Linux Dell Laptop Users:

	 I was attempting to assist a friend today install the Nvidia
drivers on an I8100 with RedHat 7.2 (totally updated using up2date), and
the latest NVIDIA drivers.

	 I have attached a few of the pertinent files to this email if
anyone can help me to see what is wrong. Take into consideration that I
have on my own machine made the NVIDIA 32MB card work with a 1600x1200
display (which is the same as the friend I have).

	 Any ideas?


Very Respectfully,

Stuart Blake Tener, IT3 (E-4), USNR-R, N3GWG
Beverly Hills, California
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Monday, April 01, 2002 12:52 AM

Linux Dell Laptop Users:

	 I was attempting to assist a friend today install the
Nvidia drivers on an I8100 with RedHat 7.2 (totally updated using
up2date), and the latest NVIDIA drivers.

	 I have uploaded a few of the pertinent files to the file
area if anyone can help me to see what is wrong. Take into
consideration that I have on my own machine made the NVIDIA 32MB
card work with a 1600x1200 display (which is the same as the friend
I have).

	 Any ideas?


Stuart
Beverly Hills, CA


P.S. - All files I am referencing are located in "Stuart's file area"
in the files section.

List members:

I did not mean for the message with the attachments to go out of my
email box when I realized its size. I thought I had stopped it, and
would happily delete it from the website if there were a way to do
so. I do apologize, and had attempted to place the files on the file
area while using a small email message.

It was unintential once I saw the size of the email. I do apologize.


Stuart
Beverly Hills, CA

Well, I don't think there is any "disableacpi" option. And I think there is a 
mistake in the FAQ: The option should be "noapic" instead of "disableapic". 

The only way to be sure that your problem is not due to APIC or ACPI, is to 
compile the kernel yourself. I'm not the right person to ask for how to do 
this (I've never used RH or any of the distros with rpm's). 

Best Luck,
James

On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 04:15:20AM -0000, tiger_lee007 wrote:

Hi James:

I did as the FAQ suggests: put "disableapic disableacpi" at the
end of the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst (I do not know
how to recompile the kernel), but the problem is still there.
The /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file also seems alright. Do you
have further suggestions?

Thanks,
Tiger

--- In linux-dell-laptops@y..., James Hirschorn <James.Hirschorn@l...> 
wrote:

I guess the first thing to check is that your kernel is compiled 

without ACPI 

and APIC (as discussed in the FAQ)?

James

On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 05:09:20PM -0000, tiger_lee007 wrote:

Hi,

I have a Red Hat 7.2 installed on my Dell I8100. I am
suffering a very annoying problem for a long time: the
screen is occasionally deadly locked up, it does not respond
to any key or mouse. Everytime I have to power it off and 
then restart it. I have updated almost everything: linux kernel,
nvidia driver, XFree86, gnome, ... but the problem is still 
there. Does anybody understand the problem and know how to fix 
it?

All suggestions and advices are welcome!

Thanks,
Tiger

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On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 02:52, IT3 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR-R wrote:
> Linux Dell Laptop Users:
>
>  I was attempting to assist a friend today install the Nvidia
> drivers on an I8100 with RedHat 7.2 (totally updated using up2date), and
> the latest NVIDIA drivers.

I sees this in the log:

(II) Module nv: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
         compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.1
         Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
         ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4

but this in the config:

         #Driver "nv"
         Driver "nvidia"

According to the log, you're loading the 'nv' driver that comes with X,
not Nvidia's driver. My log has:
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
         compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.2802
         Module class: XFree86 Video Driver

I'm not sure why your config didn't load the correct driver. Did you not
try it again after the last config save?

Adam

Hi Rob,

    On two different I8100s at our observatory we saw a machine
hang under linux and then after trying to reboot refuse to recognize
the hard disk or the CDROM.  This condition persisted from
10-30 minutes and a dozen or so reboots. After the Dell
initialization it
just gave a missage about a "missing disk" and failed.  In a
BIOS FAQ Dell claimed that this was a problem in A03 that was
fixed in A04.  We upgraded all 5 of our I8100s to A07 and
haven't seen this problem yet in 3 months.  Knock on wood.
In all other regards A07 seems to work well with both Linux
and Win2k. I'd recommend it.  Ciao,
                                                   - Greg

--- In linux-dell-laptops@y..., Rob Hensley <zoid@z...> wrote:
> Right now I'm running the version of the bios that came with my i8k,
and
> I'm having no problems what so ever. APM works fine, it suspends to
ram
> when i close the lid (if i don't go into X first), and I've just
plain had
> no problems at all. The only thing is, the version of the bios I'm
using
> is A04 (which is pretty old, i think). Is there any reason why I
should
> upgrade the bios, maybe not to the newest, but A07 at least? Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
>
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Rob Hensley
> E-email: hensleyrob@n...

"nanlin999" <nanlin999@...> schrieb:

> Hi, gurus,
>
> I installed RedHat 7.2 on my Dell Inspiron 8100. Everything seems
> wonderful. However, the keyboard of the laptop seems not recognized
> by linux. For example, when I press y, it gives me z. This gives me
> too much trouble when I try to input my password. How can I solve
> this problem?Thank you for your help.

