Linux-Setup Digest #423, Volume #20 Mon, 15 Jan 01 01:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Sound Blaster Live on Redhat 7 (E J)
add users ("Thorsten Schmidt")
Re: Help: custom bootnet install image (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: Sound Blaster Live on Redhat 7 (John MacDonald)
Re: Mouse stuck at the top of the screen after kde opens. (Michael V. Ferranti)
no sound or network, need higher resolution ("Fu Muma")
Re: no joysticks in kernel 2.4.0 ("Christopher C. Stump")
Re: add users (E J)
Re: no sound or network, need higher resolution (E J)
Re: no sound or network, need higher resolution ("Matt Jones")
Re: booting stops at the "starting sendmail" (Tony Reed)
WindowsME-RedHat 7 (Gordon Berta)
Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-( (Steve)
Ghostscript Printing Error. Unable to Print in Debian. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RH 6.2 problems rebuilding the kernel (Russell Robinson)
Re: no joysticks in kernel 2.4.0 (Dances With Crows)
can't get hard drive to work ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: WindowsME-RedHat 7 (E J)
Re: RH 6.2 problems rebuilding the kernel (James Rose)
can't login to KDE, users seem gone ("Jason Bond")
tape driver timeouts with scsi aha-1522a ("Corey Wirun")
manual start of aha152x scsi module? ("Corey Wirun")
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Live on Redhat 7
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:10:55 GMT
Sound like you have a built in audio card conflicting with your Sound
Blaster Live.
Go into your BIOS and disable your audio card.
John MacDonald wrote:
> I have tried several times to configure my Soundblaster Live card on
> RedHat 7 with a PIII 600 on a ASUS CUV4X board.
> When I run the sound configuration both in Gnome and in a shell I get
> the same problem.
> It says I have a VIA Technologies VT 82C 686
> Apallo Super AC/Audio
> If I try to test the configuration the systems locks up solid.
> I have to pres the reset button to get anywhere.
> Ifr I try to load Linux again it locks up trying to load the sound
> modual. The reset button is need again.
>
> Anyone have any ideas how to fix this and how about a way to get linux
> running without loading the sound modual.
>
> Thanks John
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From: "Thorsten Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: add users
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 02:11:15 +0100
Hi!
When my System (SUSE 6.2) is running for some time (e.g. 1 day or longer :))
and i add a new user with yast, i can't immediatly login with that user.
instead i have to reboot first. now, i don't want to reboot every time i add
a new user.
Thanks
Thorsten
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Help: custom bootnet install image
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 02:37:17 +0100
On 9 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <93berg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I wrote:
> [Re: getting RH net install disk to recognize Davicom 9102/A PCI fast ethernet
> two days ago and no answer snipped]
Strange that it does not autodetect; it usually does with PCI chips.
Perhaps you will need to start in expert mode and choose manually to use
the dmfe module. It can also be called dmfe_rh61 for RedHat 6.1.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: John MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Live on Redhat 7
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:51:54 GMT
OK Thanks I did that and that was the problem. No I find that Redhat
doesn't support the SB Live card.
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:10:55 GMT, E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sound like you have a built in audio card conflicting with your Sound
>Blaster Live.
>Go into your BIOS and disable your audio card.
>
>John MacDonald wrote:
>
>> I have tried several times to configure my Soundblaster Live card on
>> RedHat 7 with a PIII 600 on a ASUS CUV4X board.
>> When I run the sound configuration both in Gnome and in a shell I get
>> the same problem.
>> It says I have a VIA Technologies VT 82C 686
>> Apallo Super AC/Audio
>> If I try to test the configuration the systems locks up solid.
>> I have to pres the reset button to get anywhere.
>> Ifr I try to load Linux again it locks up trying to load the sound
>> modual. The reset button is need again.
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas how to fix this and how about a way to get linux
>> running without loading the sound modual.
>>
>> Thanks John
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse stuck at the top of the screen after kde opens.
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 02:58:57 +0000
And stephencolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>cursor remains 'stuck' at the top of the screen and jumps madly about
>when I move the mouse, but it won't move anywhere but along the top of
>the screen.
Had the same problem when I picked "MouseSystem" instead of "MouseMan"
when I configured X once. Try a different mouse type.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Linux Counter Reg.ID# 177869 http://counter.li.org GNUke The Planet!
