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Re: Dell Inspiron 9400, Debian Etch Issues



On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 11:36 -0700, Alejandro Salas wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I installed Etch, kernel 2.16.16-4-686. I have an
> Intel Core Duo 2 2.16Ghz... Almost everything is
> running fine, but I still have a couple of issues.
> 
> * No sound: I tried to compile the latest alsa driver,
> but when compiling I got a message that I have those
> drivers already in the kernel :-S.
> 
> * Cannot use cpufreq. :-S
>   Error message:
> 
> Error setting new values. Common errors:
> - Do you have proper administration rights?
> (super-user?)
> - Is the governor you requested available and
> modprobed?
> - Trying to set an invalid policy?
> - Trying to set a specific frequency, but userspace
> governor is not available,
>    for example because of hardware which cannot be set
> to a specific frequency
>    or because the userspace governor isn't loaded?
> 
> ( Wireless hasn't been tested yet )... If anyone could
> point me in the right direction it would be greatly
> appreciate it.
> 
> Thanx in advance..

Try a newer version of the Etch installer. Any Dell will be running on a
2.6.18-4 kernel.

BTW, Etch should be release Tomorrow or Monday... IOW SOON.

Good luck.
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