Re: Kernel - aic7xxx

[Eric Sisler <esisler westminster lib co us>]

Toni Guedes <toni mindless com> wrote:

>Hi,

>My computer (Via MVP3.5 chipset + aha-2940 + C.Labs awe32) hangs when
>playing sounds under X/gnome with the original rh6.1 kernel (2.2.12)...it
>seens to be a problem with the Via chipset or ISA DMAs...I don't know...so I
>decided to compile a new kernel (2.2.13) and it gave me a new problem!
>it doesn't  regonize the aha-2940 (connected to a ZipDrive and a Yamaha
>CDRW) at boot time.

Well, if you can't fix the problem at hand - I say create a *bigger* one!  ;-)

>Has anyone had this problem? Can anyone offer a solution?

Sounds like you've left something out of the kernel compile.  Did you
change any of the SCSI settings or leave them as is?  You say the devices
are not recognized at boot time - can you manually load the drivers later
and get them to work?

-Eric


Eric Sisler
Library Computer Technician
Westminster Public Library
Westminster, CO, USA
esisler westminster lib co us

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