http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/ On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 04:26, Marek Pawinski wrote: > On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 10:39, Pavel Rozenboim wrote: > > I finally installed 2.6.test1 (recompiled Arjans SRPM) on my home computer > > and want to share some of my findings. > > > > Generally, it works great. Feels more responsive. I also was able to use all > > my hardware, including my digital camera, which never worked in linux > > before. > > > > > > I recompiled Nvidia drivers with patches from www.minion.de and they work > > fine. Occasionally, I see the warnings in /var/log/messages about calling > > sleeping functions in illegal context in nvidia module. > > > > I finally installed ALSA drivers (the old OSS ones were working great and > > with improved performance, too), and acpid and both worked for me. > > > > The odd things: > > I'm unable to use CDROMs unless I manually insert ide-cd module. I could not > > find any error messages in the logs, that could explain why. When I try to > > mount cdrom, I just get an error message saying that /dev/hdc is not a valid > > block device. > > > > My US Robotics ISA modem, didn't work. To make it work I had to add > > pci=noacpi to kernel boot parameters. > > > > It looks that sometimes kernel can't find the required modules without alias > > statements in /etc/modprobe.conf file. For example it couldn't add a loop > > device, with a message that block_major_7 module was not found. This never > > happened in 2.4 kernels. > > > > Also, CD burning without SCSI emulation doesn't work. Both my CD-RW and DVD > > drives are identified as Adaptec ACB 5500. > > > > Pavel. > > > > > > > > Hi > > Could you send us the link for Arjans rpms pse. > > Marek > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
