ksmserver doesn't start after updating KDE to 4.3
I'm using squeeze, full-upgrading it constantly. I have installed Debian formely in August. Current version of KDE in testing was 4.2 then and KDE was work normally. At the beginning of the last week I have full-upgraded the distribution. KDE has been updated to 4.3 correspondingly. Then (after KDM logon desktop) KDE ceases to start :-(. After 1st logon attempt it throws out to logon desktop. After 2nd attempt and next a box Cound not start ksmserver. Check your installation appears. When I try to start ksmserver manually from console segmentation fault occurs. Some information about my system: distribution: squeeze, uptodate kernel: package linux-image-2.6-686, ver. 2.6.30+20 x: package xserver-xorg, ver. 1:7.4+4 kde: version of kdebase-workspace-bin package is 4:4.3.1-1 There is my /home/ directory on a separate patition on NTFS! I'm using ntfs-3g drivers but not from distribution and not even official from www.ntfs-3g.org or www.tuxera.com sites. I'm using unofficial advanced branch from http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/, release 2009.4.4AR.16 in order to _access_permissions_ will work (it is implemented using user mapping (windows - linux)). Can this partition (which store user's profiles data) cause some problems with KDE? ntfs-3g drivers use FUSE. Can FUSE cause some problems with KDE? Formelly I was having bugs with FAM because of the FUSE. I have escaped to Gamin by reason of this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Permanent problems with KDE
EXCUSE ME for message in russian to this list (mistaken by accident). I use Lenny, full-upgrade distribution almost every day. Formely (may be in August) I reinstalled Debian and save at the same time KDE settings (~/.kde directory). Plenty of time I have been plagued with KDE and its applications: 1) Every time, after I have being working for 30-40 minutes, KDE applications (konquerror, krusader, kate, kile, kpdf, kdvi) ceases to boot or opens after 10-15 min. since launching of them. Usually, there is icon on the panel showing that application is booting, next the icon disappears, but application stay in the process list (ps -A). After killing the same repeats. This problem pertains to only KDE applications, other gui applications (iceweasel, icedove, codeblocks, acroread, openoffice.org) starts normally. However, right after system KDE rebooting KDE's applications starts normally too. 2) Issue with login/logout in KDE. Sometimes it occurs that after some working in KDE logout X-server is killed but not been resotored. Therefore I need to login at console (and reboot the machine). Sometimes it occurs that it is not able for the seconds user to login at KDE (when the first one has already logged in and locked): KDE booting stops at the 2nd stage. But for all that the second user can always login to Gnome successfully. 3) Sometimes (after very long activities) Krusader buzzes. Some information about my system: distribution: Lenny, uptodate kernel: package linux-image-2.6-686, ver. 2.6.26+17 x: package xserver-xorg, ver. 1:7.3+18, I use commercial nvidia drivers (built from nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-source package) kde: version of kdebase packages is 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6 There is my /home/ directory on a separate patition on NTFS! I'm using ntfs-3g drivers but not from distribution and not even official from www.ntfs-3g.org site. I'm using unofficial advanced branch from http://pagesperso-orange.fr/b.andre/advanced-ntfs-3g.html, release 1.5130AR.1 (it is considered stable there) in order to _access_permissions_ will work (it is implemented using user mapping (windows - linux)). Can this partition (which store user's profiles data) causes some problems with KDE? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Долгие мучения с KDE
Пользусь lenny, каждый день обновляя дистрибутив. Где-то в августе переставлял Debian, сохранив при этом настройки KDE (директорий ~/.kde). Уже много месяцев мучаюсь с KDE и его приложениями: 1) После того как поработаю 30-40 мин. KDE-шные приложения (konquerror, krusader, kate, kile, kpdf, kdvi) перестают загружатся или открываются через 10-15 мин. после их запуска. Обычно на панели видно, что приложение грузится, затем иконка исчезает, но списке процессов (ps -A) это приложение есть. После убиения повторяется тоже самое. Эта штука относиться только к KDE-шным приложениям, другие гуёвые (iceweasel, icedove, codeblocks, acroread, openoffice.org) запускаются нормально. Тем не менне, сразу после загрузки системы и KDE, эти приложения запускаются нормально. 2) Проблемы с login/logout в KDE. Бывает, поработаешь в KDE, а затем, после logout, X-ы убиваются, и можно логиниться только в консоли (приходится перегружать машину). Бывает, что не получается залогиниться второму юзеру в KDE (кагда первый уже загружен (и заблокирован)): загрузка KDE стопорится на 2-й стадии. При этом второй юзер может всегда успешно загрузиться в GNOME. 3) Иногда (после долгой работы) зависает Krusader. Немного информации о своей системе: дистрибутив: lenny, uptodate ядро: пакет linux-image-2.6-686, 2.6.26+17 x: пакет xserver-xorg, 1:7.3+18; использую коммерческие дрова nvidia kde: версия пакета kdebase - 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6 Директорий /home/ у меня в отдельном разделе. на NTFS! Использую дрова ntfs-3g, но не из дистрибутива (в нём даже в experimental - версия 1.2918), и даже не официальные с сайта www.ntfs-3g.org. A использую с неофициальной advanced-ветки http://pagesperso-orange.fr/b.andre/advanced-ntfs-3g.html релиз 1.5130AR.1 (там он считается stable) ради того, чтобы работали права доступа (реализуется с помощью маппинга пользователей windows - linux). Может быть этот раздел (на котором храняться настройки пользователей и данные) создаёт какие-то проблемы? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Home partition shared between Debian MS WinXP
I have Debian Lenny MS Windows XP SP2 installed on different partitions of my hdd. There are my partitions today: device:mount point: fs type: options: /dev/hda3 / reiserfs (rw,notail)// for Debian system /dev/hda8 /home/ ext3 (rw,usrquota,grpquota) // for users' own files (user1/), shared files (docs, websites, music, films) /dev/hda4 /usr/local/ext3 (rw) /dev/hda1 /mnt/win/ ntfs (rw,nls=utf8) /dev/hda5 /mnt/winhome/ ntfs (rw,nls=utf8) /dev/hda6 /mnt/buffer/ vfat (rw) I use /home/ partition for users' own files (on /home/anthony/, /home/galina/, /home/victor/ subdirectories) and shared files (docs, websites, music, films) on /home/pub/ subdirectory. Last can be potentially shared to other computers in the network using ftp/http/smb. Regrettably, for some reasons, I need to use MS Windows sometimes. Moreover, some users of my computer don't like Unix. For reliability, I put My Documents folders of MS Windows filesystem on a separate partition (mounted to /mnt/winhome/ on Debian). There is how I have done that: /dev/hda5 partition (/mnt/winhome/ in Debian) is mounted to c:\home in Windows. It has c:\home\mydoc subdir that has anthony, galina victor subdirs. C:\Documents and Settings\anthony\My Documents is a junction point (symlink) to c:\home\mydoc\anthony, similarly for other users. But it is very inconvenient (in multi-OS system) because: 1) I need to have 2 copies of files (on Linux Windows home partitions). 2) I need to synchronize data between OSes. 3) Only root has access to /mnt/winhome/ partition (NTFS's native permissions aren't used under Debian). I want to share /home/ partition between both OSes. For example, my projects will be in /home/anthony/projects/ dir which will be symlinked to C:\Documents and Settings\anthony\My Documents\projects folder. What is the most right way to do that? [solution 1] /home/ partition is Ext3. All Ext3-drivers for Windows don't support access rights so that all files from /home/ partitions will be accessible to all users under Windows (or to administrators only). Moreover, such drivers don't support journaling and symlinks. Additionally I will need to use drive letters (such as c:, d:, e: etc.) but I hate them. [solution 2] /home/ partition is NTFS. www.ntfs-3g.org says that ntfs-3g Linux read/write driver supports ownership/permissions under Linux (using mapping of users). Unfortunately (as I know) Debian-Installer doesn't support ntfs-partition mounting (to /home/). Additionally I will need to configure user mappings after D-I in order to access users' file by ordinary user). Also I'm afraid of law speed of this ntfs-3g driver. Do I need to install ntfs-3g package and change ntfs type to ntfs-3g in order to use this driver (my current driver also supports read/write)? What is www.linux-ntfs.org project and how it pertains to ntfs-3g? What solution is better or are there any other good solutions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SOLVED: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 21:57:56 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote:
I have read some docs in the inet. I have understood what is initrd, how
to use initramfs-tools debian package (in particular, update-initramfs
command and /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file). I have being intended
to add blacklist ide-generic string to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
file to run initramfs-tools -k $(uname -r) -u command but when I
opened this file I was shocked. That is I have seen:
# Added by Debian Installer
ide-generic
I decided simply delete this string from modules file (and update
initrd then). And it has solved the problem!
