This patch has made quite a difference for me also, thanks so much!! I
was able to create and verify a 1.6 gig tape after applying it.
My next attempt did not go so well. I was attempting to create a backup
of 30 gigs, at one point I attempted to change the screen saver settings
and froze up my X session, mouse and all. The machine was not locked up
however as I could reach it via telnet. I have restarted this backup
(after rebooting the machine), and will see what happens with a more
"hands off" approach. I have not had my X-session lock up like this
before installing the onstream, so I am guessing it's related somehow.
Best Regards,
Robert Laughlin
On 23 May 2000, Anil B. Somayaji wrote:
> The patch seems to have helped things - thanks! Now I can actually
> successfully compare a tape I made before. However, I do still see
> some errors - first, I got I/O error message at the beginning of the
> compare. Then, a "mt -f /dev/nht0 status" call took a very long time
> to complete, and when it returned it didn't know what block it was on.
> No new messages appeared on the console, but I think the mt is
> responsible for the later error messages - I'm not sure which ones
> exactly, though. Anyway, I've included the log entries at the end of
> this message.
>
> I'll try to play with the drive some more today - anything I should be
> looking for?
>
> --Anil
