On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 19:03, Apurva Mehta wrote:
> I am facing 2 problems with my GNU/Linux box (Redhat 7.2, Kernel 2.4.19)
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> since I installed the 2.4.19 kernel a couple of months ago..
Hope other will learn from this mail. All the details are here ^.
> 1) My system does not turn off automatically after issuing the powerdown
> command.. I have to turn it of manually. Earlier, with the RH 7.2
> default kernel (2.4.7-10), the power would switch off automatically.
> Here are the how the relevant variables are set :
> CONFIG_PM=y
> CONFIG_APM=m
> # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
> CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y
> CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y
> # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
> CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y
> CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS=y
> # CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
>
This last parameter (CONFIG_APM_REAL_POWER_OFF=y) should be set to 'y'.
>
> 2) I cannot mount audio cd's anymore. I can play them through gtcd, I
> just cannot rip them.. The mount command tells me that I got a bad fs
> type or there are too many mounted filesystems. I can mount normal data
> cd's easily enough..
>
Audio CD's can't be mounted.
> Also, what is a good strategy to follow while compiling a kernel? Is it
> better to make as many modules as possible or the other way round? Are
> there any particular features which would be better off as part of the
> kernel image rather than as modules? Currently, I have compiled very few
> features as modules.
>
This is my personal opinion. I think if you are not adding modules
frequently for new hardware you should make it a single a.out binary.
Because it doesn't make much difference in size. Also this strategy will
save time which is taken while loading on demand.
-pankaj
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