Re: 2.2.0-final problems

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:13:12 +0000 (GMT)


> 1.1
> Jan 24 21:28:59 suvanika modprobe: can't locate module
> ppp-compress-21
> Jan 24 21:28:59 suvanika modprobe: can't locate module
> ppp-compress-26

These are fine you might want to put

"alias ppp-compress-26 off" etc in your file. Basically the server the
other end said "do you support ppp compression protocol option number 26"
so the kernel checked to see if it could load some 3rd party module that
did this

> 1.2 After PPP connection, surfing is too slow (56K connection, atmost
> on an average I am getting 1.6K/s conn. speed!!!)

Ok that sounds like a real problem. Is this to specific hosts or in general.

> RX packets:466 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0
> TX packets:0 errors:84776 dropped:438 overruns:0
> |
> +---->This error appears only under
> 2.2.0-final kernel

See Documentation/Changes - your net tools are out of date - thats causing
the report to be wrong I suspect - its not causing the slow down

> 2. Sound card error
>
> Modprobe message
> -----------------
> Jan 24 18:07:44 suvanika kernel: sb_card: I/O, IRQ, and DMA are
> mandatory

You didnt supply the right options

> and no low level drivers, but I don't see sb_ess.o driver in modules
> directory?, Please help me to load ess drivers.

sb_ess is part of the sb driver

> alias sound sb
> options -k sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1,5

should be: io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5

> have lilo color installed with 4 entries, 3 for linux and one for
> win98. Now everything gone, lilo complains: device 0303 has starting
> cylinder > 1024, I tried linear and I tried installing lilo in
> /dev/hda1 (I don't have win98 anymore), nothing helped me.

Your root partition goes over 1024 cylinders - before by luck your kernels
landed in the area the PC BIOS can handle - this time it didnt

> [Help is badly needed, I recommended my friend to install linux in
> his new PC, I don't want him to face this pbm in the beginning!]

Keep the root partition below cylinder 1024.

Alan

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