On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:31:29 +0100 Moritz Muehlenhoff <j...@inutil.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 12:04:13AM +0800, clayton wrote: > > Package: linux-image-2.6.21-2-686 > > Version: 2.6.21-6 > > Severity: normal > > > > > > I have an old HP SureStore CD-Writer Plus 7200e CD parallel > > interface CD burner that some years back used to work just fine > > with Debian. I just dusted it off, and the drivers fail badly. > > > > When I manually load the "pcd" driver, I hear the drive spinning, > > then an "events" process quickly grabs 99+% of CPU and the whole > > system becomes so sluggish that I barely retain sufficient control > > to type halt in a terminal. The halt process was so slow that I > > finally had to power down. > > > > Unplugging the external drive has no effect, suggesting that > > something in the driver is spinning. > > Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions? > > If so, can you rule out that the hardware is broken? Afraid not, a few months back during my last move I relocated the drive in question from the shelf to the recycler. It just did not seem worth the effort of moving..... Clayton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
