Yas say wrote:
I guess I was in this list 10 years ago when it started. Unfortunately although I used Linux more than a decade it still eludes me mainly because I hate computers in general.
Perhaps you would prefer a Mac? Or you could pay someone to help you who doesn't hate computers? I think you also need to read this: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
The question that lingers in my mind is: why does Linux still have the same bugs that existed years ago coming back again and again?
It doesn't. What you mean, I think, is "why do I have to solve the same problems?". That's probably because you don't understand what causes them or have much desire to (if you hate computers as you say). See above.
One problem I have at boot: ****************************************************** * Warning: The dma on your hard drive is turned off. * * This may really slow down the fsck process. * ****************************************************** I put PIIX module in initrd, compiled custom kernel, googled all around to no avail. Also changed PIIX=y in .config file. hdparm -d1 /dev/hdb works a minute and dma changes to (0) by itself.
Perhaps you have faulty hardware? More information is needed.
2nd problem: Everything seems fine with my Hauppauge WinTV 350 board but TV never works.
Likewise
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV==================== ivtv: version 0.8.0 (tagged release) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.18.2-34-default SMP mod_unload 586 REGPARM gcc-4.1 ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with ivtv: any module options, ***when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. ***
Did you actually read the output before cutting and pasting it to this list?
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350 card (cx23415 based) ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes) ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes) tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0) tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0) saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) saa7127 0-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0) msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0) ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032 ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023 ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPEG ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes) ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, card #0 ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================
lsmod | grep ivtv: ivtv 175248 0 firmware_class 14080 1 ivtv cx2341x 15108 1 ivtv tveeprom 18448 1 ivtv videodev 26880 1 ivtv v4l1_compat 16388 2 ivtv,videodev v4l2_common 26240 6 msp3400,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x,videodev i2c_algo_bit 12808 2 ivtv,i2c_i810 i2c_core 25216 7 msp3400,saa7127,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,tveeprom,i2c_algo_bit
degan:# xawtv /dev/video This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.18.2-34) /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway no way to get: 384x288 32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-) no way to get: 384x288 32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-)
degan:# v4l-conf v4l-conf: using X11 display :0.0 dga: version 2.0 mode: 1024x768, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=4096, base=0x48000000 /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
I tried to open any TV application but can't open /dev/video. however, ls -l /dev/vi* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video -> video0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 16 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video16 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 24 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video24 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 32 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video32 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 48 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video48
Likewise.
and several other problems with a dualboot system that works 100% under Windows XP. So why didn't you list them? Or did you just write to the list to complain?
System is slow and I can't watch TV so what is the use?
Ah! So what you really need is a TV rather than a computer. Or perhaps you really use it for something else, so there is some use?
Any clues?
As I said, a clue can be found here: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org