Greg Sarsons wrote: > > I too have a an adaptec scsi which uses 152x driver and have been unable > to get it to work. The the boot log (dmesg) my card is found and shows > up as ava-1505a and in /proc/isapnp the card also shows up. > > However, I have not figured out a way to use it. > > If you make any headway please let me know. I have reported this as a > bug on mdks bug tracking system. > > I noticed you have an LS-120 ... if it is not the a bootdisk does it > work fine? I'm considering buying one. What else can you tell me about > it. > > Greg > > Roger wrote: > > > > HARDWARE: > > P3 450 > > Tyan 1832DL > > Geforce DDR 32mb AGP (Creative's Annihilator Pro) > > SBlive Value > > Intel Etherpro 100 NIC > > 2 WD 27GB/40GB ATA66/100 7200rpm drives > > Adaptec 152x SCSI (ISA) > > CDROM 32x (scsi) > > CD-RW HP7200i (ide) > > 256MB RAM > > LS120 (3 1/2 floppy) > > > > Brother HL-1240 Printer > > > > USB 3 button Logitech Wingman Gaming Mouse (generic) > > > > Sony Trinitron Multiscan 420GS 19" Monitor > > > > METHOD OF INSTALLATION/UPGRADE = hd.img upgrading over existing cooker > > install > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 1) INSTALL: Had to specify "options" for scsi adaptec 154x card (or > > else this > > would create an endless loop). On my initial fresh install of mdk 8.0 > > cooker, > > it recognized my card by just doing "autoprobe". This time, it failed > > and I had to enter "aha152x=0x340,11,7 > > > > 2) INSTALL: USB Mouse was not activated on initial boot until the point > > of > > the install insmod'ed the usb-uhci driver. On the initial fresh > > install, it was detected on boot with hd.img > > > > 3) INSTALL: GUI of the "stars" in the install program were > > elongated...should be shorted or adjusted? (not really important). > > > > 5) INSTALL: Place a list of services with definitions. Some of the > > services > > have no definition when using the mouse-over feature!!! Didn't check > > the "Help" feature to see if it had a more complete listing. > > > > 6) INSTALL: Ethernet find/config ask's twice to "Do you have another > > one?" Should be only once. > > > > 7) INSTALL: LS120 <> Still does not work for a bootdisk device! > > > > 8) STARTUP: I like the graphical lilo, but dislike the Aurora since > > it's always running int he background. Prefer to have a default of not > > having aurora on boot(?) Also, using console is still more "readable" > > for me. > > > > 9) DESKTOP: Fonts look terrible/unreadable on the "KDE LOGIN". But > > they look nice else where! Except in the `terminals' ACK! I have my > > windows fonts install prior to the upgrade...and then re-installed them > > using DrakConf again just to make sure. Konqueror also has fonts way > > too small to even read (Bitstream Charter set at 12 default). Also, > > only 8 Font types are showing in Kcontrol > Fonts menu! Nvidia driver > > 0.97 cures some of the problems with fonts. > > > > FONT ISSUE FOLLOW UP -- Had to go into Kcontrol > Konqueror > Fonts and > > set the minumum font size from "7" to atleast "12"! > > > > Also, I tried to change this setting directly from the Konqueror > > settings menu but the menu was so in larged (640x480 and 800x600 screen > > options) that i could not click "apply". > > > > These are most kde issues tho. > > > > 10) DESKTOP: Kcontrol > Device Manager shows my ADAPTEC 152x SCSI as > > an unknown device. All else appears to look ok. > > > > 11) DESKTOP: PANEL > "K" > "Log Out" and "Lock Screen" are too close to > > the > > "K" button...as such, it's way too easy to click "Log Out" and "Lock > > Screen" buttons on the menu! I've been doing this all the time with > > accidental mouse clicks! I think "WindowMaker" desktop icon's also has > > this annoying feature in it's icons when you click to minimize/maximize > > causing an accidental close/cancel of windows. > > > > 12) DESKTOP: Since I see allot of (new) apps, maybe you should include > > a > > build from the most recent release of "Mozilla"? It is much faster > > also. Only downside is it's only has 56bit encryption...but i do most of > > my stuff in Netscape 4.76 that has this option anyways. > > > > 13) DESKTOP: Clicking on K > Networking > WWW > Bluefish does