It seems that you told linux to use a non-english Keyboard layout. Is
this the same in X and on the console? In X, you have to change the line
in XF86Config now beeing
Option          "XkbLayout"    "xx"

with xx being, e.g., "de" for Germany, into
Option          "XkbLayout"    "us"

(the british use the same layout, don't they?). On the console it's more
difficult, because it depends on the distribution, and I don't use
RedHat.

bye, Frank
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Tel.: +49-331-977-5062  Fax: +49-331-977-5062

This isnt a dell specific questions but this group has such a great
response that I thought I would ask here.

I have a i81k with the built in network/modem combo.  I use the
network card at home and at work.  I also occasionally use a wireless
nic at home.  at home I am running on the 192.168.1 subnet but at the
office I am running 10.10.1.  So I need to have the nic card using
dhcp so it can get the correct ip address when it boots up.

Here is the problem that i have.  When I am not connected to a
network my box takes forever to load because it waits for dhcp to
time out(i am guessing).  So what I am looking for is a way to not
have that nic fire up on boot but then have a script I can run that
will tell it to fire up and get an ip address when I need it to.

If i run the S10Network start file in /etc/rc3.d then I can get it to
fire up but I dont know how to tell the computer not to bother
turning on eth0 at boot.

I think this is what my problem and the solution I need is but if
anyone has any suggestion or alternate solutions please let me know.

I appreciate the great help that comes from this group.  Also, I
guess another short question when I hit fcn+esc to suspend my box,
the screen goes all funny then it restarts X.  Is this what is
supposed to happen?  I havnt set up hibernate yet but that is next.

Again Thanks in advance.
simeon

I have a very similar situation...a really easy fix is to change your
default DHCP timeout.  If you're running Red hat or Mandrake and using
dhcpcd, then edit your /etc/sysconfig/network and add a DHCPCDARGS="-t 8"
which tells it to timeout after 8 seconds.

-steve

On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 09:00:32PM -0000, simbateman wrote:
> This isnt a dell specific questions but this group has such a great
> response that I thought I would ask here.
>
> I have a i81k with the built in network/modem combo.  I use the
> network card at home and at work.  I also occasionally use a wireless
> nic at home.  at home I am running on the 192.168.1 subnet but at the
> office I am running 10.10.1.  So I need to have the nic card using
> dhcp so it can get the correct ip address when it boots up.
>
> Here is the problem that i have.  When I am not connected to a
> network my box takes forever to load because it waits for dhcp to
> time out(i am guessing).  So what I am looking for is a way to not
> have that nic fire up on boot but then have a script I can run that
> will tell it to fire up and get an ip address when I need it to.
>
> If i run the S10Network start file in /etc/rc3.d then I can get it to
> fire up but I dont know how to tell the computer not to bother
> turning on eth0 at boot.
>
> I think this is what my problem and the solution I need is but if
> anyone has any suggestion or alternate solutions please let me know.
>
> I appreciate the great help that comes from this group.  Also, I
> guess another short question when I hit fcn+esc to suspend my box,
> the screen goes all funny then it restarts X.  Is this what is
> supposed to happen?  I havnt set up hibernate yet but that is next.
>
> Again Thanks in advance.
> simeon
>

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I'm running rh7.2 on an Inspiron 4100.  I'm having difficulty
getting a connection to a computer overhead-projector established.
(specifically displaying a staroffice presentation)  I have
no problems displaying the lcd screen to an external monitor ...
but when I attempt to connect to a working projector I get a
dreaded 'no signal' response from the projector.  Does anybody
know if I have to change any specific system settings to establish
such a connection.  Your help is appreciated.

it's probably a resolution problem. a lot of projectors can only go up to
800x600 or 1024x768.  have you tried decreasing your resolution?

-steve

On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:58:38PM -0000, frink76 wrote:
> I'm running rh7.2 on an Inspiron 4100.  I'm having difficulty
> getting a connection to a computer overhead-projector established.
> (specifically displaying a staroffice presentation)  I have
> no problems displaying the lcd screen to an external monitor ...
> but when I attempt to connect to a working projector I get a
> dreaded 'no signal' response from the projector.  Does anybody
> know if I have to change any specific system settings to establish
> such a connection.  Your help is appreciated.
>
>
>

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> I'm running rh7.2 on an Inspiron 4100.  I'm having difficulty
> getting a connection to a computer overhead-projector established.
> (specifically displaying a staroffice presentation)  I have
> no problems displaying the lcd screen to an external monitor ...
> but when I attempt to connect to a working projector I get a
> dreaded 'no signal' response from the projector.  Does anybody
> know if I have to change any specific system settings to establish
> such a connection.  Your help is appreciated.

On my i8100 I just plug the VGA cable into the laptop, and press Fn+F8 (or
whatever function key has the CRT/LD function) - it switches to the projector
output. You'll also want to edit your XF86Config-4 - make sure your default
resolution in the config file matches the resolution of the projector

HTH

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need worrying about."

Have installed redhat 6.1 on my inspiron 8k. Everything went fine and
it's all working alright except when I tried to set up Xwindows.
Nothing worked so I downloaded ther latest version of XFree86
installed that and still can't get it to work. Every time I try to
probe something the screen blacks out and the system hangs. What do I
need to do to fix this problem and to get the GUI working or is this
just a lost cause?

System:
PIII 850mhz
20G
128mb RAM
ATI RAGE MOBILITY 128 AGP 4x Graphics Adapter
ESS Maestro PCI Audio (WDM)

Panel: Max. Supported Res. 1400 x 1050
        Max. Supported Refresh Rate 60Hz

i'm curious...why are you trying to install 6.1... that's years old..

