From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>
To: Nelson Abramson <pogtal@erols.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: XFree 4 & sound problems
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 19:01:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000405190131.025451@mailhost.mipsys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38EB6A36.1A8D24C1@erols.com>
On Wed, Apr 5, 2000, Nelson Abramson <pogtal@erols.com> wrote:
>> If I just let things go and don't touch anything, it plays fine. The
>> freeze requires a reset button reboot--the machine is not reachable at
>> all (i.e. it's not just X).
>
>Could you maybe check what parameters you have enabled on your disk via
>hdparm? I have had a few hard freezes, and I think they are related to a
>small bug in either multiword dma or irq masking. If I have those options
>enabled, I occasionally get a machine freeze, caused by xmms (once by
>slocate via cron)...(that's what the xmon debugger says anyways)
That's really interesting since there is no bug I know of. Can you please
tell me:
- The exact machine model
- Did the problem began with a specific kernel or did you always had it
- Do you use the "nap" mode for power management ? (assuming it's a
powerbook)
Ben.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-04-05 17:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-04-05 5:53 XFree 4 & sound problems Matt Haffner
[not found] ` <38EAD96F.44219116@execpc.com>
2000-04-05 10:27 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
[not found] ` <38EB1645.F77935DE@drea.dnd.ca>
2000-04-05 17:34 ` Joseph Garcia
2000-04-05 16:30 ` Nelson Abramson
2000-04-05 17:01 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2000-04-05 18:21 ` Hard freezing w/ mp3s [Was: Re: XFree 4 & sound problems] Nelson Abramson
[not found] <m3u2hgy78f.fsf@melchior.fleming.u-psud.fr>
2000-04-05 17:38 ` XFree 4 & sound problems Matt Haffner
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