A couple of points I thinks have been misunderstood On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 20:29, Juan Quintela wrote: > >>>>> "richard" == richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi > > richard> The original culprit was "make xconfig", it did'nt make the > richard> config file, just said it did. both the generic 2.4.17 > richard> kernel and kernel 2.4.17-20 compiled and even the modules > richard> built and loaded., when "make menuconfig " bwas used. > > That is supposed to be fixed > > richard> the current kernel is 2.4.17-2, and is stable > > richard> running my compile of 2.4.17-20 mdk completly killed X , put > richard> the monitor in to standby mode, locked out the keyboard, > richard> killed the ps2 mouse driver, and somehow effected the bios " > richard> gave error message slave ide fail" PC powered down rebooted > richard> on 2.4.17-2mdk-1-1, X failed to start and XFdrake produced > richard> errors and no config tests worked.....considered this was my > richard> fault due to inexperiance. > > Nope, I will guess that you have hardware problems, could you test if > your machine survives a night memtest86? I'll try and find that and run it, but its been pretty trouble free > > Compiling a kernel is a user operation, i.e. it can't freeze the > machine at all.
above.. I'll rephrase ...running the kernel 2.4.17-20 which I had compiled earlier > > richard> Complete reinstall 8.1 , downloaded kernel 2.4.17-20mdk-1-1, > richard> installed with later versions of iptables 1.2.4-2mdk, > richard> mkinitrd-3.1.6-27mdk,findutils-4.1.7-3mdk ran with kernel > richard> 2.4.17-20mdk-1-1, OK into the consol, started X...and got > richard> exactly the same effect as the kernel I built, this time it > richard> did'nt cause the "slave ide fail "on reboot. > > Same thing, I will guess that you have any problem in the hardware, > slave ide fail on reboot should never happend for a crash :( The slave on this machine is the cdrom, I suspect something is writing to the bios, or trying to > > richard> Another fresh install of 8.1 as before but this time with > richard> kernel-2.4.17-21mdk-1-1, as before ,now getting very > richard> frustrated ! > > :((( > > richard> another virgin install of 8.1 this time ran 2.4.17-2mdk, no > richard> problems, I also use d EXT3 to help recover from bad > richard> shutdowns. so loaded in kernel-enterprise-2.4.17-21mdk-1-1, > richard> this time very similar crashed X and killed the ps2 mouse > richard> driver, but this time I could rerun with 2.4.17-2mdk,,,but > richard> only KDE remains Gnome desktop has departed ! There is no > richard> indication in syslog of whats causing this, on all occasions > richard> I 've also tried remote access, but in each case the machine > richard> was completly hung. > > > richard> system details AMD duron 700MHz 512MB ram ,ATI Radeon VE > richard> 64Mb, hansol 710a mon. > > Humm, systems looks quite normal, i.e. nothing really special, I have > just asked, and here people are running ATI radeaos without > problems. ... > > > > richard> I have tried 2.4.17-10mdk, but this caused problems with iptables. there was a core dump each time iptables was started, I did see someone else on the list have the same prob. > > Current iptables should work with that kernel (i.e. 8.1 iptables don't > work with new kernel, new iptables should work with both). > > richard> /var/log/kernel/warnings show these kernels listed as > richard> mandrake 8.2, are they backward compatable with 8.1 ????. > > They are mainly compatibles with 8.1, but I will test that we don't > did nothing stupid tomorrow (I don't have a 8.1 machine handy today). > > richard> If I could find a mirror that will give a download speed on > > richard> 40k/sec, I'll try 8.2 beta3,,but has anyone got 8.2 beta3 > richard> running with an ATI Radeon card installed > > Yes. > > richard> If there is no backward compatability 8,2 will go down like a > richard> lead ballon > > Later, Juan. >Thanks > I have had the generic kernel 2.4.18 running , but the 3 D acceleration is slower than the mdk kernel.. The work you guys do IS appreciated, MDK is by far the best distro. TIA -- > In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they > are different -- Larry McVoy -- Best regards Richard Bown