nothing > > Missing xawtv or tv capturing s/w (Broadcast 2000 does not appear > > to work with the bttv cards) > > > > 13) DESKTOP: Running "kpackage" > File > Find file > (i specified > > "tar") yeilds in kde crashing. Did a File > Find package > and > > specified `tar' prior to this!) > > > > 14) DESKTOP: Xosview reports 242MB ram used...and using 13MB SWAP > > used. Wow. Although the majority of Ram that is being used is > > "Buffered" and "Cached". > > > > 15) DESKTOP: Linuxconf and Netconf don't work. yikes? > > > > [root]# linuxconf > > sub-dictionnary wineconf: Not enough messages 111 < 122 > > [root]# netconf > > sub-dictionnary wineconf: Not enough messages 111 < 122 > > > > 16) DEVELOPEMENT: doing: > > > > ./configure > > Checking for perl... > > Checking for POSIX threads... > > Checking for Qt... > > Error: could not find the Qt include files. > > Please check your Qt installation and provide the --with-qt-includes if > > necessary > > > > Although the fix to this is obvious! I have noticed several problems > > with > > this when compiling with QT and QT2 sources!! Hopefully using QT2 > > solves this > > issue completely.(?) > > > > 17) DEVELOPEMENT: NVIDIA Drivers 0.9-6 version > > > > Will get a ton of unressolved symbols. Got them even prior to this > > upgrade > > over cooker. Works fine in mdk 7.2 tho, eh. Later, found out about the > > 0.9-7 recent driver release and they compile and seem to work fine in > > cooker 8.0. > > > > 18) DESKTOP: Did a "restart X Server" at the login screen and the > > xfree server crashed sending me back to the console. (this was prior to > > fiddling with the nvidia driver) > > > > 19) Shutdown: On a last note, I noticed some services not getting "OK" > > displayed when shutting down....nfs lock, etc...etc... > > > > COMMENTS: I'm really happy to see that your staying current with Xfree > > 4.02 and KDE 2.1 latest packages! Although it didn't look like they'd > > make it into the next release of mdk 8.0, I'm glad your adding these as > > needed...and they are much desired! This is starting to look like I may > > upgrade to mdk 8.0 after all. Personnally, I think you should upgrade > > the majority of the packages just prior to release or freeze (ie. KDE, > > Kernel, Xfree, ...). > > > > One last question, will someone be building the rpm's for i686 and > > higher archs or do most just use i586 rpm's? If so, where's a good > > place to download the i686 rpm's? (....mainly, when this mdk version 8.0 > > is released) (Come to think of it, I guess I could build them inside of > > cooker, since it'll have all the required packages install already > > eh?...just thought of this...eh.) > > > > -- > > ----- > > My pulic key (in armor format) & Homepage can be found at: > > http://www.alltel.net/rogerx/index.html > > > > My ICQ UIN# = 21252173 > > > > (Please reply only in ascii/text format! Remove "-nospam" in email > > address as needed) try this in the /etc/modules.conf options aha152x aha152x1=0x340,11,7 and modprobe aha152x or add it to your /etc/modules file. oops. these are my config settings for mdk 7.2 with kernel 2.4.2 self-installed. should be similar. As I said, on my first cooker install a couple of weeks ago, usb mouse and scsi adapter were all auto detected no problems. when i recently upgraded that cooker install, i had to "specify" the options "aha152x=0x340,11,7" but i used the hd.img boot disk on both install/upgrades. I have yet to hear of any new drives from imation, based on the ls120. What's nice about it is, it uses both 3 1/2" floppies and the 120mb floppies. Much faster than the standard floppy. And it only uses 1 IRQ, rather than having a zip drive and floppy which will take up 2 irq's....this is a prob with windows98/me...lol. http://www.imation.com/products/data/content/0,1011,1031,00.html seems like they have discontinued selling the internal drives (bummer). Bums me out because the question is, "Do you want a faster 3 1/2" drive or a lousy standard slow floppy?" -- ----- My pulic key (in armor format) & Homepage can be found at: http://www.alltel.net/rogerx/index.html My ICQ UIN# = 21252173 (Please reply only in ascii/text format! Remove "-nospam" in email address as needed)
