[ltp] Arrgghhh. Sound Problems Now...

[Jerry Barber]

Michael,
I tried your instruction for adding the the S3 driver and had a few problems
(I'm using Mandrake 8.1 beta):

> -> Could you describe to me how you got X working.  I've had lots of
problems
> -> it.  The adapter on my machine is a S3 SuperSavage/IXC.  I assume it's
the
> -> same as yours but I did not find a driver for this on the S3 website.
>
> Yeah, it's sure not obvious from the descriptions.
>
> Get the "290-298drv for Savage MX-/IX".
>
> There are versions for XFree 4.0.3 and 4.1.  Extract whichever
> one you need (it'll extract into the current directory), and
> then copy "savage_drv.o" to

I used the 4.1 version...

>
>   /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/savage_drv.o

There was no 'drivers' subdirectory so I just dropped it in 'modules'.  Did
the other things you suggested below but it had no effect.  The system still
came up thinking my chipset was 'oxygen' or something like that and the new
S3 driver wasn't there...  Did I miss something?
Jerry


>
> ..and copy "s3switch" to:
>
>   /usr/X11R6/bin/s3switch
>
> I've attached my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.
>
> Then I *think* all you have to do is:
>
>   # rm /usr/X11R6/bin/X
>   # ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper /usr/X11R6/bin/X
>
> ...and it should work.  I'd edit /etc/inittab to change from
> "id:5:initdefault:" to "id:3:initdefault:" so it will boot in
> character mode with networking, then log in and run "X
> -probeonly > probelog 2>&1".  Check "probelog" for any problems
> (there shouldn't be any), then try running "startx" as rrc.
>
> If startx works, then log back out and try "telinit 5".  That
> should bring up either gdm or kdm depending on how you are
> configured.  If that works, then you're safe to re-edit
> /etc/inittab to change the initdefault back to 5.
>
> Let me know if you have problems.
>
> Michael
>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Nelson" <michaelnel@earthlink.net>
To: "Linux ThinkPad Mailing List" <linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Arrgghhh. Sound Problems Now...


> Well, after all the problems I had with RedHat 7.1 on my TP23,
> I said "f*ck it" and blew it all away and installed the brand
> new Mandrake Linux 8.1.
>
> Guess what?  The stock Mandrake setup recognized the audio card
> and ethernet card and set them up fine, although strangely
> enough it used the i810 driver for the sound card.  It also
> picked the e100 driver for the ethernet, and it worked fine,
> but I tried using the eepro100 driver instead and it works too!
>
> I installed the 4.1 - compatible version of S3 Graphics' savage
> driver, and that works fine too.  Everything is working now,
> thanks to all of you who tried to assist me!
>
> So, goodbye RedHat.  I gave up on RedHat back around the 5.x
> timeframe and moved over to Mandrake on my desktop machine.
> Dunno whatever possessed me to give RedHat another try, but
> after my experience with 7.1 on this T23, I won't be trying
> them again.  Unfortunately, I purchased it rather than
> downloading it, too.
>
> And if you're wondering, yes, I purchased the Mandrake 8.1 too
> (at least it's on order), but downloaded the iso files this
> morning and burned my own CDs to install on the T23.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Michael
>
> --
>
>                     "# chmod a+x /bin/laden"
>
> Michael Nelson                                  San Francisco, CA
>
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