I have been running Debian Unstable for years. A couple of months ago I upgraded my computer to a Core 2 Duo with a new Intel DG965SS motherboard.
Actually most of the upgrade was reasonably smooth - I move the hard drives (in a raid configuration) over from the old machine and it ALMOST worked perfectly. X wouldn't start. A bit of checking on the internet, and I discovered that I needed a version of AGPGART which was only to be found in linux 2.6.19-rc1 and later. So I duly built the kernel from source and turned it into a debian package and installed it. This gave me a mostly running configuration. I have been waiting for Debian to catch up. Now that 2.6.19 has been released - can anyone tell me how long before we should see an unstable package in the repository? I looked at the developer package home page - but there is no indication there. Second problem I discovered was an immediate system hard crash if I try to display video. There is an apparently solved bug in the xorg i810 graphics driver - but it hasn't made it through to Debian yet. I looked for unofficial debs for this, but haven't found it yet. Anyone know of one? Then today - for the first time since I got my new machine up and running I tried to use the CD drive (actually DVD /CD-r ). Linux just totally fails to see it. I've poked around on the internet and the only thing I can find is an article that says set the BIOS to use AHCI spec for the Sata controller (yet I can't find ANY documentation for what the various BIOS setting are - can anyone point me at some?) and to use kernel boot parameters of all-generic-ide pci=nommconf I can't find any documentation what the first of these parameters does, although it doesn't work for me. Can anyone tell me what they mean and why they might have been effective? Do I need a BIOS upgrade? -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
