[ltp] display, cursor, keyboard hang, T40, RH9

[otisg]

Neil,

Thanks for the tip.
I see using_dma is set to 0 (zero).

Should it be 1 (on)?

Should I set anything else to 1?  For instance, IO_support?

Thanks,
Otis



---- On 11 Jun 2003 13:02:07, Neil Weisenfeld
(weisen+ltp@ai.mit.edu) wrote:

> Hello, Otis.  
> 
> If you're running the original RedHat 9 kernel and not one of
the more
> recent errata kernels, I think that DMA disk I/O was not
properly
> supported since the new chipset in the T40p was not
recognized.   
> 
> Try:
> 
> hdparm /dev/hda
> 
> as root and see if using_dma is 1 (on).
> 
> 
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am a new user of Linux on a TP.  I've been using Linux on
> > desktop for years.
> > 
> > I have RedHat 9.0 installed on a T40 ThinkPad.
> > I noticed that my xterm (gnome-terminal) likes to
freeze/hang
> > sometimes.  This tends to happen when I'm doing things like
> > copying large files over the network using scp, or when I
am
> > unpacking some large archive.
> > 
> > The symptoms are that my cursor disapears for a few seconds,
and
> > my keyboard become completely unresponsive for a few
seconds.
> > 
> > Is this a normal thing?
> > Does this happen when the machine is in some kind of a
sleeping
> > mode?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Otis
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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