> Yeah, I've been playing with the cooker version a lot, but alsa seems > sketchy. It doesn't inert properly by default, and the mixer settings > seem to be screwed up. Some other modules don't insert by default any > more.
I've fixed many things since -test5, alsa should load fine now. Please can you tell me the name of the modules that don't insert ? And please report others bugs I should be aware of :) > But the latency seems to be very low, and desktop applications seem to > be noticeably snappier. > > It would be nice to see a 2.6 kernel with: > - flawless alsa and other module auto-loading try -test9.4mdk and report again if it doesn't work > - i686 build (I love my new P4; screw you overheating athlon!) I'll try to provide this soon. > - some sort of init output (my screen is black until X starts) vga=normal in your bootloader entry should give you some output, it will disable framebuffer. vesa framebuffer doesn't work well in 2.6, that's why you get a black output. Thanks for your opinion about the package. -- Olivier Blin