[ale] Upgrade hell

[Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com (Dow Hurst)]

Your Sony Viao would only have the problem I am mentioning if it has the 
Neomagic video audio chipset.  The driver worked fine under early 2.4 
kernels but in the last couple of years has not worked well.  Or, some 
other subsystem interferes with the hardware.
Dow


Cor van Dijk wrote:

> Geoffrey wrote:
>
>> Cor van Dijk wrote:
>>
>>> I then tried a complete reinstall of RH 7.2, reformatting all 
>>> partitions and checking for bad blocks, but with the same result: 
>>> hangs!
>>> I ran a memtest for several hours: zero errors. No interrupt 
>>> conflicts that I can see.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd first go with a newer version.  I've installed SuSE 9.2 on all 
>> kinds of hardware.  The main hangup is enough memory.  I've got a 
>> pentium 166 laptop with Suse 9.2 (128mb memory).
>>
> Hey, my RH Enterprise 3.3 is from Oct 2003!
> I have Suse 8.2, it is from 2003, but its documentation barely 
> mentions usb,
> and says nothing at all about being suitable for a laptop. I hate to 
> sit there
> for an hour or so repartitioning and what not and then be told no go.
>
> But thanks for the tip about Suse 9.2 ( MicroCenter or Fry?)
> I may try that.
> Cor
>
> Answer to Dow Hurst: yes, it is a Sony Viao PCG-F630, thanks.
>
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