Re: ALSA strikes again (sb16 no go)

In einer eMail vom 17.12.2001 14:55:53 (MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit schreibt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I checked my last kernel config file, and automatic kernel loading was enabled. The problem seems to be in getting my computer to realize that the sound card is indeed plugged in.  I tried the latest

Kernel image 2.4.9-1 (woody) and screen 1024x768

Hi, can anybody tell me how to change my screen size on console without compiling a new kernel? Oliver

Re: kernel compiling with initrd support

Yes, exactly what I am thinking so I disabled the initrd support works much better for me thank you Oliver

Re: ALSA woes (sb16 no go)

Hi, I am using a Yamaha sound card on my Toshiba laptop. First thing that i would do ist to use the alsa-drivers 0.9beta version. After you installed the driver you have to load it with "modprobe snd-card-nameofyourcard" for me it was modprobe snd-card-ymfpci. Than call the alsamixer with alsamixer

Re: Request for ISO disks boot configuration - Woody? Sid?

O.K., I hope you have a working PC or something else. On "Windows" you handle it that way: Insert in the first CD of your distribution (binary1). Here you can find in the "tools" directory the tool "rawrite2". Extract it to a directory via WinZip on your drive (like c:\). After you extracted it you

Re: newbie mouse question

Hi, cut and paste on console only is started if you installed the gpm-package. For further information see "man gpm" and main docs in /usr/share/docs. Oliver

kernel compiling with initrd support

Hi, is there a special procedure compiling a debian kernel-image (with make-kpkg) with initrd support and is it worth to handle it with this support. I don't receive the right information from the kernel-initrd-documentation. Oliver

Re: Kernel Image without framebuffer

Yes, I did it excactly that way ... what happened is that the kernel stops with message VFS: cannot open root device 305 or 03:05 ... I don't get it ... it is excactly the same kernel with the same configuration file (except I enabled the framebuffer) I don't understand why Oliver

Kernel Image without framebuffer

O.K., I am using the kernel image wody 2.4.9-1 - everything works fine except that I am not able to enable the vesa stuff (cannot load it as module neither) ... what can I do do I have to compile the kernel by myself ... so, if I should prefer this is it posible to copy the config-file fr

fbset and vesa

hi, do i need the vesa stuff to run fbset in 1024x768 mode? Trying to change from 640x480 on console up to 1024x768 produces the error message that this mode is not allowed.