[Intel][RNG] PCI IDs commented out for 82801I (ICH9 Mobile and non-mobile)?

2013-03-20 Thread Shawn Starr
Hello folks, I was looking at why I can't load the Intel RNG driver (or why it doesn't load automatically) and it just so happens I have both the mobile and non-mobile ICH9 chipset. Looking at the driver I noticed: /* BAM, CAM, DBM, FBM, GxM { PCI_DEVICE(0x8086, 0x2448) }, */ /* BA,

Re: [3.5/6.x][e1000e] - Regression - Unable to receive packets if MTU == 1500

2012-12-02 Thread Shawn Starr
On Thursday, November 01, 2012 02:01:05 PM Shawn Starr wrote: > Hello network driver folks, To follow up, this is fixed now in 3.6.7-5.fc18.x86_64 [38936.525226] e1000e :00:19.0: eth0: changing MTU from 9000 to 1500 [38936.539510] e1000e :00:19.0: Interrupt Throttle Rate turned

[3.6.x][e1000e] - Regression - Unable to receive packets if MTU == 1500

2012-10-19 Thread Shawn Starr
Hello kernel folks, I recently decided to reinstall my Lenovo W500 laptop and found I wasn't able to get DHCP leases, I wasn't able to install over PXE (when getting the IP a second time within the OS) Fedora is currently using kernel-3.6.2-2.fc18.x86_64 (Pre-beta) The only difference I notice

[usb_storage][mmc] - Genesys Logic / SilverStone 6-in-1 Card Reader/Writer - Can't mount storage

2012-11-16 Thread Shawn Starr
Hello kernel folks, I have an old 2.0 USB card reader, Linux detects the device but is not able to mount the storage device. I tried it in both a KVM Windows VM and in Linux to mount the storage but device hangs, if I take out card, it detects all 6 device storage capabilities, then it detects

Re: gm45 intel gfx can generate non-MSI irq# in MSI mode (was Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: stop using GMBUS IRQs on Gen4 chips (was Re: [3.9-rc1] irq 16: nobody cared (was [3.9-rc1] very poor interrupt respo

2013-03-24 Thread Shawn Starr
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 04:12:18 PM Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Chris Wilson wrote: > >> > How about just using: > >> > if (!HAS_GMBUS_IRQ(dev_priv->dev)) gmbus4_irq_en = 0; > >> > > >> > and the existing wait loop? > >> > >> I explicitly wanted to avoid touchi

[Linux 3.8/3.9-rc1][alsa][hda] Problem with automute on HDA CX20561 (Hermosa) - Persistent even after power off

2013-03-08 Thread Shawn Starr
Hello folks, All of a sudden, it worked fine in Linux kernel 3.8, I believe after booting Linux kernel 3.9 (which has ALSA HDA changes). I can no longer hear audio from speakers on laptop. If I plug in headphones audio works. [ 18.434846] hda_codec: CX20561 (Hermosa): BIOS auto-probing. [ 18.43

Re: [Linux 3.8/3.9-rc1][alsa][hda] Problem with automute on HDA CX20561 (Hermosa) - Persistent even after power off

2013-03-08 Thread Shawn Starr
On Friday, March 08, 2013 03:06:12 PM Shawn Starr wrote: > Hello folks, > > All of a sudden, it worked fine in Linux kernel 3.8, I believe after booting > Linux kernel 3.9 (which has ALSA HDA changes). I can no longer hear audio > from speakers on laptop. If I plug in headpho

[3.8.0-0.rc3.git1.2] Processes hanging after unmounting mm0 device (not confirmed related)

2013-01-15 Thread Shawn Starr
Hello kernel folks, I am seeing problems with snapshot 3.8.0-0.rc3.git1.2 [fc19]. Processes hanging after it appears unmounting my mmc0 (SD) card, I will attempt to reproduce but, I am unclear if the two are related at this moment [ 9127.631555] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address 1234

Re: ReiserFS? How reliable is it? Is this the future?

