Re: [gentoo-amd64] MSI Neo2 Platinum woes follow up

[Matt Randolph <mattr@erols.com>]

Nuitari wrote:

>
> There was some issue discussed earlier about nvidia and 2.6.13 kernels 
> which basically said to use the unstable (and up to date) version of 
> the nvidia drivers.

FWIW, I was cheerfully using 2.6.13 with nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r6 for 
some time with no ill effects. Starting as of about an hour ago, I'm 
using 1.0.7676-r1 but I may revert to the stable version if I discover 
any issues with my applications.

>
> Did you try connecting the keyboard via the PS/2 ports?
> I had the same problem with my MSI board until I did it.Enabling 
> Legacy USB support also works most of the time. I also found that 
> sometimes the USB keyboard won't be initialized between the time the 
> BIOS is done posting and until the linux kernel enables it making a 
> mess of LILO but it only seems to happen on a boot out of 2.
>
I tried both USB and PS/2 keyboards without luck. Part of the problem is 
that you need to be able to get into the BIOS to change that setting. 
And after a flash, it might have reverted to the default value, which 
may or may not be what you want. That should be a problem that is unique 
to USB keyboards though, so I was surprised that I had a similar problem 
with a PS/2 one.

>
> There are plenty of cases where a BIOS updates skip a version steps.
>
Thank you for the reminder. I notice that they skipped 1.6 too. I know 
that software of any kind sometimes skips a version between releases. I 
expect there can be any of a wide range of reasons for this, but I 
wouldn't be surprised if it is at least occasionally because of problems 
with a release candidate.

BTW, the chip came and I'm back in business. There's no place like 
/home. Do not envy me the two weeks worth of updates I'm about to 
emerge. Fortunately, I have decided that I can still get away with using 
1.8 for now (after all that!).

I shouldn't have been nasty about MSI previously. I have been very happy 
with them by and large. And that's based on owning about half a dozen of 
their motherboards over the last few years. I do hope they resolve any 
issues people are having with 1.B, though.

You may find this even more entertaining than version numbers in hex: 
You know how big a PLCC-32 chip is? That's right, it's about the size of 
your fingernail. The box they sent my chip in is big enough to hold a 
small pizza.

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