hfs bug (w/oops)

2001-07-08 Thread John R Lenton
Kernel is 2.4.6 on SMP p3 box. hfs doesn't like moving files; it complains thus: = Jul 8 03:26:12 burocracia kernel: kernel BUG at /usr/src/linux/include/linux/dcache.h:244! Jul 8 03:26:12 burocracia kernel: invalid operand: Jul 8 03:26:12 burocracia kernel: CPU:0

hfs bug (w/oops)

2001-07-08 Thread John R Lenton
Kernel is 2.4.6 on SMP p3 box. hfs doesn't like moving files; it complains thus: = Jul 8 03:26:12 burocracia kernel: kernel BUG at /usr/src/linux/include/linux/dcache.h:244! Jul 8 03:26:12 burocracia kernel: invalid operand: Jul 8 03:26:12 burocracia kernel: CPU:0

Re: Cosmetic JFFS patch.

2001-06-28 Thread John R Lenton
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:25:33PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > KERN_BANNER cool, what about kbannerd ? -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: A longo prazo, estaremos todos mortos. -- John Maynard Keynes PGP signature

Re: Cosmetic JFFS patch.

2001-06-28 Thread John R Lenton
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:25:33PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: KERN_BANNER cool, what about kbannerd ? -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: A longo prazo, estaremos todos mortos. -- John Maynard Keynes PGP signature

Re: ACPI or Advanced power ...

2001-06-23 Thread John R Lenton
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:14:26AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > I need an advice, my machine is i810 chipset and using > > ACPI bios, but not sure which one i should use in the > > kernel config. Now I use APM with kernel kapm-idle . > > If you have the option - use APM not ACPI. ACPI is larger,

Re: ACPI or Advanced power ...

2001-06-23 Thread John R Lenton
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:14:26AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: I need an advice, my machine is i810 chipset and using ACPI bios, but not sure which one i should use in the kernel config. Now I use APM with kernel kapm-idle . If you have the option - use APM not ACPI. ACPI is larger, and right

Re: Alan Cox quote? (was: Re: accounting for threads)

2001-06-19 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:04:42PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > On the other hand, the fact that it doesn't exist on other platforms sort > of means that it isn't going anywhere. In a sick sort of way, the most > likely way to make this happen is to get Microsoft to do it and then Linux > will do

Re: Alan Cox quote? (was: Re: accounting for threads)

2001-06-19 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:04:42PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: On the other hand, the fact that it doesn't exist on other platforms sort of means that it isn't going anywhere. In a sick sort of way, the most likely way to make this happen is to get Microsoft to do it and then Linux will do it

Re: Few thoughts about CML2 and kernel configuration

2001-06-16 Thread John R Lenton
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 11:22:27AM +0600, Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote: > - The feeling is much similar to that of using lynx (especially using > left-arrow). It would be very nice if pressing right-arrow gives the > same effect as pressing enter. that's what the help says it *should* do. Try

Re: Few thoughts about CML2 and kernel configuration

2001-06-16 Thread John R Lenton
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 11:22:27AM +0600, Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote: - The feeling is much similar to that of using lynx (especially using left-arrow). It would be very nice if pressing right-arrow gives the same effect as pressing enter. that's what the help says it *should* do. Try

Re: [patch] nonblinking VGA block cursor

2001-06-15 Thread John R Lenton
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 05:52:39AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > Ever wonder why IBM supports Linux instead of FreeBSD? Hmmm? > > I bet it has more to do with growth curves than cursor style :) don't kid yourself. cursor style is the #1 reason

Re: [patch] nonblinking VGA block cursor

2001-06-15 Thread John R Lenton
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 05:52:39AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: Ever wonder why IBM supports Linux instead of FreeBSD? Hmmm? I bet it has more to do with growth curves than cursor style :) don't kid yourself. cursor style is the #1 reason for

Re: [driver] New life for Serial mice

2001-06-08 Thread John R Lenton
sorry I'm late, could you tell me where this driver/patch is? also, my problem with USB mice on slow machines is that it takes up too much CPU, and you get a jumpy mouse if your box is doing a lot of work (like a heavy nfs server, say). Would this driver do the same to that box? On Fri, Jun

Re: [driver] New life for Serial mice

2001-06-08 Thread John R Lenton
sorry I'm late, could you tell me where this driver/patch is? also, my problem with USB mice on slow machines is that it takes up too much CPU, and you get a jumpy mouse if your box is doing a lot of work (like a heavy nfs server, say). Would this driver do the same to that box? On Fri, Jun

should reiserfs root be ro?

