Re: Strange (?) boot-up messages
> > here I am, still trying to fine-tune my PC and understand it a bit
> > further...
> That attitude seems to be the minority these days, judging from the
> recent flamefests on Slashdot.
Well... I'm really somehow 'old-fashioned'... ;-)
> > OK... I'm puzzled by the 2nd one... what does he mean by 'Cannot find
> > map file'? I guess he means that he can't find the /boot/map file,
> No, its looking for a System.map file, which lists where all the
> functions live when the kernel is in memory. (useful for debugging
> kernel panics among other things).
OK... and how do I build a System.map file? ;-?
> > Aug 18 16:45:32 groo /usr/sbin/gpm[152]: Skipping a data packet (?)
> > Aug 18 16:45:32 groo /usr/sbin/gpm[152]: Skipping a data packet (?)
> >
> > What's that all about? ;-?
> Perhaps it has something to do with your other problems?
Don't really think so... This one happens in my work PC, where the mouse is
connected to /dev/ttyS0 and, even when the kernel seems to map it to
/dev/ttyS00, the mouse works fine... believe it or not! ;-)
> > What is 'perpendicular mode'? Do the massage mean that my FDC is wrongly
> > configured for Linux or what? ;-?
> Can you use your floppy drive just fine? Looking at the source in
> drivers/block/floppy.c, it has something to do with seeking and getting
> high transfer rates (128k/s) on special floppy drive controllers.
OK... I'm sure this VERY old FDC unit wouldn't support it! As the floppy unit
is working fine, I must presume that Linux is only trying to see if it
supports perpendicular mode each time I change the disk in the FDC... No
problem, then!
Ciao, and thanks for your help!
Guilherme Zahn
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