Re: SL6 % SL5 issues

2017-04-21 Thread Franchisseur Robert 
-- Le (On) 2017-04-20 -0500 à (at) 15:00:53 Mark Stodola écrivit (wrote): --

> On 04/17/2017 07:49 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> >On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Franchisseur Robert
> > wrote:
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>upgrading from SL5 to SL6 I have several problems but mainly:
> >>
> >>1) On a Dell Latitude E6500
> >>00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio 
> >>Controller (rev 03)
> >
> >Laptops are always a bit of an adventure. Is there any particular
> >reason you're not leapfrogging to SL 7, which is likelier to have
> >better support for audio chipsets?
> >
> >>even after
> >>
> >>modprobe pcspkr
> >>alsamixer (unmute beep)
> >>
> >>I have no beep sound.
> >>
> >>But note that it works on a Dell Vostro 1510
> >>00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
> >>Controller (rev 03)
> >>
> >>and it also works on a Dell precision 390
> >>00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition 
> >>Audio Controller (rev 01)
> >>
> 
> Have you tried installing kmod-alsa from ELrepo?  I found this got
> sound working on SL5 for several of my newer motherboards.  I
> suspect the same for SL6.  I did, however leapfrog from 5 to 7.
> There is a bit of a learning curve (systemd, etc), but it isn't
> really that horrible once you spend a few days with it.

   I  really  have to thank you very much as it works  with  this
   module.   I  am surprised as in SL5 the "original" module  was
   working pretty well.

   About  icewm taking 60% CPU it was because the mailhost  where
   my  "MailBoxPath" was referring ha just changed ! So it is  OK
   now.

   I  still  have  to solve the xmodmap and xset  problem  (as  a
   workaround I run a cron to do it every hour).

   Thanks again for your help.

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Re: SL6 % SL5 issues

2017-04-20 Thread Mark Stodola 

On 04/17/2017 07:49 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Franchisseur Robert
 wrote:

Hello,

upgrading from SL5 to SL6 I have several problems but mainly:

1) On a Dell Latitude E6500
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio 
Controller (rev 03)


Laptops are always a bit of an adventure. Is there any particular
reason you're not leapfrogging to SL 7, which is likelier to have
better support for audio chipsets?


even after

modprobe pcspkr
alsamixer (unmute beep)

I have no beep sound.

But note that it works on a Dell Vostro 1510
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
Controller (rev 03)

and it also works on a Dell precision 390
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio 
Controller (rev 01)



Have you tried installing kmod-alsa from ELrepo?  I found this got sound 
working on SL5 for several of my newer motherboards.  I suspect the same 
for SL6.  I did, however leapfrog from 5 to 7.  There is a bit of a 
learning curve (systemd, etc), but it isn't really that horrible once 
you spend a few days with it.

Re: SL6 % SL5 issues

2017-04-20 Thread FRANCHISSEUR Robert 
-- Le (On) 2017-04-17 -0400 à (at) 20:49:25 Nico Kadel-Garcia écrivit (wrote): 
--

> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Franchisseur Robert
>  wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > upgrading from SL5 to SL6 I have several problems but mainly:
> >
> > 1) On a Dell Latitude E6500
> > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio 
> > Controller (rev 03)
> 
> Laptops are always a bit of an adventure. Is there any particular
> reason you're not leapfrogging to SL 7, which is likelier to have
> better support for audio chipsets?
> 

   Thanks for your kind answer,
   I  always  upgrade at the last minute and one step  after  the
   other.   Furthermore I don't think SL7 will be better than SL5
   and  I  fell too old to have to learn new ways of  configuring
   machines (I think for example od systemd ...)

> > 
> >
> > 3) icewm takes more than 60 % CPU while it was ~ 0 under SL5 !
> 
> As much as it makes me wince, can you test it on Gnome or KDE? Or if
> you're feeling a bit retro, you're welcome to try my "vtwm" building
> tools at https://github.com/nkadel/vtwm-5.5.x-srpm . I've found vtwm
> to be *amazingly* stable and robust.

   Thanks  for the link, I will try it as soon as I have a little
   time.

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 Best regards,
   Robert FRANCHISSEUR
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Re: SL6 % SL5 issues

2017-04-17 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia 
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Franchisseur Robert
 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> upgrading from SL5 to SL6 I have several problems but mainly:
>
> 1) On a Dell Latitude E6500
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio 
> Controller (rev 03)

Laptops are always a bit of an adventure. Is there any particular
reason you're not leapfrogging to SL 7, which is likelier to have
better support for audio chipsets?

> even after
>
> modprobe pcspkr
> alsamixer (unmute beep)
>
> I have no beep sound.
>
> But note that it works on a Dell Vostro 1510
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
> Controller (rev 03)
>
> and it also works on a Dell precision 390
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition 
> Audio Controller (rev 01)
>
> 2) I also had to change my xmodmap and my xset but there is something
> which seems to reset them after some time of inactivity.
>
> 3) icewm takes more than 60 % CPU while it was ~ 0 under SL5 !

As much as it makes me wince, can you test it on Gnome or KDE? Or if
you're feeling a bit retro, you're welcome to try my "vtwm" building
tools at https://github.com/nkadel/vtwm-5.5.x-srpm . I've found vtwm
to be *amazingly* stable and robust.

SL6 % SL5 issues

2017-04-17 Thread Franchisseur Robert 
Hello,

upgrading from SL5 to SL6 I have several problems but mainly:

1) On a Dell Latitude E6500
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio 
Controller (rev 03)

even after

modprobe pcspkr
alsamixer (unmute beep)

I have no beep sound.

But note that it works on a Dell Vostro 1510
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
Controller (rev 03)

and it also works on a Dell precision 390
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio 
Controller (rev 01) 

2) I also had to change my xmodmap and my xset but there is something
which seems to reset them after some time of inactivity.

3) icewm takes more than 60 % CPU while it was ~ 0 under SL5 !


Thanks for your help.


-- 
 Best regards,
   Robert FRANCHISSEUR
  Apollo_gist :-)___
| Robert FRANCHISSEUR Phone  : +33 (0)950  635  636 |
| 30 rue René Hamon   Phone  : +33 (0)1 46 78 37 29 |
| F-94800 VILLEJUIFe-mail : Robert at Franchisseur . fr |
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