On Monday 08 October 2007 10:39, Nathaniel Dube wrote: > On Sunday 07 October 2007 21:40, Muhammad Rivai wrote: > > On 10/8/07, Nathaniel Dube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It would seem I'm not the only one having the same problem. > > > > > > http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?act=ST&f=20&t=39625 > > > http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?act=ST&f=20&t=39621 > > > > I've trying with another computer with SATA harddisk and OpenSUSE 10.3 > > installed very well. It looks like that sata_sis driver has broken, > > and the problem occured with this driver only. > > > > Vavai > > That's what I figured. If this was Windows I would just download a driver > that worked. Because the driver's in Linux are modules of the kernel I > have no idea how to fix something like this. You would think the kernel > developers would find an easier way so us simple users could easily upgrade > or replace broken drivers. But noOoo!
You would think the hardware manufacturers might release suitable information or source code so that Open Source systems developers might be able to make them work with free software. And that those using Open Source systems might figure out where it is that the problem is coming from. But noOoo! > > > PS > > Sorry if this gets sent twice. I had a brain fart with the addresses at > the top. :-s -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
