-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joris Huizer wrote: > --- "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >>> Alright, a small update here. I booted in rescue >> mode >>> and did the `e2fsck -f -c -c` on the root >> partition. >>> It seems to fix something (giving a warning >>> 'FILESYSTEM HAS CHANGED' or something similar) >>> >>> I'm suspecting the problems I saw were caused by >>> hdparm+udev - I purged udev and reinstalled (and >>> removed a stale /dev/.udev) and disabled hdparm, >> and >>> no more errors were coming up; I tried reenabling >>> hdparm, but was getting some modules not getting >>> loaded again - so I purged hdparm. >>> I found information online that suggested udev and >>> hdparm together might cause problem ( >>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/27940 >>> ), though obviously in this case it is most likely >> a >>> misconfiguration issue, not a bug in either of the >> two >>> programs. >>> >>> Am currently thinking of reinstalling hdparm, >> though I >>> think I need advice as how to configure it >> (installing >>> it, or `dpkg-reconfigure hdparm`, aren't giving >>> configuration help) >> Since udev is required by the most recent kernels, >> you probably don't >> want to install something that prevents you from >> having udev. >> >> What is it you want hdparm for? >> >> Doug. >> > > In case hdparm and udev really don't mix together, I > won't reinstall hdparm anymore (but if that's the case > udev should be marked as conflicting with hdparm, or > hdparm with udev, or so) > I just want hdparm for efficient hard-disc usage (as I > originally installed it as it could enable DMA and > other hard disc settings, that normally would remain > disabled) > > Though perhaps nowadays this is just configured in the > kernel automatically? > > regards, > > Joris >
In my Debian testing system, udev and hdparm live together and harmoniously. hdparm does its job well, as does udev with no conflicts whatsoever. Cassiano -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGzxmfq4Bz51JiUuERAj8hAKDW+xqTyhia6/L68gpQy/P2lkN1OgCfZIvi Bv17OhDy/KFwBt/jqIEwGak= =5zTa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
