Hi all, finished following this guide http://www.digitalhermit.com/~kwan/kernel.html
and i have a few errors:. Then 4 FATAL ones: .

What do i need to do to finally get this kernel working properly Been trying for days, following lots of guides but no luck so far.

Any help at all appreciated.

The last two module warnings are for your sound card. If everything is working on your system, you can safely ignore them. You can edit /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to stop the attempted loading of those modules.

As for the DMA on your harddrive, check out the 'hdparm' command.

The problem you are experimenting with the DMA come from
the config of the kernel...

Try enabling that:

# IDE chipset support/bugfixes
#
CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPNP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3=y
# CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATIIXP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIFLEX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5520=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5535=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X=y
# CONFIG_HPT34X_AUTODMA is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IT821X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD=y
CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW=y
CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
# CONFIG_IDE_ARM is not set
CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS=y

#
# Note: most of these also require special kernel boot parameters
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_4DRIVES=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI14XX=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DTC2278=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HT6560B=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_QD65XX=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMC8672=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

If it works, try disabling those that you dont need.

Richard

Thank you for the help, the dma problem has gone but theres still a few others.
The resolution when slackware is booting up is different, using the 2.6.15.1 kernel the text is bigger and i cant see as much on the screen as i could before, i dont understand why it has changed, the only thing in the lilo.conf thats been altered is adding the new kernel.

About 70% of the time whenever i log out of kde i get
.

Stopped the first 2 FATAL errors by commenting out their lines in rc.modules but the second 2 (FATAL: Module snd_pcm_oss not found & FATAL: Module snd_mixer_oss not found) i cant find anywhere in the file.

Another one is that it looks as if there isnt even an ethernet card in the laptop, ifconfig only shows Local Loopback, and when i try to ping my router it says
I have tried editing /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and /etc/resolv.conf but it still isnt working. It is still working fine on the 2.4.31 kernel.

Finally, (this one is a bit more trivial than the others) my synaptics touchpad wont let me drag anything, icons, scroll bars etc unless i use the left button below the touchpad, and now it is not letting me tap the touchpad even to select things Up until now it has always let me double tap the touchpad to drag things and one tap to select things. Since i installed the 2.6.15.1 kernel this is happening on the 2.4.31 one also. Before i formatted i was using 2.6.13.1 and i never had this drag problem. Sorry this post is a bit unorganised.

Has anyone got an idea on any of these issues? Please let me know, it would be greatly appreciated.

You need to compile in support for FrameBuffer and your network card. If you post the results from 'lspci' I can direct you.

Here it is :
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS645DX Host & Memory & AGP Controller (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge) (rev 14)
00:02.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] FireWire Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
00:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go 32M] (rev a3)

The geforce 4 has 64M but ive been told its some sort of bug.

Dont know if this may help but here are the details i got from sisoft sandra before switching over to slackware:

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Speed : 2.80GHz
Performance Rating : PR3080 (estimated)
Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Internal Data Cache : 8kB Synchronous, Write-Thru, 4-way set, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 8-way set, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector

Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI PCMCIA CardBus USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
MP Support : No
MP APIC : No
System BIOS : Insyde Software Version 4.00
System : Packard Bell NEC 00000000000000000000000
Mainboard : MTC 8640
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS645DX CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor
Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor
Monitor/Panel : Plug and Play Monitor
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 64M

Physical Storage Devices
Hard Disk : IC25N040ATMR04-0 (37GB)
CD-ROM/DVD : TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R6112 (CD 24X Rd, 16X Wr) (DVD 3X Rd, 2X Wr)

Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C : 37GB (32GB, 86% Free Space) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (D : N/A

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 1 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
PCMCIA/CardBus Controller : Texas Instruments PCI-1410 CardBus Controller
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : PS/2 Compatible Mouse

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Avance AC97 Audio

Communication Device(s)
Device : HSP56 MR-8640

Printers and Faxes
Model : Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Model : Lexmark 3200 Color Jetprinter
Model : Epson Stylus COLOR 460 ESC/P 2
Model : Auto Microsoft Office Document Image Writer on PC4
Model : Auto Microsoft Office Document Image Writer on JAMES
Model : Auto Microsoft Office Document Image Writer on ANTONIASPC

Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line
Battery No 1 : 100%

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)

Network Services
Adapter : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

Sis900(fast ethernet controller) is what I have on my slackbox too. lsmod shows sis900 also mii module used by sis900. Also sis_agp and nvidia and sis5513. My mob is similar to yours.Using test26s install kernel. Good luck.

Is there anything else missing in my .config? Gone through it but cant see anything that looks required for my laptop

how exactly would we know this???

By the errors, and the list of hardware.