On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:12:45AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 05:46:01PM -0500, Jay Estabrook wrote: > > > Tried the netinstall CD from 02/07/06 on LX164, and found the following: > > > 1. installer used 2.6.15 kernel with LEGACY_START option > > 2. installed kernel 2.4.27 with LEGACY_START option > > Right; Joey's fixes should take care of the latter soon enough, so that we > get 2.6.15 instead. The LEGACY_START problem itself probably won't get > fixed in time for beta2, but I look forward to having it resolved for etch.
That'd be great. > > IIRC, de4x5 can't do full duplex. But then again, de4x5 will work on > > all (?) boxes, whereas tulip is known to fail on some (AS250/AS500). > > What PCI ID? > What was it set to before you changed it? I'm guessing something like > /dev/input/mice? It's my understanding that in 2.6, PS/2 mice are supposed > to be accessible using the generic input driver; if so, I guess this problem > should go away automatically once we're installing 2.6.15? Correct, it was set to /dev/input/mice. And yes, I think a 2.6 kernel will work with the original setting. > > 5. for Radeon 7500, drm looked OK in the log, but dmesg showed some > > error that wasn't very helpful... > > Ok. If it's a kernel error, I guess that again we should try to debug this > against the 2.6 kernel rather than against 2.4. Yes. > Hmm, considering how very little alpha-specific work has gone into this > version, and the various hardware-related regressions that have plagued me > with 2.6 on alpha, that's a pleasant surprise... :) Don't you love surprises like that? :-) :-) Nice work, anyhow... --Jay++ --------------------------------------------------------------- Jay A Estabrook HPTC - XC I & B Hewlett-Packard Company - ZKO1-3/D-B.8 (603) 884-0301 110 Spit Brook Road, Nashua NH 03062 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