I am glad to hear that you have DMA working now.
Nevertheless, I don't understand why Debian Installer add this
ill-started module to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file. Seems the bug
to be Debian-specific.
If the information on the Debian driver check page is correct, i.e. if
you really need kernel 2.6.25 for the amd74xx module to work with your
controller, then it may be reasonable to add ide_generic to /etc/modules
to reduce the risk of the system not booting at all. (The installer has
kernel 2.6.24.) However that may be, please send an installation report
to the Debian installer team, describing your problems.
Now I'm intended to update initrd for all my kernels ;).
Watch out, the 2.6.24 kernel might need ide_generic to use the
controller at all.
I have ventured to update initrd for all my kernels and the result is
good! But I have one more question. There is list of my kernels:
leva:/home/anthony# awk '{if ($1==kernel $NF!=single) print $2}'
/boot/grub/menu.lst
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-686
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-486
468-kernel is needed for me in case I will change my cpu to
686-incompatible :) or I will transport my hdd to old computer and boot
Debian from it.
But can I boot at least one of my kernels if I simply change my
motherboard to one with non-nVidia chipset (that don't use amd74xx
module) (after updating initrd for all kernels)?
ide-generic module seem to be not-loaded:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep 'ide'
video 19728 0
output 3712 1 video
ide_cd_mod 32864 0
cdrom 31872 1 ide_cd_mod
ide_disk 13952 8
ide_pci_generic 4228 0 [permanent]
ide_core 100312 4 ide_cd_mod,ide_disk,ide_pci_generic,amd74xx
But it is included in initrd:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ zcat /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) | cpio --quiet -t |
grep -E '(ide|ata|amd)[^/]*\.ko'
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sis.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sx4.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_svw.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_uli.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_via.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_vsc.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_artop.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_mv.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_nv.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_generic.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_promise.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_sis.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_qstor.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_marvell.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/libata.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/amd74xx.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/ide-pci-generic.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-core.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-pnp.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd_mod.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-tape.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-generic.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/scsi/eata.ko
lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/block/paride/paride.ko
Similarly for other kernels:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ zcat /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686 | cpio --quiet -t |
grep 'ide-generic'
lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-generic.ko
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ zcat /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-486 | cpio --quiet -t |
grep 'ide-generic'
lib/modules/2.6.24-1-486/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-generic.ko
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Installing Canon LBP2900 printer on Lenny
I have Canon i-SENSYS LBP2900 laser printer. It works good under WinXP SP2. Today I decided to configure it under Debian Lenny. On Canon's website I have found necessary drivers: http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0028622.asp?model= From there you can download CAPTDRV160.tar.gz archive which has readme, manual and driver itself in .rpm .deb formats. There are packages for Debian: cndrvcups-common_1.60-1_i386.deb, cndrvcups-capt_1.60-1_i386.deb I was following the detailed installation instructions (from Canon), which is in doc/guide-capt-1.6xe.tar.gz file of total archive. First of all I installed cups package (with dependencies), ghostscript package had been already installed. Then I installed two afore-mentioned .deb-packages from Canon. Next I restarted CUPS using # /etc/init.d/cups restart command. Then I registered printer as canon2900 using /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p canon2900 -m CNCUPSLBP2900CAPTK.ppd -v ccp:/var/ccpd/fifo0 -E command (as I understood it simply copies .ppd-file for concrete printer model from /usr/share/cups/model/ to /etc/cups/ppd/). Next I registered my printer in ccpd-daemon's config file using /usr/sbin/ccpdadmin -p canon2900 -o /dev/usb/lp0 command (as I understood printer's driver must connect to concrete usb-interface there). Then I started ccpd-daemon using # /etc/init.d/ccpd start command and hoped that printer will become to work. Canon gives cngplp utility to configure printer and to print from file. $ cngplp -p temp/1.ps command produced (in KDE) window for page range indication, paper settings etc (similarly as under MS Windows) and after I pressed Print button in this window it was ought to print but I got the following error: cngplp: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. During all these procedures printer itself has given no visible signal! Then I tried to use printer installation instruction from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/CanonPrinters/Canon_LBP_2900. Many things from it has already become unnecessary because Canon gives .deb-packages now. In particular, I have replaced /etc/init.d/ccpd script to one given on this website (in Step 5). I have also used update-rc.d ccpd defaults 20 command for automatically start of ccpd-daemon while system booting. After OS rebooting nothing changed. But I tried $ captstatusui -P canon2900 . It opened a window (print monitor) and select Options/Cleaning menu item. Then printer responded! (for the first time). It began to slowly press in lines (without toner) on the paper. But $ cngplp -p temp/1.ps command produces such error as before. My hardware: mb: 8RDA3I rev 3.3 northbridge: nForce 2 Ultra southbridge: MCP cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) printer: Canon i-SENSYS LBP2900 (interface: usb) My software: Debian Lenny kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 x11: xserver-xorg 1:7.3+14 kde 3.5: kde-core 5:48 cups 1.3.7-9 canon drivers: 1.60-1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what's the best IDE for C programming in Debian?
