ide messages in log. Hard disk dying or linux ide problem?

Hi, Until three or four weeks ago, I have been running kernel 2.4.2 with no problems. However, my hard disk now seems to be playing up. In my system log, I get the following messages. May 3 08:13:14 kinslayer kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=3790389, sector=3790

VESA framebuffer changes in 2.4

Just wondering whether the VESA framebuffer underwent wholesale changes between 2.2 and 2.4. I use a graphical console (1024x768 @ 8bit colour depth), and full-screen scrolling performance is *really* bad. When I type 'ls' in a directory with a large amount of files, it becomes really slow. Under

Unresolved references for symbols bh_task_vec, tasklet_hi_vec

HiI was just trying to compile and load a kernel module, and I got the following two unresolved symbols... 1. tasklet_hi_vec 2. bh_task_vec Now, after grepping through the source I found these structures in softirq.c. ksyms.c seems to export these symbols (doesn't appear to be within a condi

Slow screen redraw in 2.4.x

I've noticed noticeably slower screen refresh in 2.4.x than under the 2.2 kernel series. It's most noticeable when running xscreensaver with fast scrolling patterns, or when doing opague moves of large windows. I'm using Xfree 4.01 and the XFree driver for the Nvidia card (not the Nvidia binary pa

SB Live not working under 2.4.0-test9?

Hi, After compiling the kernel three times, I can't get my SB live to work under 2.4.0-test9. It doesn't want to work either as a module or compiled in to the kernel. It's working fine under 2.2.17. All my programs seem to think that the driver is loaded and working fine - I get the correct mes