[PlanetCCRMA] FC2 Bleeding Edge install question

[Mark Knecht]

Steve Harris wrote:
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> /etc/init.d/iptables stop will disable the firewall,

Thanks. Acceptable for now.

[mark@flash mark]$ uname -a
Linux flash 2.6.8.1-1.520.1vP9.ll.rhfc2.ccrma #1 Tue Aug 24 12:03:26 PDT 
2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[mark@flash mark]$

[mark@flash mark]$ cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.4 (Mon May 17 
14:31:44 2004 UTC).
Compiled on Aug 24 2004 for kernel 2.6.8.1-1.520.1vP9.ll.rhfc2.ccrma.
[mark@flash mark]$

Why am I not seeing 1.06a? Or is this a case where it is 1.06a but the 
name isn't updated since it's planetedge? I hope not...

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>>
>>One good first step is that the 1394 drivers loaded. The FC2 core didn't 
>>do that for me. Thanks for turning that on as external hard drives are 
>>important. Unfortunately I attached a 1394 drive and I see no indication 
>>in dmesg that it was recognized. I'll check mor eon that later.
> 
> 
> Some people have had problems with 1394 in 2.6, it may be better now, and
> I have mounted a firewire disk on my 2.6 laptop OK. Performance was better
> than I remember in 2.4.
> 
It's working quite well for me on this same machine using Gentoo, so I 
know it can be done. Probably my Gentoo kernel and this Planet kernel 
are using different releases. I'll check that later.