are not floppy/hard disks and that difference makes it somewhat difficult
to treat them as such... HTH,
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: GarbMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord can't find driver
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:39:04 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm trying write CD w/my Acer CRW6206A, but cdrecord -scanbus just
> returns:
> Cdrecord 1.8 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
> cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you
> are root.
> I am running as root, and I do have all the things compiled correctly
> as per the howto. What's more I seem to have all the devices that
> cdrecord demands:
> /dev/sg0 /dev/sg2 /dev/sg4 /dev/sg6 /dev/sga /dev/sgc /dev/sge /de
> v/sgg
> /dev/sg1 /dev/sg3 /dev/sg5 /dev/sg7 /dev/sgb /dev/sgd /dev/sgf
> /dev/sgh
> (The /dev/sg# are sym links to the other ones)
> I don't know what else there is left. I was given conficting
> information about the use of ide-cd.o, so I took it out. What's more I
> even fed "hdc=ide-scsi" to lilo on startup. (The drive is secondary-
> master).
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
I assume you rebuild your kernel with the proper options. If you built
scsi emulation as a module, did you try a 'modprobe ide-scsi' first?
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From: Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: ANNOUNCE: cpuburn-1.2 testing utilities: burnBX RAM tester improved
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:58:35 -0800
I'm pleased to announce the stable version of `burnBX`, a RAM stability
tester for Linux/*BSD. It has been improved over the beta version
by being approximately twice as severe (errors/time) and has an
adjustable RAM testing range. Swap can be tested. Errors and quick
termination are likely on unstable systems.
burnP6/K6/P5/MMX are unchanged, and are best for testing CPUs under
maximum (current and heat) load. burnBX is to test the RAM controller
[Northbridge] and RAM. It can be run on systems other than the BX.
Free software, GNU Public Licence. Available as cpuburn-1_2_tar.gz at
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/hardware [when updated] and
http://users.ev1.net/~redelm .
Enjoy,
-- Robert author `cpuburn` [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (david a. lethe)
Subject: Re: Corel or Turbo Linux?
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:07:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:55:56 -0800, "Toolman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi Folks!
>
>I want to try (for the 3rd time in a year) to remove windows from my
>vocabulary. Can anyone tell me which is the most user friendly to install
>Corel or Turbo Linux?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Dennis, WI
>
>
>
>
If your sole criteria for choosing an operating system is "user
friendlieness on the installation, then choose windows.
sorry, couldn't resist. ..
seriously, they are all about the same. Ease-of-installation is more
of a function on whether or not the drivers for all of your hardware
is native to the distribution.
Just go to a decent bookstore, and find a good LINUX book written for
your skill level, that has an installation chapter.
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From: Simon Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: voodoo 2's in sli
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 17:40:44 +1000
can anyone here tell me if 2 voodoo 2's run in sli automatically on lack
7 or do i need to configure something to enable it. If i do can u tell
me what i need to do or where to find the information.
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Contacting device driver maintainers?
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 07:21:37 GMT
Hi. I have a small patch for an obscure, unmaintained device
driver, the "seagate" (and Future Domain) scsi controller card.
I contacted the guy listed in the sources, and he said that
the device driver appears to be currently unmaintained.
How do I contact whomever is in charge of that source code,
to submit the change?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 18:24:25 +1000
From: James Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Problems Shutting Down Linux
Bill Tourloupis wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> It has been a while since I last posted to the newsgroup, so I am not
> certain whether the questions I am about to ask have already been
> asked and/or answered. However, here it goes....
>
> I have been successful at installing RedHat 6.0 on my Pentium 233MHz
> PC. As I am sharing this PC with other people in the house, I have
> installed
> linux on the second hard drive that I purchased a couple of months ago,
> which is a 20GB LBA Western Digital hard disk drive.
>
> There are, however, a few problems that I am experiencing with my setup,
> that of which are summarised below:
>
> 1. I am unable to boot linux off the primary root partition.
> I have installed LILO on the primary root partition, and have flagged
> this
> partition as bootable, however, for some reason I am unable to boot
> linux
> off it. Whenever I do, I get "LI" being displayed, which suggests that
> LILO
> does not to recognise the disk geometry of the hard drive. No matter
> what
> I do to resolve the problem, I am still getting the same result.