2001-05-31 Thread John R Lenton
Should a box that has its root filesystem on a reiser fs mount this root readonly? i.e. should 'read-only' be in lilo.conf? -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: It seems like the less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag. PGP signature

Re: how to crash 2.4.4 w/SBLive

2001-05-31 Thread John R Lenton
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:01:05PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Content-Description: emu10k1 patch > Index: audio.c > === > RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/emu10k1/audio.c,v > retrieving revision 1.166 > diff -u -r1.166 audio.c > ---

Re: how to crash 2.4.4 w/SBLive

2001-05-31 Thread John R Lenton
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:01:05PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Content-Description: emu10k1 patch Index: audio.c === RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/emu10k1/audio.c,v retrieving revision 1.166 diff -u -r1.166 audio.c ---

should reiserfs root be ro?

2001-05-31 Thread John R Lenton
Should a box that has its root filesystem on a reiser fs mount this root readonly? i.e. should 'read-only' be in lilo.conf? -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: It seems like the less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag. PGP signature

MSI6321 + PDC20265 + reiserfs + IBM deskstar => kernel BUG

2001-05-19 Thread John R Lenton
Running kernel 2.4.4 w/Jeff Garzik's via-apic patch, using reiserfs on a IBM Deskstar on the PDC20265 of a MSI-6321, some weird shtuff starts happening. # mount /dev/hde /mnt reiserfs: checking transaction log (device 21:00) ... hde: timeout waiting for DMA ide_dmaproc: chipset

MSI6321 + PDC20265 + reiserfs + IBM deskstar = kernel BUG

2001-05-19 Thread John R Lenton
Running kernel 2.4.4 w/Jeff Garzik's via-apic patch, using reiserfs on a IBM Deskstar on the PDC20265 of a MSI-6321, some weird shtuff starts happening. # mount /dev/hde /mnt reiserfs: checking transaction log (device 21:00) ... hde: timeout waiting for DMA ide_dmaproc: chipset

Re: PATCH 2.4.5.1: Fix Via interrupt routing issues

2001-05-14 Thread John R Lenton
On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 01:28:06PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > For those of you with Via interrupting routing issues (or > interrupt-not-being-delivered issues, etc), please try out this patch > and let me know if it fixes things. It originates from a tip from > Adrian Cox... thanks Adrian!

Re: PATCH 2.4.5.1: Fix Via interrupt routing issues

2001-05-14 Thread John R Lenton
On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 01:28:06PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: For those of you with Via interrupting routing issues (or interrupt-not-being-delivered issues, etc), please try out this patch and let me know if it fixes things. It originates from a tip from Adrian Cox... thanks Adrian! Just to

Re: REVISED: Experimentation with Athlon and fast_page_copy

2001-05-06 Thread John R Lenton
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 08:20:56AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Dont panic just yet. Manfred's observation could mean we hit chipset specific > behaviour on prefetches. OK - Please let me know when to start. -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: BOFH excuse #349: Stray Alpha

Re: REVISED: Experimentation with Athlon and fast_page_copy

2001-05-06 Thread John R Lenton
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 08:20:56AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: Dont panic just yet. Manfred's observation could mean we hit chipset specific behaviour on prefetches. OK - Please let me know when to start. -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: BOFH excuse #349: Stray Alpha

Re: REVISED: Experimentation with Athlon and fast_page_copy

2001-05-05 Thread John R Lenton
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 12:10:06AM +0600, Bobby D. Bryant wrote: > They do boot PIII kernels reliably for all those variants, though they still > suffer occasional oopses, hangs, or crashes (as discussed in other threads). and as happens with my SMP pIII VIA-based boxed (and I've finally fixed

Re: REVISED: Experimentation with Athlon and fast_page_copy

2001-05-05 Thread John R Lenton
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 12:10:06AM +0600, Bobby D. Bryant wrote: They do boot PIII kernels reliably for all those variants, though they still suffer occasional oopses, hangs, or crashes (as discussed in other threads). and as happens with my SMP pIII VIA-based boxed (and I've finally fixed the

Re: Let init know user wants to shutdown

2001-04-10 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:05:13AM -0700, Grover, Andrew wrote: > This is not correct, because we want the power button to be configurable. > The user should be able to redefine the power button's action, perhaps to > only sleep the system. We currently surface button events to acpid, which >

Re: Let init know user wants to shutdown

2001-04-10 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:05:13AM -0700, Grover, Andrew wrote: This is not correct, because we want the power button to be configurable. The user should be able to redefine the power button's action, perhaps to only sleep the system. We currently surface button events to acpid, which then

Re: kernel panic in 2.4.2

2001-03-28 Thread John R Lenton
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 12:55:50AM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote: > Check the memory - it _may_ be a hardware problem. damn. -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. -- Aldous Huxley -

kernel panic in 2.4.2

2001-03-28 Thread John R Lenton
When I arrived at my machine tonight it was dead, with a nice panic on the screen as a greeting. On rebooting I found something in the logs, which is rare because it said "not syncing". So I'm assuming this isn't the panic that killed the box, but she probably knows (of) him, so let's interrogate

Re: kernel panic in 2.4.2

2001-03-28 Thread John R Lenton
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 12:55:50AM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote: Check the memory - it _may_ be a hardware problem. damn. -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. -- Aldous Huxley -

Re: Linux should better cope with power failure

2001-03-19 Thread John R Lenton
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:35:55PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > > you can avoid all of these problems. Or use a journaling filesystem ext3/xfs, etc. > > So in real live you would propose to put fences and nets everywhere to > prevent children from possibly falling in abyses? I think you've got it

[sligthly OT] serial console on palm

2001-03-18 Thread John R Lenton
I remember seing a project to get a palm pilot working as a serial console, but now google seems unable to find it. Does anyone know of such a project? -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: BOFH excuse #280: Traceroute says that there is a routing problem in the backbone. It's

[sligthly OT] serial console on palm

2001-03-18 Thread John R Lenton
I remember seing a project to get a palm pilot working as a serial console, but now google seems unable to find it. Does anyone know of such a project? -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: BOFH excuse #280: Traceroute says that there is a routing problem in the backbone. It's

oops in 2.4.2-ac20

2001-03-16 Thread John R Lenton
What the subject says. I copied the oops by hand, but the output of ksymoops doesn't seem too totally wrong, so I guess I didn't botch it :) I can't blame the box; I was about to Aiee myself, radeonfb is so slow. ksymoops output: ---8< ksymoops 2.3.7 on i686 2.4.2-ac20. Options used

oops in 2.4.2-ac20

2001-03-16 Thread John R Lenton
What the subject says. I copied the oops by hand, but the output of ksymoops doesn't seem too totally wrong, so I guess I didn't botch it :) I can't blame the box; I was about to Aiee myself, radeonfb is so slow. ksymoops output: ---8 ksymoops 2.3.7 on i686 2.4.2-ac20. Options used

Re: ln -l says symlink has size 281474976710666

2001-03-13 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 02:47:16PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > ls -i (path)/imlib1; ls -i (path)/fd # record inode numbers > debugfs /dev/hdX > stat # '<' and '>' are required burocracia:~# ls -i /usr/share/doc/|grep \ imlib1$ 404176 imlib1 burocracia:~# ls

Re: APIC usb MPS 1.4 and the 2.4.2 kernel

2001-03-13 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:49:54PM -0500, Pete Toscano wrote: > Very interesting. I had not heard about this. Are there any SMP boards > with a VIA chipset that does work well with Linux and USB? I have an > old P2B-DS that I had replace with this board as I needed more PCI > slots. Heck, for

Re: APIC usb MPS 1.4 and the 2.4.2 kernel

2001-03-13 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:49:54PM -0500, Pete Toscano wrote: Very interesting. I had not heard about this. Are there any SMP boards with a VIA chipset that does work well with Linux and USB? I have an old P2B-DS that I had replace with this board as I needed more PCI slots. Heck, for

Re: ln -l says symlink has size 281474976710666

2001-03-13 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 02:47:16PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: ls -i (path)/imlib1; ls -i (path)/fd # record inode numbers debugfs /dev/hdX stat inode_number # '' and '' are required burocracia:~# ls -i /usr/share/doc/|grep \ imlib1$ 404176 imlib1

ln -l says symlink has size 281474976710666

2001-03-12 Thread John R Lenton
as the subject says: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 281474976710666 Jan 27 20:50 imlib1 -> imlib-base it isn't the only one, for example lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 281474976710669 Jan 27 14:43 fd -> /proc/self/fd i.e. 2**48 + what it should be. ver_linux says Gnu C

ln -l says symlink has size 281474976710666

2001-03-12 Thread John R Lenton
as the subject says: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 281474976710666 Jan 27 20:50 imlib1 - imlib-base it isn't the only one, for example lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 281474976710669 Jan 27 14:43 fd - /proc/self/fd i.e. 2**48 + what it should be. ver_linux says Gnu C

IMS Twin Turbo 128 framebuffer

2001-03-02 Thread John R Lenton
Is there any particular reason why imsttfb isn't available in the i386 arch? It doesn't work in X either in spite of being "supported", but that's not for this list. -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: Le donne hanno 4 labbra: due per dire delle stupidaggini, due per farsi

IMS Twin Turbo 128 framebuffer

2001-03-02 Thread John R Lenton
Is there any particular reason why imsttfb isn't available in the i386 arch? It doesn't work in X either in spite of being "supported", but that's not for this list. -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: Le donne hanno 4 labbra: due per dire delle stupidaggini, due per farsi

oops followed by "kernel BUG"s

2001-02-25 Thread John R Lenton
When I woke today I found I'd gotten the following oops, Feb 25 06:27:37 burocracia kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00020008 Feb 25 06:27:37 burocracia kernel: c0139e3d Feb 25 06:27:37 burocracia kernel: *pde = Feb 25 06:27:37

oops followed by kernel BUGs

2001-02-25 Thread John R Lenton
When I woke today I found I'd gotten the following oops, Feb 25 06:27:37 burocracia kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00020008 Feb 25 06:27:37 burocracia kernel: c0139e3d Feb 25 06:27:37 burocracia kernel: *pde = Feb 25 06:27:37

problem with modules in 2.2.14

2001-02-12 Thread John R Lenton
Hello all. We've written a module for kernel 2.2.14 that includes a driver for 2 "virtual" devices. These devices don't actually exist, they're implemented with two circular buffers; what's written into one of the devices is read from the other, and viceversa. We believe the buffer is

problem with modules in 2.2.14

2001-02-12 Thread John R Lenton
Hello all. We've written a module for kernel 2.2.14 that includes a driver for 2 "virtual" devices. These devices don't actually exist, they're implemented with two circular buffers; what's written into one of the devices is read from the other, and viceversa. We believe the buffer is

Re: OK to mount multiple FS in one dir?

2001-02-06 Thread John R Lenton
On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 12:25:10AM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Wakko Warner] > > I have a question, why was this idea even considered? > > Al Viro likes Plan9 process-local namespaces. He seems to be trying to > move Linux in that direction. In the past year he has been hacking the >

different IRQ settings for different MPS settings?

2001-02-06 Thread John R Lenton
With a MPS setting of 1.4 USB doesn't work on me; it timeouts, constantly. With MPS setting of 1.1 everything is OK. a dirty diff of lspci -vvvxx gives 62c62 < Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 5 --- > Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 19 77c77 <

Oops on UHCI module unload (2.4.2-pre1)

2001-02-06 Thread John R Lenton
When trying to figure out how to get USB to work (it was the MPS setting, more in other post) I got a repeatable Oops (is it an oops? it doesn't say "Oops!" like I thought they do). That is, I'd boot, modprobe uhci, plug something in, get lots of timeouts, unplug the something, modprobe -r uhci.

Re: Oops on module onload

2001-02-06 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:50:30PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > On Tue, 6 Feb 2001 02:14:21 -0300, > John R Lenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm getting oopsen on unloading the USB modules; when I run > >ksymoops over the oops it decodes into any-vegetable-mod

Re: Oops on module onload

2001-02-06 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:50:30PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: On Tue, 6 Feb 2001 02:14:21 -0300, John R Lenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting oopsen on unloading the USB modules; when I run ksymoops over the oops it decodes into any-vegetable-module (I assume because the ksyms

Oops on UHCI module unload (2.4.2-pre1)

2001-02-06 Thread John R Lenton
When trying to figure out how to get USB to work (it was the MPS setting, more in other post) I got a repeatable Oops (is it an oops? it doesn't say "Oops!" like I thought they do). That is, I'd boot, modprobe uhci, plug something in, get lots of timeouts, unplug the something, modprobe -r uhci.

Re: OK to mount multiple FS in one dir?

2001-02-06 Thread John R Lenton
On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 12:25:10AM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Wakko Warner] I have a question, why was this idea even considered? Al Viro likes Plan9 process-local namespaces. He seems to be trying to move Linux in that direction. In the past year he has been hacking the semantics

Oops on module onload

2001-02-05 Thread John R Lenton
Hi all. I'm getting oopsen on unloading the USB modules; when I run ksymoops over the oops it decodes into any-vegetable-module (I assume because the ksyms are no longer the same). In what way could I obtain a meaningul decoded oops? -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: it

Re: bugs or other?

2001-02-05 Thread John R Lenton
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 09:57:39AM -, Yan Li wrote: > uhci.c: root-hub INT complete: port1: 5a5 port2: 58a data: 4 > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-110) I got those on my (SMP) motherboard when I had my BIOS setting for MPS at 1.4;

Re: bugs or other?

2001-02-05 Thread John R Lenton
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 09:57:39AM -, Yan Li wrote: uhci.c: root-hub INT complete: port1: 5a5 port2: 58a data: 4 usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-110) I got those on my (SMP) motherboard when I had my BIOS setting for MPS at 1.4; changing

Oops on module onload

2001-02-05 Thread John R Lenton
Hi all. I'm getting oopsen on unloading the USB modules; when I run ksymoops over the oops it decodes into any-vegetable-module (I assume because the ksyms are no longer the same). In what way could I obtain a meaningul decoded oops? -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: apt

VIA IDE problems related to heat?

2001-01-31 Thread John R Lenton
I'm looking for confirmations on any kind of correlation between the problems people have been having with the assorted VIA IDE chipsets and possible overheating of said chipsets. I'm asking because I suffered from the VIA-chipset-ate-my-data bug, and I've been trying to reproduce it to no

VIA IDE problems related to heat?

2001-01-31 Thread John R Lenton
I'm looking for confirmations on any kind of correlation between the problems people have been having with the assorted VIA IDE chipsets and possible overheating of said chipsets. I'm asking because I suffered from the VIA-chipset-ate-my-data bug, and I've been trying to reproduce it to no

Re: Disk is cheap?

2001-01-30 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 06:58:22PM -, mirabilos wrote: > I accept donations in IDE and SCSI, as well as parport devices. I have a parport device (one of the few things left from my XT). I can send it to you if you pay shipping. -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: Saints

Re: Disk is cheap?

2001-01-30 Thread John R Lenton
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 06:58:22PM -, mirabilos wrote: I accept donations in IDE and SCSI, as well as parport devices. I have a parport device (one of the few things left from my XT). I can send it to you if you pay shipping. -- John Lenton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Random fortune: Saints

oopsen in 2.4.0-pre9

2000-10-31 Thread John R Lenton
Several oops come up when using a lot of memory (using imagemagick on PIA1.tif from photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff, on a 64MB machine, for example) The weird thing is the oops happen *after* I've finished with imagemagick (or the gimp, or ...). In this particular situation netscape suddenly

oopsen in 2.4.0-pre9

2000-10-31 Thread John R Lenton
Several oops come up when using a lot of memory (using imagemagick on PIA1.tif from photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff, on a 64MB machine, for example) The weird thing is the oops happen *after* I've finished with imagemagick (or the gimp, or ...). In this particular situation netscape suddenly