2001-04-03 Thread Shawn Starr
I've had 0, Ziltch problems with ReiserFS at the moment. It's solid for me. On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > If I get the DVD stuff working, then I won't need NT anymore, i.e. > I will have an empty disk. > > What is your impression about ReiserFS? Does it work? Is it st

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2001-04-05 Thread Shawn Starr
You should be ok :) On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Jeff Chua wrote: > > Does anybody have bad experience with gcc-2.95.3? > > I'm using gcc-2.95.2 with linux 2.4.3 and have no problem with it. > > > Thanks, > Jeff > [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe li

Serious Latency problems : 2.4.4-pre5

2001-04-20 Thread Shawn Starr
Note: I'm not on this mailing list (for now, domain IP is changing). Please email directly 1) I've noticed very high CPU load 3.00 running ./configure alone 2) some gnome applications (Gnome Mailcheck broke with 2.4.4-pre5) 3) Resolving local domains takes an awful long time (though netscape)

Re: piix.c and tuning question

2001-02-13 Thread Shawn Starr
hmmm this is my chipset: Which motherboard do you have? 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 430HX - 82439HX TXC [Triton II] (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II

[PROBLEM]: grep hanging with ReiserFS

2001-02-16 Thread Shawn Starr
grep -r "216.234.235.46" * ...waiting... ./debugps | more USER PID COMMAND WCHAN root 1 init do_select root 7 [kreiserfsd] - . root 28438 grep -r 216.234. pipe_wait Im using grep in /etc and its just waiting it should have finis

Re: [PROBLEM]: grep hanging with ReiserFS - More info

2001-02-16 Thread Shawn Starr
2.10r Net-tools 1.58 Console-tools 0.2.3 Sh-utils 2.0j Modules Loaded nls_cp437 vfat fat Shawn Starr wrote: > grep -r "216.234.235.46" * > > ...waiting... > > ./debugps | more > USER PID COMMAND

[WISHLIST] Addition of suspend patch into 2.5?

2001-02-19 Thread Shawn Starr
Any idea if suspend/hybernation will be in future kernels? Shawn. - 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

[VERY OT]...but funny - No flames :)

2001-02-20 Thread Shawn Starr
ALL YOUR LINUX ARE BELONG TO US ;-) *snicker* Shawn. - 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/

[BUG] 2.4.2-pre4 - kernel BUG at inode.c:885!

2001-02-20 Thread Shawn Starr
My friend has Linux on an Pentium Overdrive system I've attached the dmesg and kern.log files. Shawn. Linux version 2.4.2-pre4 (root@stucko) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010125 (prerelease)) #1 Mon Feb 19 18:37:12 EST 2001 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-88: 0009f000 @

[ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed & mount hanging with loop device issues

2001-02-23 Thread Shawn Starr
Feb 23 03:31:18 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. Feb 23 03:31:18 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. Feb 23 03:31:18 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed. Feb 23 03:31:18 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed & mount hanging withloop device issues

2001-02-23 Thread Shawn Starr
Ok apply patch and loop patch... I'll let you know what happens in my next email. Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > > > Feb 23 03:31:18 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation > > failed. > > Feb 23 03:31:18 coredump k

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-23 Thread Shawn Starr
failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 1-order allocation failed. didnt, work, still causing this.. Shawn Starr wrote: > Ok apply pa

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Doing so..., Im not sure hot to use ksymoops or where to get that program. I just usually use the sysq and dump but its ugly ;-) Shawn. Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > > > Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: ksysoops debug info

2001-02-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Ok, I copied the part from kern.log and pasted it into a separate file then ran ksysoops and it appeared to have worked. Any more info you need? Shawn. Shawn Starr wrote: > Doing so..., Im not sure hot to use ksymoops or where to get that program. > I just usually use the sysq and du

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Shawn Starr
I cant tell you. Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > > > Unsure, the system remains stable after the fault though, strangely /dev/dsp > > becomes "busy". I suspect it has to do with this somehow.. but im not sure. > > I submitted a ksymo

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-25 Thread Shawn Starr
Well, I Discovered, something strange. I put in a blank new CD-R, so these errors are not of concern? (In which case why have the kernel log get spewed with them if they are guaranteed to happen?) Shawn. -- Hugged a Tux today? (tm) On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > The way sg_low_m

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Causes more then just msgs

2001-02-26 Thread Shawn Starr
It may not be an important message but what does happen is /dev/dsp becomes hung and no sound works after the fault. So something is definately wrong. Shawn. Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > We can add an allocation flag (__GFP_NO_CRITICAL?) which can be use

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Causes more thenjust msgs

2001-02-27 Thread Shawn Starr
When added with BUG(); it will hang /dev/dsp. I'm not sure if it did without it. I'll be restarting with the removed BUG(); soon. On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > > > It may not be an important message but what d

Re: Odd error message..

