On Saturday 03 February 2007 21:38, Florian Reitmeir wrote: > On Fre, 02 Feb 2007, John O'Hagan wrote: > > The command > > > > #echo -n eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay > > > > freezes my Etch Thinkpad T40 randomly, about half the time. I must then > > use Alt+Shift+SysRq to shut down. > > This is the eject function of the ibm_acpi kernel module, for Thinkpad > > Ultrabays. [...] > there is a project call tp_smapi which solvs this problem in a better more > stable way. > > Your problem is, the IDE interface which isn't hotplug able be default.. so > its like you cut the power of an harddisc which will also "crash" the > kernel. [...]
Thanks for the info...tp_smapi isn't in testing yet; for such a small problem, I'll just wait. Just for heck of it, I tried using the hotswap package to issue this command: hotswap unregister-ide which is, not surprisingly, meant to unregister the IDE device (the DVD-ROM in my case) from the kernel. This makes /dev/hdc disappear, along with a bunch of other files in /proc and /sys with names including "hdc" and "ide1". I would have thought that doing this before powering off the device would have avoided the problem Florian describes above. However, the freezes still occur. Anyone know why? Regards, John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
