Silicon Motion chip on amd64

Hi all, I can't get xorg working with the Silicon Motion, Inc. SM720 Lynx3DM (rev c1), ID 126f:072, VGA controller on a etch/amd64 system. Note that the same hardware works fine with etch/i386. Here is the output of lscpi, the xorg.conf, and Xorg.0.log: http://people.64studio.com/~free/xorg.c

Re: Shutdown problem on Tyan S2875 opteron SMP

On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 04:40:02PM -0400, Don Hayward wrote: > On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, garrone wrote: > > >Shutdown problem on Tyan tiger s2875 dual opteron system. > > > >The command "shutdown -h" does not completely poweroff the system > >for kernels 2.6.11, 2.6.12, and 2.6.16. However 2.6.8 does >

Re: Compiz + AIGLX + Nvidia HOWTO

On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 10:37:18AM +, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm posting it here for future reference. Sorry if someone isn't > interested at all. What happens when the kernel is upgraded? Does it break? My setup is different, I'm not sure why. The dri module isnt loaded, and

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Re: Compiz + AIGLX + Nvidia HOWTO

Le 01.10.2006 21:16:41, Zaq Rizer a écrit : Jack Malmostoso wrote: Hi list, I'm posting it here for future reference. Sorry if someone isn't interested at all. Nice writeup, but I don't believe compiz is in unstable . . . what does your sources.list look like? [EMAIL PROTECTED] % apt-cache po

Re: Compiz + AIGLX + Nvidia HOWTO

Jack Malmostoso wrote: Hi list, I'm posting it here for future reference. Sorry if someone isn't interested at all. Nice writeup, but I don't believe compiz is in unstable . . . what does your sources.list look like? ~Zaq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Be warned: acer_acpi cannot be build on kernel 2.6.18 any more

Hello all, since kernel 2.6.18 the module "acer_acpi" , which is necessary to gain the "wlan on" switch on Acer notebooks, can not be build any more on the newest kernel. This is because of some changes in the kernel sources. I could get it cpompiled with a trick, but even then the kernel refus

Compiz + AIGLX + Nvidia HOWTO

Hi list, I'm posting it here for future reference. Sorry if someone isn't interested at all. These steps work on my AMD64 X2 3800+ + Nvidia 6600GT + Asus A8N-E system. All packages are taken from official Debian repositories, no need to compile *anything*. Performance of 3D applications and video

Re: kernel compile.

> I wonder if anyone can shed some light on my brain? Double check if you are missing a needed boot flag in your /boot/grub/menu.1st i.e.*in my case* 'nohpet' # kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro nohpet pci=routeirq note! you will have to do a 'sudo update-grub' if you change anything in 'menu.1st' are you

Re: apt problems

On Sun, 2006-10-01 08:59:48 +, Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is any problem on amd64 with apt-get update reporting > > Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) > > ? > > Got that on i386. Can not verify amd64 not to disturb a very delicate > calculation. http:/

Re: kernel compile.

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 01:20:07 +0200, chris wakefield wrote: > I wonder if anyone can shed some light on my brain? Is there any special reason why you are compiling your own kernel? Aren't stock Debian kernels not good enough? I guess if you need some particular options it's better to take Debian's

apt problems

Is any problem on amd64 with apt-get update reporting Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) ? Got that on i386. Can not verify amd64 not to disturb a very delicate calculation. Thanks for informing francesco pietra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec