Re: Dell Inspiron sensors (was: Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?)

2005-02-06 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
kernel wrote: > You might want to try this; > > Remove the keyboard, remove the cover beneath. Take a can of air dust > (or equivalent) and *carefully* blow out the inside of the laptop. > > -then- > > Look at the back side and the right side of the laptop. You'll see the > intake for air an

Re: Dell Inspiron sensors (was: Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?)

2005-02-06 Thread kernel
On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 10:58, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 8200, from March 2002. Since end of > December 2004 I've started having system lockups which at first > I couldn't identify, although they seemed to be overheating > related. So I started monitoring the temperatures on

Dell Inspiron sensors (was: Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?)

2005-02-06 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 07:18:17 -0500, Wakko Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > particular hardware (Dell Inspiron 8100)? I run Linux on 3 other > > Hmm, I guess it's a hit and run. I had replaced: > > 4. Original Hitachi hard driver died horrible death - I returned home

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-05 Thread Wakko Warner
Please keep me CCd Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 07:18:17AM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: > > I have this exact same laptop. It works perfectly for me with linux. > > Originally started with a 2.4 kernel and recently went to 2.6.10. The modem > > works well, the video card works w

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-05 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 07:18:17AM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: > Please keep me CCd > > jerome lacoste wrote: > > particular hardware (Dell Inspiron 8100)? I run Linux on 3 other > > I have this exact same laptop. It works perfectly for me with linux. > Originally started with a 2.4 kernel and r

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-05 Thread jerome lacoste
Took On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 07:18:17 -0500, Wakko Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please keep me CCd > > jerome lacoste wrote: > > particular hardware (Dell Inspiron 8100)? I run Linux on 3 other > > I have this exact same laptop. It works perfectly for me with linux. > Originally started with

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread Horst von Brand
jerome lacoste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Could a hardware failure look like bad sectors to fsck? > > A failure of the bus or a former sporadic error can cause defective fs, but > > normally you have a read error in fsck no structure error. > > > >

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread Dmitry Torokhov
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 07:18:17 -0500, Wakko Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please keep me CCd > > jerome lacoste wrote: > > particular hardware (Dell Inspiron 8100)? I run Linux on 3 other > > I have this exact same laptop. It works perfectly for me with linux. > Originally started with a 2.4

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread Wakko Warner
Please keep me CCd jerome lacoste wrote: > particular hardware (Dell Inspiron 8100)? I run Linux on 3 other I have this exact same laptop. It works perfectly for me with linux. Originally started with a 2.4 kernel and recently went to 2.6.10. The modem works well, the video card works well eve

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread DervishD
Hi Jerome :) * jerome lacoste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > [Sorry for the sensational title] It catched my attention ;))) > I halted the machine correctly yesterday night. I never dropped the > box in 3 years. Am I just being unlucky? Or could the fact that I am > using Linux on the bo

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread jerome lacoste
>> Could a hardware failure look like bad sectors to fsck? > > A failure of the bus or a former sporadic error can cause defective fs, but > normally you have a read error in fsck no structure error. > > Are you using hdparm? is the system perhaps overheating or overclocked? no overclock hdparm

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread Andre Tomt
jerome lacoste wrote: Attached the output of smartctl -a /dev/hda, whatever that helps. Judging from the SMART output, this drive seems hosed. All firmware controlled extended off-line self-tests have failed on LBA 92491576, and it has a worrying amount of re-allocated sectors. New laptop harddr

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I halted the machine correctly yesterday night. I never dropped the > box in 3 years. Am I just being unlucky? Or could the fact that I am > using Linux on the box affect the reliability in some ways on that > particular hardware (Dell Inspiron 8100)? I r

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread Jim Nelson
jerome lacoste wrote: [Sorry for the sensational title] I have had this laptop for three years. It ran Linux (Debian unstable) from the start and its hardware has been very unreliable: I changed hard disks twice and the motherboard thrice. My DVD drive started failing some days ago (this one is 'or

Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread Julien Banchet
Le vendredi 04 f?rier 2005 Ã 10:03 +0100, jerome lacoste a Ãcrit : > [Sorry for the sensational title] > > I have had this laptop for three years. It ran Linux (Debian unstable) > from the start and its hardware has been very unreliable: I changed > hard disks twice and the motherboard thrice. My

Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

2005-02-04 Thread jerome lacoste
[Sorry for the sensational title] I have had this laptop for three years. It ran Linux (Debian unstable) from the start and its hardware has been very unreliable: I changed hard disks twice and the motherboard thrice. My DVD drive started failing some days ago (this one is 'original', 3 years old)