Star Liu wrote: When I develop in windows, I use visual studio.net 2008 as my IDE, if I want to develop in Debian, what's the best the IDE for C programming? thanks! I'm novice at Debian but I also want to express my opinion. I haven't still tried Visual Studion .NET 2008. When I began to study C++ (in 2003 year) I have seen that it is very flexible and powerful language but ... most the majority of compilers don't correctly support these C++ possibilities. Moreover, the majority of C++ libraries are very crooked. I have fallen in love with templates and generic programming. Then I was using MS Visual Studio 6.0 as my compiler and IDE (it was the most popular in my university) but I have seen that it doesn't support fairly simple C++ possibilities connected with templates. I was forced to use Service Pack 5 for VS6.0 but even it couldn't solve the problem. Then I had tried Borland C++ Builder and I hasn't also liked it. Then I had downloaded GCC 3.4 and have seen that it (with its implementation of STL) almost fully support ISO 14882 c++ standard. Regrettably, I hadn't IDE for it under Windows. After I had heard about Boost libraries I have being trying to build it under Windows (using various compilers) but it was very ... very! difficult. Furthermore I would like to develop cross-platform libs and apps. My friends advised me GNU/Linux to be more comfortable for C++ development. After a very long pause in my developer's life I had even so dared to install GNU/Linux. I have chosen Debian as a largest distribution with APT Debconf and installed it (testing: Lenny). In Debian I have seen Boost libraries split into a great number of packages with non-fully-templated libraries precompiled (for 12 architectures). I also in distribution I have found several good C++ libraries for unit-testing, gui, network, xml parsing, database, algorithmic, graph theory and other (which is updated constantly if you have an access to a Debian mirror). Firstly, I tried Eclipse together with CDT plugin (included in Debian distribution). I liked it for it large versatility and independence of programming language, compiler. Eclipse is very plugingable and has very savvy editor (good code-compleption, symbol-browser, error solver). However, in practice, it's a very good IDE for Java but when I had being trying to develop in C++ (widely using templates) with Eclipse I have seen it's not very suitable for C++ development. Earlier I tried to use Anjuta (a big GNOME C/C++ IDE) but it's has too complex build system (using automake, autoconf). Also I tried KDevelop (a big KDE universal IDE) (in 2006 year) but I had big troubles with debugging. I want to say that I like to heavily structurize my project's directory tree. It looks like that: project-name bin build ide-compiler-1 [compiler--ide-specific project files] ide-compiler-2 [compiler--ide-specific project files] ... include [.h files] obj Debug src [object files] Release src [object files] src [.cpp files] tests test1 [nested (complete) project] test2 [nested (complete) project] ... Finally, I heared of Code::Blocks IDE. It hasn't included in Debian (WHY???) but you can download .deb-package (for i386 amd64 architectures) from http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/5. It is free open-source (GPL 3.0). It has been developed using wxWidgets 2.8 (linux-ports uses Gtk+ as backend) therefore it is fully cross-platform (there are releases under Windows including variants for use with MinGW). Code::Blocks has given me pretty good code-completion (such code-completion as used for Java in Eclipse is impossible for C++ because of templates). It uses good compiler (g++, you can indicate gcc version yourself using symlink), frontend for GDB as debugger. Code::Blocks has its own build system (doesn't use configure/automake/autoconf and creates only one intermediate file project.depend) which is very convenient for me. But you can indicate your own makefile if you like it. It is very convenient while using such distribution as Debian. Such IDE gives me a possibility to create project's directory structure I like. Code::Blocks also has plugin system but I haven't tried any 3rd party plugin yet. P.S. Now I'm using C++ (and IDE for it, of course) for implementation algorithms (from matrix, graph theories) in generic way and Code::Blocks is very suitable for me. I think it will be also very suitable for rapid development using wxWidgets etc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sometimes only 1 desktop and no window border in KDE
Mumia W.. wrote: On 07/29/2008 05:41 AM, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Thank you. Actually problem is in kwin. When KDE works good pgrep kwin outputs process IDs of loaded kwins, otherwise 'pgrep kwin' outputs nothing. After I run kwin command KDE begins to work good (4 destops and border of the windows appears). Nevertheless, I want to correct this bug on my machine so that kwin never dye. Prompt me, please, how to do this. Must I report this bug? Where? Enable corefiles by setting the appropriate ulimit before entering KDE; read man ulimit; when you enter KDE, perform a killall kwin and then do kwin from within an X-terminal. That should allow messages from kwin to be displayed on the terminal. When kwin crashes, it might display a stacktrace on the terminal, and you can mail both the stacktrace and corefile to the maintainers. The authors and maintainers for kwin can be found from apt-get show kwin and the file /usr/share/doc/kwin/copyright. Good luck. PS. It would be better to post the corefile on your web-site and e-mail a link to it to the maintainers/developers since corefiles can be big. Sorry. I'm novice at Linux. Please, explain how to use ulimit correctly and what is corefiles. I have run killall kwin command in konsole x-terminal but: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ killall kwin kwin: no process killed Then I haven't seen any message from kwin on my terminal (after running kwin command). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sometimes only 1 desktop and no window border in KDE
Anton Liaukevich wrote: Mumia W.. wrote: On 07/29/2008 05:41 AM, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Thank you. Actually problem is in kwin. When KDE works good pgrep kwin outputs process IDs of loaded kwins, otherwise 'pgrep kwin' outputs nothing. After I run kwin command KDE begins to work good (4 destops and border of the windows appears). Nevertheless, I want to correct this bug on my machine so that kwin never dye. Prompt me, please, how to do this. Must I report this bug? Where? Enable corefiles by setting the appropriate ulimit before entering KDE; read man ulimit; when you enter KDE, perform a killall kwin and then do kwin from within an X-terminal. That should allow messages from kwin to be displayed on the terminal. When kwin crashes, it might display a stacktrace on the terminal, and you can mail both the stacktrace and corefile to the maintainers. The authors and maintainers for kwin can be found from apt-get show kwin and the file /usr/share/doc/kwin/copyright. Good luck. PS. It would be better to post the corefile on your web-site and e-mail a link to it to the maintainers/developers since corefiles can be big. Sorry. I'm novice at Linux. Please, explain how to use ulimit correctly and what is corefiles. I have run killall kwin command in konsole x-terminal but: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ killall kwin kwin: no process killed Then I haven't seen any message from kwin on my terminal (after running kwin command). Now I have seen strange message in konsole: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ kwin: X_SetInputFocus(0x1e0057c): BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sometimes only 1 desktop and no window border in KDE
Mumia W.. wrote: On 07/27/2008 10:33 AM, Anton Liaukevich wrote: I have been using Lenny for several weeks yet (with KDE 3.5). For first two week all was Ok but then such a bug appeared: 1) In the KDE panel only one desktop available (but I have 4 desktops). 2) All windows I open have no border! [...] It sounds like your window manager, kwin, is dying spontaneously. Keep a terminal window open at all times, and when the bug occurs, type pgrep kwin; if nothing is listed, kwin has gone. However, you can start it up again from the terminal by typing kwin Thank you. Actually problem is in kwin. When KDE works good pgrep kwin outputs process IDs of loaded kwins, otherwise 'pgrep kwin' outputs nothing. After I run kwin command KDE begins to work good (4 destops and border of the windows appears). Nevertheless, I want to correct this bug on my machine so that kwin never dye. Prompt me, please, how to do this. Must I report this bug? Where? