does your one of your cards have jumpers on them? the instructions can tell you how to change your irq manually robert ----- Original Message ----- From: Audrey Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 6:12 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] The saga continues...update: > Works fine in Mandrake 6.1. > > Audrey Beck wrote: > > > > Dave wrote: > > > > > > I tried changing (in the BIOS), the eth0 to IRQ 3...and when I went back to > > > linux, ide0 had changed with it...is there some other way to change IRQs > > > then? > > > thx > > > -Dave > > > > I have the same type of thing. I thought it was just me and > > understanding a new system. My ethernet card and video card want to > > share the same IRQ no matter what. I disabled the IRQ for the video > > card and they just both changed to a different IRQ, but both the same > > one (per windows and linux only shows the ethernet card, so no X for > > me). The video is onboard and ethernet card is PCI (I tried switching > > PCI slots too). This is on an IBM 300GL system and Red Hat 6.1. I > > haven't tried Mandrake on the IBM system because I am waiting for my 7.x > > cd. I'll try Mandrake 6.1 and see what it does with it and report back. > > > > Your IDE is onboard and the ethernet is PCI. What system are you > > running this on? Someone else on the list was reporting a problem with > > video on an IBM 300PL. Maybe it's the same as my problem? > >