Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing

2001-01-09 Thread Jordan
That's a fair cop, in my case at least! One of the motherboards I was having problems with proved to have a dead sound chip - when swapped for an identical m'board things worked. Sometimes I think that a really comprehensive flowchart troubleshooting system for absolute newbies would be helpful

Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing

2001-01-08 Thread eryl
> My old machine is a Pent 200 w/64mb ram, and I need to replace it as its so > slow as to be painful in X windows apps (Netscape 30 sec to 1 min per screen > change). The machine is maxxed out CPU wise, and memory could only be > upgraded by tossing the 64mb, max is 128mb. Uh, Dude, I think

RE: [newbie] Interrupt sharing

2001-01-08 Thread Bob Currey
---Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing On Sunday 07 January 2001 01:07 pm, Jorge Ramírez Llaca wrote: > Ok, I read al the relevant

Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing

2001-01-08 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday 07 January 2001 01:07 pm, Jorge Ramírez Llaca wrote: > Ok, I read al the relevant info provided there but still I'm not a > bit closer to the solution. >So far, I've come to the > conclusion that the hardware is Ok and the problem must be Linux > related. > > Any thoughts? Well

Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing

2001-01-07 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
n that the hardware is Ok and the problem must be Linux related. Any thoughts? - Original Message - From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing > On Sunday 07 January

Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing

2001-01-07 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday 07 January 2001 04:10 am, Jorge Ramírez Llaca wrote: > I remember having read that linux does not support IRQ sharing. http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/buses/types/pciInterrupts-c.html First it's advisable to read up a little on IRQ's, and the difference between system and PCI IR

[newbie] Interrupt sharing

2001-01-07 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
I remember having read that linux does not support IRQ sharing. My Adaptec SCSI controller is sharing its interrupt with the system's USB controller. Could this be the reason for the install to hang while installing the SCSI drivers? Being a little anxious as I am and since bandwith is not a prob