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 17:48:42 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 23:05:15 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:57:19 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 20:59:09 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Anton Liaukevich wrote: In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) [...] Today I upgraded my linux kernel to 2.6.25-2-686, but problem hasn't been solved yet. [...] I installed hdparm long ago and it says that dma if off, moreover hdparm can't turn it on: leva:/home/anthony/admin# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off) [...] Hopefully there will be an error message somewhere that clears this up a little. Try to reboot and then run: dmesg | grep grep -Ei 'ata|ide|amd74xx' Furthermore, there could be relevant messages very early in the boot process; you might have to use ScrollLock plus pen and paper to catch them (or set up logging to a serial console). I have tried command dmesg | grep -Ei 'ata|ide|amd74xx', suggested by you (after rebooting and logging in console (nor kdm that I use usually)). Please read output in the attachment. Thank you for help. [...] [1.642452] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver OK, that seems to come from ide_core. [1.642530] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [1.643173] Probing IDE interface ide0... [2.058474] hda: WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0, ATA DISK drive [2.730008] Probing IDE interface ide1... [3.592777] hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX320E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [4.264276] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 [4.264276] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 [ 13.612015] hdc: ATAPI 52X DVD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache Some driver (ide_generic?) takes control of the devices before libata is loaded. Check the output of cat /proc/interrupts to see which module has IRQs 14 and 15. [ 14.218581] libata version 3.00 loaded. [ 14.740018] NFORCE2: IDE controller (0x10de:0x0065 rev 0xa2) at PCI slot :00:09.0 [ 14.740306] NFORCE2: port 0x01f0 already claimed by ide0 [ 14.740378] NFORCE2: port 0x0170 already claimed by ide1 The nforce2 driver cannot take ove rthe devices = no DMA. I can think of a few more things to try, but I don't know how safe they are: - put amd74xx as the first non-comment line into /etc/modules - boot with blacklist=ide_generic appended to the kernel command line - likewise, try libata.dma=3 at boot (may be dangerous) - check the kernel documentation for libata.force=... (can be really dangerous) - check if the amd74xx module is included in your initrd: zcat /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) | cpio --quiet -t | grep -E '(ide|ata|amd)[^/]*\.ko' - build your own kernel with amd74xx compiled in I have already tried first three things you had given me higher (/etc/modules; blacklist=ide_generic or libata.dma=3 in the kernel command line). But none of them have solved me problem. Now, my /etc/modules file looks: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/modules # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with # are ignored. # Parameters can be specified after the module name. amd74xx loop My main boot record (that I usually use) in /boot/grub/menu.lst looks: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.25-2-686 root(hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-686 root=UUID=683f90cf-5af5-4946-b90d-c69541f15966 libata.dma=3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-686 savedefault Please, correct me if I have done something wrong. amd74xx module seems to be included in my initrd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ zcat /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) | cpio --quiet -t | grep -E '(ide|ata|amd)[^/]*\.ko' lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sis.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sx4.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_svw.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_uli.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_via.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_vsc.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_artop.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_mv.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_nv.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_generic.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_promise.ko lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 17:48:42 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 23:05:15 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:57:19 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 20:59:09 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Anton Liaukevich wrote: In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) [...] I have tried command dmesg | grep -Ei 'ata|ide|amd74xx', suggested by you (after rebooting and logging in console (nor kdm that I use usually)). Please read output in the attachment. Thank you for help. [...] [1.642452] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver OK, that seems to come from ide_core. [1.642530] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [1.643173] Probing IDE interface ide0... [2.058474] hda: WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0, ATA DISK drive [2.730008] Probing IDE interface ide1... [3.592777] hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX320E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [4.264276] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 [4.264276] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 [ 13.612015] hdc: ATAPI 52X DVD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache Some driver (ide_generic?) takes control of the devices before libata is loaded. Check the output of cat /proc/interrupts to see which module has IRQs 14 and 15. [ 14.218581] libata version 3.00 loaded. [ 14.740018] NFORCE2: IDE controller (0x10de:0x0065 rev 0xa2) at PCI slot :00:09.0 [ 14.740306] NFORCE2: port 0x01f0 already claimed by ide0 [ 14.740378] NFORCE2: port 0x0170 already claimed by ide1 The nforce2 driver cannot take ove rthe devices = no DMA. I can think of a few more things to try, but I don't know how safe they are: - put amd74xx as the first non-comment line into /etc/modules - boot with blacklist=ide_generic appended to the kernel command line - likewise, try libata.dma=3 at boot (may be dangerous) - check the kernel documentation for libata.force=... (can be really dangerous) - check if the amd74xx module is included in your initrd: zcat /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) | cpio --quiet -t | grep -E '(ide|ata|amd)[^/]*\.ko' - build your own kernel with amd74xx compiled in I'm giving you contents of '/proc/interrupts' file: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 66 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 2570 IO-APIC-edge i8042 3: 2 IO-APIC-edge 4: 2 IO-APIC-edge 6: 5 IO-APIC-edge floppy 7: 0 IO-APIC-edge parport0 8: 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc0 9: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 10: 0 IO-APIC-edge MPU401 UART 12: 100951 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 604231 IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 20161 IO-APIC-edge ide1 17:742 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 20: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb2 21: 4317 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, NVidia nForce2 22: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb3 NMI: 0 Non-maskable interrupts LOC: 117665 Local timer interrupts RES: 0 Rescheduling interrupts CAL: 0 function call interrupts TLB: 0 TLB shootdowns TRM: 0 Thermal event interrupts SPU: 0 Spurious interrupts ERR: 0 MIS: 0 I'm novice in Linux and I don't know how to see which module has IRQs 14 and 15. Commands lsmod | grep '604231|20161' ps -A | grep '604231|20161' output nothing. Moreover I have noticed that numbers in the second column of 'cat /proc/interrupts' output sometimes changes (I have been running it several times). Unfortunately, I haven't found in man any documentation about '/proc/interrupts' file format. After a little googling I have understand that numbers in the second column are simply count of interrupt attached to given IRQs but I want to know how to see which module has given IRQ. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SOLVED: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Andrei Popescu wrote: amd74xx module seems to be included in my initrd: [...] lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-generic.ko And so is ide-generic. You could try to rebuild the initrd without it, BUT: 1. I don't know how to do it 2. You might end up with an unbootable system For 1. it might be enough to just rebuild the initrd with the blacklisted module. Otherwise you will have to unpack it, remove the module and repack it. You should be able to find instructions on the net for this procedure. To avoid 2. it would be best to keep the current initrds and create a backup stanza in grub to use it. Regards, Andrei Great thanks to Ron Johnson, Pavlos Parissis, Bob Cox, Florian Kulzer, Chris Bannister Andrei Popescu. I have read some docs in the inet. I have understood what is initrd, how to use initramfs-tools debian package (in particular, update-initramfs command and /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file). I have being intended to add blacklist ide-generic string to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file to run initramfs-tools -k $(uname -r) -u command but when I opened this file I was shocked. That is I have seen: # Added by Debian Installer ide-generic I decided simply delete this string from modules file (and update initrd then). And it has solved the problem! While rebooting I haven't being seen warning message from fsck (about turned off dma mode). And after reboot I was convinced that DMA is on: leva:/home/anthony/admin# hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hda: multcount = 0 (off) IO_support= 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) geometry = 16383/255/63, sectors = 234441648, start = 0 Moreover my system became much faster and Debian boot time (from Grub to X11) (which I can see in the new 2.6.25 kernel) has reduced from 90 seconds to 30 seconds! Now I suppose that 2nd Florian's solution (booting with blacklist=ide_generic appended to the kernel command line) hasn't helped me because ill-started module was ide-generic (nor ide_generic (minus instead of underscope)). If I make mistakes please correct me. Nevertheless, I don't understand why Debian Installer add this ill-started module to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file. Seems the bug to be Debian-specific. For information: I was install Lenny from netinst 7.3MB mini.iso (Lenny, i386, built before 2008-07-02) (downloaded from ftp://ftp.mgts.by/pub/debian-cd/ mirror). I use ftp.mgts.by/debian/ Debian mirror. Now I'm intended to update initrd for all my kernels ;). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 23:05:15 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:57:19 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 20:59:09 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Anton Liaukevich wrote: In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) [...] Today I upgraded my linux kernel to 2.6.25-2-686, but problem hasn't been solved yet. [...] I installed hdparm long ago and it says that dma if off, moreover hdparm can't turn it on: leva:/home/anthony/admin# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off) [...] Hopefully there will be an error message somewhere that clears this up a little. Try to reboot and then run: dmesg | grep grep -Ei 'ata|ide|amd74xx' Furthermore, there could be relevant messages very early in the boot process; you might have to use ScrollLock plus pen and paper to catch them (or set up logging to a serial console). I have tried command dmesg | grep -Ei 'ata|ide|amd74xx', suggested by you (after rebooting and logging in console (nor kdm that I use usually)). Please read output in the attachment. Thank you for help. [0.00] BIOS-provided physical RAM map: [0.00] BIOS-e820: 1fff3000 - 2000 (ACPI data) [0.00] Nvidia board detected. Ignoring ACPI timer override. [0.00] If you got timer trouble try acpi_use_timer_override [0.00] ACPI: BIOS IRQ0 pin2 override ignored. [0.00] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override. [0.004000] Memory: 509384k/524224k available (1753k kernel code, 14196k reserved, 728k data, 252k init, 0k highmem) [0.004000] .data : 0xc02b649a - 0xc036c640 ( 728 kB) [0.340286] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LIDE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. [1.173383] pci :02:00.0: Boot video device [1.642452] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver [1.642530] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [1.643173] Probing IDE interface ide0... [2.058474] hda: WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0, ATA DISK drive [2.730008] Probing IDE interface ide1... [3.592777] hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX320E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [4.264276] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 [4.264276] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 [ 13.612015] hdc: ATAPI 52X DVD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache [ 14.218581] libata version 3.00 loaded. [ 14.737649] eth1: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' [ 14.740018] NFORCE2: IDE controller (0x10de:0x0065 rev 0xa2) at PCI slot :00:09.0 [ 14.740306] NFORCE2: port 0x01f0 already claimed by ide0 [ 14.740378] NFORCE2: port 0x0170 already claimed by ide1 [ 16.348551] ReiserFS: hda3: using ordered data mode [ 37.049754] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. [ 37.342833] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 17:48:42 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 23:05:15 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:57:19 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 20:59:09 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Anton Liaukevich wrote: In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) [...] I have tried command dmesg | grep -Ei 'ata|ide|amd74xx', suggested by you (after rebooting and logging in console (nor kdm that I use usually)). Please read output in the attachment. Thank you for help. [...] [1.642452] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver OK, that seems to come from ide_core. [1.642530] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [1.643173] Probing IDE interface ide0... [2.058474] hda: WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0, ATA DISK drive [2.730008] Probing IDE interface ide1... [3.592777] hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX320E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [4.264276] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 [4.264276] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 [ 13.612015] hdc: ATAPI 52X DVD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache Some driver (ide_generic?) takes control of the devices before libata is loaded. Check the output of cat /proc/interrupts to see which module has IRQs 14 and 15. [ 14.218581] libata version 3.00 loaded. [ 14.740018] NFORCE2: IDE controller (0x10de:0x0065 rev 0xa2) at PCI slot :00:09.0 [ 14.740306] NFORCE2: port 0x01f0 already claimed by ide0 [ 14.740378] NFORCE2: port 0x0170 already claimed by ide1 The nforce2 driver cannot take ove rthe devices = no DMA. I can think of a few more things to try, but I don't know how safe they are: - put amd74xx as the first non-comment line into /etc/modules - boot with blacklist=ide_generic appended to the kernel command line - likewise, try libata.dma=3 at boot (may be dangerous) - check the kernel documentation for libata.force=... (can be really dangerous) - check if the amd74xx module is included in your initrd: zcat /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) | cpio --quiet -t | grep -E '(ide|ata|amd)[^/]*\.ko' - build your own kernel with amd74xx compiled in I'm giving you contents of '/proc/interrupts' file: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 66 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 2570 IO-APIC-edge i8042 3: 2 IO-APIC-edge 4: 2 IO-APIC-edge 6: 5 IO-APIC-edge floppy 7: 0 IO-APIC-edge parport0 8: 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc0 9: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 10: 0 IO-APIC-edge MPU401 UART 12: 100951 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 604231 IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 20161 IO-APIC-edge ide1 17:742 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 20: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb2 21: 4317 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, NVidia nForce2 22: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb3 NMI: 0 Non-maskable interrupts LOC: 117665 Local timer interrupts RES: 0 Rescheduling interrupts CAL: 0 function call interrupts TLB: 0 TLB shootdowns TRM: 0 Thermal event interrupts SPU: 0 Spurious interrupts ERR: 0 MIS: 0 I'm novice in Linux and I don't know how to see which module has IRQs 14 and 15. Commands lsmod | grep '604231|20161' ps -A | grep '604231|20161' output nothing. Moreover I have noticed that numbers in the second column of 'cat /proc/interrupts' output sometimes changes (I have been running it several times). Unfortunately, I haven't found in man any documentation about '/proc/interrupts' file format. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 08:59:09PM +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Anton Liaukevich wrote: In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) My software: Debian lenny kernel: linux 2.6.24-1-686 bootloader: grub 0.97-41 Today I upgraded my linux kernel to 2.6.25-2-686, but problem hasn't been solved yet. All I can suggest is: In the file /boot/grub/menu.lst, edit the line: # kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro to read: # kopt=root=/dev/hda1 dma=on ro of course make sure that /dev/hda1 is correct for your setup. If you only have one HDD installed then it probably is already correct. Then run update-grub Install hdparm: aptitude install hdparm reboot then run: hdparm /dev/hda and see if dma is turned on, e.g: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# hdparm /dev/hda [..] using_dma= 1 (on) [..] If instead, it outputs using_dma= 0 (off) then I'm sorry, but I am unable to help further. You may want to run the hdparm command BEFORE you edit your menu.lst to ensure that the dma is actually off and you are not being deceived in some way. :-) [Sorry, I have at first sent message to your address] I have changed /boot/grub/menu.lst as you said: # kopt=root=UUID=683f90cf-5af5-4946-b90d-c69541f15966 dma=on ro Now, after update-grub command, all my boot stanzas have 'dma=on' options. For example: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.25-2-686 root(hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-686 root=UUID=683f90cf-5af5-4946-b90d-c69541f15966 dma=on ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-686 savedefault Unfortunately, DMA hasn't turned on after system reboot (I has checked it using hdparm). Additionally, I give you full menu.lst file in attachment. # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) #grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), #grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub #and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your # array will desync and will not let you boot your system. default saved ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 10 # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue ## password ['--md5'] passwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' # e.g. password topsecret # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ # password topsecret password --md5 $1$kLE2a$kaeh1q3GPQC38zBZB3IG7. # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro # kopt=root=UUID=683f90cf-5af5-4946-b90d-c69541f15966 dma=on ro ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,2) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=true ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the ## alternatives ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5 # defoptions= ## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options ## e.g. lockold=false ## lockold=true # lockold=true ## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenhopt= ## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenkopt=console=tty0 ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 20:59:09 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Anton Liaukevich wrote: In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) My software: Debian lenny kernel: linux 2.6.24-1-686 bootloader: grub 0.97-41 Today I upgraded my linux kernel to 2.6.25-2-686, but problem hasn't been solved yet. This is important information: the vendorID (10de NVIDIA) and the deviceID (0065 NVIDIA_NFORCE2_IDE). You will get the same information by running lspci -nn on the command line; it will be listed as [10de:0065]. This IDE controller seems to be supported by the amd74xx driver in kernel 2.6.25 (according to the Debian driver check page at http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/). The first thing to check is if your kernel loaded the correct modules; please post the output of this command: lsmod | grep -E 'amd74xx|ata|\bide' Also, install the hdparm package if you don't have it already and run hdparm /dev/hda as root. What response do you get? You can also try to turn on DMA yourself with hdparm -d1 /dev/hda; maybe you will receive a helpful error message. I installed hdparm long ago and it says that dma if off, moreover hdparm can't turn it on: leva:/home/anthony/admin# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off) Trying to check if my kernel has loaded the correct modules: leva:/home/anthony/admin# lsmod | grep -E 'amd74xx|ata|\bide' ide_pci_generic 4228 0 [permanent] amd74xx 8136 0 [permanent] ata_generic 8004 0 libata142288 1 ata_generic scsi_mod 138668 1 libata dock 10448 1 libata ide_cd_mod 32864 0 cdrom 31872 1 ide_cd_mod ide_disk 13952 8 ide_generic 1376 0 [permanent] ide_core 100312 5 ide_pci_generic,amd74xx,ide_cd_mod,ide_disk,ide_generic Also I'm giving you output of 'lspci -nn' command: leva:/home/anthony/admin# lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 [10de:01e0] (rev c1) 00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 [10de:01eb] (rev c1) 00:00.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 [10de:01ee] (rev c1) 00:00.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 [10de:01ed] (rev c1) 00:00.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 [10de:01ec] (rev c1) 00:00.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 [10de:01ef] (rev c1) 00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge [10de:0060] (rev a4) 00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) [10de:0064] (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller [10de:0067] (rev a4) 00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller [10de:0067] (rev a4) 00:02.2 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller [10de:0068] (rev a4) 00:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller [10de:0066] (rev a1) 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) [10de:006a] (rev a1) 00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge [10de:006c] (rev a3) 00:09.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE [10de:0065] (rev a2) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP [10de:01e8] (rev c1) 01:09.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10) 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] [10de:0181] (rev c1) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sometimes only 1 desktop and no window border in KDE
I have been using Lenny for several weeks yet (with KDE 3.5). For first two week all was Ok but then such a bug appeared: 1) In the KDE panel only one desktop available (but I have 4 desktops). 2) All windows I open have no border! This bug appeared after I (or another user of my computer) log on first time (after OS boot). If I log out and log on once again KDE begins to work normally. My software (Debian Lenny uptodate) kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 video drivers: legacy Nvidia commercial driver installed from NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.05-pkg1.run x11: xserver-xorg 1:7.3+14 kde: kde-core 5:48 logon manager: kdm 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-2+b1 panel: kicker 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-2+b I only use kdm (don't login at console). P.S. There are 3 real users of my system and often we use switch user feature. Perhaps this influence on this situation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Switching localization in Iceweasel Icedove
I use Debian Lenny. I had installed iceweasel icedove packages with corresponding localization packages for russian and belarussian languages (iceweasel-l10n-ru, iceweasel-l10n-be, icedove-l10n-ru, icedove-l10n-be). Both languages are visible in Add-ons windows of Iceweasel Icedove. But I don't know how to select language that I want to Iceweasel Icedove have. Help me, please. My software: kde-core: 5:48 iceweasel: 3.0.1-1 iceweasel-l10n-ru: 1:3.0.1+debian-1 iceweasel-l10n-be: 1:3.0.1+debian-1 icedove: 2.0.0.14-1 icedove-l10n-ru: 1:2.0.0.14+debian-1 icedove-l10n-be: 1:2.0.0.14+debian-1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:57:19 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote:
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 20:59:09 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote:
Anton Liaukevich wrote:
In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck
sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode.
My hardware:
motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra)
hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb)
cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7)
[...]
Today I upgraded my linux kernel to 2.6.25-2-686, but problem hasn't
been solved yet.
[...]
I installed hdparm long ago and it says that dma if off, moreover hdparm
can't turn it on:
leva:/home/anthony/admin# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
using_dma = 0 (off)
Maybe your system is using the wrong driver.
Trying to check if my kernel has loaded the correct modules:
leva:/home/anthony/admin# lsmod | grep -E 'amd74xx|ata|\bide'
ide_pci_generic 4228 0 [permanent]
amd74xx 8136 0 [permanent]
ata_generic 8004 0
libata142288 1 ata_generic
I was expecting to see amd74xx listed here in addition to ata_generic.
scsi_mod 138668 1 libata
dock 10448 1 libata
ide_cd_mod 32864 0
cdrom 31872 1 ide_cd_mod
ide_disk 13952 8
ide_generic 1376 0 [permanent]
Hmm, maybe you system uses ide_generic, which would explain why it
cannot turn on DMA.
ide_core 100312 5
ide_pci_generic,amd74xx,ide_cd_mod,ide_disk,ide_generic
Also I'm giving you output of 'lspci -nn' command:
leva:/home/anthony/admin# lspci -nn
[...]
00:09.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE [10de:0065] (rev
a2)
This is as expected; I checked the 2.6.25 kernel sources and this
controller should be supported.
I would be interested to see the output of
udevadm info -a --name /dev/hda
to check which drivers are used.
[Sorry for sending to your own mail address]
I have installed 'udev' packages from Sid because 'udev' package from
Lenny hasn't 'udevadm' command (I could do that because I have mixed
etch/lenny/sid distro with Lenny as default suite).
Now I'm giving you output you are interested to see:
leva:/home/anthony# udevadm info -a --name /dev/hda
Udevinfo starts with the device specified by the devpath and then
walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device
found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format.
A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device
and the attributes from one single parent device.