-steve

On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:24:23PM -0000, prometheusj2002 wrote:
> Have installed redhat 6.1 on my inspiron 8k. Everything went fine and
> it's all working alright except when I tried to set up Xwindows.
> Nothing worked so I downloaded ther latest version of XFree86
> installed that and still can't get it to work. Every time I try to
> probe something the screen blacks out and the system hangs. What do I
> need to do to fix this problem and to get the GUI working or is this
> just a lost cause?
>
> System:
> PIII 850mhz
> 20G
> 128mb RAM
> ATI RAGE MOBILITY 128 AGP 4x Graphics Adapter
> ESS Maestro PCI Audio (WDM)
>
> Panel: Max. Supported Res. 1400 x 1050
>        Max. Supported Refresh Rate 60Hz
>
>

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I'm pretty sure that the projector's max resolution is 800x600 ...
which is below my default (1400x1050) so that's likely the solution.
Thanks for the help.



>
> On my i8100 I just plug the VGA cable into the laptop, and press
Fn+F8 (or
> whatever function key has the CRT/LD function) - it switches to the
projector
> output. You'll also want to edit your XF86Config-4 - make sure your
default
> resolution in the config file matches the resolution of the
projector
>
> HTH
>
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that
> need worrying about."

What's even more curious is I have a similar problem on an 8ki with Red
Hat 7.2!  Worked fine on 7.1.  I still have no solution.


> i'm curious...why are you trying to install 6.1... that's years old..
>
> -steve
>
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:24:23PM -0000, prometheusj2002 wrote:
> > Have installed redhat 6.1 on my inspiron 8k. Everything went fine and
> > it's all working alright except when I tried to set up Xwindows.
> > Nothing worked so I downloaded ther latest version of XFree86
> > installed that and still can't get it to work. Every time I try to
> > probe something the screen blacks out and the system hangs. What do I
> > need to do to fix this problem and to get the GUI working or is this
> > just a lost cause?
> >
> > System:
> > PIII 850mhz
> > 20G
> > 128mb RAM
> > ATI RAGE MOBILITY 128 AGP 4x Graphics Adapter
> > ESS Maestro PCI Audio (WDM)
> >
> > Panel: Max. Supported Res. 1400 x 1050
> >        Max. Supported Refresh Rate 60Hz

On Tuesday 02 April 2002 06:40 pm, you wrote:
> i'm curious...why are you trying to install 6.1... that's years old..
>

As Wiz Zumwalt would say, "Don't ask a question you don't want to hear the
answer to."  (Thanx Rick Cook)

> -steve
>
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:24:23PM -0000, prometheusj2002 wrote:
> > Have installed redhat 6.1 on my inspiron 8k. Everything went fine and
> > it's all working alright except when I tried to set up Xwindows.
> > Nothing worked so I downloaded ther latest version of XFree86
> > installed that and still can't get it to work. Every time I try to
> > probe something the screen blacks out and the system hangs. What do I
> > need to do to fix this problem and to get the GUI working or is this
> > just a lost cause?
> >
> > System:
> > PIII 850mhz
> > 20G
> > 128mb RAM
> > ATI RAGE MOBILITY 128 AGP 4x Graphics Adapter
> > ESS Maestro PCI Audio (WDM)
> >
> > Panel: Max. Supported Res. 1400 x 1050
> >        Max. Supported Refresh Rate 60Hz

Any good info about configuring a Latitude LS 400 modem under linux?

TIA,

Bill

How about creating an alias for your Ethernet interface?  One network could
use eth0 and the other could use eth0:0.  Set eth0 to your home address, and
set eth0:0 to use DHCP.

Hi,

some weeks ago there was a discussion about the I8K running in maintance
mode: Both fans are running at full power from power-on until power-off, the
system is slooooow and DELLDIAG reports an Thermistor sensor range failure
(255°C, all bits set).

Now, I'm into this again. I made a suspend2ram on battery and plugged in the
power-cord. The LEDs were flashing but the system remained in suspend mode.
After I resumed it the fans started to run immediately. And, of course, I
... c.a.n ... w.a.t.c.h ... t.h.e ... c.h.a.r.a.c.t.e.r.s ... b.e.i.n.g ...
p.r.in.t.e.d. Also, DELLDIAG reports an "SODIMM Thermistor Sensor Range
Failure".

I called DELL support and asked for the key combination to get back to
Productive mode since I don't want to send the notebook in again. But, as I
guess, it must the the basis of their success and thus a company secret.

They wanted me to freshly install Windows 2000 and wipe all my data and
applications from the hard drive to check it again. That's professional. It
didn't help to tell them, that the system's behaviour is OS independend
because it act like this immediately after power-on BEFORE any OS code is
loade. -- They want me to clean up my disk.
I wonder what they think their customers doing to do with their laptops.
Buying it, watching it ...?!?

I'm still waiting for the final answer from DELL support ...

    :-(((

TJ

Have a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/columbus/

From the blurb:

"columbus is a script and set of supporting scripts and tools to allow
for auto-detection of the network you're in and allows you to adjust
files and configuration on the system to match your preferred settings
(fstab, gateways, proxy, ...)"


