Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-04 Thread Walter Webb
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 11:14:19AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> Ken Moffat wrote: >>> Actually, 10 bootable partitions on a dos disk is pushing it - I suppose one or more of /boot, /home, swap is in a primary partition. >>> Why? >>> >>> As of

Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: > Actually, 10 bootable partitions on a dos disk is pushing it - I > suppose one or more of /boot, /home, swap is in a primary partition. Why? As of Jan 20, 2010 Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 160

Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-04 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 10:52:18PM -0400, Walter Webb wrote: > My kernel has: > > # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="" > > and I have no clue where it comes from. > in menuconfig, Device Drivers Generic Driver Options (the first item) there is an option 'Preve

Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-04 Thread Andrew Benton
On Fri, 04 May 2012 03:55:25 +0100 Walter Webb wrote: > My kernel has: > > # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="" > > and I have no clue where it comes from. In make menuconfig: Device Drivers ---> Generic Driver Options ---> -*- Userspace firmware loading su

Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-03 Thread Walter Webb
Andrew Benton wrote: > On Wed, 02 May 2012 22:34:01 +0100 > Walter Webb wrote: > >> Well, I tried KMS on both computers. Both hesitated for a long time >> when booting, after which the older one with a Radeon HD 3600 Series >> made the display unusable; lots of colors in a fine-grained display. >>

Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-02 Thread Andrew Benton
On Wed, 02 May 2012 22:34:01 +0100 Walter Webb wrote: > Well, I tried KMS on both computers. Both hesitated for a long time > when booting, after which the older one with a Radeon HD 3600 Series > made the display unusable; lots of colors in a fine-grained display. > The newer one with a Radeon H

Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-02 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 05:33:22PM -0400, Walter Webb wrote: > Well, I tried KMS on both computers. Both hesitated for a long time > when booting, after which the older one with a Radeon HD 3600 Series > made the display unusable; lots of colors in a fine-grained display. > The newer one with a Rad

Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-02 Thread Walter Webb
DJ Lucas wrote: > On 05/01/2012 11:51 PM, Walter Webb wrote: > >> The first problem I encountered was that there was >> no acceleration in the X server with LFS-7.1. The problem appears >> to be with something installed before X. I am still working on >> that. > What video card? If newer ATI, Int

Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-02 Thread DJ Lucas
On 05/01/2012 11:51 PM, Walter Webb wrote: > The first problem I encountered was that there was > no acceleration in the X server with LFS-7.1. The problem appears > to be with something installed before X. I am still working on > that. What video card? If newer ATI, Intel, or NVidia device, yo

[blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

2012-05-01 Thread Walter Webb
Sorry,I forgot to include the message. I have not used my (somewhat) older computer much since I got my newer one. During my recent network problems, I decided to upgrade from LFS-6.3. The first problem I encountered was that there was no acceleration in the X server with LFS-7.1. The problem a