looking at device '/block/hda':
KERNEL==hda
SUBSYSTEM==block
DRIVER==
ATTR{range}==64
ATTR{removable}==0
ATTR{size}==234441648
ATTR{capability}==10
ATTR{stat}== 2686715550 978587 59089236637 169067
1645804 182425440 716028 18833136
looking at parent device '/devices/ide0/0.0':
KERNELS==0.0
SUBSYSTEMS==ide
DRIVERS==ide-disk
ATTRS{media}==disk
ATTRS{drivename}==hda
ATTRS{modalias}==ide:m-disk
ATTRS{model}==WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0
ATTRS{firmware}==15.05R15WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0
ATTRS{serial}==WD-WMAEK3428625
looking at parent device '/devices/ide0':
KERNELS==ide0
SUBSYSTEMS==
DRIVERS==
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Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Anton Liaukevich wrote: In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) My software: Debian lenny kernel: linux 2.6.24-1-686 bootloader: grub 0.97-41 Today I upgraded my linux kernel to 2.6.25-2-686, but problem hasn't been solved yet. I'm giving you some lines about DMA from '/var/log/syslog' file. Perhaps, this will help you to solve my problem: Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [0.00] Zone PFN ranges: Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [0.00] DMA 0 - 4096 Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [0.00] Normal 4096 - 131056 Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [0.00] HighMem131056 - 131056 ... Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [0.00] On node 0 totalpages: 131056 Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [0.00] DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [0.00] DMA zone: 0 pages reserved Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [0.00] DMA zone: 4064 pages, LIFO batch:0 ... Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [1.641566] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [1.641645] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [1.642286] Probing IDE interface ide0... Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [2.057740] hda: WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0, ATA DISK drive Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [2.729277] Probing IDE interface ide1... Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [3.592048] hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX320E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [4.263546] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [4.263546] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 ... Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [5.859859] NFORCE2: :00:09.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [5.859938] NFORCE2: IDE controller (0x10de:0x0065 rev 0xa2) at PCI slot :00:09.0 Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [5.860054] NFORCE2: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [5.860129] NFORCE2: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround. Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [5.860224] NFORCE2: port 0x01f0 already claimed by ide0 Jul 23 19:19:08 leva kernel: [5.860296] NFORCE2: port 0x0170 already claimed by ide1 Excuse me if I gave you something not very useful because I'm novice at Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Switching keyboard language with Ctrl+Shift in the KDE
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Fri,18.Jul.08, 21:14:54, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver kbd Option XkbRules xorg Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us -- Try changing this to us,ru. You can also to it with dpkg-reconfigure (the question about layouts to use). Regards, Andrei Thanks to Andrei Popescu Cedric Boutillier! Unfortunately, Andrei's solution with xorg.conf (XkbLayout XkbOptions options) hasn't helped me. Therefore I have returned my old solution. I selected only Russian layout but turned on the checkbox Include lation layout so that command for xkb became: setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout ru,us and turned on the checkbox Ctrl+Shift change layout in 'Xkb Options' tab. But I have founded option 'ScrollLock LED shows alternative layout' in 'Xkb Options' tab and turned it on (command became setxkbmap -option grp_led:scroll,grp:ctrl_shift_toggle). Now ScrollLock LED is on when current language is Russian and is off when current language is English. Such solution suits me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound doesn't work on my system (lenny)
Anton Liaukevich wrote: Sound doesn't work on my system. Neither system sounds in KDE, nor music123, nor vlc utter sound. My hardware: Sound is integrated (AC'97) motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 northbridge: nForce 2 Ultra southbridge: MCP AC'97 codec: from Realtek My software: Debian lenny kernel: linux 2.6.24-1-686 Hello, Ron Johnson Nigel Henry Andrei Popescu Star Liu. Thank you very much for sound that has begun to work yet. I have include myself to 'audio' group, install 'alsa-utils' package (with dependencies and recommends) (while configuring them in Debconf, I select ALSA system). Then I ran 'alsamixer' where unmute sound. After it sound began to work. P.S. I decided not to configure ALSA with 'alsaconf' because I have not very old kernel. Please, correct me if I have done something bad. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Bob Cox wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 20:03:00 +0300, Anton Liaukevich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Bob Cox wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 14:48:22 +0300, Anton Liaukevich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snip] I had scanned my hdd with native WD scanner and hadn't detected any error. Memory scan (memtest86+) also hadn't detected any error. Moreover, Windows XP on another partition of this hdd working normally and HDD Health program on it (for S.M.A.R.T viewing) don't predict T.E.C. in the near future. Also after previous installation of Debian lenny my hdd was working fast. When you are running Windows XP, is DMA definitely enabled then? I has run Windows XP and has been convinced of DMA to be enabled. My hdd WD1200JB-00EVA0 was running at UDMA5 (ATA100) and cdrom Sony CRX320E at UDMA2 (ATA33). [ PLEASE reply to the list and not directly to me. Thank you ] Ok well if you are sure about this then at least we know it is not a hardware (jumpers, cable, connectors) problem. With my WD IDE drive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep -i dma DMA 0 - 4096 DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap DMA zone: 0 pages reserved DMA zone: 4064 pages, LIFO batch:0 atp870u: use 32bit DMA mask. NFORCE2: :00:09.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA hda: UDMA/100 mode selected hdc: UDMA/66 mode selected hdd: UDMA/66 mode selected parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ readlink /sys/block/hda/device/driver ../../../../../bus/ide/drivers/ide-disk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep ^ide ide_cd 36224 0 ide_disk 15648 8 ide_core 108292 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,amd74xx,generic Not sure if any of that is of help, but perhaps you could show us the output of dmesg | grep -i dma Now I am simply showing you output of commands suggested me by Bob Cox. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep -i dma DMA 0 - 4096 DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap DMA zone: 0 pages reserved DMA zone: 4064 pages, LIFO batch:0 NFORCE2: :00:09.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ readlink /sys/block/hda/device/driver ../../../bus/ide/drivers/ide-disk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep ^ide ide_cd 36224 0 ide_disk 15648 8 ide_generic 1280 0 [permanent] ide_core 108292 5 generic,amd74xx,ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Switching keyboard language with Ctrl+Shift in the KDE
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Thu,17.Jul.08, 19:52:32, Anton Liaukevich wrote: I want to use Russia USA keyboard layouts and switch them with Ctrl+Shift. I had added Russia USA to active layouts so that I can switch them with left-mouse-click in the tray. But I hadn't be able to find option for layout switching in Keyboard Shortcuts (excepting for Switch to Next Keyboard Layout) applet of KDE Control Center. For now I selected only Russian layout but turned on the checkbox Include lation layout so that command for xkb became: setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout ru,us and turned on the checkbox Ctrl+Shift change layout in Xkb Options tab. After it I has been able to switch language with Ctrl+Shift. Unfortunately, now I can't see current language in the tray that is very inconvenient. I'm not familiar with KDE, but you should be able to achieve the same by using 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'. At the question about additional options for the keyboard put: grp:ctrl_shift_toggle Regards, Andrei Hello, Andrei! I have done that you had advised me, then added 'Russia' 'USA' to active layouts of 'Keyboard Layout' applet of KDE Control Center. Unfortunately, language switching hasn't begun to work. Settings of my keyboard in xorg.conf: Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver kbd Option XkbRules xorg Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us Option XkbOptionsgrp:ctrl_shift_toggle EndSection -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DMA is turned off on my HDD
