Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-25 Thread Harald Weidner
Hello, As a matter of fact it just happened with our IDE drives after upgrading to 2.0.34, since we had read this, we downgraded to 2.0.33 and it works with no erros now. I don't intent to say that this is an important bug, but maybe it should be looked at. I had this error messages

bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-24 Thread G John Lapeyre
My file systems are getting trashed. I get errors and eventually the system hung (couldn't shutdown). I switched back to 2.0.33 and everything is fine. I'm not sure if overheating has something to do with it as well. A typical error message is (this occurs on 2 of three

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-24 Thread Christian Meder
On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:24:52AM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote: A typical error message is (this occurs on 2 of three drives): Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr:

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-24 Thread G John Lapeyre
OK, I was wrong , its happening now with 2.0.33 too. However, its happening to all three ide drives. I'd better figure it out fast On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Christian Meder wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:24:52AM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote: A typical error message is (this

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-24 Thread Javier Fdz-Sanguino Pen~a
As a matter of fact it just happened with our IDE drives after upgrading to 2.0.34, since we had read this, we downgraded to 2.0.33 and it works with no erros now. I don't intent to say that this is an important bug, but maybe it should be looked at. Regards Javi On

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-24 Thread Gregory S. Stark
On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:24:52AM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote: A typical error message is (this occurs on 2 of three drives): Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel:

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-24 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
it as well. A typical error message is (this occurs on 2 of three drives): Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=6766956,

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-24 Thread G John Lapeyre
Well , its already off. Thanks for the tip. I downgraded to 2.0.33, and things are much more stable , so far, but I've seen a couple of errors. I guess we'll have to wait a while longer and see if other people report the same thing. On 24 Jun 1998, Gregory S. Stark wrote: Are you

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-24 Thread G John Lapeyre
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: i have 40 identical computers here, and one of them has the same problems. i guess some trouble with the mainboard, but i'm not sure and could not investigate till today. all other machines work fine (with hard disk, 2 have network card

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

1998-06-24 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Javier Fdz-Sanguino Pen~a wrote: As a matter of fact it just happened with our IDE drives after upgrading to 2.0.34, since we had read this, we downgraded to 2.0.33 and it works with no erros now. I don't intent to say that this is an important bug, but maybe it

kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-09 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
I downloaded the sources for the 2.0.34 kernel and did a quick look through the files. The fat-32 patches do not seem to be in here. If 2.0.34 is to be released as a debian package, then I hope all of the patches that are in the 2.0.33 package are added. Also has anyone packaged the Real Time

Re: kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the sources for the 2.0.34 kernel and did a quick look through the files. The fat-32 patches do not seem to be in here. If 2.0.34 is to be released as a debian package, then I hope all of the patches that are in the 2.0.33 package are

Re: kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-09 Thread Johnie Ingram
Bob == Bob Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bob conclude that it probably is there (maybe in a different form Bob than the patches). Bob As usual, the documentation lags the code, of course. The documentation is off on Alan Cox's site -- it seems you have to activate NLS support and UTF8

Re: kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-09 Thread G John Lapeyre
I haven't tested it, but it really looks like Gordon Chaffee's patches are included. homey 4 rgrep -i -r 'fat32' . ./fs/fat/cache.c: fat_bits == 16 ? EOF_FAT16 : EOF_FAT3 2); ./fs/fat/inode.c: int fat32;

kernel 2.0.34 fat32

1998-06-09 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
Thanks to everyone that pointed out that the fat32 patches ARE in 2.0.34. I assumed that fat32 remained a configure option, but it appears that it is now a standard feature (of fat). At least that's why I could not find any reference to fat32 in the configure scripts. It must be a mess for the

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-08 Thread Jim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: How is this different from bo, where we also had three kernel versions available and only had pcmcia modules for the first two? No difference. And no improvement. :) -Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-08 Thread Luis Francisco Gonzalez
Raul Miller wrote: Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking as a debian advocate, it would be highly embarrassing to try to explain something like Oh yeah, the new kernel is there, but you can't use it yet since ... where ... stems from the person's need for some dependant package. Example:

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-08 Thread Raul Miller
Luis Francisco Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Precisely, in bo the boot-floppies had to disable pcmcia because it was broken. I guess you never had to install using a pcmcia network card. If we make changes to the kernels, let's make sure there is no broken dependent package. I don't see

Re: advantage of new kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-07 Thread Joey Hess
Wichert Akkerman wrote: Furthermore, 2.0.34 fixes a lot of security problems, not all of which are in the Debian 2.0.33 package IIRC Yes, I saw a truely scarey post from Dave Miller listing security problems in 2.0.x kernels that are fixed in 2.0.34. Many of them didn't have details, becuase

