next meeting topic

[vlok stone]

Sounds good to me. I've had issues w/ modprobe failed
and having to force the drivers, it works but it's
kinda sloppy. Overcoming kernel issues before they
overcome you. Why wait 'til next month. We could
rendevous on a weeknight. Just a thought. 

--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> Ok, I have a suggestion for the next meeting topic.
> It's not a new one, 
> rather one that has NEVER gotten accomplished to ANY
> degree. That being 
> ANYTHING with the kernel! I would like to see
> something, be it a patch, 
> complete installation of a new one, configuring an
> existing one, 
> whatever, but something besides just talk about,
> just do this, that and 
> it's all set. Detect some frustration here??
>   Every attempt I have witnessed or tried has
> failed, there must be 
> someone on this list that can perform some kernel
> modifications with 
> success.
> That being said, the reason for this is that I have
> downloaded the new 
> Fedora Core 2 the other day and began to play. I
> like what I see for the 
> most part with the new 2.6 kernel, etc., however,
> there are a couple of 
> real issues at the moment.
> 1. FC2's version of the 2.6 kernel does not work
> with the NVIDIA drivers 
> as there is some 4KSTACKS problem. I found this
> while trying to work out 
> why they weren't working, etc. Apparently there is a
> kernel patch that 
> can be applied while waiting for NVIDIA to come out
> with a driver that 
> does not have this problem, etc. So, see above.
> This might be (stress might) why Bob Meyer was
> having trouble with his 
> NVIDIA driver on his Mandrake 10 laptop using more
> than 16BIT color.
> 2. There is a samba issue as well. Dug deep enough
> to find people 
> bitchin about it on the net with varying solutions,
> none that worked for me.
> 
> Anyway, as was with FC1, it took a bit to get used
> to the changes, etc. 
> But if we could finally have a meeting that could
> have a successful 
> whack at the kernel, that would be great.
> 


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