On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 01:19:25PM -0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > > > I see that the 2.2.0 kernel is now officially released. > > > > Does anyone know if there are any problems, or things to be wary of, in > > compiling this kernel for Debian hamm? > > I had a couple, though it was on the last pre that called itself 2.2.0: > > a) it was not possible to change the irq for soundblaster to the value > most cards use (5, and it defaults to 7? or is it vice versa). You can pass parameters to modules when insmod'ing them, ie insmod sb irq=5 etc. > > b) critical: it gave my xserver the blinkies. This is easy to do to > an AT24 chipset, but the only thing that usually does it is rvplayer > when the rv-server goes to heavy load (beats me why, but it crashes, > and it can't restart without a reboot, and goes into the blinkies). > Under 2.2.0, it went straight to the blinkies without giving me a good > session first. Try the svga server from 3.3.3 might be useful here. Grab the binary from ftp.xfree86.org and install it in /usr/local/bin, then point /etc/X11/Xserver at it. -- Rafael Kitover rkitover@io.com
Attachment:
pgpsGxGYJmwh0.pgp
Description: PGP signature