Regards,

David


On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 22:00, simbateman wrote:
> This isnt a dell specific questions but this group has such a great
> response that I thought I would ask here.
>
> I have a i81k with the built in network/modem combo.  I use the
> network card at home and at work.  I also occasionally use a wireless
> nic at home.  at home I am running on the 192.168.1 subnet but at the
> office I am running 10.10.1.  So I need to have the nic card using
> dhcp so it can get the correct ip address when it boots up.
>
> Here is the problem that i have.  When I am not connected to a
> network my box takes forever to load because it waits for dhcp to
> time out(i am guessing).  So what I am looking for is a way to not
> have that nic fire up on boot but then have a script I can run that
> will tell it to fire up and get an ip address when I need it to.
>
> If i run the S10Network start file in /etc/rc3.d then I can get it to
> fire up but I dont know how to tell the computer not to bother
> turning on eth0 at boot.
>
> I think this is what my problem and the solution I need is but if
> anyone has any suggestion or alternate solutions please let me know.
>
> I appreciate the great help that comes from this group.  Also, I
> guess another short question when I hit fcn+esc to suspend my box,
> the screen goes all funny then it restarts X.  Is this what is
> supposed to happen?  I havnt set up hibernate yet but that is next.
>
> Again Thanks in advance.
> simeon
>
>
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Hi,

As gentoo linux has just released it's first release, I thought I'll
give it a try on my Dell Inspiron 8100...
But! Since that distribution does compile everything from scratch on
install, how will my fans behave?
I wonder, because I once left the notebook powered on over night at
login prompt ( no I don't use (x|g|k)dm ). Next morning, I logged in,
launched X and gkrellm reported the cpu temp to be about 61°C and
launched the both fans at full speed - I suppose the fans never
started to cool down the machine because I use a Dell i8k aware kernel
and do control fans using Massimo Dal Zotto's i8kutils with the
GKrellM plugin to it (which were not running at login prompt)...
Or does the BIOS never turn on the fans by itselfs (even with a base
kernel)?
Should I be afraid having my cpu melting down trying to install gentoo
linux on my Dell Inspiron, cause it'll have it to compile for hours
with no manual fan control available...?

Thanks,

Alex

Hi,

I have an i8100 (bios A07) with a dual boot install with Mdk 8.2 and W2K.
Under linux i have been trying to stop the machine going into suspend (at least
while connected to AC), but with no success. I have disabled S2R and S2D in
BIOS, and I have disabled DPMS in X (xset dpms 0 0 0; xset -dpms). I've been
through the KDE power settings and turned them off. What more should I have to
do?
It seems that X is doing this, since when I'm in runlevel 3 it doesnt suspend,
but when I'm in runlevel 5 it does.

Pulling my hair out (well, not quite)
        Lars

I have a similar (I think) situation in that my home setup is on a
different subnet to work, and the IP address is statically assigned,
whereas at work it is assigned by DHCP.  There are also issues of
different DNS's and DNS search paths, etc, etc.  Here's how I solved it.


create a directory /etc/sysconfig/networking/backup

set up the networking correctly for home

copy the following files into the backup directory, giving them a suffix
of '.home' :
     /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/eth0.route
     /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0
     /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/resolv.conf
     /etc/ntp.conf (optional)

then, set up networking correctly for work

copy the same set of files to the backup directory, giving them a suffix
of '.work'

the contents of your backup directory should now look something like this :

-rw-------    1 root     root           57 Jan 31 20:16 eth0.route.home
-rw-------    1 root     root           57 Jan 31 18:33 eth0.route.work
-rw-------    1 root     root          191 Jan 31 21:26 ifcfg-eth0.home
-rw-------    1 root     root          123 Jan 31 21:26 ifcfg-eth0.work
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1765 Feb 25 08:50 ntp.conf.home
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1777 Feb 25 08:47 ntp.conf.work
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          103 Jan 31 19:54 resolv.conf.home
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           88 Apr  3 08:54 resolv.conf.work

Then, I created a little perl script to copy the correct set of files
into the right places.  Heres the script :

[steve@i4100 backup]$ cat /usr/local/bin/setnet.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -W

use strict ;

#
#       Check command line args for either 'work' or 'home'
#
my $loc ;
foreach my $arg (@ARGV) {
         if (($arg eq 'work') || ($arg eq 'home')) {
                 $loc = $arg ;
                 last ;
         }
}

unless ($loc) {
         $loc = 'work' ;
         my ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst)
= localtime (time) ;
         if (($wday > 0) && ($wday < 6)) {
                 $loc = 'home' if (($hour < 7) || ($hour >= 17)) ;
         }
         else {
                 $loc = 'home' ;
         }
}
my %files = (
                 'eth0.route'    => ['../devices'],
                 'ifcfg-eth0'    => ['../devices', '../profiles/default',
'../../network-scripts'],
                 'resolv.conf'   => ['../profiles/default'],
                 'ntp.conf'      => ['/etc'],
                 ) ;
chdir '/etc/sysconfig/networking/backup' ;
foreach my $f (keys %files) {
         foreach my $d (@{$files {$f}}) {
                 my $cmd = "cp ${f}.${loc} ${d}/${f}" ;
                 my $ret = `${cmd} 2>&1` ;
         }
}

The script can take an optional argument of either 'home' or 'work', or
if no argument is present, it works out where I am, depending on the day
of the week and the hour of the day.  You will probably want to change
this to suit your situation.  I called the script 'setnet.pl', and
copied it into /usr/local/bin.

