[opensuse] Nothing Shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup
On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup. Is this normal??? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
no. Perhaps something wrong with your DMA or BIOS -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
David C. Rankin wrote:
On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup. Is this normal???
It might not be enabled, try the command hdparm -d /dev/hda to check if it is enabled (you need to be root to run this command). If it is not, you can enable it with the command hdparm -d1 to enable it. The man page gives more information on the command. Also, it wouldn't hurt to check the BIOS settings. Bill Anderson WW7BA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bill Anderson wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup. Is this normal???
It might not be enabled, try the command hdparm -d /dev/hda to check if it is enabled (you need to be root to run this command). If it is not, you can enable it with the command hdparm -d1 to enable it. The man page gives more information on the command. Also, it wouldn't hurt to check the BIOS settings.
Bill Anderson WW7BA
All looks good there. I wonder why Yast doesn't see it? [root Rankin-P35a:/home/david] # hdparm -d /dev/hda /dev/hda: using_dma = 1 (on) -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bill Anderson wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup. Is this normal???
Additional explanation, when I say nothing is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup, I literally mean *nothing* not just no DMA option, I mean *no* hard drive at all. That's what is really strange...
It might not be enabled, try the command hdparm -d /dev/hda to check if it is enabled (you need to be root to run this command). If it is not, you can enable it with the command hdparm -d1 to enable it. The man page gives more information on the command. Also, it wouldn't hurt to check the BIOS settings.
That is another strange thing about this laptop, the bios is virtually void of any information. I mean yes, it shows the drive and basic time/date information and has the ability to set the boot device, but that is about it. There is a lot of stuff that just isn't shown/configurable. This P4 laptop is aging yes, but as far as function it has integrated 802.11g, firewire, usb, dvd-rw, multicard reader, etc. but is has the smallest human bios interface known to man - go figure? Maybe that is why Yast doesn't show the drive and why nobody has configured a powersave suspend to ram acpi function. Thanks for the help. If you have any other thoughts, please pass them along! -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
David C. Rankin wrote:
Bill Anderson wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup. Is this normal???
Additional explanation, when I say nothing is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup, I literally mean *nothing* not just no DMA option, I mean *no* hard drive at all. That's what is really strange...
It might not be enabled, try the command hdparm -d /dev/hda to check if it is enabled (you need to be root to run this command). If it is not, you can enable it with the command hdparm -d1 to enable it. The man page gives more information on the command. Also, it wouldn't hurt to check the BIOS settings.
That is another strange thing about this laptop, the bios is virtually void of any information. I mean yes, it shows the drive and basic time/date information and has the ability to set the boot device, but that is about it. There is a lot of stuff that just isn't shown/configurable. This P4 laptop is aging yes, but as far as function it has integrated 802.11g, firewire, usb, dvd-rw, multicard reader, etc. but is has the smallest human bios interface known to man - go figure? Maybe that is why Yast doesn't show the drive and why nobody has configured a powersave suspend to ram acpi function.
Thanks for the help. If you have any other thoughts, please pass them along!
I rarely use yast, as I perform most tasks from the command line. On my laptop, I noticed that it was using the 16-bit default for transferring data from the ide controller to the bus. You can check this with the hdparm -c /dev/hda command. While nothing can be done about the 16 data transfer lines on the cable, you can improve the bus transfer by setting the value to 1 or 3. Read the man page on this one, as some chipsets want the value to be 3. Changing the bus transfer size does provide a small boost to performance. You can test the results, with the command hdparm -Tt /dev/hda. Bill Anderson WW7BA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Donnerstag 20 September 2007 13:18:36 schrieb David C. Rankin:
On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup. Is this normal???
Maybe because you don't have any IDE-drives in laptop but all sata drives? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Volker Poplawski wrote:
Am Donnerstag 20 September 2007 13:18:36 schrieb David C. Rankin:
On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup. Is this normal???
Maybe because you don't have any IDE-drives in laptop but all sata drives?
Well that's just cooky, but you are right! I do have an IDE drive in there, not SATA. How do I know? Because I just put the new Western Digital Scorpio WD1200BEVE 120GB 5400 RPM ATA-6 Notebook Hard Drive in there. But it looks like my friend 'Hal' is using it as a serial storage device?? From hardware info: 12: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390' storage.media_check_enabled = false storage.firmware_version = '01.04A01' storage.removable.media_available = true storage.size = 120034123776ull (0x1bf2976000ull) storage.hotpluggable = false block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390' linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/hda' storage.bus = 'ide' block.major = 3 (0x3) block.is_volume = false storage.drive_type = 'disk' info.capabilities = { 'storage', 'block' } storage.removable.media_size = 120034123776ull (0x1bf2976000ull) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390' volume.ignore = true storage.no_partitions_hint = false linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) storage.model = 'WDC WD1200BEVE-11UYT0' storage.serial = 'WD-WXE307576390' info.product = 'WDC WD1200BEVE-11UYT0' storage.requires_eject = false linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/hda' storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4349_ide_0_0' info.category = 'storage' storage.automount_enabled_hint = true storage.removable = false info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4349_ide_0_0' block.device = '/dev/hda' block.minor = 0 (0x0) storage.vendor = '' storage.partitioning_scheme = 'mbr' Go figure??? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
David C. Rankin wrote:
Volker Poplawski wrote:
Am Donnerstag 20 September 2007 13:18:36 schrieb David C. Rankin:
On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup. Is this normal???
Maybe because you don't have any IDE-drives in laptop but all sata drives?
Well that's just cooky, but you are right! I do have an IDE drive in there, not SATA. How do I know? Because I just put the new Western Digital Scorpio WD1200BEVE 120GB 5400 RPM ATA-6 Notebook Hard Drive in there. But it looks like my friend 'Hal' is using it as a serial storage device?? From hardware info:
12: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390' storage.media_check_enabled = false storage.firmware_version = '01.04A01' storage.removable.media_available = true storage.size = 120034123776ull (0x1bf2976000ull) storage.hotpluggable = false block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390' linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/hda' storage.bus = 'ide' block.major = 3 (0x3) block.is_volume = false storage.drive_type = 'disk' info.capabilities = { 'storage', 'block' } storage.removable.media_size = 120034123776ull (0x1bf2976000ull) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390' volume.ignore = true storage.no_partitions_hint = false linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) storage.model = 'WDC WD1200BEVE-11UYT0' storage.serial = 'WD-WXE307576390' info.product = 'WDC WD1200BEVE-11UYT0' storage.requires_eject = false linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/hda' storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4349_ide_0_0' info.category = 'storage' storage.automount_enabled_hint = true storage.removable = false info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4349_ide_0_0' block.device = '/dev/hda' block.minor = 0 (0x0) storage.vendor = '' storage.partitioning_scheme = 'mbr'
Go figure???
Actually, hal gathers its information from the /sys and /proc directories. The /sys is another reflection of kernel data structures. For /sys, it reflects kernel objects, and in this case the kernel objects associated with a device. I wouldn't worry about the serial storage part, as that is the hal udi for its database. The kernel sees it as a block device /sys/block/hda. While I use hwinfo, I don't depend on it. I am one of those who go back to the /sys directory for the final answer. Bill Anderson WW7BA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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