Re: Linus' laptop and Num lock status

2007-02-14 Thread Dax Kelson
> Which is what the kernel has traditionally always done. Going forward can the kernel peek at 0x497 and follow the BIOS setting? I checked, and looking at offset 0x497 seems to work fine on a couple of systems with USB keyboards. People have long grumbled and complained about the current k

Re: Linus' laptop and Num lock status

2007-02-14 Thread Dax Kelson
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 11:12 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Dax Kelson wrote: > > > > Are there any technical or political reasons why kernel can't change > > from "force off" to "Follow BIOS"? > > How would y

Linus' laptop and Num lock status

2007-02-14 Thread Dax Kelson
BIOS" in their bootup scripts but the most just follow the kernel. IMHO, it would be very nice if the "Follow BIOS" was done by the kernel so this would Just Work(tm) everywhere in all situations (such as rescue environments where the normal bootup scripts aren't processed). T

Re: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping related bug?!

2006-12-14 Thread Dax Kelson
my RAM chips the corruption went away. Note that I was not overclocking at all. Worth a try. Dax Kelson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Should VLANs be devices or something else?

2001-06-19 Thread Dax Kelson
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Ben Greear wrote: > I have had a good discussion with Dave Miller today, and there > is one outstanding issue to clear up before my 802.1Q VLAN patch may > be considered for acceptance into the kernel: > > Should VLANs be devices or some other thing? I would vote that VLANs

Re: [PATCH] support for Cobalt Networks (x86 only) systems (for realthis time)

2001-05-31 Thread Dax Kelson
Tim Hockin said once upon a time (Thu, 31 May 2001): > Aattached is a (large, but self contained) patch for Cobalt Networks suport > for x86 systems (RaQ3, RaQ4, Qube3, RaQXTR). Please let me know if there > is anything that would prevent this from general inclusion in the next > release. I can

Xircom RealPort versus 3COM 3C3FEM656C

2001-05-22 Thread Dax Kelson
I currently have three Xircom RealPort Carbus modem/fast ethernet cards. The current driver blows major chunks (it has very poor performance, and stops working under load). I'm told the driver issues are because of hardware issues. The really nice feature of this card is the form factor though.

Question: Status of USAGI/FreeSWAN?

2001-05-10 Thread Dax Kelson
FreeSWAN has IPSec for IPv4 on Linux. USAGI is better/more conformant IPv6 (with IPSec for IPv6 in development) for Linux. The USAGI goal is to get themselves folded into the official kernel (and glibc) at some point "in the near future". What are the plans to get all this (FreeSWAN,USAGI) fol

Re: IP Acounting Idea for 2.5

2001-04-15 Thread Dax Kelson
David Findlay said once upon a time (Tue, 17 Apr 2001): > I am using the kernel IP Accounting in Linux to record the amount of data > transfered via my Linux internet gateway from individual IP addresses. This > currently requires me to set up an accounting rule for each IP address that I > want

Re: Linux Worm (fwd)

2001-03-23 Thread Dax Kelson
Gerhard Mack said once upon a time (Fri, 23 Mar 2001): > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Bob Lorenzini wrote: > > > I'm annoyed when persons post virus alerts to unrelated lists but this > > is a serious threat. If your offended flame away. > > This should be a wake up call... distributions need to stop usi

2.4.1-ac3 oops decoded with ksymoops

2001-02-06 Thread Dax Kelson
89 e5 mov%esp,%ebp Code; c0111643 <__wake_up+3/98> f: 83 ec 10 sub$0x10,%esp Code; c0111646 <__wake_up+6/98> 12: 57push %edi Code; c0111647 <__wake_up+7/98> 13: 56push

2.4.1 FireWire compile problem

2001-01-31 Thread Dax Kelson
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support CONFIG_IEEE1394=y # CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX is not set CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=y # CONFIG_IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG is not set gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-f rame-po

