Subj : Re: What's wrong with my comp?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Mon Aug 30 2004 09:20 pm

Pandora Xero enlightened us with:
> Personally, i don't mind running without dma, but not having a GUI can
> be an inconvenience at times. I'm going to see if changing bios
> settings or using a different graphics card helps. any advice would
> help a lot

Advice: tell us your hardware, your distribution(s), software,
versions of all software installed, and other information that is
actually *useful*.

You talk about being able to boot without DMA. You don't tell us what
happens if you enable DMA. You also don't tell us *what* DMA you're
talking about. Harddisk? Sound card? Video card? Something else?

Sybren
-- 
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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