In the beginning of July I reinstall my Debian system (lenny). At once I discover that loading cache in Aptitude (ncurses-UI mode) is very slow and in general my system is very slow. In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) My software: Debian lenny kernel: linux 2.6.24-1-686 bootloader: grub 0.97-41 My Linux partitions: hda3: / ReiserFS hda4: /usr/local/ Ext3 hda7: swap hda8: /home/ EXt3 I had scanned my hdd with native WD scanner and hadn't detected any error. Memory scan (memtest86+) also hadn't detected any error. Moreover, Windows XP on another partition of this hdd working normally and HDD Health program on it (for S.M.A.R.T viewing) don't predict T.E.C. in the near future. Also after previous installation of Debian lenny my hdd was working fast. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Pavlos Parissis wrote: In the beginning of July I reinstall my Debian system (lenny). At once I discover that loading cache in Aptitude (ncurses-UI mode) is very slow and in general my system is very slow. In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. [snip] I had scanned my hdd with native WD scanner and hadn't detected any error. Memory scan (memtest86+) also hadn't detected any error. Moreover, Windows XP on another partition of this hdd working normally and HDD Health program on it (for S.M.A.R.T viewing) don't predict T.E.C. in the near future. Also after previous installation of Debian lenny my hdd was working fast. Use hdparm command to see if the DMS is enabled, if not enable it with the -d flag. If that action makes your system faster configure /etc/hdparm.conf to enable the DMA on boot. Hope it helps, Pavlos I have tried using hdparm (under root) command but it don't help. command hdparm -d /dev/hda outputs: /dev/hda: using_dma = 0 (off) command hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda outputs: /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/17/08 09:05, Bob Cox wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 08:45:41 -0500, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 07/17/08 06:48, Anton Liaukevich wrote: [snip] My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) Scratch the chipset driver. It's the SATA driver. nForce2 is old enough that it almost definitely needs sata_nv. Is that right Ron? The OP says it's IDE. I'm using a WD2000JB IDE here and definitely no SATA drivers. Too true. Sorry. Maybe IDE is behind a JMicron bridge? It needs it's own driver. $ grep JMI /boot/config-2.6.24smp CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON=y CONFIG_PATA_JMICRON=y - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh/U+4ACgkQS9HxQb37XmdwnQCgx+J9FjC6bF/Ll7Dg3FQwz2KU cKoAoKIs1CzIpMrNDRz5w7v6Jy8WsGQk =1907 -END PGP SIGNATURE- I tried grep JMI /boot/config-2.6.24-1-686 under root and it had outputed: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON=m # CONFIG_PATA_JMICRON is not set -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Pavlos Parissis wrote: Pavlos Parissis wrote: In the beginning of July I reinstall my Debian system (lenny). At once I discover that loading cache in Aptitude (ncurses-UI mode) is very slow and in general my system is very slow. In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. [snip] I had scanned my hdd with native WD scanner and hadn't detected any error. Memory scan (memtest86+) also hadn't detected any error. Moreover, Windows XP on another partition of this hdd working normally and HDD Health program on it (for S.M.A.R.T viewing) don't predict T.E.C. in the near future. Also after previous installation of Debian lenny my hdd was working fast. Use hdparm command to see if the DMS is enabled, if not enable it with the -d flag. If that action makes your system faster configure /etc/hdparm.conf to enable the DMA on boot. Hope it helps, Pavlos I have tried using hdparm (under root) command but it don't help. command hdparm -d /dev/hda outputs: /dev/hda: using_dma = 0 (off) command hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda outputs: /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off) As Ron has written you may face a problem with the driver which is being used by the kernel for managing this disk. Try the following to see which driver is being used. readlink /sys/block/hda/device/driver Cheers, Pavlos readlink /sys/block/hda/device/driver outputs: ../../../bus/ide/drivers/ide-disk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/17/08 09:28, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/17/08 09:05, Bob Cox wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 08:45:41 -0500, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 07/17/08 06:48, Anton Liaukevich wrote: [snip] My hardware: motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra) hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb) cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7) Scratch the chipset driver. It's the SATA driver. nForce2 is old enough that it almost definitely needs sata_nv. Is that right Ron? The OP says it's IDE. I'm using a WD2000JB IDE here and definitely no SATA drivers. Too true. Sorry. Maybe IDE is behind a JMicron bridge? It needs it's own driver. $ grep JMI /boot/config-2.6.24smp CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON=y CONFIG_PATA_JMICRON=y I tried grep JMI /boot/config-2.6.24-1-686 under root and it had outputed: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON=m # CONFIG_PATA_JMICRON is not set That might be your problem. Try this: # lshw foo And then search foo for JM. lshw is a small package that you might have to install. Also, here's what my lspci shows: $ lspci | grep IDE 00:04.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1) 00:05.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:05.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:05.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) 03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02) - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh/WOwACgkQS9HxQb37Xmf2pgCgtp0kmpCfcE/Py+C3a3iIg/9N /LUAoKpNXHoRlrMmqdaiLx51K3JJKxoz =M7ub -END PGP SIGNATURE- On my system lspci show only one string with 'IDE': leva:/# lspci | grep 'IDE' 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) lshw doesn't output anything with 'JM'. Please, see full output in attachment. leva description: Desktop Computer width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.2 dmi-2.2 smp configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop *-core description: Motherboard product: nVidia-nForce physical id: 2 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD physical id: 0 version: 6.00 PG (07/29/2004) size: 128KiB capacity: 192KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Sempron(tm) 2200+ vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 4 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] version: 6.8.1 slot: Socket A size: 1500MHz width: 32 bits clock: 166MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 9 slot: Internal Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: a slot: External Cache size: 256KiB capacity: 256KiB capabilities: synchronous external write-back *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1b slot: System board or motherboard size: 512MiB capacity: 1536MiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM physical id: 0 slot: A0 size: 256MiB *-bank:1 description: DIMM physical id: 1 slot: A1 size: 256MiB *-bank:2 description: DIMM [empty] physical id: 2 slot: A2 *-pci description: Host bridge product: nForce2 IGP2 vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:00:00.0 version: c1 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-nvidia module=nvidia_agp *-memory:0 UNCLAIMED description: RAM memory product: nForce2 Memory Controller 1 vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 0.1 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:00:00.1 version: c1 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz (15.2ns) configuration: latency=0 *-memory:1 UNCLAIMED description: RAM memory product
Sound doesn't work on my system (lenny)
Sound doesn't work on my system. Neither system sounds in KDE, nor music123, nor vlc utter sound. My hardware: Sound is integrated (AC'97) motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 northbridge: nForce 2 Ultra southbridge: MCP AC'97 codec: from Realtek My software: Debian lenny kernel: linux 2.6.24-1-686 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound doesn't work on my system (lenny)
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/17/08 11:07, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Sound doesn't work on my system. Neither system sounds in KDE, nor music123, nor vlc utter sound. My hardware: Sound is integrated (AC'97) motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 northbridge: nForce 2 Ultra southbridge: MCP AC'97 codec: from Realtek My software: Debian lenny kernel: linux 2.6.24-1-686 Is sound muted? Which sound modules are installed? $ lsmod | grep ^snd - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh/cDMACgkQS9HxQb37XmdlEACaAsermDzqx3aEmNI7nFdDuFDw UkwAnRxedSQpRiozG/kVuirBW+qmZl38 =Rt6n -END PGP SIGNATURE- Installed modules: $ lsmod | grep ^snd snd_intel8x0 32028 0 snd_ac97_codec 92932 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss38272 0 snd_pcm71780 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss 15296 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 3780 0 snd_mpu401 8008 0 snd_mpu401_uart 8000 1 snd_mpu401 snd_rawmidi22624 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_oss29472 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6976 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq46544 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 21092 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 7820 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd48612 12 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device snd_page_alloc 10056 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Switching keyboard language with Ctrl+Shift in the KDE
I want to use Russia USA keyboard layouts and switch them with Ctrl+Shift. I had added Russia USA to active layouts so that I can switch them with left-mouse-click in the tray. But I hadn't be able to find option for layout switching in Keyboard Shortcuts (excepting for Switch to Next Keyboard Layout) applet of KDE Control Center. For now I selected only Russian layout but turned on the checkbox Include lation layout so that command for xkb became: setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout ru,us and turned on the checkbox Ctrl+Shift change layout in Xkb Options tab. After it I has been able to switch language with Ctrl+Shift. Unfortunately, now I can't see current language in the tray that is very inconvenient. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound doesn't work on my system (lenny)
Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/17/08 11:07, Anton Liaukevich wrote: Sound doesn't work on my system. Neither system sounds in KDE, nor music123, nor vlc utter sound. My hardware: Sound is integrated (AC'97) motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 northbridge: nForce 2 Ultra southbridge: MCP AC'97 codec: from Realtek My software: Debian lenny kernel: linux 2.6.24-1-686 Is sound muted? Which sound modules are installed? $ lsmod | grep ^snd Installed modules: $ lsmod | grep ^snd snd_intel8x0 32028 0 snd_ac97_codec 92932 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss38272 0 snd_pcm71780 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss 15296 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 3780 0 snd_mpu401 8008 0 snd_mpu401_uart 8000 1 snd_mpu401 snd_rawmidi22624 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_oss29472 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6976 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq46544 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 21092 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 7820 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd48612 12 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device snd_page_alloc 10056 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
