RE: [suse-sparc] sound volume on sunblade 100

From: Richard Klingler (richard_at_klingler.ch)
Date: Tue Dec 03 2002 - 15:52:26 CET

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From: Richard Klingler <richard@klingler.ch>
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Subject: RE: [suse-sparc] sound volume on sunblade 100

    > Was there anything special that you had to do to get the Linux to boot on
    > the Sun Blade? I have tried several times to install SUSE on my Sun Blade,
    > but every time it hangs somewhere in the install. Different places all of
    > the time.
    >
    > If you can give me any info, I would appreciate it....
    >

    I just had to flash OpenBoot version 4.5.9 so the "lost interrupts"
    errors disappeared (ide=nodma had no effect on other versions).

    Then just boot from the CD. At the SILO prompt enter "text ide=nodma"
    and off you go (o;

    Well...got a little bit further with the sound. But the alsa-driver
    doesn't install the driver correctly. All have missing "init_module()" entries.

    Rick 

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