I then modified the /etc/init.d/network script, putting a call to
/usr/local/bin/setnet.pl right at the top of the script.  If you don't
want to make the script executable, you would need to change this to
'perl /usr/local/bin/setnet.pl'.

Then, when you start your machine, it will automatically copy over the
correct set of files, and your network should start properly.  You don't
need to fiddle with the DHCP timeout.

I hope this helps.

Steve


David Whitmarsh wrote:

>Have a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/columbus/
>
>>From the blurb:
>
>"columbus is a script and set of supporting scripts and tools to allow
>for auto-detection of the network you're in and allows you to adjust
>files and configuration on the system to match your preferred settings
>(fstab, gateways, proxy, ...)"
>
>
>Regards,
>
>David
>
>
>On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 22:00, simbateman wrote:
>
>>This isnt a dell specific questions but this group has such a great
>>response that I thought I would ask here.
>>
>>I have a i81k with the built in network/modem combo.  I use the
>>network card at home and at work.  I also occasionally use a wireless
>>nic at home.  at home I am running on the 192.168.1 subnet but at the
>>office I am running 10.10.1.  So I need to have the nic card using
>>dhcp so it can get the correct ip address when it boots up.
>>
>>Here is the problem that i have.  When I am not connected to a
>>network my box takes forever to load because it waits for dhcp to
>>time out(i am guessing).  So what I am looking for is a way to not
>>have that nic fire up on boot but then have a script I can run that
>>will tell it to fire up and get an ip address when I need it to.
>>
>>If i run the S10Network start file in /etc/rc3.d then I can get it to
>>fire up but I dont know how to tell the computer not to bother
>>turning on eth0 at boot.
>>
>>I think this is what my problem and the solution I need is but if
>>anyone has any suggestion or alternate solutions please let me know.
>>
>>I appreciate the great help that comes from this group.  Also, I
>>guess another short question when I hit fcn+esc to suspend my box,
>>the screen goes all funny then it restarts X.  Is this what is
>>supposed to happen?  I havnt set up hibernate yet but that is next.
>>
>>Again Thanks in advance.
>>simeon
>>
>>
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
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I too have some strange problems with the 2.4.18. After successfully installing
the kernel and the modules and a new entry in lilo I do a reboot to the new
kernel.

Lilo starts and I choose the new kernel to load but the only I do see is a black
screen and some activities on the hd. after 30sec. the systems is blocked but
still nothing on the screen.

Now rebboting I see that the hd was not correctly unmounted.

I installed the 2.4.10 some weeks ago with no problem but now I do not know that
is wrong.

1. Does anybody know that is the mistake?
2. How can I get pretend my system during the installation of a new kernel to
destroy my file system?

Thanks for your help.





