Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-04 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > Anyway, I do have this machine working now, although not everything is > to my liking. Unlike older picture-books, for example, this one has a > WinModem. Ugh. And the sound chip is supported, but only by the ~ > ALSA > driver (the OSS version is too broken to be used).

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-04 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! Anyway, I do have this machine working now, although not everything is to my liking. Unlike older picture-books, for example, this one has a WinModem. Ugh. And the sound chip is supported, but only by the ~ ALSA driver (the OSS version is too broken to be used). Great!

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-03 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > But the camera is cool, and works beautifully (once you get XFree86 > > happy) thanks to Andrew Tridgell. (If I could just coax the X server > > into giving my a YUV overlay I could play DVD's with this thing). > > Start at

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-03 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote: But the camera is cool, and works beautifully (once you get XFree86 happy) thanks to Andrew Tridgell. (If I could just coax the X server into giving my a YUV overlay I could play DVD's with this thing). Start at

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3 [slightly off-topic]

2000-12-02 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Ion Badulescu wrote: > > If it's the same bug that locks up the ATI chipset on my Dell laptop, > then you can safely enable DPMS if only enable the standby mode, > not the others (suspend and off). The panel gets turned off anyway, > even in standby. Yup, same bug, and

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-02 Thread Aaron Lehmann
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:09:25PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > NOTE! Getting the 2.4.x kernel up and running is the easy part. The > machine also has a very recent ATI Rage Mobility chip in it, and you > need the newest XFree86 CVS snapshot to make it work (along with a > one-liner patch from

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-02 Thread Alan Cox
> Anyway, I do have this machine working now, although not everything is > to my liking. Unlike older picture-books, for example, this one has a > WinModem. Ugh. And the sound chip is supported, but only by the ALSA > driver (the OSS version is too broken to be used). The OSS ymf_sb legacy

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3 [slightly off-topic]

2000-12-02 Thread Ion Badulescu
On 1 Dec 2000 21:09:25 -0800, Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even then XFree86 does something bad with DPMS, and will lock up the > graphics chipset when it tries to shut down the flat panel display. > Solution: don't enable DPMS is XF86Config. That's an XFree86 problem, > but

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3 [slightly off-topic]

2000-12-02 Thread Ion Badulescu
On 1 Dec 2000 21:09:25 -0800, Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even then XFree86 does something bad with DPMS, and will lock up the graphics chipset when it tries to shut down the flat panel display. Solution: don't enable DPMS is XF86Config. That's an XFree86 problem, but happily

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-02 Thread Alan Cox
Anyway, I do have this machine working now, although not everything is to my liking. Unlike older picture-books, for example, this one has a WinModem. Ugh. And the sound chip is supported, but only by the ALSA driver (the OSS version is too broken to be used). The OSS ymf_sb legacy

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-02 Thread Aaron Lehmann
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:09:25PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: NOTE! Getting the 2.4.x kernel up and running is the easy part. The machine also has a very recent ATI Rage Mobility chip in it, and you need the newest XFree86 CVS snapshot to make it work (along with a one-liner patch from me,

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3 [slightly off-topic]

2000-12-02 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Ion Badulescu wrote: If it's the same bug that locks up the ATI chipset on my Dell laptop, then you can safely enable DPMS if only enable the standby mode, not the others (suspend and off). The panel gets turned off anyway, even in standby. Yup, same bug, and yes,

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-01 Thread Linus Torvalds
In article <90a065$5ai$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Anyway, I do have this machine working now, although not everything is >to my liking. Unlike older picture-books, for example, this one has a >WinModem. Ugh. And the sound chip is supported, but only by the

Can CMS be upgraded? -- Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-01 Thread Miles Lane
If I buy one of these machines for testing, will I be able to upgrade the processor's Code Morphing Software with the new version when it's ready? I hear the new CMS code will almost double the battery life. Thanks, Miles - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-01 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:"Adam J. Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Well, alas, it appears that linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3 freezes hard > while reading the base address registers of the first PCI device > (the "host bridge"). Actually, I

Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-01 Thread Adam J. Richter
Minutes after slashdot ran their article saying that the Transmeta recall was limited to about 300 Fujitsu computers, I ran to Fry's and bought a Sony PictureBook PCG-C1VN. Thank heavens for those extended Christmas hours I thought, while praying that the statements about the Crusoe

Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-01 Thread Adam J. Richter
Minutes after slashdot ran their article saying that the Transmeta recall was limited to about 300 Fujitsu computers, I ran to Fry's and bought a Sony PictureBook PCG-C1VN. Thank heavens for those extended Christmas hours I thought, while praying that the statements about the Crusoe

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-01 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By author:"Adam J. Richter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel Well, alas, it appears that linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3 freezes hard while reading the base address registers of the first PCI device (the "host bridge"). Actually, I think the

Can CMS be upgraded? -- Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-01 Thread Miles Lane
If I buy one of these machines for testing, will I be able to upgrade the processor's Code Morphing Software with the new version when it's ready? I hear the new CMS code will almost double the battery life. Thanks, Miles - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: Transmeta and Linux-2.4.0-test12-pre3

2000-12-01 Thread Linus Torvalds
In article 90a065$5ai$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway, I do have this machine working now, although not everything is to my liking. Unlike older picture-books, for example, this one has a WinModem. Ugh. And the sound chip is supported, but only by the ALSA