2001-02-28 Thread Shawn Starr
hehe, your not the only one getting that :) I get it from the sg.o module. (it appears). Aaron Sethman wrote: > __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed. > > I get many of these across the console when testing a network application > that. Basically the client opens up a bunch of connections to

Critical compile bug: 2.4.1-pre2 alpha

2001-01-11 Thread Shawn Starr
init/main.o: In function `check_fpu': init/main.o(.text.init+0x53): undefined reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 On compiling (and recompiling) i get this fatal error. This function does not exist anymore? Shawn Starr. - To unsubscribe from this list

[PROBLEM] 2.4.1-pre2 - Undefined symbol `__buggy_fxsr_alignment'

2001-01-11 Thread Shawn Starr
exist anymore? Anyone else having this problem? Shawn Starr. - 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: [PROBLEM] 2.4.1-pre2 - Undefined symbol `__buggy_fxsr_alignment' - (FIXED)

2001-01-11 Thread Shawn Starr
e > > init/main.o: In function `check_fpu': > init/main.o(.text.init+0x53): undefined reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment' > > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 > > On compiling (and recompiling) i get this fatal error. This function > does not exist anymore? > >

[CONT PROBLEM] 2.4.1-pre3 - Undefined symbol `__buggy_fxsr_alignment'

2001-01-12 Thread Shawn Starr
if (offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.i387.fxsave) & 15) {     extern void __buggy_fxsr_alignment(void);     __buggy_fxsr_alignment(); Where is this function? Where is it defined? When i grep the whole dir i dont see this function anywhere? Shawn. Shawn Starr wrote: e i th

Re: [CONT PROBLEM] 2.4.1-pre3 - Undefined symbol `__buggy_fxsr_alignment'

2001-01-12 Thread Shawn Starr
Well, when i Make bzImage it uses -O2 for optimization. Is there any fix? change the optimization to -O0 ? Matti Aarnio wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:02:15PM -0500, Shawn Starr wrote: > > Nope, its not ;/ > > > > Im on a Intel Pentium 200Mhz PC, 64MB RAM, > > &

[PROBLEM]: Strange network problems with 2.4.0 and 3c59x.o

2001-01-12 Thread Shawn Starr
Here's something strange that i've been noticing with 2.4.0. Some websites I am unable to access now. For example: http://www.scotiabank.ca/simplify/index.html if your in Canada and you have Scotia banking online, try and access their banking sites. It will just hang. However upon trying the sam

Re: [PROBLEM]: Strange network problems with 2.4.0 and 3c59x.o

2001-01-12 Thread Shawn Starr
o access a site behind > such a firewall (some of which are major sites, at the time of this > writing) you will have to disable this option, either by saying N now > or by using the sysctl. > > Shawn Starr wrote: > > > > Here's something strange that i&

Compiling 2.4.1-preX series

2001-01-16 Thread Shawn Starr
GCC 2.96/2.97 because they will break my binary compatability with pgcc-2.95.2/3. Thanks, Shawn Starr. - 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: Compiling 2.4.1-preX series

2001-01-16 Thread Shawn Starr
- > if (offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.i387.fxsave) & 15) > panic("Kernel compiled for PII/PIII+ with FXSR, data not 16-byte aligned!"); > 90a91,92 Jes Sorensen wrote: > >>>>> "Shawn" == Shawn Starr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >

Re: Compiling 2.4.1-preX series - Confirmed - PGCC sucks

2001-01-17 Thread Shawn Starr
Yes, it appears the PGCC patches *BREAK* GCC (go figure). 2.4.1-pre7 compiled fine. JUST as pre8 was released *sigh* oh well, at least now I wont have to worry about any compiler bugs (unless some are discovered with 2.95.2) ;) Shawn. Shawn Starr wrote: > Fair enough, but something in bug

[QUESTION]: Applying patches ontop of patches (2.4.1pre7 to 2.4.1pre8)

2001-01-17 Thread Shawn Starr
What is the best way to apply a patch on top of a patch already applied? For example, with original sources 2.4.0 i applied 2.4.1pre7 but now that pre8 is out, how do i apply those new patches without having to delete the whole linux dir and untar 2.4.0 again just to apply pre8? thanks, Shawn S

Re: [QUESTION]: Applying patches ontop of patches (2.4.1pre7 to2.4.1pre8)

