[ltp] strange locking up thanks to the modem..

[Thomas Hood]

What is the output of "hdparm /dev/hda"?

On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 03:13, Mike Johnson wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 November 2001 19:21, you wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > 	On my Thinkpad 570E running RH 7.1 and stock kernel and everything, I
> > have the Lucent Winmodem working very smooothly ever since I first
> > compiled and installed the usual driver.
> >
> > 	However, very randomly and rarely, the machine locks up when I try to
> > dial out. There is no pattern to it and it seemingly happens without any
> > pattern at all. The only thing one can do is to switch it off manually
> > and try again after the reboot. Almost everytime, it doesn't happen
> > again but sometimes, it recurs maybe once or twice more - complete
> > freeze.
> 
> I have an A20p and although the latest Lucent drivers load perfectly
> my machine crashes hard every time I try to dial out. Thankfully I have
> all my file systems on ext3 so no long waits to fsck after.
> 
> Does anyone on the list have the Lucent modem working fine?
> 
> Mike.
> 
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