Sign The Linux Driver Petition: www.libralinux.com/petition.english.html
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From: "Fu Muma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: no sound or network, need higher resolution
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:55:08 -0500
running linux 2.2.15, redhat 6.2
i'm new on the linux scene.
i have a sb16 pci sound card, and a edimax ( read generic ) nic. i can't get
them to work.
my monitor which can display up to1024x768 in win2k, can only display
640x480 in linux. i'm using a nvidia tnt2 m64 display adapter with a komodo
plug n play monitor.
i am open to any and all suggestions. make assumptions that i did not try
your idea ( because i probably don't know how to : ).
thanks for you help in advance.
--
know Jesus, know peace... no Jesus, no peace.
fu
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From: "Christopher C. Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: no joysticks in kernel 2.4.0
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:03:05 -0600
Options that are unaccessable during configuration are so because they are
experimental (i.e. they are not considered stable). If you really want to
use an experimental option, then you need to change the code maturity
level during configuration. Check the 'help' under the 'Code Maturity
Level Options' menu in xconfig for more details.
Good luck!
ken pile wrote:
> I have downloaded kernel 2.4.0 for one reason, for the joystick support
> on the soundblaster live! soundcard. However, when I came to select the
> joystick in xconfig, they were all blanked out. Can anyone guide me on
> this please?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken Pile
--
Christopher C. Stump
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Homepage: http://www.thestump.net
Registered with the Linux counter, ID#183377
"Computers are like air conditioners...Once you open
Windows, they stop working correctly" -Unknown Linux User
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: add users
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 03:14:54 GMT
How about the following command?
$ su -
password: <secret>
# adduser new_user_id # add a new user
# man adduser # for more information on adduser command
Thorsten Schmidt wrote:
> Hi!
> When my System (SUSE 6.2) is running for some time (e.g. 1 day or longer :))
> and i add a new user with yast, i can't immediatly login with that user.
> instead i have to reboot first. now, i don't want to reboot every time i add
> a new user.
> Thanks
>
> Thorsten
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: no sound or network, need higher resolution
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 03:32:13 GMT
Fu Muma wrote:
> running linux 2.2.15, redhat 6.2
>
> i'm new on the linux scene.
>
> i have a sb16 pci sound card, and a edimax ( read generic ) nic. i can't get
> them to work.
$ su -
password: <secret>
# sndconfig # configure soundcard
# control-panel
# # click on the kernel icon add your network card (ne2000?) parameters in
# # click on the network icon to see if you can get onto the network with the
network parameters
>
> my monitor which can display up to1024x768 in win2k, can only display
> 640x480 in linux. i'm using a nvidia tnt2 m64 display adapter with a komodo
> plug n play monitor.
>
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak # just in case you mess up the
Xconfiguration.
# Xconfigurator # put only the resolution to 1024 x 768 to 16 bit color (you
did not say what color resolution)
Xconfigurator 4.4.3 - (C) 2000 Red Hat Software and others
Select Video Modes
Select the video modes you would like to use. 8 bit modes allow
for
256 colors, 16 bit modes allow for 64k colors, and 24 bit modes
allow
for true color. Performance will be slower, however, the higher
you
go. You should select at least one of the elements
below.
8 bit: 16 bit: 24
bit:
[ ] "640x480" [ ] "640x480" [ ]
"640x480"
[ ] "800x600" [ ] "800x600" [ ]
"800x600"
[ ] "1024x768" [X]
"1024x768"
[ ] "1152x864" [ ]
"1152x864"
[ ]
"1280x1024"
Ok Back
<Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements | <Space> selects | <F12> next screen
>
> i am open to any and all suggestions. make assumptions that i did not try
> your idea ( because i probably don't know how to : ).
>
> thanks for you help in advance.
> ---
>
>
> fu
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From: "Matt Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: no sound or network, need higher resolution
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:41:14 -0500
try using the Xconfigurator command you can set you card and monitor from
there you may also be able to set your screen size and resolution. Also try
going into xwin and seeing if you can find a proporties box and see if that
does you any good. Good luck Matt Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Fu Muma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:93touj$m53$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> running linux 2.2.15, redhat 6.2
>
> i'm new on the linux scene.
>
> i have a sb16 pci sound card, and a edimax ( read generic ) nic. i can't
get
> them to work.
> my monitor which can display up to1024x768 in win2k, can only display
> 640x480 in linux. i'm using a nvidia tnt2 m64 display adapter with a
komodo
> plug n play monitor.