2001-01-17 Thread Shawn Starr
Thanks to everyone who replied :) Sven Koch wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > > > What is the best way to apply a patch on top of a patch already applied? > > > > For example, with original sources 2.4.0 i applied 2.4.1pre7 but now > > that pre8 is

[DISCUSSION]: 2.4.1-pre8: Detection of CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW drives

2001-01-17 Thread Shawn Starr
In 2.4.1-pre8, this info appears in dmesg: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Vendor: YAMAHAModel: CRW2100E Rev: 1.0H Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 hdc: YAMAHA CRW2100E, ATAPI CD/DVD-

Re: [DISCUSSION]: 2.4.1-pre8: Detection of CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW drives Part #2

2001-01-17 Thread Shawn Starr
: hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 8192kB Cache, (U)DMA the standard ATAPI detects this correctly. Shawn Starr wrote: > In 2.4.1-pre8, this info appears in dmesg: > > SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 > scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices > Vendor:

Re: [BUG]: 2.4.1-pre8: Wierd lockup with /proc based functions (?)

2001-01-19 Thread Shawn Starr
Can this be confirmed? Shawn Starr wrote: > Just a while ago, my system just started acting funny. I couldn't use w, > top, ps, and then some of my X applications started to freeze too. > I couldn't even kill those hung processes because they'd hang too. So > When

Kernel 2.4.x and 2.4.1-preX - Higher latency then 2.2.x kernels?

2001-01-20 Thread Shawn Starr
It it just me or does it seem that 2.4.x has some latency problems? It just seems that since using 2.4 ive noticed my poor Pentium 200Mhz slow down whether being in X or otherwise. It just seems that the system is sluggish. I am using the new ReiserFS filesystem and I do know its still in heavy

Re: Kernel 2.4.x and 2.4.1-preX - Higher latency then 2.2.x kernels?

2001-01-20 Thread Shawn Starr
Where can i get the patch? I can apply it right now. Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 02:50:16PM -0500, Shawn Starr wrote: > > It just seems that since using 2.4 ive noticed my poor Pentium 200Mhz > > slow down whether being in X or otherwise. It just seems

Kernel 2.4.x & 2.4.1-preX Latency results

2001-01-20 Thread Shawn Starr
I've included the TPT latency timings. Do these look normal? These tests occured in X with netscape and gnomeicu. It should be noted that /dev/tty12 is being used for syslog info for console. Shawn. Destination Count Min Max Average To

Re: Kernel 2.4.x & 2.4.1-preX Latency results - Based on 2.4.1-pre9

2001-01-20 Thread Shawn Starr
These results were based on the latest alpha 2.4.1-pre series kernel. Do they look ok? Shawn Starr wrote: > I've included the TPT latency timings. > > Do these look normal? > > These tests occured in X with netscape and gnomeicu. > > It should be noted that /dev/tty1

Re: Kernel 2.4.x and 2.4.1-preX - Higher latency then 2.2.xkernels?

2001-01-21 Thread Shawn Starr
; > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 02:50:16PM -0500, Shawn Starr wrote: > >> It just seems that since using 2.4 ive noticed my poor Pentium 200Mhz > >> slow down whether being in X or otherwise. It just seems that the system > >> is sluggish. > >> > >> I am us

Re: kernel BUG at slab.c:1542!(2.4.1-pre9)

2001-01-22 Thread Shawn Starr
This is not a kernel bug, This is a bug in the XFree86 TrueType rendering extention. This has been discussed on the Xpert XFree86 mailing list. There is a fix in the works (depends on the TrueType fonts your using). Unless otherwise, Im using 2.4.1-pre9 with no such faults (XFree86 CVS X11R6.5.1

Linux kernel 2.2.19ac2

2000-12-28 Thread Shawn Starr
FAT32 for the filesystem. When I rebooted into Win2k the system did not detect a corrupt FAT. Im going to compile 2.2.19ac3 today and see if this was a known issue or not. I dont know what information I can give you other then what the log shows. Thanks, Shawn Starr. - To unsubscribe from

Re: Linux kernel 2.2.19ac2

2000-12-28 Thread Shawn Starr
bleh, ignore that. I fixed the problem. dont know what I did though but its ok now.. Shawn Starr wrote: Dec 28 09:31:59 coredump kernel: Filesystem panic (dev 03:41). > Dec 28 09:31:59 coredump kernel: FAT error > Dec 28 09:31:59 coredump kernel: File system has been set read-only &g

