Re: no sound ethernet freeze


Subject: Re: no sound ethernet freeze
From: Jon (alexaj@cuaa.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 12 2001 - 05:45:02 MDT


>> I have a powermac 7300 with YDL 2.0. I downloaded and made the kernel
>> 2.4.12 source. Whenever I start linux everything goes fine except sound
>> doesn't work
>
> It may be necessary to compile sound into the kernel - it doesn't seem to
> work as a module in some of the 2.4.x kernels.

I'll try compiling it into the kernel rather than a module.

>> and there is a much greater problem. My ethernet conection is
>> configured using dhcp. Whenever it gets to bringing up eth0 the computer
>> freezes. This only happens with 2.4 kernels.
>
> Can you configure the eth0 with an IP address manually? If so, the answer
> could be to upgrade the dhcp client (ie pump or dhcpcd).

No I can't get a static address. I'm living on campus and the first thing I
asked the computing services department was whether or not I could get a
static IP. But I'll try upgrading the client.



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