On Friday 30 May 2003 5:13 am, Thomas Williams wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2003 21:40:48 -0400 > > Thomas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm running 8.1 and I updated the kernel. Before I updated it I > > was getting one error message every time I boot up: Unknown > > bridge resource 2: assuming transparent. > > > > After updating I'm still gettting that plus a bunch of other > > messages. > > So does anyone have an explanation for this? The hardware I'm > running is a little old but I don't think its that old. I'm a > little concerned because I keep having varying problems with my > system. For instance I'm running KDE and I use xmms. Every now and > then xmms will decide that it can't play because it can't get a > hold of the output plugin or something, (I haven't seen it for a > short while and I forget what exactly it said) and I can't get it > to start playing until I change the sound server setting in the > control center. Generally ALSA works but when I do that I lose all > of my desktop sounds. I doubt that this is directly connected to > the bridge resource problem but I suspect that there is a > correlation somewhere. It seems like every time I reinstall (which > I've had to do several times unfortunately) there is a different > and unexplanable problem. Being a programmer I'm not one to just > let problems be, I must track it down and fix it! > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Tom
Personally, I think 8.1 is the explanation. I had much the same problems for the short time I used it. 8.1 was troublesome for a lot of people. I think 8.2 is still about on the mirrors, if you have reason not to use 9.0 or 9.1. I would recommend leaving 8.1 if you can. Anne
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