[wellylug] RedHat guru assistance required
Peter Jones
PeterJ at indeserve.co.nz
Mon Oct 21 11:37:31 NZDT 2002
At console prompt it displays "Kernel 2.2.16-22 on an i586"
I do know that E-smith do not use the very latest releases
as stability is prime importance.
I could bring it to you - are you in the city?
Charge rates based on dollars/wine/beer/other?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Centurion Computer Technology Limited
> [mailto:Centurion at paradise.net.nz]
> Sent: Monday, 21 October 2002 11:12
> To: wellylug
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] RedHat guru assistance required
>
>
> On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 10:25, Peter Jones wrote:
> > Hello, would someone familiar with RH be interested in
> assisting me with the
> > following task. Payment if required (and I can afford it)
>
> Any idea what version e-smith is based on. I haven't had any
> experience
> with e-smith but I know RedHat very well, and I do specialise
> in hacking
> to make things work. Call me on 025 374 387 if you want me
> to come and
> have a hack. I will only charge if I can successfully fix it.
>
> >
> > Problem. Currently running E-Smith Server & Gateway ver
> 4.1.1 on an old P100
> > box, which is noisy and slow. E-Smith is based on RedHat.
> > WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) is very low due to noise. I
> have replaced all
> > the fans but she's got really good hearing and its just the
> general air flow
> > noise so the machine has to be powered off when not in use.
>
> You got that problem too. Have you tried taking the fans out
> or running
> them slower, like of the 5 volt rail? I can do the mod for you.
>
> > I have an older
> > P200 laptop (quiet)that could be used but E-Smith doesn't
> support PCMCIA
> > cards. There is a "how-to" for PC cards at
> >
http://www.e-smith.org/docs/howto/contrib/e-smith-pcmcia-howto-0.1-01.txt
> but I can't get it working with this. After downloading and installing the
> appropriate rpm and making the runlevel link and rebooting, the lspci
comand
> shows it has a TI card bus but no ethernet card (the card is in the
socket).
> The command "cardctl ident" identifies the PCI card as an Ositech JoH 33k6
> modem & 10mbs ethernet, which is on the supported cards list, and the card
> works fine under Win89 and Mandrake 8.2 on this same machine.
> I have also tried another ethernet PC card, D-link 660+ with similar
> results.
Sounds like it should be an easy fix. What kernel version does it use?
>
> What I would really like to do is watch someone who knows what they are
> doing - any takers?
--
Daniel Reurich
Centurion Computer Technolgy Limited
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