On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 11:14, Elton Woo wrote: > Following a suggestion in this list, I edited my modules.conf file > to enable DMA. I can now burn data CD's (with kernel-2.4.20-2.48). > > Burning *audio* CD's is a different matter. Gnome Toaster will > do the burn process, and immediately hang the system. My PS/2 > keyboard will lock up with the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs > flashing incessantly.
I think we've pretty much beat this one to death. I imagine this is a result of the "fixating" process locking the IDE bus as described in point (1) in Matt Wilson's summary of how fubared things are on the CDR front. But reading over the list off known issues from March 8th as report by Mr. Wilson, I don't think there is all that much point in continuing to be Mr. Wilson's "Dennis the Menace" on this issue. It's pretty clear the code we have access to as beta testers is very much broken. I know i see hard locks like Mr. Wilson described at the end of his summary on my smp box. I'm really not sure how much more value we can squeeze out of continuing to lock up our system with beta code we know has serious issues,as of March 8th. There are so many known issues, that its got to be difficult to pinpoint a new one. What yer seeing could be fix with the changes Mr. Wilson described in his summary...hard to tell. Does it suck that we don't have new code to test to put our minds at ease? Yep. Them's the breaks...literally. But there are so many known issue with the code we do have, its really hard to see if any more pounding away at deciphering under what conditions things lock up, with the same old broken code, has any real value. I think is might be a good time to realize the horse yer beating on is dead...very dead....and maybe its in yer best interest to wait for Red Hat to give you a new horse to beat on. But I guess i should go home and try this...cuz lock up as fun. We should start a new competition for the lowest uptimes for the beta. -jef"yes, i know, it is hypocritical for me to be talking about walking away from dead horses....think of me as an expert on them and it will sit with you better"spaleta
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