--- In linux-dell-laptops@y..., Robert Penz <robert.penz@o...> wrote:
> On Thursday 07 March 2002 23:27, Dan wrote:
> > has someone successfully configured and installed the 2.4.18 kernel on a
> > suse 7.3 system? i always get errors like the console could not be set up,
>
> I'm using 2.4.18 on suse 7.2, on a dell inspirion, but its the same on 7.3
>
> I use the pcmcia-cs and not the kernel stuff, so you need to install that
> modules (suse does use also the pcmcia-cs modules) and also install the
> nvidia modul, if you using the nvidia xfree driver
>
> config attached.
>
> > pcmcia is a nightmare, the block devices won't work much and the sound is
> > not loaded automatically... can someone give me instructions or send me his
> > kernel configuration?
>
> So I guess its your first own build kernel on that notebook ... ok normally
> suse uses alsa, so if you want to use alsa you need to compile it for your
> kernel, but thats not nessary, I use the kernel sound drivers with no
> problems (they are in my config). deactivate the alsa stuff in yast2 | sound
>
> pcmcia: suse does use the pcmcia-cs driver and no the kernel ones, so
> deactivate pcmcia in the kernel config and get pcmcia-cs from pcmcia.sf.net
>
> If your systems hangs with the new pcmcia driver, take a look at
>
> http://sdb.suse.de/cgi-bin/sdbsearch_de.cgi?stichwort=pcmcia
>
> If you can't boot the system anymore to look at the page enter that at lilo
>
> linux NOPCMCIA=yes
>
> linux = the name of the kernel you select (on of the names in the list)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Robert
> ----------------
> Robert Penz
> robert.penz@o...
> #
> # Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
> #
> CONFIG_X86=y
> CONFIG_ISA=y
> # CONFIG_SBUS is not set
> CONFIG_UID16=y
>
> #
> # Code maturity level options
> #
> CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
>
> #
> # Loadable module support
> #
> CONFIG_MODULES=y
> CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
> CONFIG_KMOD=y
>
> #
> # Processor type and features
> #
> # CONFIG_M386 is not set
> # CONFIG_M486 is not set
> # CONFIG_M586 is not set
> # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
> # CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
> # CONFIG_M686 is not set
> CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII=y
> # CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
> # CONFIG_MK6 is not set
> # CONFIG_MK7 is not set
> # CONFIG_MELAN is not set
> # CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
> # CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
> CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
> CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
> CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
> CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
> CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
> CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
> # CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK is not set
> CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
> CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
> CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
> CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
> CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
> # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
> CONFIG_I8K=y
> # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set
> CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
> # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
> # CONFIG_MTRR is not set
> # CONFIG_SMP is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set
>
> #
> # General setup
> #
> CONFIG_NET=y
> CONFIG_PCI=y
> # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
> # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
> CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
> CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
> CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
> CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
> # CONFIG_EISA is not set
> # CONFIG_MCA is not set
> CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
>
> #
> # PCMCIA/CardBus support
> #
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
>
> #
> # PCI Hotplug Support
> #
> # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set
> # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ is not set
> # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ_NVRAM is not set
> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
> CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
> CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
> # CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
> CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
> CONFIG_PM=y
> CONFIG_ACPI=y
> # CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
> CONFIG_ACPI_BUSMGR=y
> CONFIG_ACPI_SYS=y
> CONFIG_ACPI_CPU=y
> CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
> CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y
> CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
> CONFIG_ACPI_CMBATT=y
> CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
> CONFIG_APM=y
> # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
> CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y
> # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set
> # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
> # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set
> # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
> # CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
>
> #
> # Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
> #
> # CONFIG_MTD is not set
>
> #
> # Parallel port support
> #
> # CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
>
> #
> # Plug and Play configuration
> #
> CONFIG_PNP=y
> CONFIG_ISAPNP=y
>
> #
> # Block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
> # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
>
> #
> # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
> #
> # CONFIG_MD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_RAID0 is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_RAID1 is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM is not set
>
> #
> # Networking options
> #
> CONFIG_PACKET=y
> CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
> # CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set
> CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
> # CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG is not set
> CONFIG_FILTER=y
> CONFIG_UNIX=y
> CONFIG_INET=y
> CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
> # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_MROUTE is not set
> # CONFIG_ARPD is not set
> # CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set
> CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
>
> #
> #   IP: Netfilter Configuration
> #
> CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_IRC=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=m
> # CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH_ESP is not set
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_UNCLEAN=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MIRROR=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_SNMP_BASIC=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_IRC=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=m
> # CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG is not set
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
> CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPFWADM=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
> # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
> # CONFIG_KHTTPD is not set
> # CONFIG_ATM is not set
> # CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
> # CONFIG_IPX is not set
> # CONFIG_ATALK is not set
> # CONFIG_DECNET is not set
> # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
> # CONFIG_X25 is not set
> # CONFIG_LAPB is not set
> # CONFIG_LLC is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
> # CONFIG_ECONET is not set
> # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
>
> #
> # QoS and/or fair queueing
> #
> # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
>
> #
> # Telephony Support
> #
> # CONFIG_PHONE is not set
> # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set
> # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ_PCMCIA is not set
>
> #
> # ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
> #
> CONFIG_IDE=y
>
> #
> # IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_VENDOR is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_FUJITSU is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_IBM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_MAXTOR is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_QUANTUM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_SEAGATE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_WD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMMERIAL is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TIVO is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
> CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> # CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
> # CONFIG_IDEDMA_NEW_DRIVE_LISTINGS is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
> # CONFIG_AEC62XX_TUNING is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
> # CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX is not set
> # CONFIG_AMD74XX_OVERRIDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
> # CONFIG_HPT34X_AUTODMA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
> CONFIG_PIIX_TUNING=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX is not set
> # CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST is not set
> # CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set
> # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
> # CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
> # CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT is not set
>
> #
> # SCSI support
> #
> CONFIG_SCSI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
> CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40
> # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
> # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
> # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set
> CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG_QUEUES=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
> # CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
>
> #
> # SCSI low-level drivers
> #
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set
>
> #
> # Fusion MPT device support
> #
> # CONFIG_FUSION is not set
> # CONFIG_FUSION_BOOT is not set
> # CONFIG_FUSION_ISENSE is not set
> # CONFIG_FUSION_CTL is not set
> # CONFIG_FUSION_LAN is not set
>
> #
> # IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support (EXPERIMENTAL)
> #
> CONFIG_IEEE1394=y
> # CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX is not set
> CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=y
> CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394=y
> CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2=y
> CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=m
> # CONFIG_IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG is not set
>
> #
> # I2O device support
> #
> # CONFIG_I2O is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_LAN is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_PROC is not set
>
> #
> # Network device support
> #
> CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
>
> #
> # ARCnet devices
> #
> # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
> CONFIG_DUMMY=m
> # CONFIG_BONDING is not set
> # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
> # CONFIG_TUN is not set
> # CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set
>
> #
> # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
> #
> CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
> # CONFIG_SUNLANCE is not set
> # CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set
> # CONFIG_SUNBMAC is not set
> # CONFIG_SUNQE is not set
> # CONFIG_SUNGEM is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
> # CONFIG_LANCE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
> # CONFIG_AT1700 is not set
> # CONFIG_DEPCA is not set
> # CONFIG_HP100 is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
> CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
> # CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
> # CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set
> # CONFIG_AC3200 is not set
> # CONFIG_APRICOT is not set
> # CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set
> # CONFIG_TULIP is not set
> # CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set
> # CONFIG_DGRS is not set
> # CONFIG_DM9102 is not set
> CONFIG_EEPRO100=y
> # CONFIG_LNE390 is not set
> # CONFIG_FEALNX is not set
> # CONFIG_NATSEMI is not set
> # CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
> # CONFIG_NE3210 is not set
> # CONFIG_ES3210 is not set
> # CONFIG_8139CP is not set
> # CONFIG_8139TOO is not set
> # CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO is not set
> # CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER is not set
> # CONFIG_8139TOO_8129 is not set
> # CONFIG_8139_NEW_RX_RESET is not set
> # CONFIG_SIS900 is not set
> # CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set
> # CONFIG_SUNDANCE is not set
