On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit Joshi wrote: > > I have a fully updated Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) installation with the > > 2.6.22-14-generic kernel. > > It seems like my computer cannot boot without the all_generic_ide > parameter > > added to the kernel line in menu.lst > > > > If I remove the all_generic_ide parameter, my computer won't boot and > gives > > an error "waiting for root file-system". > > Also, all my ide devices are detected under /dev/sdx. > > Is anybody experiencing similar problems? > > > > > In your bios what are the IDE/SATA settings? >
I don't know. What should I look for? > > 2 days ago I installed Kubuntu 7.10 from a CD, in my laptop that also > has Kubuntu 6.10. It now detects my drives as sda, so that is ok. How is > Kaffeine working in your 7.10? Mine crashes everytime I try to play a > video. Even gxine goes for a toss. Only mplayer works but I cannot > reduce the high contrast and brightness as mplayer does not have the > setting. Another thing I found was that there is no libxine-extracodecs > available for 7.10. I had last installed them on 7.04 at a client's > place and the system installed and is running without any problems on a > Gigabyte 945 and SATA hdd. For 7.10 it is w32codecs. > Well, when I installed Kubuntu I didn't face this problem. The computer used to boot without the all_generic_ide parameter. Then randomly one day it decided it would not find the root file system and would go to the initramfs prompt (Error: waiting for root file-system). I searched and found a link in Launchpad which said that this was due to a bug! Well the workaround was to add all_generic_ide to the kernel line. Everything works pretty well on my computer right now but I am not quite satisfied with the throughput of my hard disks since I have added this option. Kaffeine works fine. No problem with video playback whatsoever. What exactly is happening when I add this all_generic_ide parameter? Should I compile a new kernel or something? Regards, Amit. > > -- > Regards, > > Rony. > > GNU/Linux ! > No Viruses > No Spyware > Only Freedom. > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mckagan.googlepages.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
