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On 2008.01.26 10:13, Frank Lester wrote: |
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> I have been for some time with Gentoo, but recently I bought an old |
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> Acer |
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> Travelmate 4150. The exactly problem is explained here: |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-356400-highlight-travelmate |
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> +4150.html |
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> It seems to exist a solution, and I was hoping that with 2007.0 the |
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> problem |
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> was solved, but it wasn't. So, looking at the explained solution, |
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> just |
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> a |
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> copuple of lines added, I would like to have this implemented in |
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> 2008.0. |
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> Now, it is almost impossible to install Gentoo on my Acer, it is so |
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> slowly |
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> that it can desesperate yourself. |
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> I have tried Ubuntu 7.10 and the problem was solved with them. With |
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> Ubuntu |
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> 7.10 DMA is active. From Gentoo there is no way to activate DMA |
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> without the |
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> patch. |
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> Thanks! |
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Frank, |
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gentoo-releng is not really a help list, so I have replied off list. |
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You need a later kernel than the one on the 2007.0 liveCD. |
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The current gentoo-sources is fine, then set you kernel configuration |
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as this post http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4570091.html#4570091 |
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I wrote that in response to a Intel ICH7 question but it works for ICH6 |
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chipsets and later. No patch is needed. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(NeddySeagoon) a member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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treecleaners |
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