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Old 10-08-2004, 01:20 AM   #1
gattaca85
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FC2, problems with XServer, GRUB, sound and eth0


I'm a linux newbie, so forgive me for incompetence, but my 4 major problems with Fedora Core 2 I recently installed on my Dell Precision are as follows (and PLEASE direct me to similar threads if you know of ones):
1) Intenet connection seems to give "connection failed" message roughly 50% of the times on the start-up. I've a terrayon tj715 external cable modem installed in Win XP by Comcast, and I didn't install any driver in linux for it, it seemed to recognize the divice and run it somehow. At some point in the boot, every once in a great while system used to ask me if I want to keep my configs for it, to which I said yes. Now internet works in linux, (this thread is an evidence), but with great unreliability, less than or 50% of the times, and I'm not sure whether it depends if I use linux or Windows OS right before, or if I re-boot, cold boot or shut down "dirty" before. In the hardware browser it says "driver: unknown" for my modem
2) X Server has tendecy to freeze for 1-2 seconds (mouse & keaboard) on me once in a while. I tried to find driver for my ATI Rage 128 Ultra Pro video card, but nothing on ATI website for this videocard (only Radeons). Sometimes these "hick-ups" last longer that several seconds, and I'm forced to shut down the comp.
3) Upon log-out, shutdown, system freezes at "unmounting filessystem, sending kill, sending term step"s and I have to pull the plug, although sometimes it shuts down normally. Also sometimes there's the same problem on re-boot., and rarely on load-up graphical log window freezes.
4) Sound test failed during installation and when I try to test it inside the account, it fails. Don't know how to configure.
I'm not too familiar with linux's inner workings, so I didn't dare to tinker with kernels or X being affraid to mess it up even worse. Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
Old 10-08-2004, 01:30 AM   #2
gattaca85
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sound driver: 3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.4rc2 emulation code)
kernel: linux bgp0109391bgswaren401.mi.comcast.net 2.6.5-1.358 Sat May 8...i686
config option: 0
card config: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 @ 0xC80 irq 10
audio devices: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (DUPLEX)
Synth and midi devices: not enabld in config
 
Old 10-20-2004, 05:10 AM   #3
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I feel you most probably have found the answers to yor problems by now if not post and i Will try to help.
Regards Sharkee
 
  


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