Re: Amateur

[Ian Wright <nospam [at] iw63.freeserve.co.uk>]

Have we missed the obvious here? Harvey, are you booting the system up using
LILO, if so, it sounds as though you haven't told it you have made a new
kernel and so it is still using the old one.If this is the case, you need to
check the /etc/lilo.conf file and make sure it has an entry pointing to the
name of your new kernel (a copy of what is there now but with the name of
your new kernel in place of the old one and a new label for it) and then run
/sbin/lilo This should then list available kernels. At boot time, lilo will
load the first kernel it comes to unless you tell it differently, so, to
start with have your existing kernel 2.2.4 first in the lilo.conf script,
boot the machine but when it gets to the lilo boot: prompt, press the 'tab'
key which will show you the names of the available kernels and then enter
the name of your new one. The machine will now attempt to boot the new
kernel. If it works, all well and good but, if it hangs, simply reboot
without telling it to load the new kernel and you will be back in the old
one and able to modify things to try again (recompile the new kernel). Once
you are happy that it is stable, you can change the entries in lilo.conf
over to make your new kernel first in line and then do /sbin/lilo again to
set it in place. If you keep both kernels available, you will have a fall
back option at any time should you screw up the kernel you are using.
I'm not at my linux machine at the moment so I can't tell you exactly what
my lilo.conf says but, if you have any problems, get back to me and we'll
try to work it out.

Ian
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Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard <r.ibbotson [at] zetnet.co.uk>
To: Sheffield Linux User's Group <sheflug [at] listbot.com>
Sent: 22 January 2000 08:55
Subject: Re: Amateur

> sheflug - http://www.sheflug.co.uk
>
> Harvey
>
> > Also, oh please help, I can't get any sound. I've got access to two
> > sound cards a Videologic SonicStorm Pro (ESS Maestro), and a Terratec
> > something (ESS slot-1). I thought all I had to do was click on a
> > button in xconfig, reboot, and that would be that. I never got any
> > sound with 2.2.10, but then again I never tried. It'll be great if
> > you could help.
>
> Have a look under /tmp ? You should see another directory which
> says /oss ? If not then you need to install the oss.rpm from the
> pay series. Should be on CD number 4 ?
>
> Unfortunately you have complicated installation of OSS sound by
> installing a new kernel. I think that SuSE 6.2 kernel was 2.2.10 ?
> Anyway, never mind :-) When you get as far as oss-installation come
> back again and we'll have a go at that together ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
> Sheffield UK
>
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