Re: [opensuse] 11.3 can't read CD, 11.1 can?
On Friday 06 August 2010 09:55:24 David C. Rankin wrote:
On 08/06/2010 08:36 AM, Mark Goldstein wrote:
Aug 6 15:47:06<...> kernel: [ 727.395052] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 3432
<snip>
Mark,
I am convinced that the 2.6.34 kernel has so
regarding onboard module handling (or whatever the heck you call the modules that used to be external loadable module that are now black-magic in the kernel) I have an x86_64 laptop that hardlocks on boot with 2.6.34, but runs every kernel prior to that without any
bugzilla.novell for 11.3 optical disk read error (or any 2.6.34 module load error) and if you don't find anything related open a new report.
Yes, I know that it could possibly be nothing more
with one being more tolerant of disk problems than
experience from multiple Linux distros with kernel 2.6.34-X is that there is a huge bug there that affects several classes
very large bugs in it problems. Please search than drive differences the other, but my that the kernel folks are
struggling to get their heads around.
I'd also like to suggest trying http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_11.3/i586/ and installing it with rpm -i <KOTD flavor> (Go into yast and verify the bootloader was properly updated before you reboot) If your symptoms change, or go away, then David is right about this being a kernel problem. I also suspect 2.6.34 has a problem as I started having problems with LVM's when RC1 came out and has continued since. With the KOTD version, that has pretty much gone away. I know this is different than your problem(s), but K3b also seems to have benefited by writing much fewer drink coasters. When I run out of coasters, I put .34 back online :) BTW David, Thanks for your package manager/repo builder scripts...they make recovery and re installations much faster (maybe 20x) and I have no further worries about upgrades damaging my system with no recourse to downgrade again because the on line repos no longer have the older version(s) on line after the updates (in many cases). I back up ONLY the programs and versions that are actually installed anywhere on any of my systems and not the whole repo and can include 'bastard child' RPMs from other vendors not supported by o.o. or Packman , et al. Again, Thank you! Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Richard Creighton <ricreig@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday 06 August 2010 09:55:24 David C. Rankin wrote:
On 08/06/2010 08:36 AM, Mark Goldstein wrote:
Aug 6 15:47:06<...> kernel: [ 727.395052] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 3432
<snip>
Mark,
I am convinced that the 2.6.34 kernel has so
regarding onboard module handling (or whatever the heck you call the modules that used to be external loadable module that are now black-magic in the kernel) I have an x86_64 laptop that hardlocks on boot with 2.6.34, but runs every kernel prior to that without any
very large bugs in it problems. Please search
bugzilla.novell for 11.3 optical disk read error (or any 2.6.34 module load error) and if you don't find anything related open a new report. ...
I'd also like to suggest trying
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_11.3/i586/
and installing it with rpm -i <KOTD flavor>
... David, Richard, Thank you for your advices. I'll probably try advanced kernel later (I have to prepare carefully since I have a number of driver modules I have to re-compile for new kernel). But in the meantime I did some more experiments and now I'm not sure where to look at... So again, I have on the same machine oS 11.3/KDE 4.4, oS 11.1 / KDE 3.1, Kubuntu 10.04 / KDE 4.4. I also have one internal DVD drive and one external USB DVD drive. Till now I tried same CD on internal DVD drive with 11.1 (kernel 2.6.27.48-0.1-pae) and 11.3 (2.6.34-12-desktop) and it looked like mounting always succeed with 11.1 and always failed with 11.3. Now I tried Kubuntu 10.04 (kernel 2.6.32-24-generic) with internal drive and all attempts failed with the same message as in 11.3. Then in 11.3 I logged into LXDE, and got a surprise: same messages about I/O errors in the syslog, but the CD is successfully mounted and I can read it. I then attached external DVD and saw the same behavior under LXDE - a number of error messages, but eventually disk is mounted and accessible. Returned to KDE4 session. With external DVD one time mounting failed and another one it succeeded. I put the CD again in internal drive and all attempts failed again. So my impression is that the CD might actually have some defect. But the modules that are responsible for automounting in KDE3 and LXDE behave differently from the one in KDE4.4 (maybe ignore errors or making more attempts). Regards, -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 06 August 2010 13:39:24 Mark Goldstein wrote: ...
David,
Richard,
Thank you for your advices. I'll probably try advanced kernel
later (I
have to prepare carefully since I have a number of driver modules I have to re-compile for new kernel). But in the meantime I did some more experiments and now I'm not sure where to look at... So again, I have on the same machine oS 11.3/KDE 4.4, oS 11.1 / KDE 3.1, Kubuntu 10.04 / KDE 4.4.
Regards,
I would say you have pinpointed the hardware/software issue. If the hardware was bad, or the CD itself, then 11.1 couldn't be 100% successful. I submit that 11.3 and the Kubuntu probably use the same underlying kernel version > than what is oS 11.1. Probably 6.34. Currently in KOTD is 6.35+ which was released by Linus recently and has a number of bug fixes and support for at least one new filesystem. I think even if you have to compile some drivers, it might be worth the effort. Also, unless your drivers are related to your disk drive(s) and CDRom drive, nothing says you have to compile the other drivers (printer, sound cards, etc) and the video driver from 11.3 seems quite compatable withe the newer kernel so you will likely have video. Additionally, by setting (in YAST) your system config to allow multi-version for the kernel in GRUB, and by using rpm -i instead of other install methods, GRUB will allow your current and the new kernel to co-reside and if the new kernel fails, just reboot and select the old kernel and go tell YAST to delete the new kernel entry (and wait for a newer KOTD or compile the missing driver you didn't realize you needed the first time) :) rpm -1 does all the updates (mkinitd, etc) and even edits GRUB (though you want to look before a reboot to see it got it right). Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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