[98783] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RedHat bugs???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leo)
Tue Nov 10 17:29:57 1998
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:06:17 +0100
From: Leo <leonardo@dinamicmultimedia.es>
To: Joerg Mertin <smurphy@dspecialists.de>, redhat-list@redhat.com
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Joerg Mertin wrote:
> > I have my Netscape/NT settings to 72 chars. What happened is that, while I was writing the message, I changed the font size... guess something strange happened... just one more bug, I supose.
> >
> > I'll resend the message and or rephrase the questions, since I deduce from your answers that you did not fully understand my questions.
>
> And you made a group-reply :)
>
Of course. There might be someone out there with a similar problem, and maybe afraid of being publicly humiliated they never ask.
> >
> > I installed 4 when it was out... later on the RedHat people released 5. I updated my system to this version at the appropriate time.
>
> That sounds different. I sounded like, you installed 4.2 to make the
> upgrade just afterwards :)
>
Ok, sorry if it wasn't clear, but that's what I meant.
> I understand what you mean. You meant, your System did recognise only 16MB
> of Ram. Well, thatīs bad. Try adding at the LILO Prompt: mem=128M
> or in the lilo.conf file at the beginning: append = "mem=128M"
> This will force your System to take 128MB of Ram regarding System Memory.
> Beware, that if you have bad Ram, itīll crash your system.
> > > > - I compiled a kernel, setting to 'no' the option "Use only lower 16 MB" (or so) as well as setting SMP=1 in the resulting Makefile, but neither the 128 MB appear anywhere nor does the SMP work correctly (crashes very much). Sometimes it just blocks
> and
>
> Wont make any difference, since the kernels have Auto-Memory-size
> detection -> The kernel has, so it might be that this routine has
> problems detecting the memory your System uses. Try adding the Size at
> the lilo Prompt.
>
Ok, so that's it. Now, how on earth could I imagine it had to do with lilo, not being an expert and not knowing all the details about everything? I'll try it, thanks a lot.
> Yes, the Specs are from Intel, and the Only Boards correctly Supported are
> Intel-Based motherboard Chipsets that run SMP. Other Chipsets might be
> supported by now, but only the newer kernels (2.2.126/7) might work
> korrectly with it.
>
> > > > - cat /proc/cpuinfo shows 340 (or so) BogoMips for CPU0 and 2 (or so) for CPU1. Is this correct? Also, does 'stepping' of the CPU mean?
> > > This is the internal revision number of your CPU
> > >
> > Ok
> These numbers should be the same for a smooth running of your System.
>
They're not, and the system (besides crashing a lot), is really slow, for example writing to the console, or displaying X windows.I'll try 2.2.126/7
> > setserial DOES show a concrete UART for cua0 (mouse) and cua1 (UPS), but not for cua2 (modem).
> The fact ist that setserial is obsolete in newer kernels. The dumb UART
> 16650X should be detected normally. Might be that your BIOS initialises
> the UART Chips in High Speed mode, mode that 2.0.3X kernels donīt know
> yet. Well, use a newer kernel... :)
>
> > I downloaded the latest SVGA_Server release at ftp.xfree.org, doesn't work either. As I said, I think this must be related to the 16MB mem problem.
> have a look at:
> http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/index.html#matrox
>
> The Server serie is called: XFCom_Matrox, so itÄs not the SVGA-Server,
> sorry ;)
>
Ok, so that's different, I'll look at that. Haven't seen anything about that in the docs.
Now I understand the XConfigurator not detecting my video-mem size... I don't remember seeing this server in my RedHat distribution.
> Yes. Next time, try to be more explizit. It sounded like someone who do
> not know what he does. From what you told just now, I understood that the
> you already tried all you could...
>
Well, more or less... been at it all weekend... guess sooner or later I would have found the solution, but this was much faster. :) Thanx again.
> > I know that.
> > Listen, I'm not criticising linux, nor the fantastic effort the developers
> > are doing, I'm just seeking for help on installing my favorite OS.
>
> Well, Iīm making a living using this operating System :)
>
So good for you. My boss doesn't even let me install it in my work box... I'm sick'n'tired of NT hogging resources (of all kind).
> Sorry. The problem you had, you didnīt express yourself clear... I
> missunderstood it here...
>
> Regards
> --
Guess it. So thanks again,
Leo
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