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From: atoth@××××××××××.hu
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] linux-2.6.16-hardened-r11 issues (*.14-*-r8 is o.k.)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:52:05
Message-Id: 40910.195.111.75.211.1157986229.squirrel@atoth.sote.hu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] linux-2.6.16-hardened-r11 issues (*.14-*-r8 is o.k.) by Ned Ludd
1 I've enabled PREEMPT, but kept BIG LOCK preemption off.
2 Two hardened machines (Athlon MP - radeon, Celeron M - i830/i915) have
3 been running fine, although I do not use synaptics on the laptop because
4 lack of touchpad.
5
6 Regards,
7 Dw.
8
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10 dr Tóth Attila, Radiológus Szakorvos jelölt, 06-20-825-8057, 06-30-5962-962
11 Attila Toth MD, Radiologist in Training, +36-20-825-8057, +36-30-5962-962
12
13 On Hét, Szeptember 11, 2006 03:26, Ned Ludd wrote:
14 > On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 18:10 -0400, dnlt0hn5ntzhbqkv51@×××××××××.net
15 > wrote:
16 >> linux-2.6.14-hardened-r8 runs great; loads fast and seems to function
17 >> properly.
18 >>
19 >> linux-2.6.16-hardened-r11 loads a little slower (especially during
20 >> startup udev), and runs great for a day or two 'til suddenly the mouse
21 >> cursor becomes "trapped" within 1/2 inch of the left border of my
22 >> screen.
23 >>
24 >> - I've tried radeon and fglrx drivers in X; no difference.
25 >>
26 >> - r8 and r11 are configured comparably.
27 >>
28 >> - I've googled about for this, and found no help..........
29 >>
30 >>
31 >> Any ideas, please?
32 >
33 > A few of us were experiencing this same problem..
34 > Many countless hours of frustration and many recompiles of things
35 > in vein.. In the end I noticed that somehow preempt became enabled in my
36 > kernel. I don't recall enabling it or anything...
37 > Anyway disable PREEMPT in your kernel and the problem should go away.
38 >
39 > What we noticed is it only seems to happen to laptop/synaptics users..
40 >
41 >
42 >>
43 >> TIA
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45 > Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
46 > Gentoo Linux
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