> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted [mailto:ted@nowtsfree.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent: 08 June 2001 04:23
> To: nottingham@lists.lug.org.uk
> Cc: ted@marimba.home.net
> Subject: [nottingham] Re: Redhat 7.1 (log, dull, etc)
Hi Ted,
> Wow. I have *all source code* as well as binaries in about 2Gigs.
Oh, the 2Gb includes my swap partition.
> > 3rd Question: Redhat 7.1 attempts to do hardware detection
> each boot - is common on all distros?.
>
> Yes. Its a feature of the linux kernel, not the distribution.
> Unfortunately, if I remember correctly, pnp negotiations happen
> before linux gets a look in, and may be impossible for linux to
> change later.
Ah, well I was quite happy with putting my module settings into modules.conf
- a painless one-time task - in comparison with an automated system that
doesn't seem to work for me.
> > the console app "sndconfig" and supplying the IRQ/DMA/IO
> vals didn't do the
>
> Do you get pnpdump/isapnp in your distribution?
> It can tell you the values of IRQ/DMA/IO that the BIOS agreed with
> your pnp cards at bootup and (in conjunction with modules.conf)
> ensure that linux uses the same values.
Yes, I have them - haven't checked them yet - what should I do if they don't
match?
> > trick although it played the samples correctly.
>
> Do you mean the soundcard played some sound samples correctly?
> If so, what exactly isn't working?
Yes, under sndconfig the samples were played correctly, however, every other
piece of software that tries to use the soundcard results in some crackling
and a "DMA timeout" message appearing in the log. This is an existing bug
under Redhat's Bugzilla.
> > I haven't touched the server yet - since its in constant
> use - I'm waiting
> > until I find a simpler distro. Any suggestions?
>
> I've not seen anyone suggest Slakware yet, as a good distribution
> for minimal/hand-crafted setups. It certainly used to be a year or
> two ago.
Yes, I used Slackware as one of my first distributions some years back. I
was wowed away by the big distributions though!
((BTW: erm, this was just a little report about my initial install
experiences of last Sunday night as I thought it might be of interest - I'm
not stuck without a working system or anything (in fact I haven't touched it
since then!)))
Michael Erskine (MSEmtd)
mailto:michael.erskine@blue8.uk.com
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