Re: unneeded pccardd daemon running
Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: | pccardd seems to be a kernel process, and is not the same as pcmciautils | stuff. DOH. I never seen the kernel modules without the userspace daemon, so | Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: | | > lsmod seems to show some wasted stuff... what would be the standard | > procedure for removing wasted modules? pcmcia modules are installed as seperate package only for 2.4.27 kernel. In 2.6.x branch it is included into the kernel tree directly. So, with a 2.6, your options would be to compile a new kernel, or to use the stock kernel and prevent the related modules from loading. Unfortunately i can only contribute some ideas here, but maybe they can trigger a solution...i would be interested to know how you solved it, anyway. | To remove manually, use rmmod. Or, more generally, modprobe -r [-f] If you get 'module is busy' it depends on another one to be removed first. | To avoid them from being loaded automatically... things seem to be | changing a lot in the hotplug/udev world. The way to do it used to be | to add a file to /etc/hotplug/blacklist.d that just lists the modules. | Now it seems that you should look at /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, and add | a similar file to /etc/modprobe.d/ (although I'm not entirely sure about | that). I think this is just not the right option. 'blacklist' head says: # This file lists modules which will not be loaded as the result of # alias expansion, with the purpose of preventing the hotplug subsystem # to load them. It does not affect autoloading of modules by the kernel. You can try to tweak with the 'install' option, just spitting out a message like 'deactivated by jd' instead of loading the module(man modprobe.d) It may be another aproach to tewak udev (but just another guess): For example, grep pcmcia /etc/udev/* | grep RUN /etc/udev/hotplug.rules:SUBSYSTEM=="pcmcia_socket", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe pcmcia" /etc/udev/pcmcia.rules: RUN+="/lib/udev/pcmcia-check-broken-cis" /etc/udev/pcmcia.rules:SUBSYSTEM=="pcmcia_socket", \ /etc/udev/pcmcia.rules: RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -b pcmcia" /etc/udev/pcmcia.rules:SUBSYSTEM=="pcmcia_socket", \ /etc/udev/pcmcia.rules: RUN+="/lib/udev/pcmcia-socket-startup" This works similar the init.d thing, symlinks in rules.d are run-parts processed. So, to avoid update trouble, it would be convenient to place your own file there preempting the udev pcmcia launch, maybe by just unloading the pcmcia socket module. Finally, there's a 'pci=' kernelparameter, you can for example say 'pci=noacpi' maybe there's another way to say something like 'nopccard' ? And really really finally ;) maybe you can disable pcmcia in the BIOS ? hth maren -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tapping doesn't work in kde-applications
Hi, I recently upgraded sarge to etch (thinkpad, kde). Suddenly tapping doesn't work any more. I checked control center and it is activated. Now, I realize that tapping works for non-kde applications (eg. firefox, but not konqueror, kate, etc.). Even more funny: it works if I tap on a link in a web page opened by konqueror, but it doesn't work, if I tap on the top menu of konqueror, the task bar or any other kde-application I tried. This seems to be a very weird configuration setting, I don't seem to be able to figure out. It appears none of the settings for peripherals - mouse seems to do the trick. Thanks for help! Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[AMD64 POWER] powernow-k8 and acpi-cpufreq
Hi, people ! With default debian linux-image and initrd, even kernel is named bla-bla-k8, powernow-k8 subsystem isn't compiled, but is as module, thus there's no /sys/power interface for powersaving. If i'm trying to load modules by hand i 'm getting this: deen:/home/olecom# deen:/home/olecom# modprobe acpi-cpufreq FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq (/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/kernel/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): No such device deen:/home/olecom# deen:/home/olecom# modprobe powernow-k8 deen:/home/olecom# modprobe acpi-cpufreq FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq (/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/kernel/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): Device or resource busy deen:/home/olecom# But it certainly works, if compiled in. I have no clue what to do. Maybe this is bug in linux ? -- olecom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [AMD64 POWER] powernow-k8 and acpi-cpufreq
Es Dimarts, 20 de Juny de 2006 15:34, en Oleg Verych va escriure: | Hi, people ! | | With default debian linux-image and initrd, even kernel is named | bla-bla-k8, powernow-k8 subsystem isn't compiled, but is as module, | thus there's no /sys/power interface for powersaving. If i'm trying to | load modules by hand i 'm getting this: | | deen:/home/olecom# | deen:/home/olecom# modprobe acpi-cpufreq | FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq | (/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/kernel/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/acpi-cpuf |req.ko): No such device | deen:/home/olecom# | deen:/home/olecom# modprobe powernow-k8 | deen:/home/olecom# modprobe acpi-cpufreq | FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq | (/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/kernel/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/acpi-cpuf |req.ko): Device or resource busy | deen:/home/olecom# | | But it certainly works, if compiled in. I have no clue what to do. | Maybe this is bug in linux ? No, it is not. Modprobing powernow-k8 is enough to get speedstep support for your cpu. You should then run "sudo modprobe cpufreq_performance cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats" and install powernowd daemon. Good luck ;) -- Joan Tur (aka Quini), Eivissa-Spain Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo & AIM: quini2k www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 pgpB04as16aqS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Hibernation (suspend->disk): Suse,Ubuntu,Debian
Hi George Hein wrote: > HW: ThinkPad-T42 > > Suse 9.3 and 10.0: suspend>ram & >disk OK > UBUNTU-6.06-dapper: both seem OK, each tested once > Debian-test and sid, both current >ram OK, ->disk NO-GOOD. > > I noticed that DSL and UBUNTU have, in GRUB/menu.lst: >"restore=/dev/hdaX" Never read about option "restore". > While doc for Debian kernel has: >"resume=/dev/hdaX" > Suse used "resume=" > I use with a vanilla kernel with suspend2 kernel-patch: resume=swap:/dev/hda6 I also use initrd (created with yaird) and kernel-package to build my kernel for my thinkpad R50p. I created a installation report on my website (german): http://www.kai-hildebrandt.de/linux/thinkpad/index.html Nearly everything works now... :-) Standby and Hibernate, Thinkpad Keys (all), ACPI, WLAN and cpufreq, etc. Some thinks should work but I cannot test: Bluetooth and IrDA, internal modem (kernel module exists, you need the package sl-modem-daemon (SmartLink)) FYI, Thinkpad and Debian users ;-) Kai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xorg 7.0 and ATI working!
