From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261375AbUHJIPd (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 04:15:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261763AbUHJIPd (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 04:15:33 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:27542 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261375AbUHJIPX (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 04:15:23 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:14:54 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Robert Crawford Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.8-rc3-mm1 & mm2 break k3b Message-ID: <20040810081453.GJ10381@suse.de> References: <200408100011.30730.flacycads@access4less.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408100011.30730.flacycads@access4less.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 10 2004, Robert Crawford wrote: > I posted this on the Con Kolivas kernel list, and he suggested I post > here, regarding 2.6.8-rc3-mm kernels. I'm no expert by any means, but > have been testing kernels since 2.5.67, and have posted about kernels > on the Gentoo & PCLOS forums, among others. > > "Just tested the latest staircase7.I with 2.6.8-rc3 vanilla, and > 2.6.8-rc3-mm2, and both work fine- no problems I can see so far on my > test box. However, 2.6.8-rc3-mm1 and mm2 both still break my k3b cd > burning software, with these errors (using cdrecord 2.1a33, on Gentoo) > : > > Unable to determine the last tracks data mode. using default cdrecord > returned an unknown error (code 12) Cannot allocate memory > > Sometimes it says to lower the burn speed, even when it's set to 4x > (on a 48x burner), but that doesn't solve the problem. I get the same > errors. > > This doesn't occur with all previous mm kernels (up to 2.6.8-rc2-mm2), > or any other kernel I've tried, and not with any ck patches, so I'm > convinced it's the rc3-mm patches causing this, and not anything ck." > If I boot with other kernels, same hardware, same config file, k3b > works perfectly. Try 2.6.8-rc4, please. -- Jens Axboe