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On 21/10/13 11:09, Dale wrote: |
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> William Kenworthy wrote: |
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>> On 21/10/13 07:52, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Edward M wrote: |
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>>>> On 10/20/2013 2:19 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>>>>> I still think this is a kernel issue. I just don't know which part. I |
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>>>>> have tried switching stuff on/off and such but nothing works. I'm |
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>>>>> thinking about putting my sledge hammer to work. :/ |
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>>>> Hello, |
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>>>> Have you tried booting into a linux distro that offers a |
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>>>> recent live cd to see |
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>>>> if that distro can properly detect and load the needed |
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>>>> drivers? And If they work, then you can find out which drivers were |
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>>>> loaded. |
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>>> I did once before and it failed to boot with a error. I didn't write it |
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>>> down. I may try that later on tho. I have since updated sysrescue. |
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>>> While it is not like I want it, the mouse does move when I poke it. lol |
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>>> Thanks for the reminder tho. I'll post results when I try it. |
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>>> Dale |
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>>> :-) :-) |
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>>> |
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>> sysrescuecd is gentoo based ... try ubuntu or linuxmint to provide a |
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>> better "spread" of capabilities. |
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>> Have you checked the bios for usb parameters (i.e., defaults to off, or |
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>> wrong mode?) - whats on offer "in" the bios may not be the same as when |
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>> you exit it. |
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>> Billk |
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> I rebooted and the newest sysrescue still wouldn't boot up. It says it |
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> can't find /sysrcd.dat which I think is caused because it can't use the |
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> USB port that the sysrescue stick is plugged into. So, I booted Knoppix |
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> instead from DVD. Success. I got a list of drivers from lspci and plan |
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> to research them and see if I am missing something. If not, I may just |
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> start with a fresh config and see if that helps. |
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> At least the mobo is working tho. That's a good thing. It's a start at |
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> least. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Ive found that with gentoo/sysrescuecd before - the other distros do a |
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better job of detection - I have a dell system here that wont work on |
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SRD for instance. But after using ubuntu to find what was missing, its |
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running gentoo fine. |
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Billk |
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