SHM Not working in 2.4.0-prerelease

2001-01-03 Thread Shawn Starr
m (rw) the shmfs is mounted. Is there any configuration i need to get shm memory activiated? Thanks, Shawn Starr. - 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: SHM Not working in 2.4.0-prerelease

2001-01-03 Thread Shawn Starr
ahh ok, so everythings fine then. It would be nice though to see that value perhaps in future they'll be a way. Thanks, Shawn. Doug McNaught wrote: > Shawn Starr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [spstarr@coredump /etc]$ free > > total used

Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Odd, Isn't 777 insecure for shared memory segments? On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, David Ford wrote: > (cc: to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - this > should be the last post to LKML for this subject) > > Known historical items: > > -All shm segments get used up in very fast order. > -Every

Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Unfortunately. I hope some of those key developers see this is a time to "Let's fix our security problems". Ie, GNOME, etc... On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, David Ford wrote: > gnome, kde, enlightenment...these are just a few of the "let's give everyone > access" utilities. > > -d > > "Mohammad A. Haqu

2.4.3-pre4: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000fb

2001-03-18 Thread Shawn Starr
I have included the ksymoops debug and dmesg (both small).. Any ideas? Shawn. ksymoops 2.3.7 on i586 2.4.3-pre4. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.3-pre4/ (default) -m /boot/System.map (specified) Intel

2.4.3-pre4: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000fb

2001-03-19 Thread Shawn Starr
I have included the ksymoops debug and dmesg (both small).. Any ideas? Shawn. ksymoops 2.3.7 on i586 2.4.3-pre4. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.3-pre4/ (default) -m /boot/System.map (specified) Intel Pe

Re: CDROM and harddisk fighting over DMA

2001-03-20 Thread Shawn Starr
Some CDROMS can do this, My old Acer 12x cdrom was fighting with DMA with my new Fujitsu drive, I disabled the cd-rom and no more DMA errors ;-) You might also be able to fix this by rearranging the CD-ROM and drives: move the CD-ROM off the HD's IDE chain and put it separate (if its not already

Re: Kernel QA

2001-03-27 Thread Shawn Starr
I disagree, 2.4.x is "stable" and as such we need as many people to use the kernels to see whats wrong with them. 2.4 *DOES* Work, I've had very small problems (ok, the thread hanging issue was a big one) but other then that It's been solid. It depends on the hardware. Shawn. On Tue, 27 Mar 2

Disturbing news..

2001-03-27 Thread Shawn Starr
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5329436.html?tag=lh Isn't it time to change the ELF format to stop this crap? Shawn. - 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/majo

Re: Disturbing news.. Idea

2001-03-27 Thread Shawn Starr
Why not make a new file permission? to deny a ELF binary the ability to modify the ELF entry point? like +p if the file had +p (by default) the kernel would deny the ELF binary the ability to modify files. Shawn. On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > > http://news.cnet.com/news/

Re: Disturbing news..

2001-03-27 Thread Shawn Starr
eally dont know what). Even if it's user level, this cant affect files with root permissions (unless root is running them or suid). Any idea? On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Matti Aarnio wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:16:02AM -0500, Shawn Starr wrote: > > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001

Re: [WISHLIST] Addition of suspend patch into 2.5?

2001-03-29 Thread Shawn Starr
hen need to grab the laptop and travel. > Id' like to see this working nice in 2.6. > > Best regards, > r > > On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:43:08 +0100 > > From: Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Sh

Re: Strange lines in dmesg

2001-03-30 Thread Shawn Starr
Na, thats ok, that's just a dumping of debug info :) Not to worry. On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Denis Perchine wrote: > Hello, > > I got the following lines in dmesg: > > freesibling > task PCstack pid father child younger older > in

Re: 2.4.1-pre patches do no compile

2001-01-23 Thread Shawn Starr
Carlo Scarfoglio wrote: > Compilation ends with an error: > init.main.o: In function 'check_fpu': > init/main.o(.text.init+0x63): undefined reference to > '__buggy_fxsr_alignment' > make: *** vmlinux] Error 1 > Kernel 2.4.0 compiles OK. > I had this problem, If your using PGCC 2.95.2/3 or any ot

Re: kernel BUG at slab.c:1542!(2.4.1-pre9)

2001-01-24 Thread Shawn Starr
True, It's just odd that we're having the same problem with the X server, so its a double whammy ;) Daniel Phillips wrote: > Shawn Starr wrote: > > This is not a kernel bug, This is a bug in the XFree86 TrueType rendering > > extention. This has been discussed on the X

Re: ps hang in 241-pre10

2001-01-26 Thread Shawn Starr
I noticed this problem in 2.4.1-pre8. Odd, thats EXACLY what happened to me. I had to do a hard restart as killall locked when i tried to kill ps. Any word on why this is happening? Aaron Lehmann wrote: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 03:34:26PM +1100, John Sheahan wrote: > > Hi > > my box has been

Re: Kernel 2.4.x and 2.4.1-preX - Higher latency then 2.2.xkernels?

