On Fri, 01 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 1:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
>
>
> > It's a problem with the APM drivers and some motherboards. You,
> > unfortunately, seem to have one of the many motherboards affected, as
> > do I at work. There's a fix for it. Here's the URL to the message in
> > the archives detailing the fix:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg11666.html
>
> Thanks for that - although to read the message from Axalon - you'd swear it
> was a problem with the mother board:
>
> $50 cheap mobo indeed - mine was good value at $200, but a $200 mobo should
> be good enough for a stinking bug ridden driver - exception taken Ax.
>
AFAIK, it's certain CHIPSETS that have the problem...typically
non-intel chipsets, of course. :-) Also, mostly non-intel processors
(i.e. AMD K6, etc.)
To me, this sounds more like a problem with APM support in non-Intel
boxes, rather than "cheap" motherboards. Of course, I don't blame
Mandrake, as they probably didn't write the APM drivers themselves....
I just wish Linux weren't so damned Intel-centric in this matter! :-)
John
