Subject: Re: Umax clone w/ kernel > 2.4.4
From: Robert Serphillips (rserphillips@austin.rr.com)
Date: Thu Dec 06 2001 - 23:11:39 MST
The S900 and J700 use almost the exact same motherboard. So my question is what types of problems are you seeing with the 2.4.4 kernel. I'm getting a kernel panic on shutdown so the fix has been to not shut the computer down :). But I would like to have DRI support (2.4.6?) and power managment capability (2.4.7?). It just sucks because it looks like I might be stuck in the water as far as future upgrades goes. I wonder if there a patch for whatever is fricking up the kernel.
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 00:09:25 -0500
"Allan E. Levy" <allan@his.com> wrote:
> I have tried other kernels , the only one that works is 2.4.4 on my
> s900, the others wind up not working with at least dhcp or my
> ethernet card at all, also video=imsttfb or fbdev do not work. I
> tried ydl 2.1 and suse 7.3 the only release that works is suse 7.1
> with 2.4.4.
>
> >This isn't nessesarily a YDL question but is there anyone out there
> >running a Umax J700 or any Umax clone for that matter that is able
> >to run any kernel greater than 2.4.4. I ask because I determined
> >almost all of the problems (and lack of functionality) with my
> >machine is related to using an older kernel. Any kernel that I've
> >tried (2.4.6,2.4.8,2.4.10, ect) always hangs during boot with some
> >text followed by arch:exit. There have been other reports on a
> >S900,C500, etc of the same thing. I've tried compiling it, using
> >pre-compiled binaries, and using all sorts of bootx args with no
> >luck. So if there's anyone out there who's running a umax clone with
> >a recent kernel please let me know.
> >
> >
> >spec sheet
> >Umax J700
> >368 MB ram
> >ATI Rage Orion
> >Sony 17" 200ES
> >XLR8 Carrier Ziff G4 450
> >Yamaha 8424 cdrw
> >Matsu-something 8x cdrom
> >IBM 10k 9gig HD
> >Seagate 10K 4.5 gig HD
> >Zip 100 ext
> >
> >Just for completness
> >All perfs supported and functional w/ 2.4.4 kernel
>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Allan E. Levy
>
> I worked on the IBM 650 (Tubes, 2000 Memory Drum)
>
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>
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