Re: [Sheflug] via 82xx sound in SuSE 9.1

[James Wallbank <james [at] xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

Just a quick observation re: Mandrake 10.1.

>>My previous system, Mandrake 10.0 (upgraded to 10.1 & found it badly 
flawed)
>>detected & used the via sound chip just fine using the same snd_via82xx
>>module.
>>I'm seriously thinking about gong back to Mandrake 10.0

We just upgraded the whole of Access Space from Mandrake 10.0 to 10.1 - 
fresh installs rather than package upgrades (Top tip: always do a fresh 
install - Mandrake upgrades need de-glitching, and they take longer! As 
long as you have /home on a seperate directory your data will be safe - 
you don't have to reformat /home on a fresh install.)

A day or two later we were regretting the decision - several glitches 
reared their ugly heads. However, simply by adding updates as an 
software source (http://urpmi.org > easyurpmi) and applying all the 
available bugfixes...

urpmi --auto-select

... we found that USB storage worked again, and several apps seem to be 
significantly more stable.

We've now decided not to step back to 10.0 - we much prefer the new 
version of OpenOffice and Gimp 2.0 installed by default.

HTH,

James
P.S. I just notcied this laptop is still running MDK 10.0... Well, I 
didn't say I was completely consistent, did I?!
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Lesley Anne Binks wrote:
> Paul_sims [at] ntlworld.com wrote :
>
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> > I've seen a lot of threads on getting the via82xx sound module working with the
> > SuSE 2.6.4 kernel in 9.1 Pro but no-one has actually posted that they had solved
> > the issue. Has anyone on this list been there & done that? USB hdd support seems
> > pretty pants too - again, with Mandrake it was totally plug'n'play, SuSE makes
> > it more like plug'n'grrrr.
> >
> > My previous system, Mandrake 10.0 (upgraded to 10.1 & found it badly flawed)
> > detected & used the via sound chip just fine using the same snd_via82xx
> > module.
> >
> > I'm seriously thinking about gong back to Mandrake 10.0 & forgetting the hassle.
> > I used to be a staunch SuSE user but times change.
>
> Can't help you with the sound or HDD problems you're having but have got 9.2 SuSE installed.  Have never tried Mandrake but have Ubuntu installed on another box.  
> I have been with SuSE since 7.3 and suspect that 9.2
> *might* be the last SuSE install I have.  There doesn't 
> appear to be anything on it I need that I can't get 
> elsewhere.  
> I'm looking at BSD and Debian platforms these days.  Ubuntu provides a single CD Debian based set up - which is a bit quicker to download and install than Debian sarge's 15 CD offering to the masses.  
> Regards
>
> Lesley
>
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