Re: 2.4.1 FireWire compile problem

2001-01-31 Thread Dax Kelson
Dax Kelson said once upon a time (Wed, 31 Jan 2001): > > # IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support > CONFIG_IEEE1394=y > # CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX is not set > CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=y > CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394=y > CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=y > # CONFIG_IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG is n

Multiplexing mouse input

2001-01-29 Thread Dax Kelson
be cool if I could use both at the same time. Is this possible with the new "Input Drivers" in the 2.4 kernel? Is it possible with Linux at all? As a comparison, at least two other OSes, Windows 2000 and NetBSD 1.5 multiplex mouse input and allow use of two (or more!) mice at the same

ECN connectivity surveys

2001-01-28 Thread Dax Kelson
For test methodology and results go to this website, about 1/3 the way down you'll see the ECN bullet point. http://www.aciri.org/tbit/ Dax Kelson Guru Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ECN fixes for Cisco gear

2001-01-28 Thread Dax Kelson
with reserved bits set in flags field of TCP hdr Product: ld Component: rotor Severity: 3 Status: R [Resolved] Version Found: 3.3(3) Fixed-in Version: 3.3.3.107 Dax Kelson Guru Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [

Re: hotmail not dealing with ECN

2001-01-27 Thread Dax Kelson
Jamie Lokier said once upon a time (Fri, 26 Jan 2001): > Does ECN provide perceived benefits to the node using it? Why are you even making suggestions when you haven't even read the RFC? It seems that knowing what ECN is would be prerequisite to engaging in discussion about it. Dax - To unsub

Re: DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

2001-01-07 Thread Dax Kelson
Alan Olsen said once upon a time (Sat, 6 Jan 2001): > On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > > AGP, VIA support, DRM, and r128 DRM are all compiled in statically rather than > > as modules. > > AGPGART doe *not* work if compiled statically. Compile it as a module. > You will be much

IEEE1394 2.4.0 (final) compile problems

2001-01-05 Thread Dax Kelson
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support # CONFIG_IEEE1394=y # CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX is not set CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=y # CONFIG_IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG is not set gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-po

2.4.0-prerelease IEEE1394 problem

2000-12-31 Thread Dax Kelson
I haven't been able to compile IEEE1394 into the kernel since test12. I get the error: ld: cannot open drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394.a: No such file or directory make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 [root@thud linux]# When I compile it completely modular, it works fine. This works: # IEEE 1394 (FireWire

Re: iptables: "stateful inspection?"

2000-12-20 Thread Dax Kelson
Michael Rothwell said once upon a time (Wed, 20 Dec 2000): > Alan Cox wrote: > > > It does SYN checking. If you are running 'serious' security you wouldnt be > > allowing outgoing connections anyway. One windows christmascard.exe virus that > > connects back to an irc server to take input and you

test13pre2 - ieee1394 compile failure

2000-12-16 Thread Dax Kelson
IEEE1394_OHCI1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394=m CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=m # CONFIG_IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG is not set Dax Kelson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: 2.4 routing problem

2000-12-01 Thread Dax Kelson
ave changed. What kind of options are there now to influence the > routing table? My net-tools v1.56 that comes with Red Hat 7 works fine. If you want to take full advantage of all the networking features, you need to use iproute2. ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing/iproute2-2.2.4-now-ss??.tar

Re: test12-pre3 (FireWire issue)

2000-11-30 Thread Dax Kelson
Frank Davis said once upon a time (Fri, 1 Dec 2000): > Dax, >What is your modutils version? Is this the first test12 that has > caused this error? > Regards, Frank [root@thud security]# depmod --version depmod version 2.3.21 I was running 2.4.0-test11-pre3 before I upgraded to test12-pre3.

