[expert] 8.2 Won't run on my machine
I have used Mandrake from version 7.1 and have never had problems installing. I have used this box with 8.0 and 8.1 with great success. Over the last few weeks I have tried version 8.2 and cannot get it to work reliably. Many times it fails durning the install wether I do graphical or text. Generally during the package installation the machine locks up. If I manage to get it installed whenever I do a major install/upgrade like Ximian-Gnome or an upgrade to KDE 3 the machine locks up while installing. Might their be a piece of hardware that 8.2 or the default kernel does not like? Abit KG7 (non-raid) - AMD761/VIA 686B Chipset - AMD 1.3 Ghz CPU - NVidia Geforce2 MX PCI Vid card (using nv driver no upgrade to GLX/Nvidia driver) - 3Com 905 NIC - Soundblaster Live Value - 256 MB DDR - WD 15 GB HD (Windows hda) - Maxtor 10 GB HD (Linux hdb1) - Sony crx 140 E CD-Burner -Aopen 40x CD-Rom Thanks, John Wheat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] 8.2 Won't run on my machine
I have used Mandrake from version 7.1 and have never had problems installing. I have used this box with 8.0 and 8.1 with great success. Over the last few weeks I have tried version 8.2 and cannot get it to work reliably. Many times it fails durning the install wether I do graphical or text. Generally during the package installation the machine locks up. If I manage to get it installed whenever I do a major install/upgrade like Ximian-Gnome or an upgrade to KDE 3 the machine locks up while installing. Might their be a piece of hardware that 8.2 or the default kernel does not like? Abit KG7 (non-raid) - AMD761/VIA 686B Chipset - AMD 1.3 Ghz CPU - NVidia Geforce2 MX PCI Vid card (using nv driver no upgrade to GLX/Nvidia driver) - 3Com 905 NIC - Soundblaster Live Value - 256 MB DDR - WD 15 GB HD (Windows hda) - Maxtor 10 GB HD (Linux hdb1) - Sony crx 140 E CD-Burner -Aopen 40x CD-Rom Thanks, John Wheat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.2 Won't run on my machine
so what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes) cat /proc/interrupts say and can you disable apic in bios? Unfortunately I am now running Mandrake 8.1 as I could not keep 8.2 functioning. ACPI has been disabled in the BIOS already. A habit from when I ran BeOS. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.2 Won't run on my machine
John Wheat wrote on Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 06:07:33PM -0700 : so what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes) cat /proc/interrupts say and can you disable apic in bios? ACPI has been disabled in the BIOS already. A habit from when I ran BeOS. Not acpi, apic (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). apic is something that is not very well supported in Linux at this point. Blue skies... Todd -- Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.0-0.3mdk Kernel 2.4.19-4mdk msg57184/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] 8.2 Won't run on my machine
On Wednesday 21 August 2002 10:42 pm, you wrote: John Wheat wrote on Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 06:07:33PM -0700 : so what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes) cat /proc/interrupts say and can you disable apic in bios? ACPI has been disabled in the BIOS already. A habit from when I ran BeOS. Not acpi, apic (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). apic is something that is not very well supported in Linux at this point. Blue skies... Todd thank you Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.2 Won't run on my machine
On Wednesday 21 August 2002 19:42, you wrote: John Wheat wrote on Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 06:07:33PM -0700 : so what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes) cat /proc/interrupts say and can you disable apic in bios? ACPI has been disabled in the BIOS already. A habit from when I ran BeOS. Not acpi, apic (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). apic is something that is not very well supported in Linux at this point. Blue skies... Todd I do not have any options regarding APIC on this mobo. Abit KG7 without raid. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] 8.2 Won't run on my machine
I have used Mandrake from version 7.1 and have never had problems installing. I have used this box with 8.0 and 8.1 with great success. Over the last few weeks I have tried version 8.2 and cannot get it to work reliably. Many times it fails durning the install wether I do graphical or text. Generally during the package installation the machine locks up. If I manage to get it installed whenever I do a major install/upgrade like Ximian-Gnome or an upgrade to KDE 3 the machine locks up while installing. Might their be a piece of hardware that 8.2 or the default kernel does not like? Abit KG7 (non-raid) - AMD761/VIA 686B Chipset - AMD 1.3 Ghz CPU - NVidia Geforce2 MX PCI Vid card (using nv driver no upgrade to GLX/Nvidia driver) - 3Com 905 NIC - Soundblaster Live Value - 256 MB DDR - WD 15 GB HD (Windows hda) - Maxtor 10 GB HD (Linux hdb1) - Sony crx 140 E CD-Burner -Aopen 40x CD-Rom Thanks, John Wheat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