>
> i am open to any and all suggestions. make assumptions that i did not try
> your idea ( because i probably don't know how to : ).
>
> thanks for you help in advance.
> --
> know Jesus, know peace... no Jesus, no peace.
>
>
> fu
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Reed)
Subject: Re: booting stops at the "starting sendmail"
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 03:37:08 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup
CM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
:Welcome to the club!!!I experienced the same problem.The booting
:actually doesnt stop for me ...it gets delayed when it
:reaches 'sendmail' by atleast 2 minutes.
:
:Help is solicited in this regard
:
:regards
:CM
You have to give yourself an apparent fully-qualified domain name.
It doesn't have to be a real one, just something with a dot in it
(like linux.lan) to fool sendmail. Myself, I switched to postfix.
--
Tony Reed
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Gordon Berta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WindowsME-RedHat 7
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 03:55:14 GMT
How do you install dual boot on windows me...??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-(
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:23:19 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>| Glad to help you guys out, but I still can't figure how to get the last
>| 1/4 of realplay to work with the Netscape 6 and Real Player plugins
>| raclass.zip & rpnp.so. Some website that use the Real Player plugins
>| will state that your Real Player is not installed.
>|
>| Steve wrote:
>|
>| > * Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>| > >| On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:42:35 GMT, E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>| > >|
>| > >| I didn't ask the question, but thanks for a detailed answer ;)
>| >
>| > And likewise me to, helped me out quite a bit.
>| >
>| > --
>| > Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764
>| > Powered by Caldera Open Linux
>| > 9:33am up 26 days, 13:17, 8 users, load average: 0.10, 0.05, 0.12
>|
Maybe a guru or two on the mozilla newsgroups might help...
--
Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764
Powered by Caldera Open Linux
9:22pm up 9:01, 11 users, load average: 0.02, 0.06, 0.07
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ghostscript Printing Error. Unable to Print in Debian.
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 04:27:23 GMT
Hi
I'm running Debian 2.2r2 with "sid" or "unstable" deb packages and
Apsfilterconfig 6.0. I have a Canon BJ-200ex printer. I receive the
following errors when I tried printing to a file and to my printer, lp:
=====================================================================
AFPL Ghostscript 6.50 (2000-12-02)
Copyright (C) 2000 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights
reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Error: /undefinedfilename in (test.ps)
Operand stack:
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval--
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push
--nostringval-- --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:986/1476(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:66/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
AFPL Ghostscript 6.50: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
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From: Russell Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,linux.dev.kernel
Subject: RH 6.2 problems rebuilding the kernel
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:58:01 +1100
I'm a (very) old hand at UNIX but new to Linux and I'm trying to add a
driver to the kernel following instructions from the manufacturer.
For my first 2 attempts things went wrong, so I reinstalled Linux from
scratch each time.
On the third attempt, I followed the instructions at
http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-6.2-Manual/ref-guide/s1-sysadmin-build-kernel.html
but it still didn't work and now's the time to ask for help!
Forget the new driver for the moment, I'm just trying to build a kernel
that's identical to the distribution as a known and stable starting
point. I've followed the instructions very carefully, using the "make
oldconfig" option.
The kernel boots but reports the following error:
Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.16-3rr1/misc/emu10k1.o
I don't care about this driver, but why can't I get a kernel that's the
same as the distribution?
What have I missed?
Thanks for any help!
--
Russell Robinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Author of TTMaker (Advanced Timetabling Software)
Root Software Pty Limited (http://www.rootsoftware.com)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: no joysticks in kernel 2.4.0
Date: 15 Jan 2001 05:12:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:25:47 +0000, ken pile staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>I have downloaded kernel 2.4.0 for one reason, for the joystick support
>on the soundblaster live! soundcard. However, when I came to select the
>joystick in xconfig, they were all blanked out. Can anyone guide me on
>this please?
Read the documentation, perhaps? You need to enable another couple of
options to get joystick support working. "Input core support" and
"Joystick Support" under that need to be Y or M, then the Character
Devices->ns558 gameports option needs to be selected. Make sure you
also enable support for the specific joystick model you have, and take
note of the name changes/module loading order differences. Funny, when
I ran "make menuconfig", there was a screen somewhere that told me what
I needed to do about that.
