[PLUG] Linux Desktop - Time to make the change - Days spent trying to get linux to load

[Derek Loree]

On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 07:55 -0800, David Tod Sigafoos wrote:
> Well .. debian isn't a starter.  Quite literally.
> 
> pci agent line 156 581 segmentation fault
> 
This looks like a hardware problem.

> then in the audio
> 
> i810_audio cant be loaded
> missing kernel or user mode 810_audio
> 
This should not be a show stopper.

> then
> 
> printer.c: v0.13 usb printer class driver
> 
This isn't even an error.

> and it just locks up ..

Are you sure it locked up, or just sat apparently doing nothing for a
while?  Total lock-ups are very rare with Linux (independent of the
distribution) and more often than not indicate a hardware problem.
> 
> So it is on to something else

Good luck,

Derek Loree