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-07 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, There is apparently an updated driver on whatever the AIC7XXX driver's home site is. Maybe that should be included as a local patch for our source---at least up to this point, Alan Cox has been making it sound like 2.0.35 is a month or two away, at least. A month or two? Isn't the

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-07 Thread peloy
Ossama Othman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A month or two? Isn't the development kernel supposed to be released as stable by then? Oh no, I don't think so. Kernel development seems to be caotic at this time. Maintainers of different parts of the kernels are complaining loudly because Linus has a

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-07 Thread Jim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I don't agree that we have to delay the release of hamm to have 2.0.34 as a hamm package. I do :) Speaking purely as a user, I think the job should be done right. Speaking as a debian advocate, it would be highly embarrassing to try to explain something like Oh

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-07 Thread Raul Miller
Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking as a debian advocate, it would be highly embarrassing to try to explain something like Oh yeah, the new kernel is there, but you can't use it yet since ... where ... stems from the person's need for some dependant package. Example: say he needs pcmcia.

kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-06 Thread Raul Miller
I would like to recommend that linux 2.0.34 be made available as a part of hamm. This is because 2.0.34 is a bugfix-only upgrade to 2.0.33. However, I don't think we have enough experience with 2.0.34 to eliminate 2.0.33 from the distribution. So both should be available. -- Raul -- To

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-06 Thread Martin Mitchell
Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would like to recommend that linux 2.0.34 be made available as a part of hamm. This is because 2.0.34 is a bugfix-only upgrade to 2.0.33. However, I don't think we have enough experience with 2.0.34 to eliminate 2.0.33 from the distribution. So

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-06 Thread Raul Miller
Luis Francisco Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's be clear about what this means. We need to compile the kernel and all packages that depend on it, pcmcia-modules, boot-floppies, etc. (We could, I guess live with the boot-floppies being 2.0.33 but given that there is a mismatch between

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-06 Thread Jesse Goldman
Hi, Looks to me like kernel 2.0.34 is more than just a bugfix release. The aic7xxx/pci driver changed *completely* with the result that my adaptec 2940AU no longer seems to work. I'd agree with the suggestion that 2.0.33 be kept around a bit longer. J. Goldman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

RE: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-06 Thread Darren Benham
How about ship Hamm with 2.0.33 as setup but include what's necessary for 2.0.34 the way Bo has 2.0.29 but includes the stuff for 2.0.30 -- http://benham.net/index.html -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++ P+++$ L++ E?

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Jesse Goldman wrote: Hi, Looks to me like kernel 2.0.34 is more than just a bugfix release. The aic7xxx/pci driver changed *completely* with the result that my adaptec 2940AU no longer seems to work. I'd agree with the suggestion that 2.0.33 be kept around a bit longer

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-06 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, Yes, AIC7XXX is a problem with 2.0.34. This probably means that 2.0.35 will be forthcoming. I've had no problems whatsoever with my AIC7880 onboard UW SCSI controller. It handles my SCSI-3 hard drive, SCSI-2 CD-ROM Drive and my SCSI-1 DAT/DDS-2 tape drive just fine. Nevertheless, if

Re: kernel 2.0.34 and hamm

1998-06-06 Thread Michael Alan Dorman
On Sat, Jun 06, 1998 at 06:18:19PM -0400, Ossama Othman wrote: Yes, AIC7XXX is a problem with 2.0.34. This probably means that 2.0.35 will be forthcoming. I've had no problems whatsoever with my AIC7880 onboard UW SCSI controller. It handles my SCSI-3 hard drive, SCSI-2 CD-ROM Drive

Re: advantage of new kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-05 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: Well, our news server (Diablo, #threehundredsomething in the top1000) crashed regulary with all the 2.0.x kernels but with the later 2.0.34pre kernels it has been rock-stable. 2.0.33 regulary hangs on newer Intel chipsets. I installed Debian on a

Re: advantage of new kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
So, where do I find the source? Helsinki only has 2.0.33? On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: Well, our news server (Diablo, #threehundredsomething in the top1000) crashed regulary with all the 2.0.x kernels but with the later 2.0.34pre

Re: advantage of new kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-05 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
According to Dale Scheetz: So, where do I find the source? Helsinki only has 2.0.33? I downloaded 2.0.34 from ftp.funet.fi yesterday morning (the patch that is, I did not check to see if a complete kernel was there). You can also find a copy of the 2.0.34 patch on

advantage of new kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-04 Thread G John Lapeyre
They have included the FAT32 support. Many users need to mount their win95 partition. Many can't even install without support, as they need to install from a FAT32 partition. I had this problem installing on a machine a few months ago. You had to patch 2.0.33 to get it. John

Re: advantage of new kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-04 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Luis Francisco Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess the kernel-maintainer is the only one that can evaluate if there are any security improvements that should make it into hamm. Otherwise, let's not put new code into the freeze. Debian 2.1 should not take long