2001-01-26 Thread Shawn Starr
ting. > > Note that the low-latency capability must be enabled under the > "Processor type and features" menu, and if you also enable the > low-latency sysctl option, you'll need to > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/lowlatency > > to make it happen. Creat

Re: ps hang in 241-pre10

2001-01-27 Thread Shawn Starr
Yes, I have ReiserFS as well...hrm... David Ford wrote: > I can quickly and easily duplicate it on my notebook by playing music or > mpegs in xmms. It may take a few minutes but it's guaranteed. > > xmms stalls flat on it's face and anything accessing /proc stalls. If I get > the time to do it

[PROBLEM]: Under 2.4.X hdparm displays device names backwards? ;)

2001-01-27 Thread Shawn Starr
This is what the device names are: hda: FUJITSU MPE3064AT, ATA DISK drive hdb: WDC AC32500H, ATA DISK drive here's what they are with hdparm: dev/hda: Model=UFIJST UPM3E60A4 T , FwRev=DE0--380, SerialNo=50256499 /dev/hdb: Model=DW CCA2305H0

Re: [NOT PROBLEM]: Under 2.4.X hdparm displays device names backwards?;)

2001-01-27 Thread Shawn Starr
Oh, I never noticed that though. Yes, -i does display it correctly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > > > This is what the device names are: > > hda: FUJITSU MPE3064AT, ATA DISK drive > > hdb: WDC AC32500H, ATA DISK drive > > he

Re: ps hang in 241-pre10

2001-01-27 Thread Shawn Starr
This system is the following: AcerOPEN AP53/AX Motherboard, Intel Pentium 200Mhz w/o MMX (1996-1997) Chipsets: 430HX, PIIX3 (EIDE) 64MB RAM EDO 60ns (Kingston brand) Linus Torvalds wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >We've narrowed it down

Re: ps hang in 241-pre10

2001-01-27 Thread Shawn Starr
yes, I should also mention I have also a SoundBlaster 32AWE (0MB on the daughterboard). J Sloan wrote: > OK, here's the details you asked about: > > Soundblaster Awe 32 sound card > Voodoo 3 pci video card > Running Xfree86-4.0.0 (rpms from 3dfx.com) > Playing unreal tournament, no special game

Re: Kernel 2.4.x and 2.4.1-preX - Higher latency then 2.2.xkernels?

2001-01-27 Thread Shawn Starr
Andrew, the patch HAS made a difference. For example, while untaring glibc-2.2.1.tar.gz the system was not sluggish (mouse movements in X) etc. Seems to be a go for latency improvements on this system. Shawn Starr wrote: > Applying now. > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > > S

Re: Kernel 2.4.x and 2.4.1-preX - Higher latency then 2.2.xkernels?

2001-01-27 Thread Shawn Starr
It should also be noted, that while using GCC and other tasks, the latency has returned to 2.2 levels from my point. Before. If you want to me to do any testing I can do that. I applied the timepegs patch: Kernel timepegs enabled. See http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/ Shawn. > > > > Andre

Re: ps hang in 241-pre10

2001-01-27 Thread Shawn Starr
Patch appears to work, for i in [0-9]*; do echo $i; cat $i/stat > /dev/null; done completes successfully with xmms running in "real-time" priority. Shawn. Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: Kernel 2.4.x and 2.4.1-preX - Higher latency then 2.2.xkernels?

2001-01-28 Thread Shawn Starr
Will this patch work with the low-latency patch? I have a few other patches in this kernel (one fixing the ps hang issue). Andrew Morton wrote: > Shawn Starr wrote: > > > > Andrew, the patch HAS made a difference. For example, while untaring >glibc-2.2.1.tar.gz the > >

Kernel 2.4.1pre11 - Compile bug - Function prototype change?

