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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Endless modprobe calls logged in KDE 3.4
From:       Volker Krause <volker.krause () rwth-aachen ! de>
Date:       2005-02-03 18:13:22
Message-ID: 200502031913.24669.volker.krause () rwth-aachen ! de
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On Tuesday 01 February 2005 21:08, Kévin Ottens wrote:
> Le Mardi 1 Février 2005 20:45, Volker Krause a écrit :
> > Here are relevant information about the machine that crashs:
> > SuSE 9.1, x86, Kernel 2.6.6 + packet writing patch
> > [...]
> > And here the information about the working machines:
> > (1) SuSE 9.1, x86, Kernel 2.6.8.1
> > [...]
> > (2) SuSE 9.2, x86_64, Kernel 2.6.8 (SuSE default kernel, ie. heavily
> > patched)
> > [...]
>
> Maybe you could try to upgrade the kernel...

I just upgraded to 2.6.10, no crash so far.

> > > Does it happen only when something is in the drive? Or only when it's
> > > empty? Both?
> >
> > IIRC the drives were always empty. I'll have to test what happens if
> > there is a disc in (since this most likely means killing the machine, I'm
> > not sure when I get the chance to do it).
>
> Before the login or during the boot process looks like the way to go. If
> you use kdm, simply insert the medium before loginn with your user.
> But please try to upgrade the kernel first! I'd like to be almost sure that
> it's not a software-only issue...

I tried this before upgrading the kernel, interestingly having at least one 
disk in the drives helps as well. The drive(s) just spin up shortly at the 
point were it crashed before.

regards
Volker

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