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Re: 2.2.12 bf on athlon 600



Othmar Pasteka <pasteka@kabsi.at> writes:

> * as i wrote in another mail with the bf for alpha from dhd, the
>   refereshing rate when fetching base over the lan is way too
>   frequent, i.e. you can't see at what speed you are acutally
>   downloading.

File wishlist bug against bf.

> * pcmcia with the 2.2.15 kernel seems to have some dependency
>   issues: when i reboot the system i get loads of unresolved
>   dependencies but solely with pcmcia stuff.

File RC bug against pcmcia-modules-2.2.15 for whatever flavor you were
using.

> * speaking of modules: after i install the drivers and want to
>   configure, say, the eepro 10/100 i get a installation failed
>   because there is no modules.conf in /target/etc/. after copying
>   this file from /etc to /target/etc everything works fine.

Dammit.  Why does modconf suck so much?

> * when i create a user and i enter the password twice differently
>   i start from the beginning (i.e. entering a username) and doing
>   the whole stuff again. but the problem is that i don't know
>   _why_ i got back to the beginning, i.e. i can't see a window
>   pop up which tells me that i didn't enter the password correctly.

File bug against base-config.

> * my athlon came with 128mb ram but all the kernel is detecting
>   is 64 mb. so this kinda sucks, because it means you have to
>   alter your lilo.conf manually to get it working. well i don't
>   know if this is much programming effort to detect the actual
>   amount of ram and alter the lilo.conf accordingly but it should
>   be mentioned in the docs that you have to edit your lilo.conf
>   file.

The nice thing to do would be to allow "append" options in
dbootstrap. Wishlist bugs already filed.

-- 
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>


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