On Tuesday 03 May 2005 18:24, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 11:57, Keith Powell wrote:
I am running SUSE9.2 and have recently done a YaST upgrade to KDE3.4.
Now, when I boot, I get a pile of messages when it gets to KDM. I have tried to find out what they all mean and if they are of importance, but have failed miserably! So I am asking the list for advice. Here are the messages, which all start with the date and time (which I am omitting to make things more concise):
linux kernel: hw_random: RNG not detected linux kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Net filter core team linux kernel: hdc: ATAPI 52x CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB cache linux kernel: hdd: ATAPI 52x DVD-ROM drive, 256kB cache linux kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Net filter core team linux kernel: ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4093 buckets, 32744 max) - 340 bytes per conntrack linux kernel: ip_conntrack version 0.1 (4093 buckets, 32744 max) - 212 bytes per conntrack linux kernel: ALSA sound /pci/ac97/ac97-codec. c:2026: ac'97 analog subsections not ready linux ifup: No configuration found for sit0
These are all messages from your latest boot, log messages various programs and kernel modules give out when they start/load
linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
This just means you don't have a floppy in the drive. There's a program running that polls your drives (the one that gives you popup dialogs when you put a CD in the tray) and it tries to see if you have a floppy present. If you don't, the above is what you will see
Thanks very much for the explanation. I'm pleased that they are only for information and are not error messages. Cheers Keith