In case there are still folks out there that like me have xserver-xorg 6.8 on hold because of the reports that X would freeze up if you had an ATI card, I'd like to report that all is well. I share the sentiments that the upgrade was a non-event for such a major upgrade (at least now that the problems exposed with the early reports have been fixed). I went into aptitude, unheld xorg-xserver, hit U, and then g. Although I was expecting to have to apt-get install -f a few times, I didn't have to run it once! I have: IBM ThinkPad t40p ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 Lf [FireGL 9000] (rev 02) Debian etch I haven't seen any strange behavior in a few days now. I believe I read that the ATI fixes were applied to Xorg 7.1, but it appears that the these fixes were also applied to xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.5.8.0-1 which is available to Debian users of Xorg 7.0. My thanks and appreciation go out to the X Strike Force. A couple of notes: 1. glxgears missing The fix was to install mesa-utils. 2. The courier fonts were ugly. The fix was to rebuild xorg.conf (I'm assuming with a proper font path). I did not have to resort to the workaround presented in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=367593 3. Many warnings in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. The fix was to rebuild xorg.conf. 4. dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg STILL doesn't give you a configuration file. I determined some workarounds: sudo sh -c "readlink /etc/X11/X | md5sum > /var/lib/x11/X.md5sum" sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf sudo vi /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.postinst # Comment out the following line as well as its matching else and endif. # if [ -z "$UPGRADE" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "1:7.0.14"; then sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg 5. Touchpad not working The fix was to remove the line Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" in Section "InputDevice", Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" since the driver finds the device on its own (with Protocol "auto-dev"). -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Returned mail: Data format error
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getting correct time on a laptop (IBM ThinkPad T23)
Hello, I have an IBM ThinkPad T23 with highly inaccurate clock. It misses accurate time by several minutes a day. Long time I used chrony. It worked most of the time, but not always. Right now the problems I have with chrony - see below - increased and none of the other approaches worked like I want. I want the following: 1) When the laptop has internet access it should synchronise with NTP time 2) Otherwise a program should correct the clock by its average inaccuracy (like chrony is supposed to do). That is be important cause sometimes the laptop is without internet access for several days. 3) Suspend to disk should be handled nicely. 4) Ideally on resume and boot the time is corrected due to NTP time or the inaccuracy factor via one big step. Right now I am fighting with chrony and different other approaches and none of them worked like I want it to. My problems with chrony: 1) I had chrony claiming that system time had 0 seconds difference to NTP time while there was a difference of 10 or more minutes. This is with a standard chrony installation (after aptitude purge chrony). 2) Chrony apparantly cannot set the hardware clock. I get a input/output error on modprobe rtc, and it seems that the module genrtc doesn't do the trick. I reverted on not letting chrony do that but the usually debian hwclock scripts which seems to work. 3) Sometimes net access is not detected properly. I have copied /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/chrony and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/chrony to /etc/network/if-up.d and /etc/network/if-down.d respectively in order to have chrony switched online and offline accordingly. I am using ifplugd and guessnet for automatic network configuration on demand which is worked quite well. 4) After suspend to disk chrony does not seem to have any NTP sources at all... I tried different approaches, right now I am using: #!/bin/sh /etc/init.d/ifplugd stop ifdown eth0 /etc/init.d/chrony stop # Noch nicht gespeicherte Daten sichern sync # Einschlafen hibernate /etc/init.d/chrony start /etc/init.d/ifplugd start Rationale for this: chrony and network are stopped before suspend since they do not work anyway while the notebook is powered off. After resume chrony is started and should be offline. Then ifplugd is started. Now whenever a network link is availble network is configured and chrony should be switched to online mode due to /etc/network/if-up.d/chrony that I copied there. But apparently that doesn't work. I also tried openntpd, which didn't even start on my system as well as the full blown ntp server which sort of worked, but then it does not provide . Once I even was desperate enough to just start ntpdate every hour with a cron job. On other approach would be to fix the hardware clock such that it would be that much too slow. Maybe replacing the battery could help? Any other ideas? Right now its extremely frustrating cause none of the approaches work to properly and its that I didnt try hard to make it work. Ideally I would have something like chrony but with the enhancement that it would simply work even for suspend and that it just finds out itself whether internet access is there or not. Switching it to online and offline mode via scripts is just extremely error prone IMHO. Any tricks I can play with the chrony configuration to make it work? chrony seems to be quite old, is upstream still alive? Any sensible replacement available? Any ideas? I greatly appreciate it when I could be able to fix up this time stuff without investing another dozen of hours. If I cannot fix chrony easily I probably revert to ntp-simple for now and accept wrong time when the laptop is not with internet access. Regards, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