> # CONFIG_TLAN is not set
> # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set
> # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE_MMIO is not set
> # CONFIG_WINBOND_840 is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
>
> #
> # Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
> #
> # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
> # CONFIG_DL2K is not set
> # CONFIG_MYRI_SBUS is not set
> # CONFIG_NS83820 is not set
> # CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
> # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
> # CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
> # CONFIG_FDDI is not set
> # CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
> # CONFIG_PLIP is not set
> CONFIG_PPP=y
> # CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK is not set
> # CONFIG_PPP_FILTER is not set
> CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=y
> # CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY is not set
> CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=y
> # CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP is not set
> # CONFIG_PPPOE is not set
> CONFIG_SLIP=y
> # CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED is not set
> # CONFIG_SLIP_SMART is not set
> # CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set
>
> #
> # Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
> #
> # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
>
> #
> # Token Ring devices
> #
> # CONFIG_TR is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
> # CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
> # CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
>
> #
> # Wan interfaces
> #
> # CONFIG_WAN is not set
>
> #
> # Amateur Radio support
> #
> # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
>
> #
> # IrDA (infrared) support
> #
> CONFIG_IRDA=m
> # CONFIG_IRLAN is not set
> # CONFIG_IRNET is not set
> CONFIG_IRCOMM=m
> # CONFIG_IRDA_ULTRA is not set
> # CONFIG_IRDA_CACHE_LAST_LSAP is not set
> # CONFIG_IRDA_FAST_RR is not set
> # CONFIG_IRDA_DEBUG is not set
>
> #
> # Infrared-port device drivers
> #
> CONFIG_IRTTY_SIR=m
> # CONFIG_IRPORT_SIR is not set
> # CONFIG_DONGLE is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_IRDA is not set
> # CONFIG_NSC_FIR is not set
> # CONFIG_WINBOND_FIR is not set
> # CONFIG_TOSHIBA_FIR is not set
> CONFIG_SMC_IRCC_FIR=m
> # CONFIG_ALI_FIR is not set
> # CONFIG_VLSI_FIR is not set
>
> #
> # ISDN subsystem
> #
> # CONFIG_ISDN is not set
>
> #
> # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
> #
> # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
>
> #
> # Input core support
> #
> CONFIG_INPUT=y
> # CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV is not set
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1600
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=1200
> # CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV is not set
>
> #
> # Character devices
> #
> CONFIG_VT=y
> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL=y
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_ACPI is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
>
> #
> # I2C support
> #
> # CONFIG_I2C is not set
>
> #
> # Mice
> #
> # CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
> CONFIG_MOUSE=y
> CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
> # CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
> # CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
>
> #
> # Joysticks
> #
> # CONFIG_INPUT_GAMEPORT is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_NS558 is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_LIGHTNING is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_PCIGAME is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_CS461X is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_EMU10K1 is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_SERIO is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_SERPORT is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_ANALOG is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_A3D is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_ADI is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_COBRA is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_GF2K is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_GRIP is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_INTERACT is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_TMDC is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_SIDEWINDER is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_IFORCE_USB is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_IFORCE_232 is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_WARRIOR is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_MAGELLAN is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_SPACEORB is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_SPACEBALL is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_STINGER is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_DB9 is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_GAMECON is not set
> # CONFIG_INPUT_TURBOGRAFX is not set
> # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
>
> #
> # Watchdog Cards
> #
> # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
> # CONFIG_INTEL_RNG is not set
> # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
> # CONFIG_RTC is not set
> # CONFIG_DTLK is not set
> # CONFIG_R3964 is not set
> # CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set
> # CONFIG_SONYPI is not set
>
> #
> # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
> #
> # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
> CONFIG_AGP=y
> CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y
> CONFIG_AGP_I810=y
> # CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set
> # CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set
> # CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set
> # CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set
> CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS=y
> # CONFIG_DRM is not set
> # CONFIG_MWAVE is not set
>
> #
> # Multimedia devices
> #
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
>
> #
> # File systems
> #
> # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
> # CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
> CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
> # CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
> # CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
> # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_ADFS_FS_RW is not set
> # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
> CONFIG_JBD=y
> # CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set
> CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
> # CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
> # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_JFFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_JFFS2_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set
> CONFIG_TMPFS=y
> # CONFIG_RAMFS is not set
> CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
> CONFIG_JOLIET=y
> # CONFIG_ZISOFS is not set
> # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
> # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set
> # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
> # CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
> # CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
> CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
> # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW is not set
> # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
> # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UDF_RW is not set
> # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set
>
> #
> # Network File Systems
> #
> # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS is not set
> CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
> # CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set
> # CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
> CONFIG_NFSD=y
> # CONFIG_NFSD_V3 is not set
> CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
> CONFIG_LOCKD=y
> CONFIG_SMB_FS=y
> # CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT is not set
> # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING is not set
> # CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING is not set
> # CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG is not set
> # CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS is not set
> # CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS is not set
> # CONFIG_NCPFS_SMALLDOS is not set
> # CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS is not set
> # CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS is not set
> # CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_ZLIB_FS_INFLATE is not set
>
> #
> # Partition Types
> #
> # CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set
> CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
> CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
> CONFIG_NLS=y
>
> #
> # Native Language Support
> #
> CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
> CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
> CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=y
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251 is not set
> CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U is not set
> CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y
>
> #
> # Console drivers
> #
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set
> # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
>
> #
> # Frame-buffer support
> #
> # CONFIG_FB is not set
>
> #
> # Sound
> #
> CONFIG_SOUND=y
> # CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1 is not set
> # CONFIG_MIDI_EMU10K1 is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set
> CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3=y
> # CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_RME96XX is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set
> # CONFIG_MIDI_VIA82CXXX is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_OSS is not set
> # CONFIG_SOUND_TVMIXER is not set
>
> #
> # USB support
> #
> CONFIG_USB=m
> # CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set
> CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
> # CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_LONG_TIMEOUT is not set
> CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m
> CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT=m
> CONFIG_USB_OHCI=m
> # CONFIG_USB_AUDIO is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_BLUETOOTH is not set
> CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
> # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200 is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_HP8200e is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09 is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set
> CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m
> CONFIG_USB_HID=m
> # CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV is not set
> CONFIG_USB_KBD=m
> CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m
> # CONFIG_USB_WACOM is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_DC2XX is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_MDC800 is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SCANNER is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_HPUSBSCSI is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_KAWETH is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_CATC is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_CDCETHER is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_USBNET is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_USS720 is not set
>
> #
> # USB Serial Converter support
> #
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_BELKIN is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_WHITEHEAT is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DIGI_ACCELEPORT is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EMPEG is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_VISOR is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IPAQ is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IR is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EDGEPORT is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_PDA is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_USA28 is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_USA28X is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_USA28XA is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_USA28XB is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_USA19 is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_USA18X is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_USA19W is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_USA49W is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_MCT_U232 is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KLSI is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_PL2303 is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CYBERJACK is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_XIRCOM is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OMNINET is not set
> # CONFIG_USB_RIO500 is not set
>
> #
> # Bluetooth support
> #
> # CONFIG_BLUEZ is not set
>
> #
> # Kernel hacking
> #
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set

