RE: [expert] `shutdown -r now' fails to work
Yes - me... I have DELL Latitude CPiA and I had the same problem in Mandrake 6.1 This was solved when I reconfigured and recompiled kernel. In Mandrake 7.0 all is OK. Bartek Muryn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alexander Volovics Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 1:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] `shutdown -r now' fails to work Hello, I have succesfully installed Mandrake 7.0 on a Dell Inspiron 3700 laptop. (with Gnome as desktop). (Mobile Pentium III, UltraDMA/ATA-33, Ati Rage Mobility-P, Ess Maestro-2E) Everything seems to be working OK except `shutdown -r now'. This happens from both runlevel 3 or runlevel 5. The machine seems to do a perfect shutdown but does not startup again: the screen remains backlit and the disk whirs but that is it. Shutdown with reboot worked under Win98 before I removed it! In `/var/log/messages', after `shutdown -r now' you can indeed see: `syslog: klogd shutdown succeeded' `exiting on signal 15' but no: `syslog 1.3-3: restart.' after this to start up again. I have checked things like `/etc/rc.d/init.d/halt', etc. and as far as I can see everything appears to be correct. Has anybody experienced anything like this? (on a laptop?) Could it be a Mandrake problem or perhaps a BIOS/laptop problem? (Nothing in the BIOS setup suggests possible problems) Alexander
[expert] problem with xfs in mandrake 7.0
I tried to install Polish diacritics fonts on my linux box (ISO8859-2) but KDE didn`t see this fonts so, I tried to modify the paths in xfs config file. then xfs crashed. I reinstalled it, all fonts end still the same - in error log file I have always something like "fonth path do not exists or bad font." What to do... ?
Re: [expert] UDMA66
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Breno Basilio wrote: Does anybody know how I can install Mandrake in a UDMA66 drive (as UDMA66 and not as UDMA33)? Thanks. Breno 6.x or 7.0? 6.x, search newbie archives for the grueling details 7.0, click yes when it says it's detected a udma66 drive. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon Axalon, even when having HPT66 onboard (ABIT) controller?
RE: [expert] problem with ATA/66
Exactelly, as I know, from 2.2.10 all kernels have this possibility... BUT! not for all chipsets. For me (HPT366) there is only the patch, AND no possibility to boot from this disk! So I must wait untill the developpement of driver for this chipset finish... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew Mitchell Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 7:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] problem with ATA/66 Tom Brinkman wrote: /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.75 seconds =73.14 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 21.91 seconds = 2.92 MB/sec I'm not gonna switch it just to show you guys, but on hde cache reads hit around 125-150, and buffered gets up to about 5-10. A mighty big improvment, but Something's mighty wrong with those readings Axalon... Here's my 18G WD: [root@tippy /root]# hdparm -tT /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.73 seconds =73.99 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.81 seconds =16.80 MB/sec for my 8.4 WD ide0 slave /dev/hdb1: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.87 seconds =147.13 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 6.04 seconds =10.60 MB/sec Twice your cache reads, not as good as your disk reads. Take a look at 'info hdparm'. It recommends low settings for 'multcount' and 'readahead' for WD drives. I use 4, and 64, rather than your 8, and 128. I've tried 'em all tho, the above numbers are the best I can get out of this older drive. dev/hdb: multcount= 4 (on) I/O support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq= 1 (on) using_dma= 1 (on) keepsettings = 1 (on) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead= 64 (on) geometry = 1027/255/63, sectors = 16514064, start = 0 -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Unfortunately, since I don't have a patched kernel, I can't enable DMA access for my drives, as I am using an Ali M15x3 chipset. I get these results without tweaking (a bit off since I have about 20 netscape windows open) /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 2.27 seconds =56.39 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 10.37 seconds = 6.17 MB/sec I really want to be able to enable UDMA, because in Mandrake 6.0, with only enabling UDMA, I was getting about 13-14 MB/sec, which sped it up a bit. Is there a patched kernel available to download for 6.1, or do I have to get the sources and the patch (or kernel 2.3.x)? -- *===* | Andrew Mitchell | | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Home Page http://members.tripod.com/Ajmitchell/ | | ICQ 11392490 (ajmitch)| *===*
RE: [expert] problem with ATA/66
No. the problem for me is that I have Abit BE6 (or something like that) motherboard which is equiped with _4_ (NOT 2) IDE slots. that mean I have 2 slotsnormal IDE and two next connected to ULTRA ATA 66 controler which support of course other disks and CDROM`s but linux do not recognise it. so, when I try to install on disk connected on this IDE (ide2 or ide3) installer on linux do not recognize any hdd. Then I must to reconnect it on standard IDE. Question is: is it possible in minimum to boot the ready instalation from this ATA/66 controller? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sylvain Vignaud Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 5:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] problem with ATA/66 Bart³omiej Muryn wrote: Someone tried to install Mandrake 6.1 on the disk ATA/66??? Is it possible? I got a SiS 620 which support ATA66: it all works fine! In fact, ATA66 is just a new feature added, the rest of the HD controller is fully compatible with standard and ATA33 controllers. So, should there be a driver included in the kernel for your controller, be happy you'll get faster HD access. On the contrary, just use the standard driver and it should work fine. Good luck
RE: [expert] Corel Linux
I tested: We downloaded image of cd-rom and tried to install: On three differents configurations of PC (Three different pc`s - laptop, desktop, small dell server) installation failed Instalation died when instalator tried to check hardware: guys from corel must work more. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Felipe Almeida Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Corel Linux Does anybody here tested the new distribution of Linux by Corel? Go to the http://www.corel.com and then see the new distributions os Linux. Felipe
RE: [expert] problem with ATA/66
Exactly! It is stupid and simple - I did it - but... But do not work Linux don`t want to boot (not install) from this disk! (when plugged to ATA/66) It`s hanged after recognition of IDE controlers. Kernel can see the HPT366 controler correctly, see the disks, but cannot see the partitions etc. Any idea? Best Regards Bartek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jean-Louis Debert Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] problem with ATA/66 Bart³omiej Muryn wrote: the problem for me is that I have Abit BE6 (or something like that) motherboard which is equiped with _4_ (NOT 2) IDE slots. that mean I have 2 slotsnormal IDE and two next connected to ULTRA ATA 66 controler which support of course other disks and CDROM`s but linux do not recognise it. so, when I try to install on disk connected on this IDE (ide2 or ide3) installer on linux do not recognize any hdd. Then I must to reconnect it on standard IDE. Question is: is it possible in minimum to boot the ready instalation from this ATA/66 controller? Probably not directly with the installation kernel. However, after install, or if you can use another machine which is already installed, there are patches (for 2.2.x) or support (for 2.3.x) for your ata-66 controller (I believe HPT366 or something like that) so you can build a kernel supporting your chipset. Why not proceed as follows: 1. plug your ATA-66 drive onto the standard IDE controller for installation. It will only work in udma-33, so what ??? 2. install linux 3. get a recent 2.3.x kernel source or alternatively, get the 2.2.13 patch at URL: http://www.gz.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ 4. compile a kernel with the right options to support your chipset 5. plug your ATA-66 drive again on the udma-66 controller 6. boot with your new kernel ... That's all, folks ... -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
