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

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > Where would I get a different version?
>
> You could try one from Slackware 3.

Both the svga and the s3 X servers in SW4.0 have the same problem.
With trident and S3 cards, several cards, two different computers.
Would someone have ADDED a bug to both in SW4.0 if it worked in SW3?

> > If I have libc6 from SW71 installed will the SW71 S3
> > server work in BL3?
>
> Perhaps.  It's worth a try.

Unless the X servers also require a particular libX11.
It won't take very long to test this.  I could probably even temporarily 
symlink X to the S3 server in the BL2 partition.

> > I am using the Chinese DOS 7.1, which has not caused problems
> > with Xvesa on any other computer we tried it on (about 20-30
> > of them), just on this one computer.
>
> Obviously a hardware issue.
>
> > Then I would need to use isapnp to set the sound parameters.
>
> Why do you need to set the sound parameters at boot?
> Clash with your network card?

I want to set them in DOS before booting linux with loadlin instead of 
bothering with isapnp.  And I want to be able to use DOS midi programs 
too.

> > > > cat /proc/sound?  No such device or filename.
> > > > Was I supposed to load rosegarden first?
> > >
> > > No. Just activate sound (insmod sound, etc.)
> >
> > I did that and could not find a /proc/sound.
>
> /proc/sound appears when you do: insmod sound
> (you need to insmod soundcore first).
>
> /proc/sound disappears when you do: rmmod sound

I will look again for it on this and some other computer.  This computer 
is probably not screwy enough to lose /proc/sound, but when I play AWE 
midi in DOS with the SB16 diagnose program (the test file) the screen goes 
blank and I have to reboot to get back video.  This happened 3 times in a 
row.  I forgot to check with some other AWE player for this.

> Cheers,
> Steven