Dynamic Drive Overlay software with squeeze or testing

2011-12-02 Thread bruce robson
I have an old computer that requires Dynamic Drive Overlay software as the BIOS doesn't support the full capacity of the hard disk I'm using. This computer currently dual boots Windows and Debian lenny. I'd like to update the Debian installation to squeeze or testing. Debian lenny uses kernel

Bug#332942: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386: fails to insert floppy.ko claiming "io-port 0x03f2 in use"

2009-11-13 Thread Bruce Robson
Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Version: 2.6.8-99+rm > > You reported a bug against the Linux kernel (version 2.6.8) that was > shipped with Debian 3.1 (sarge). Since Debian 3.1 is no longer > supported and the kernel has changed so much that it would be very > difficult to verify every outstanding bug

Bug#450742: installation: sound driver problem - no sound on Dell Optiplex GX1

2009-01-26 Thread bruce robson
> Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions? > > If the problem persists and since the cs423x drivers have seen hardly > any recent changes please report this bug upstream at bugzilla.kernel.org > and tell us the bug number. > > Cheers, > Moritz My Dell OptiPlex GXa is runn

Bug#488022: linux-image-2.6.25-2-486: Does not boot on Vortex86SX (BUG: Int 6: CR2 00000000)

2008-07-30 Thread bruce robson
I've now been running git. I started with git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git I did a git bisect and found that the commit that introduced the bug is commit 94aa6550e8668fab1997e2d57a48b22cf68090b2 Author: Thomas Gleixner Date: Tue May 13 12:31:0

Bug#488022: linux-image-2.6.25-2-486: Does not boot on Vortex86SX (BUG: Int 6: CR2 00000000)

2008-07-29 Thread bruce robson
I've tried compiling various official kernel.org releases. The bug was not in official release v2.6.25.5 but is in v2.6.25.6. _ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overvie

Bug#488022: linux-image-2.6.25-2-486: Does not boot on Vortex86SX (BUG: Int 6: CR2 00000000)

2008-07-26 Thread bruce robson
> try acpi=off nohz=off noapic nolapic I tried the following at the lilo boot prompt Linux ide-core.options=hda=remap acpi=off nohz=off noapic nolapic I still got the BUG: Int 6: CR2 message. p.s. The ide-core.options=hda=remap is because the BIOS doesn't support disks over 500MB a

Bug#488022: linux-image-2.6.25-2-486: Does not boot on Vortex86SX (BUG: Int 6: CR2 00000000)

2008-07-25 Thread bruce robson
It doesn't work on an Intel ClassicR+ either. This is a computer with a 486 processor, ISA bus, the BIOS doesn't support ACPI, APM or pnp. 2.6.24-1-486 does work on this computer. The last few lines shown when attempting to boot 2.6.25-2-486 are (lilo is my boot loader) loading Linux .

Bug#450742: installation: sound driver problem - no sound on Dell Optiplex GX1

2008-01-07 Thread bruce robson
I had this problem on the previous model - Dell Optiplex GXa The problem is that the wrong driver is being loaded. From the dmesg output you see 1) isapnp: Card 'CS4236B' 2) error messages from the driver for the CS4232 (snd-cs4232.ko) The correct driver is the snd-cs4236 driver. The contents

Bug#377677: No sound from Creative Sound Blaster 16 PCI with 2.6 kernel

2007-01-30 Thread Bruce Robson
I have discovered that this problem was caused by my system loading two different modules for my sound card (es1371 and snd_ens1371). I have deleted snd_ens1371 from the /lib/modules directory so that only the es1371 module is loaded. I now get sound again. Once I had cured the fault I was abl

Bug#377677: No sound from Creative Sound Blaster 16 PCI with 2.6 kernel

2006-10-26 Thread Bruce Robson
I've found there is a bug report in the Linux kernel bug database that may refer to this bug. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2521 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#377677: No sound from Creative Sound Blaster 16 PCI with 2.6 kernel

2006-07-10 Thread bruce robson
Package: kernel Version: 2.6.8-2-686 Severity: important I have installed Debian 3.1 r2. I initially installed the 2.4 kernel and I got sound from my soundcard. I then added the 2.6 kernel and configured LILO so I can boot either the 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. I still get sound when I boot the 2.4 ker