Re: hdc=ide-scsi option causes crash
From: Fred Emmott (pcfreak65_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/18/03
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 10:01:08 +0000
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john wrote:
| Hey
|
| I have a weird problem. My SuSE Linux Personal 9 system locks about 4-9
| minutes after X/KDE or GNOME loads. I'm talking about a complete
| hardware freeze, where the only option is to hold in the power to shut
| down. This doesn't happen if X isn't loaded. Here's the interesting
| part: I experimented with kernal boot options and found that the
| hdc=ide-scsi option is the culprit. If I boot without that option, the
| system is as solid as a rock. Unfortunately I can't use my CD-RW when I
| boot without the option.
|
| I have an AMD Athlon system with a KT400 chipset, an nVidia GeForce4 MX,
| a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 HDD and an LG CD-RW -- all pretty standard
| stuff.
|
| Does anyone have any idea why the hdc=ide-scsi option is causing X to
| freeze?
|
| BTW, RH9 freezes in the same way.
|
| Many thanks,
| John
ide-scsi is known to be unstable - i personally have had no problems,
but i have heard of it , and have also heard that it will not be fixed,
as it is believed by some kernel developers that there is no need for it
to be fixed, due to cdrecord allowing dev=ATAPI.
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Fred Emmott
Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely
unintentional side effect. --- Linus Torvalds
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