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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 27 May 2006, Ken Martwick wrote:

> On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 09:43:48PM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
> > I downloaded from David's BL3 addon's site Ken's ltmodem.tgz package for
> > BL3.40 which says it won't work for any other BL that is earlier, but will
> > it work for BL2?
> The  ltmodem package  works with kernel 2.2.26, so if  BL2 is booted  with a
> 2.2.26 kernel, it will work.
> Ken

I can downgrade glibc so BL2 will work with 2.2.26 but I have a custom 
2.4.31 kernel (for scsi and USB storage).

How do I compile ltmodem for 2.4.31?  Do I have to recompile the kernel 
first and then all the modules, or can I do just one module?

I may need to use another ltmodem because we just managed to kill the last 
fast computer (600MHz PII) with 3 ISA slots by trying to replace the 
floppy drive without noticing it was turned on.  The window fan was much 
louder than the computer.  The power supply still works, and the cpu fan 
(with cpu and RAM removed, using power switch on motherboard)  but it 
won't boot (no lights).  Has anyone else done this and is there a fix?  We 
don't have another similar PII board or cpu (small slot-type, not the same 
as a slot-type PIII someone gave us) to check which one we fried.  (We can 
switch out cards and memory of course).  My partner is trying to 
resuscitate this board, which came to us dead with some bad caps.

Steven, please could you find a tiny screen saver to use instead of the 
screen blanker?  We have a closet full of monitors but not an excess of 
good computers.  I have accidentally turned off the computer numerous 
times with BL running.  These blasted ATX power supplies don't let you 
plug in the monitor so it is not obvious whether the computer is on when 
the screen is blank.  How do I turn off the screen blanker?  It probably 
saves more power than the screensaver would.

Sindi