more system failures with Severn.... (on an Athlon)

[Elton Woo]

Ethan Bonick wrote:

>>2.6 prerelease kernel.  I guess this means serious problems for the AMD
>>users
>>here.  Compared to most of 'em on the list, I'm running a fairly "old"
>>system
>>(about 4 years): AMD Athlon,  nVidia (3 D Labs) card, and Viewsonic 17.
>>
>>Before my last crash and burn, I tried installing the nVidia drivers,
>>and it could not create the needed module. Sounds logical though, since
>>I imagine there would be some need of updating or patching to support
>>the present kernel in Severn.
>>
>>    
>>
>
>I installed 2.6.0-test1 one today on ath 700 over ssh and rebooted the
>machine, it came up fine and i just ssh'd in to check it. Granted I am not
>running anything on it yet. I also did to my ath 1800 and rebooted, but it
>didnt come back up. So its not "old" hardware causing it. I also have
>rage128 pro vid on the 700. Will try beta on my ibm 600E later and maybe I
>can have sound again wiht 2.6 kernel.
>
I took a clue from Bill Nottingham who was responding to a message regading
kernel oopses with AMD's and the Taroon beta. Looks like the same case for
AMD and Severn...

Elton.

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