Re: [Cooker] weird process
> I have a process running on my Cooker machine that starts running as > soon as I log into Gnome and continuously uses about 40% of the CPU even > if I do nothing. The process is kapm-idled and it is process id 3. I > can't find a binary anywhere on the system with this name. Can anyone > tell me what this is and how I can kill it? It seems to have started > since I upgraded to kernel 2.4. It seems it is a powersaving feature of the kernel. Its active if APM support is compiled in (i never do compile in APM support, so its just a guess :-)). This is an excerpt from /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help: Enable APM at boot time CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls." This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without this feature. Do CPU IDLE calls CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop. On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g., 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU, this option does nothing.) -- Michael Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 6.1 is out!
> The ISO is still not updated...any idea when this will reflect the > current release? Hi there .. check out this page: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 Theres also a file on that page that lists all mirrors that have completed the mirror process :-) http://www.linux-mandrake.com/helios_iso.list Have Fun .. Michael -- Michael Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ:1746674 http://www-fs.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~starbase/
Re: [Cooker] Redhat 6.1 Lorax is out.
Rick Collette wrote: > Where IS this product? I'd like to peek at it... > (I searched RedHAt, Linuxberg, etc... Its on ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/lorax/ .. but ftp.redhat.com is kinda overloaded at the moment :-) Look at http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html for a mirror near you ... cya Tarkin -- Michael Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ:1746674 http://www-fs.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~starbase/
Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 6.1b
> > Why did these not show up in "Cooker"? I thought, cooker is always > > up to date, and Cassini is just a stable subset of Cooker... > > Mandrake 6.1 will be cassini when stable, it's why we concentrate work > on cassini now. so .. are we supposed to mirror the cassini-directory to keep up with the latest development and testing stuff now? *little bit confused* .. michael -- Michael Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ:1746674 http://www-fs.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~starbase/
Re: [Cooker] FTP installation with dual NICs?
> Anyway, I tried the regular install, and the expert install, > but it wouldn't let me pick which interface to use when I > entered my IP info. So, have a missed a way to do this, or > maybe the install needs to pop up with a menu thats asks what > the primary (or install) NIC should be. I had the same problem a couple of times (when the comps had 2 NICs). Theres no way to choose which card to use for install :-( Another problem cause older NICs. I have lots of DE-200s here, well theres an option to choose the DE-200, but the log console says it cant find the module on the disk. Is there a chance to put in a support disk for such older NICs? cya Michael -- Michael Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ:1746674 http://www-fs.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~starbase/
