T D wrote: > Hi all, > > I have installed 4.4 on a machine (ibm aptiva) with the below dmesg output. > As I am somewhat new to this os, I would like some sugestions as to what I > could/should do with this box and no I will not rm -rf / > Any ideas/suggestions greatly apreciated.
I presume, your question is, not "what can I do with this now that I have it installed", but rather, "how can I fix this problem:" ... > clcs0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "Cirrus Logic CS4610 SoundFusion" rev 0x01: > irq 3 > clear_fifo: fist timeout cnt=0 > clear_fifo: fist timeout cnt=1 ,,, (and so on annoyingly) Correct? If so, the "easy" way out is probably to use ukc to disable the clcs0 device (see faq5.html). You will lose the ability to play audio on this thing. (see FAQ 5 for more on using ukc>) I've got an IBM laptop which does this once in a very long while, I..uh..never thought to let the thing keep counting, I guess I figured it was probably a really big thing like a 32 bit integer. Now I guess I look forward to the next time it does it on mine! Up to this point, because it always happens only when I don't have time to deal with it, I just shut it off back on, and the next time, it usually works just fine. You could also try poking pcibios with various flags (using ukc> again), see if that helps you. This would allow you to actually use the sound IF IT WORKS. As I recall, these Aptiva machines were quirky as heck, on a LOT of OSs. From memory, the power management was a bit overly aggressive, might want to make sure it is COMPLETELY disabled in the BIOS if you find your machine turning itself off (or some other form of equally unproductive power savings) in the middle of work. :) (On the other hand...you may not see that problem, I don't recall if I ever ran OpenBSD on an Aptiva of your vintage...) hm. speaking of BIOS, might want to dig around in there to see if there were any options which might have it run better for you. Check power management, PNP OS Installed? and things like that. Don't ask what the "right" value is, change what you can it might help. or not. Nick.