Re: test12-pre3 (FireWire issue)

2000-11-30 Thread Dax Kelson
: hpsb_make_readqpacket depmod: hpsb_make_writebpacket depmod: hpsb_inc_host_usage depmod: hpsb_make_writeqpacket [root@thud linux]# Dax Kelson Guru Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

Re: APM oops with Dell 5000e laptop

2000-11-16 Thread Dax Kelson
Alan Cox said once upon a time (Thu, 16 Nov 2000): > > I just got a Sceptre 6950 (also known as a Dell 5000e), I just installed > > Red Hat 7.0 on it, and got an APM related oops at boot. > > Yep. This is not a Linux problem The kernel works around/ignores/disables other broken hardware or broke

APM oops with Dell 5000e laptop

2000-11-13 Thread Dax Kelson
4] [error_code+45/56] [apm_bios_call+58/120] [error_table+1009/9344] [apm_get_power_status+42/100] [apm_get_info+58/248] [proc_file_read+154/468] [sys_read+174/196] [system_call+52/56] Code: 8a 04 0b 89 44 24 38 50 68 9f 91 1d c0 e8 f5 9b 00 00 83 c4 Dax Kelson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the lin

Re: /net/ip_vs.h in stock kernels

2000-11-11 Thread Dax Kelson
Jeff V. Merkey said once upon a time (Fri, 10 Nov 2000): > > I noticed that the ip_vs.h include is not in the main kernel tree or ip > virtual switch support while I was attempting to buid the pirahnna web > server. Is this module a patch located somewhere else on > ftp.kernel.org. Jeff,

Re: ide-scsi works now "used to be On ide-scsi recorder failure

2000-10-15 Thread Dax Kelson
safemode said once upon a time (Sun, 15 Oct 2000): > Everything seems to be working great now... i'm using a patch Andre > Hedrick gave me and everything works like normal again. Thanks again for > everyone's help. Back to burning cds. The error you were getting is the error I get on my syste

Re: On ide-scsi recorder failure

2000-10-15 Thread Dax Kelson
safemode said once upon a time (Sun, 15 Oct 2000): > Alright, first off let me say that this cdrecord was working fine with > 2.4.0-test8. The recorder is on /dev/scd0 and also on /dev/sr0. maybe > this has something to do with it? i'm not sure, but cdrecord keeps saying Make sure you have SC

ECN fixes for Cisco gear

2000-10-14 Thread Dax Kelson
The two main culprits for ECN breakage are Cisco PIX, and Cisco Local Director. Here is the fix for PIX: (see http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCds23698) Bud ID:CSCds23698 Headline: PIX sends RSET in response to tcp connections with ECN bits

No SCSI burning problem (was: Bug in "ide-pci.c")

2000-10-06 Thread Dax Kelson
Jeff V. Merkey said once upon a time (Fri, 6 Oct 2000): > > Andre, > > BTW, how did your testing of the speed=4 problem with ide-scsi turn > out. We are still seeing the speed=2 problem on 2.4.0-pre9. I cannot > get the drive to burn clean unless the speed setting is cranked down to > speed=2

35k host ECN survey script and results

2000-09-10 Thread Dax Kelson
ce if the email sent included such pointers and information. If you have any information, send it to me and I'll create a draft email. I'll run it by l-k for any comments, and then send it to ECN blocking sites. Dax Kelson Guru Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &qu

8% of the Internet unreachable!

2000-09-10 Thread Dax Kelson
normal survey. If anyone is interested in the perl script, or the list of sites, let me know. Dax Kelson Guru Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

www.zdnet.com - rejecting ECN connections

2000-09-09 Thread Dax Kelson
I know, I know. I was just trying to find a review of laptop carrying backpacks. :) Has anyone got a good form letter to email to the admins at ZDNET? Perhaps one should be included with the 2.4 kernel in the Documentation directory. Dax Kelson Guru Labs - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: [PATCH] 2.2: /proc/config.gz

2000-08-31 Thread Dax Kelson
Timur Tabi said once upon a time (Thu, 31 Aug 2000): > Of course, the smartest thing would be if the installation routine actually > built the kernel, with all options finely tuned to the hardware. If I'm > installing on a single CPU system, then I don't want the SMP kernel. Red Hat > doesn't u

Re: File system

2000-08-29 Thread Dax Kelson
w XYZ filesystem, and restoring your data. I converted a 25GB ext2 filesystem to ext3 and back to ext2 without problems. Dax Kelson Guru Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/