----- Original Message -----

From: Andrew McGlashan

To: ldl

Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:37 AM

Subject: [linux-dell-laptops] reiserfs SuSE 7.2 Professional

I have a 'standard' install of 2.4.4 kernel of SuSE 7.2 Professional (desktop dual 466c processors in a BP6 motherboard -- I know, it is not a dell laptop, but when I get this sorted, I might update the laptop with a kernel rebuild.  All is Okay without a kernel rebuild, but I want to use more features that the stock kernel gives me.).

 

Trouble is when I compile my own kernel, it can not mount the / fs (reiserfs).

 

I have tried using initrd with reiserfs; I have tried including reiserfs in the kernel with =y setting.

 

Lilo seems to be setup fine.

 

Here is the text leading up to the kernel panic that I get:

 

-----------------

Loading module reiserfs

Using /lib/modules/2.4.4-SMP/kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.o

kmod:failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-3, errno = 2

VFS: Cannot open root device "345" or 03:45

Please append a correct "root=" boot option

kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:45

-----------------

 

I can boot fine from the SuSE DVD -- I go through the install options until I get to a screen that allows me to boot an existing installation; that boots fine.

 

Does anyone have a good .config file for this setup?  I want to use that as a base...

 

Thanks

 

AndrewM

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I bought it about 2 years ago for and old desktop I have and just
thought it would be handy to have on the laptop but if it doesn't
work it doesn't work.

Thanks.

--- In linux-dell-laptops@y..., Stephen Lau <ldl@g...> wrote:
> i'm curious...why are you trying to install 6.1... that's years
old..
>
> -steve
>
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:24:23PM -0000, prometheusj2002 wrote:
> > Have installed redhat 6.1 on my inspiron 8k. Everything went fine
and
> > it's all working alright except when I tried to set up Xwindows.
> > Nothing worked so I downloaded ther latest version of XFree86
> > installed that and still can't get it to work. Every time I try
to
> > probe something the screen blacks out and the system hangs. What
do I
> > need to do to fix this problem and to get the GUI working or is
this
> > just a lost cause?
> >
> > System:
> > PIII 850mhz
> > 20G
> > 128mb RAM
> > ATI RAGE MOBILITY 128 AGP 4x Graphics Adapter
> > ESS Maestro PCI Audio (WDM)
> >
> > Panel: Max. Supported Res. 1400 x 1050
> >        Max. Supported Refresh Rate 60Hz
> >
> >
>
> --
> stephen lau :: [ldl@g...] :: gpg key id: 0x09E5CD21
> http://www.whacked.net/oss/ldl

Hi!

Anyone running a Latitude C810 (or similar, with NVIDIA card) under
Linux with WinXP as VMware guest??

I can't get the thing to install XP from CD. And it keeps
complaining that no DGA is available.

The other way round works ok (XP as host) but that's not what I
really want.

Any help appriciated!!!

Thanks
Juergen

Hello,

Am I correct in assuming that if I do an upgrade from ME to XP on my i8k,
windows will obliterate my linux partitions?

Thanks,
John O.


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