>
> Note that I have done the proper thing of creating and installing LILO
> below
> cylinder 1024, as the HOWTO's suggest. Also note that the root
> partition
> containing LILO and the kernel exists well below cylinder 1024.
>
> 2. Problems with amd - Automatic Mound Daemon.
> The Automatic Mount Daemon (amd) takes a long time to initialise itself
> when booting or rebooting linux.
>
> 3. Problems shutting down linux.
> Every time I try to shutdown linux with the halt option, I get a whole
> lot of
> junk of what seems to be machine code being displayed on the last
> (halt) command.
>
> If anybody has come across similar problems, and has resolved them, could
> they let me know. It would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Tourloupis - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I get the same thing on shutdown
It says:
system is halted
shutting down all MD devices
Gibberish
then after about 10 mins, if I let it go:
OOPS!
message about some interupts or kernel work needs to be done ?
Any suggestions?
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From: "Jean-Fran�ois Bocquet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Voodoo 3 Card only as root
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:38:25 GMT
Dans l'article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Clark
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit :
> Hi,
>
> Just got my Voodoo 3 card up and running and quaking happily. The only
> problem is I can only access my card in root. When I run test3Dfx in
> root, it works great. When I try to do it using my normal user account
> I get:
>
> gd error (glide): Can't find or access Banshee/V3 board
> gd error (glide):
> grSstSelect: non-existent SSTSegmentation fault
>
> Consequently I have to play Quake and Unreal in root. This seems like a
> file permission problem but I am not sure what files to change.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kevin Clark
>
>
>
Well Kevin, you're almost right, it's a problem of permission but it can
be solved by installing a kernel module that give access to the Voodoo3
hardware without root priviledges.
You can find it at:
http://linux.3dfx.com/open_source/download/voodoo3_banshee.htm
Follow the instructions and you should go right without any problem.
Happy fragging...
--
Jean-Fran�ois Bocquet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Problems Shutting Down Linux
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:44:09 GMT
> 1. I am unable to boot linux off the primary root partition.
Hello,
What do you mean under primary root partition? I have never heard about
"secondary" root partition.
> I have installed LILO on the primary root partition, and have flagged
> this partition as bootable,
Linux doesn't need the active (bootable) flag. In fact, you can have
multiple Linux installations with different root partitions on the same
disk.
> off it. Whenever I do, I get "LI" being displayed, which suggests that
> > LILO does not to recognise the disk geometry of the hard drive.
Excerpt from /usr/doc/lilo*/README:
LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot
loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a
geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map
installer.
> Note that I have done the proper thing of creating and installing LILO
> below cylinder 1024, as the HOWTO's suggest.
If you use lilo for booting, then it should be in the first sector of
the disk. If you regularly use windows, then you can have it boot
Linux. Both Windows9x and NT can boot Linux.
> 3. Problems shutting down linux.
> Every time I try to shutdown linux with the halt option, I get a whole
> lot of
> junk of what seems to be machine code being displayed on the last
> (halt) command.
What messages? These can refer to hardware problems.
Vilmos
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From: Scott R. Haven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: fixed sound, broke network card
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 04:10:46 +0000
chubbohead,
Here are a few places to look:
try:
cat /proc/interrupts
that'll show you which IRQ's are being used
cat /proc/ioports
will show io ports in use
lsmod
To see which modules are loaded
rmmod to unload a module
insmod to load a module
Sorry I can't be more specific, I haven't used TurboLinux....
Scott R. Haven
Penguin Magazine
"The newbie friendly online magazine for Linux users."
http://www.PenguinMagazine.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Relative newbie to linux here ....
> I'm using TurboLinux workstation 6, and I used TL's utilities
> (turbopnpcfg and turbosoundcfg) to get my (embedded) sound card up and
> running. Problem is, now the embedded network card, which worked until
> I did the above, is no longer working. It's a no-brainer to figure out
> that it's probably an IRQ conflict, but I can't tell for sure by
> running dmesg...
> Two Q's:
> 1. Is there a "sure-fire" way to determine if an IRQ conflict is to
> blame?
> 2. Is there a .conf or some other file I can manually edit after I
> disable the sound card to get the NIC back until I can get a handle on
> what is going on? I would rather have the NIC than sound right now!
> The only way I know for sure to get it back right now is to
> reinstall :P .
> Thanks!
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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