On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Mike Holliday wrote: : Hi, : That means that you have gotten one of the fake PII Chips, you can go to : www.intel.com and download the fake Pentium test software. And verify it. : : Mike H. : -----Original Message----- : From: Blair Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> : Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 5:34 AM : Subject: Meaning of "Failed Intel bug check"? : : : >I have installed Debian 2.0 on a SONY Vaio PCG-505F. : >Upon boot, I see the following line : > : > ppa: Failed Intel bug check. (Phoney EPP in ECP). : > : >Does anyone know what the line means - or what program : >is causing this message so that I can investigate further?
Sorry, wrong answer. "ppa" is the Parallel Port Driver ... it's saying that this particular parallel port claims to be ECP and EPP compatible, but it's really only ECP. This is apparently a problem with certain Intel chipsets. Unless you need EPP features on your parallel port, you're ok. Fake Pentium II indeed ... -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