2001-01-28 Thread Shawn Starr
in include/linux/mm.h: -extern void zap_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, unsigned long size, int actions); +extern void zap_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, unsigned long size) The function has changed and breaks memory.c ? memory.c:352: conflicting

[IGNORE] Re: Kernel 2.4.1pre11 - Compile bug - Function prototype change?

2001-01-28 Thread Shawn Starr
Nevermind, the low-latency patch changed this function.. ignore Shawn Starr wrote: > in include/linux/mm.h: > > -extern void zap_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, > unsigned long size, int actions); > +extern void zap_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsign

Re: Kernel 2.4.x and 2.4.1-preX - Higher latency then 2.2.xkernels?

2001-01-28 Thread Shawn Starr
> Andrew Morton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok, I've backed out of the low-latency patch but kept the timepegs patch in. I've applied your reiserfs low-latency patch on a stock 2.4.1-pre11 kernel. Let's see what happens :) Shawn. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

[PROBLEM?] PCI Probe failing? 2.4.x kernels

2001-01-28 Thread Shawn Starr
snip from dmesg: PCI: Probing PCI hardware PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 00:09.0 got res[1000:10ff] for resource 0 of ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT] Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers. What does this mean? The video card should be using irq 10 ac

Re: [PROBLEM?] PCI Probe failing? 2.4.x kernels

2001-01-29 Thread Shawn Starr
Bleh, too bad you can't flash onboard chipsets ;/ 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 430HX - 82439HX TXC [Triton II] (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II] Mark

Re: Compiling 2.4.1: undefined reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment'

2001-01-31 Thread Shawn Starr
pgcc borks 2.4.1 kernel and prereleases (sadly I found this out the same way). Shawn. Matt Yourst wrote: > Hi, > > I just tried to compile 2.4.1 and I'm getting the error "undefined > reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment'" when trying to do the final > link. It looks like this check was somethin

PS hanging in 2.4.1 - HAPPENING NOW!!!

2001-02-03 Thread Shawn Starr
[root@coredump spstarr]# killall -9 gnomeicu ... waiting... spstarr 67 -bashread_chan root68 /sbin/mingetty t read_chan root69 /sbin/mingetty t read_chan root73 inetddo_select root74 xfs do_select spstarr 83 -bash

Re: PS hanging in 2.4.1 - HAPPENING NOW!!!

2001-02-03 Thread Shawn Starr
Here's more info with the SYSQ in kern.log, This is the only info I have that the kernel reports right now. Shawn. Shawn Starr wrote: > [root@coredump spstarr]# killall -9 gnomeicu > > ... waiting... > > spstarr 67 -bashread_chan > root68 /sb

PS hanging 2.4.1 - Isolated

2001-02-03 Thread Shawn Starr
[root@coredump /proc]# cd 9338 [root@coredump 9338]# ls Feb 3 17:57:08 coredump kernel: gnomeicu S CD17 0 9338 1(NOTLB)9340 9332 Feb 3 17:57:08 coredump kernel: Call Trace: [search_by_key+203/3232] [search_for_position_by_key+170/916] [make_cpu_key+57/64] [$ Feb 3 17:57:

Re: PS hanging in 2.4.1 - More interesting things

2001-02-03 Thread Shawn Starr
Ok, I rebooted the system, then syslogd was using 100% cpu? it seems like perhaps reiserfs is causing this problem?? - 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: PS hanging in 2.4.1 - HAPPENING NOW!!!

2001-02-03 Thread Shawn Starr
Wasn't on shutdown though ;-) I was just about to receive a message when things started to lock up slowly. Then everything else followed. Marko Kreen wrote: > On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 05:48:36PM -0500, Shawn Starr wrote: > > [root@coredump spstarr]# killall -9 gnomeicu >

Re: PS hanging in 2.4.1 - HAPPENING NOW!!!

2001-02-03 Thread Shawn Starr
Adding now.. I just applied 2.4.1-ac2 and now i'll add this code snipet to the source. It might take 4 days or so for the bug to show itself. At least, unless it triggers eariler (?) Restarting... Shawn. Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Feb 3 17:5

Re: PS hanging in 2.4.1 - HAPPENING NOW!!!

