[ltp] T61, Lenovo quality, Linux pre-installed, alternatives

[John Jason Jordan]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:37:07 +0100
Jose Celestino <japc@co.sapo.pt> dijo:

> > If you are using 64-bit Linux, I note that one of the new features of
> > Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) will be power saving features which are the equal
> > of 32-bit Linux. Hardy's release will be Thursday. Can't wait!
> 
> Yes, as I have the laptop for only, dunno, 3 or 4 weeks I did install it
> with a Hardy Alpha (4 i think).
> 
> Oh, a problem I forgot to mention is that most of the times burn a dvd
> fails and dmesg shows:
> 
> [ 4220.666499] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
> [ 4220.666522] ata4.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:80/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 dma 32768 out
> [ 4220.666525]          cdb 2a 00 00 00 02 20 00 00  10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> [ 4220.666528]          res 40/00:02:00:0c:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
> [ 4220.666534] ata4.00: status: { DRDY }
> [ 4221.868913] ata4: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd0)
> [ 4223.018914] ata4: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
> [ 4223.018924] ata4: soft resetting link
> [ 4223.170491] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33
> [ 4223.170516] ata4: EH complete

I also notice that Hardy comes with a different default burner. I don't
know if it will solve your problem when you upgrade to the final. If
not, try K3b or some other burner. There are several you can try.