Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-28 Thread Carey Evans
Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had to use scsi emulation for my cd-burning as before (until someone > tells me a better way) I'm using direct IDE support for burning CDs, and it seems to be working fine. The relevant lines from my cdrecord configuration are: CDR_DEVICE=btc btc=

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-27 Thread Chris Hellyar
Out of curiosity, What hardware spec? On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 17:37, Robert Fisher wrote: > My experience with updrade to kernel-2.6:- > > Boot up speed is definitely faster > 50 seconds with 2.4.20 > 35 seconds with 2.6 > > I had to use scsi emulation for my cd-burning as before (until someone >

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-27 Thread Robert Fisher
My experience with updrade to kernel-2.6:- Boot up speed is definitely faster 50 seconds with 2.4.20 35 seconds with 2.6 I had to use scsi emulation for my cd-burning as before (until someone tells me a better way) Cd-writer changed from /dev/sr/c0b0t1u0 to /dev/sr/c1b0t0u0 USB-camera changed fr

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-23 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Hi there, Jason Greenwood wrote: Have you tried alsamixer gui?? It works great! It works, but volume control sliders in xmms, xine, and any other app that has one only have 2 volumes...off at zero position, or on (constant volume) everywhere else on the slider position... -- Kind regards, Chris Wi

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-23 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Hi there, Nick Rout wrote: what about alsa are you trying to config? My volume is either zero (at the zero position), or on (volume stays constant no matter where the slider might be)... Sound is working fine except for that one wee thing... -- Kind regards, Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zea

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-22 Thread CF
On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 10:38, Nick Rout wrote: > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:17:23 +1300 > CF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > With ide-scsi you would have used something like this: > > cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,1,0 -data image.iso > > > > With straight IDE you use this: > > cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=ATA

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-22 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,1,0 -data image.iso > cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=ATAPI:0,1,0 -data image.iso The numbers for the same device for scsi and ide are not necessarily the same. Use dev=ATAPI: -scanbus! All nothing new though, works the same with 2.4. > I assume i should be taking hdd=ide-sc

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:17:23 +1300 CF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With ide-scsi you would have used something like this: > cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,1,0 -data image.iso > > With straight IDE you use this: > cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=ATAPI:0,1,0 -data image.iso > > Not hard but took me a while to

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-22 Thread CF
al Message- > > > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, 22 December 2003 12:14 a.m. > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy > > > > > > emerged the source, went through a

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-22 Thread Nick Rout
tuff like cameras etc.? > > Robert > > What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? > Dam! > > > -Original Message- > > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, 22 December 2003 12:14 a.m. > > To: [EMAIL PROT

RE: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-22 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
stuff like cameras etc.? Robert What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! > -Original Message- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 22 December 2003 12:14 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Kernel 2.6.0 su

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Have you tried alsamixer gui?? It works great! It's more a tui, but gets the job done well nevertheless. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Chad
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:13, Nick Rout wrote: > emerged the source, went through and chose what config options to > include (that was the hardest part, may need tweaking), make, make > modules_install, copy the kernel to /boot, reboot, emerge nividia-dev > and nvidia-kernel, every damn thing seems to

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Chad
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:19, Jason Greenwood wrote: Or gnome-alsamixer it a gtk mixer front end for alsa? It's avaliable in contribs for Mandrake. > Have you tried alsamixer gui?? It works great! > > Chris Wilkinson wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I just wish someone would create a very nice GUI based

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Nick Rout
what about alsa are you trying to config? On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:19:10 +1300 Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried alsamixer gui?? It works great! > > Chris Wilkinson wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I just wish someone would create a very nice GUI based ALSA config > > pro

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Jason Greenwood
Have you tried alsamixer gui?? It works great! Chris Wilkinson wrote: Hi there, I just wish someone would create a very nice GUI based ALSA config program, so I don't have to lose any more hair trying to get audio working how I'd like it! Is 80-100 fps in tuxracer on an athlon 1133 with a GeForc

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Nick Rout
> me, if you did, how?) > > Robert > > What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? > Dam! > > -Original Message- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 22 December 2003 12:14 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

RE: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 22 December 2003 12:14 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy emerged the source, went through and chose what config options

RE: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Is this the answer to my own question? cd /usr/src ln -s linux-2.6.0/ linux or similar? Rob -Original Message- From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) Sent: Monday, 22 December 2003 12:34 p.m. To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously eas

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Martin Bähr
On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 12:23:42PM +1300, Chris Wilkinson wrote: > >There must be something wrong with this Torvalds guy, doesn't he know .0 > >releases aren't supposed to work? > Hey this isn't Windows now... :-) neither is the 2.4 kernel, or redhat, for that matter... i'll look at 2.6 as soon as

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Hi there, Nick Rout wrote: emerged the source, went through and chose what config options to include (that was the hardest part, may need tweaking), make, make modules_install, copy the kernel to /boot, reboot, emerge nividia-dev and nvidia-kernel, every damn thing seems to be working. networking

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Nick Rout
Hard to say, I'll have to time it. I've only rebooted once since the compile and it seemed to flash past pretty quick. i left the old kernel and modules there too. System seems more responsive and multimedia files seem to play smoother. Last night I had 6 (quite small [1]) mplayer windows open an

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Mahesh De Silva
Hi Nick Any increase in boot speed etc? > emerged the source, went through and chose what > config options to > include (that was the hardest part, may need > tweaking), make, make > modules_install, copy the kernel to /boot, reboot, > emerge nividia-dev > and nvidia-kernel, every damn thing se

Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy

2003-12-21 Thread Nick Rout
emerged the source, went through and chose what config options to include (that was the hardest part, may need tweaking), make, make modules_install, copy the kernel to /boot, reboot, emerge nividia-dev and nvidia-kernel, every damn thing seems to be working. networking must be or i couldn't send t