2001-02-03 Thread Shawn Starr
Ok, ive added change. Im starting the applications that were running at the time of the hang. XMMS, gnomeicu, a few consoles etc. Let's see what happens. Shawn. Shawn Starr wrote: > Adding now.. I just applied 2.4.1-ac2 and now i'll add this code snipet to the >source. It m

Re: PS hanging in 2.4.1 - More interesting things

2001-02-04 Thread Shawn Starr
Well, strangely, it stopped as it started? I don't know what caused it to go loopy but then it just stopped. Im using: syslogd -ver syslogd 1.4-0 klogd -v klogd 1.4-0 I thought this only affected older versions? Shawn. Alan Cox wrote: > > Ok, I rebooted the system, then syslogd was using 10

Re: PS hanging in 2.4.1 - More interesting things

2001-02-04 Thread Shawn Starr
Well, i found something in my logs: This really is weird :) Shawn. Alan Cox wrote: > > Well, strangely, it stopped as it started? > > I don't know what caused it to go loopy but then it just stopped. Im using: > > syslogd -ver > > syslogd 1.4-0 > > > > klogd -v > > klogd 1.4-0 > > > > I though

Re: 2.4.x Shared memory question

2001-02-05 Thread Shawn Starr
Its supposed to, its too costly to calculate shared memory with the new VM I'm told. Shawn. LA Walsh wrote: > Another oddity -- I notice things taking alot more memory > in 2.4. This coincides with 'top' consistently showing I have 0 shared > memory. These two observations would have me wonde

Re: 2.4.2-pre3

2001-02-09 Thread Shawn Starr
haha thats funny, I just compiled 2.4.2-pre2 ;-) oh well...time to patch again. Linus Torvalds wrote: > Nothing too radical here.. > > Linus > > > -pre3: > - Jens: better ordering of requests when unable to merge > - Neil Brown: make md work as a module again (we cannot

[QUESTION]: IDE Driver support for S.M.A.R.T?

2001-02-10 Thread Shawn Starr
Does the current (E)IDE driver support SMART? Will Linux report any S.M.A.R.T errors or warnings to the system log? Shawn. - 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: [2.6.12-rc1][ACPI][suspend] /proc/acpi/sleep vs /sys/power/state issue - 'standby' on a laptop

2005-04-05 Thread Shawn Starr
I'm working o --- Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > > I've noticed something strange with issuing > 'standby' to the system: > > > > when echoing "standby" to /sys/power/state, > nothing happens, not even a log or > > system activity to attempt standby mode. > > > > However, tr

Re: [2.6.12-rc1][ACPI][suspend] /proc/acpi/sleep vs /sys/power/state issue - 'standby' on a laptop

2005-04-05 Thread Shawn Starr
So nobody minds if I make this into a CONFIG option marked as Deprecated? :) Shawn. > > > Do you know if /proc/acpi/sleep will be deprecated in > > favour of /sys/power/state? If so, this thread will be > > moot ;) > > No idea, deprecating it would be ok with me. > >Pavel pgpGfWAs0n7J0.

Re: [2.6.12-rc1][ACPI][suspend] /proc/acpi/sleep vs /sys/power/state issue - 'standby' on a laptop

2005-04-06 Thread Shawn Starr
Yeah, I can do that, I don't need angry programmers chasing after me :-) Shawn. --- Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > > So nobody minds if I make this into a CONFIG > option marked as Deprecated? :) > > Actually it should probably go through > > Documentation/feature-removal-s

RE: [PATCH 2.6.11.6] Add power cycle to ipmi_poweroff module

2005-04-08 Thread Shawn Starr
Shouldn't IPMI be using /sys instead /proc? I thought we're trying to cleanup /proc? --- List: linux-kernel Subject:RE: [PATCH 2.6.11.6] Add power cycle to ipmi_poweroff module From: Date: 2005-04-08 15:53:54 Message-ID: [Download message RAW] The message ha

[2.6.12-rc2][suspend] resume occuring twice before suspend to suspend-to-disk

2005-04-11 Thread Shawn Starr
I've noticed that when I do a suspend to disk. The machine suspends PCI devices once (I notice this because the ipw2200 wireless card shows its suspending, then it locks/parks the HD heads, but then all PCI devices are woken up and resume. The HD spins up and then dumps memory contents to swap part

[2.6.12-rc2][suspend] Suspending Thinkpad: drive bay light in S3 mode stays on

2005-04-11 Thread Shawn Starr
I notice in Linux and in XP the drive bay light remains on while the laptop is in suspend-to-RAM. I know the ACPI thinkpad extras added to the kernel recently can turn this off. I wonder if we can/or need to write hooks to turn the light off so to conserve power when we're in S3 Thoughts? Shawn.

  1   2   >