By the way shanu I had done a rpm -Uvh and it removed my previous
kernel. Looking at the redhat installation procedure I noticed that they
mentioned to do a rpm -ivh ( install) instread of an upgrade so as to
preserve the previous kernel. Am I mistaken or is your article in
PCquest misleading ?
Cheerio
Robin
Shanker Balan wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> Regarding the i810, the foll applies:
>
> The current RHL 6.2 (zoot) i810 kernel drivers (2.2.14-12) have
> problems on certain motherboards. The August PCQ CD-ROM features the
> latest RHL 6.2 kernel (2.2.16-3) and an accompanying article on how to
> install the kernel. The new kernel fixes the i810 X Windows problem on
> most mother boards and also has built in sound drivers for the i810.
>
> Please upgrade at the earliest.
>
> To get the sound working add the line:
>
> alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
>
> Test the sound config by running 'aumix'.
>
> NOTE: The OSS i810 sound driver is very very alpha. The ALSA drivers may
> give you better stability (and features)
>
> See http://www.exocore.com/linux/i810/ for ALSA config stuff.
>
> -- Shanu
>
> Bhaskar Bommakanti saw fit to inform LIH that:
> >I have a print out of Shanus' howto on installing RHL6.2 but this talks
> >of setting video ram as 4 MB. Any pointers for this pls. Is it possible
> >to install RHL 6.2 on this mobo with inbuilt video and sound? Thanks
>
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