Some typos seem to have crept into the documentation as well. Joysticks
have major number 15, not 13 as several places in the docs say! (Info
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.0/include/linux/major.h )
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: can't get hard drive to work
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 05:30:46 GMT
I just bought a second hard drive (SEAGATE X15, 18GB). I installed it
into computer, no problem. It is a SCSI drive. The adaptec BIOS sees
drive during boot up. But, when the linux OS is ready to boot, it just
stops after the kernel is loaded. It doesn't even start the boot up
process.
I know that Lilo is working at some level because I can startup windows
which is stored on a 2nd partition on the bootup hard drive. Furthermore
because windows can start and read/examine the drive, I know that the
problem must be on the linux side.
The boot drive is at SCSI 0, and the new 2nd drive is at SCSI 1. there
are not SCSI ID conflicts. I have checked all that.
Can anyone provide any assistance?
Here is my lilo.conf file:
#
# /etc/lilo.conf - generated by Lizard
#
# target
boot = /dev/sda2
install = /boot/boot.b
# options
prompt
delay = 50
timeout = 50
message = /boot/message
default = linux
image = /boot/vmlinuz-pc97-2.2.10-modular
label = linux
root = /dev/sda2
vga = 274
read-only
append = "debug=2 noapic nosmp"
initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.10.gz
image = /boot/vmlinuz-pc97-2.2.10-modular
label = linux2
root = /dev/sda2
vga = 274
read-only
append = "hdc=ide-scsi"
append = "debug=2 noapic nosmp"
initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.10.gz
image = /boot/vmlinuzJ
label = cruft4296
root = /dev/sda2
vga = 274
read-only
append = "debug=2 noapic nosmp"
initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.10.gz
other = /dev/sda1
label = windowsNT
table = /dev/sda
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WindowsME-RedHat 7
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 05:46:59 GMT
RTFM on http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/mini/Linux+Win95.html
and http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-7-Manual/install-guide/
:)
Gordon Berta wrote:
> How do you install dual boot on windows me...??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Rose)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 problems rebuilding the kernel
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 05:36:26 GMT
>I don't care about this driver, but why can't I get a kernel that's the
>same as the distribution?
>
>What have I missed?
If you want a kernel that is the same as the distribution then go
download the kernel-2.2.16-XX.rpm and install it.
If you want to build a custom kernel then download the sources, read
the kernel-HOWTO at howto.tucows.com and then try to follow the HOWTO
step by step. I recommend using the make xconfig or menuconfig for
your configuration. you can copy the .config file from the other
kernel and use it as default values for the new config.
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From: "Jason Bond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't login to KDE, users seem gone
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:03:55 -0800
Hello. I've been upgrading a bunch. One rpm requires another, which
requires another, etc. ad infinitum. I have a KDE 2.1 system, on a RH 5.2
(but almost every package upgraded). Anyway, so many upgraded packages, now
when I try and login in the kdm login screen, the users are not there (the
little pictures of the users are gone) and when I login with root or my
usual user account, it says login failed...I can login using the console
(vertual terminal 1 I guess) so I'm sort of out of ideas. any suggestions
of where to start looking? Thanks much,
Jason
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From: "Corey Wirun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: tape driver timeouts with scsi aha-1522a
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 14:51:11 -0700
Hi All,
I've got an AHA-1522a SCSI card in my RH6.2 box. When the card is in there
by itself, I can successfully 'modprobe' the aha152x module and it loads
okay. But, when I added a QIC tape drive (scsi id#1), I get the following.
Using /lib/modules/2.2.16-21/scsi/aha152x.o
aha152x: detected 1 controller(s)
aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=11, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled,
parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extende
d translation=disabled
aha152x: trying software interrupt, ok.
scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.7 $
scsi : 1 host.
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun
0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun
0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun
0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun
0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 3, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun
0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
...
I got exactly the same symptoms when I used an old aha-1510a, that why I
thought I would try the 1522a.
If anyone get point me to where the problem is, that would be appreciated.
Thanks in Advance!
Corey.
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From: "Corey Wirun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: manual start of aha152x scsi module?
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:27:27 -0700
Hi All,
I installed an AHA-1510a ISA SCSI card in my RH6.2 box. When the system
boots, the kernel progress messages always say 'scsi hosts: 0'.
But, once the OS is up, I 'modprobe aha152x', and it sees the cards, and the
module loads successfully.
Shouldn't the kernel automatically see the card and load the module, or
should I add the modprobe to one of the rc.d startup scripts?
Thanks in Advance.
Corey.
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