Walt,<br><br>You could just bring along the box. We have spare monitors / keyboards / mice / cables.<br><br>Internet access is available through a cable and wireless.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Steven Acreman<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 02/12/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Cliff Deamer</b> <<a href="mailto:cliff.g3ndc@btinternet.com">cliff.g3ndc@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
More than happy Walter, go for it.<br>I would also like to encourage others to bring along there problem<br>hardware.<br>Cliff<br>On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 10:32 +0000, walt wrote:<br>> I'd be glad to bring the pc into the next meeting which is 6th December @
<br>> 7.30pm up on Leavesden Business Park.<br>><br>> What do we need?<br>> Pc with working copy of Linux.<br>> Keyboard and mouse<br>> Monitor<br>> Cables<br>> The Patch about which this whole things revolves
<br>> Various related disks and CDs/DVDs (just in case)<br>><br>> I gather Internet Access is available through the LAN.<br>><br>> If Cliff is happy with this 'Programme Item' I shall prepare the gear and
<br>> bring it along next Thursday.<br>><br>> Walter<br>><br>><br>><br>> -------------------------------------------------------<br>> From: <a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk
</a><br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya<br>> Sent: 01 December 2007 18:55<br>> To: <a href="mailto:watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">
watford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot<br>> sequence.<br>><br>> OK I think this may be the point where you bring your machine into the next<br>
> meeting, if this is not possible then I can give you instructions, but I<br>> feel that a kernel patch and recompile is something some of the other<br>> members may want to see.<br>> On 01/12/2007, walt <
<a href="mailto:walt@helvatron.co.uk">walt@helvatron.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi Neel,<br>><br>> Right, I have had a hunt around but I am not really sure what I am looking<br>> for. I looked up the kernel version of my current system which is
<br>> opensuse10.3 – 2.6.22.12-0.1 but I just cant tell whether the stuff out<br>> there is right or not. I think I will go for a fresh kernel.<br>><br>> Can I download the kernel source in its original state from openSUSE, then
<br>> add the patch into it somewhere and recompile using suse10.2 which is still<br>> running fine? I would need serious help though because, being a linux<br>> newbie, I am bound to come unstuck.<br>><br>> Regards, Walter
<br>><br>> From: <a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya
<br>> Sent: 30 November 2007 13:15<br>> To: <a href="mailto:watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot<br>> sequence.<br>
><br>> Yes you can add in hardware drivers at boot time, this is the job of udev<br>> and others. All hardware has a vendor id which can be queried from the<br>> device bus (have a loof as lspci and lsusb to see what i mean). When the
<br>> kernel sees a device it aquires the vendor/device id pair and check to see<br>> if it has been compiled with an appropriate driver, if it fins one it binds<br>> the device to the driver if it does not it consults a set of files to find
<br>> the driver needed (/lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.*), the kernel then loads<br>> the appropriate driver from the file system and binds to it.<br>><br>> You can add in drivers yourself via modprobe.conf<br>
><br>> --<br>> MCSE is to computers as McDonalds Certified Chef is to fine cuisine.<br>> On 30/11/2007, walt <<a href="mailto:walt@helvatron.co.uk">walt@helvatron.co.uk</a> > wrote:<br>> I will do that, thanks.
<br>><br>> One question,I read somewhere that the latestlinux kernels can be<br>> assembled at boot time.I have neverfigured out how to that but I think<br>> it was in Redhat where some hardware drivers could be added as a script and
<br>> would then 'bound in' (or something) as the kernel loads.<br>><br>> I'll have a look around and see what I can find.<br>><br>> Walter<br>><br>> From: <a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">
watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya<br>> Sent: 30 November 2007 12:25<br>> To:
<a href="mailto:watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot<br>> sequence.<br>><br>> It looks like a kernel patch which means you'd have to apply it to the
<br>> kernel source.<br>><br>> It might be worth hunting around to find out is the patch has been included<br>> in any kernel versions, then you could find a package for that kernel or<br>> start from the already patched source.
<br>><br>> Have a quick hunt for a package first, and if you're unlucky then I could<br>> walk you through a kernel compilation.<br>><br>> -N<br>><br>> --<br>> MCSE is to computers as McDonalds Certified Chef is to fine cuisine.
<br>> On 30/11/2007, walt <<a href="mailto:walt@helvatron.co.uk">walt@helvatron.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> Thanks Cliff,I'll check it out.<br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">
watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> [mailto: <a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a> ] On Behalf Of Cliff Deamer<br>> Sent: 30 November 2007 11:57<br>> To:
<a href="mailto:watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot<br>> sequence.<br>><br>> Hi Walt,<br>> There is discussion of this at
<br>> <a href="http://communities.vmware.com/thread/106121">http://communities.vmware.com/thread/106121</a> and a suggested solution.<br>> Cliff<br>><br>> On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 10:07 +0000, walt wrote:<br>> > Hi all,
<br>> ><br>> > Further to my previous email,I now have an error message:<br>> ><br>> > Comreset failed (errorno 960 or 976)<br>> ><br>> > This is what takes ages, like 2 - 3 minutes, before the system starts
<br>> > loading. Can anybody tell me what it means and what to do about it.<br>> ><br>> > Many thanks,Walter<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<br>> > ---<br>> ><br>> > Hi,<br>> ><br>> > I tried to upgrade Suse 10.2 to 10.3 but that failed so I did a clean,<br>> fresh<br>> > install with a freshly partitioned harddisk.Suse displays the boot
<br>> options<br>> > screen and then switches to the normal splash screen where you should be<br>> > able to press esc to get to text screen showing you what its doing.<br>> ><br>> > And this is the problem,its sits there for 2 minutes or more and the
<br>> > keyboard won't respond.Then it finally starts the boot process at which<br>> > point I can press esc to see the progress. Once it starts it behaves<br>> > normally but I have to eliminate the long delay before it boots.
<br>> ><br>> > Any ideas?I have already removed all peripherals especially usb devices<br>> > but to no avail.<br>> ><br>> > Walter<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________
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