Re: mouse still losing sync and thus jumping around

2005-02-24 Thread Anthony DiSante
sys/bus/serio/devices/serioX/drvctl I.e. substitute "driver" with "drvctl" as now "driver" is a symlink to a currently bound driver that is set up by driver core. Ah, sweet, thank you. This should all be documented somewhere! For now I've been keeping my notes here:

Re: mouse still losing sync and thus jumping around

2005-02-24 Thread Anthony DiSante
driver with drvctl as now driver is a symlink to a currently bound driver that is set up by driver core. Ah, sweet, thank you. This should all be documented somewhere! For now I've been keeping my notes here: http://nodivisions.com/tech/linux/jumpingmouse/ -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com

Re: mouse still losing sync and thus jumping around

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony DiSante
ks. I'm currently running 2.6.10-gentoo-r6. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: mouse still losing sync and thus jumping around

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony DiSante
-gentoo-r6. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-22 Thread Anthony DiSante
olved just are not realistic. Again, that was one of my earlier questions, since some people here were saying "impossible" while other were saying "really hard." -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kerne

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-22 Thread Anthony DiSante
ire a lot of bookkeeping" to "fix" permanently-D-stated processes... which is completely different than "impossible." -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMA

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-22 Thread Anthony DiSante
of whether the bugs get fixed or the kernel finds a way to work around them, my dislike has nothing to do with the overhead or "ugliness" of stuck processes; I dislike them because they render my system useless for 75% of the things I use it for. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisi

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-22 Thread Anthony DiSante
n multiple systems with different hardware, some HW-related driver/process gets stuck, then immediately cascades its stuckness up to udevd or hald, and then I can't use any of my hardware anymore until I reboot. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &q

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-22 Thread Anthony DiSante
with different hardware, some HW-related driver/process gets stuck, then immediately cascades its stuckness up to udevd or hald, and then I can't use any of my hardware anymore until I reboot. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-22 Thread Anthony DiSante
fixed or the kernel finds a way to work around them, my dislike has nothing to do with the overhead or ugliness of stuck processes; I dislike them because they render my system useless for 75% of the things I use it for. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-22 Thread Anthony DiSante
permanently-D-stated processes... which is completely different than impossible. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-22 Thread Anthony DiSante
were saying really hard. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
to say anything useful when this happens. Kernel bugs are not acceptable. That's a nice-sounding ideal, but the truth is that kernel bugs exist and are not uncommon. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in th

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
ually timing out, except the timeout code isn't there? -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
le will always need to reboot their linux systems when they get new hardware that puts processes into the D state permanently. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
red before, look in the lkml archives for details. Thanks, I'll do that. But could you give me a more specific pointer? Searching lkml for "uninterruptible" returns ~2000 results. Thanks, Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
kernel, that watches for hung processes like this and kills them? Don't get me wrong, I love rebooting every couple days... but I have a Windows system for that. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of

uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
processes like this and kills them? Don't get me wrong, I love rebooting every couple days... but I have a Windows system for that. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
, look in the lkml archives for details. Thanks, I'll do that. But could you give me a more specific pointer? Searching lkml for uninterruptible returns ~2000 results. Thanks, Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
they get new hardware that puts processes into the D state permanently. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
, except the timeout code isn't there? -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http

Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

2005-02-21 Thread Anthony DiSante
are not acceptable. That's a nice-sounding ideal, but the truth is that kernel bugs exist and are not uncommon. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http

two Oopses on 2.6.10

2005-02-15 Thread Anthony DiSante
12_FC2smp/ -m /boot/System.map-2.6.10-1.12_FC2smp oops.02 >ksymoops.02 Please let me know if there's any other information I need to provide. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ ksymoops 2.4.5 on i686 2.6.10-1.12_FC2. Options used -V (default) -K (specified) -l /proc/modules (

two Oopses on 2.6.10

2005-02-15 Thread Anthony DiSante
/System.map-2.6.10-1.12_FC2smp oops.02 ksymoops.02 Please let me know if there's any other information I need to provide. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ ksymoops 2.4.5 on i686 2.6.10-1.12_FC2. Options used -V (default) -K (specified) -l /proc/modules (default) -o

Re: Has anyone dumped udev for devfs?

2005-02-03 Thread Anthony DiSante
f hardware; sometimes it's USB, sometimes Firewire, sometimes a CDROM, that causes hald to take a nap, permanently. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordom

Re: Has anyone dumped udev for devfs?

2005-02-03 Thread Anthony DiSante
, that causes hald to take a nap, permanently. -Anthony DiSante http://nodivisions.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