> On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 13:54, Scott Thompson wrote:
> > The box is connected to a cable modem and no other network. The
> > freezes have never occurred when using the web browser or
> email, but
> > with a variety of other programs, such as synaptic,
> mplayer, kwrite.
> > Last night, the flying toaster screensaver was running when
> I went to
> > bed, but had frozen during the night.
> [snip]
>
> Okay, I gotta ask the usuals:
> What (exactly) kind of Video Card are you running?
ATI 9700 Pro
> What motherboard and processor?
ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe Athlon 2500+
> What Xserver are you using?
> (Vesa, FrameBuffer or Chipset Specific?)
> (one of mine I128, another nvidia)
I'm not sure how to tell, other than it's an XFree86 4.3.
> Which kernel are you using?
> Boot parameters? (mine == "root=/dev/hde3 ro vga=791")
Was using 2.6.5-1-i686, now using 2.6.7-1-k7 (this may have fixed the problem. The system has been running for 2 days without a freeze).
> And do you have hdparm installed?
> If you do give output of: hdparm -iI /dev/hdX
> (X == OS Drive like /dev/hd[a-l])
Model=WDC WD307AA, FwRev=05.05B05, SerialNo=WD-WMA111003547 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=60074784 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: device does not report version: 1 2 3 4
* signifies the current active mode
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: WDC WD307AA
Serial Number: WD-WMA111003547
Firmware Revision: 05.05B05
Standards:
Supported: 4 3 2 1
Likely used: 5
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
bytes/track: 57600 bytes/sector: 600
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 60074784
device size with M = 1024*1024: 29333 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 30758 MBytes (30 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Buffer size: 2048.0kB bytes avail on r/w long: 40 Queue
depth: 1
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific
minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* READ BUFFER cmd
* WRITE BUFFER cmd
* Host Protected Area feature set
* Look-ahead
* Write cache
* Power Management feature set
* SMART feature set
* DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
HW reset results:
CBLID- above Vih
Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
>
> Please get that info for us.
> --
> greg, greg@gregfolkert.net
>
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