Tecra A10 - failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
by Tait Clarridge
Hey All,
I have been working with a Toshiba Tecra A10 in Fedora 10 and soon to go to Fedora 11.
The issue I have been dealing with concerns my DVD drive on boot.
When I start Fedora I get the following message 3 times when there is no CD/DVD in the drive:
failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
After which the DVD drive is not recognized when I get into Fedora. I was wondering if anyone is having a similar problem or knows of any fixes, I have tried to recompile my kernel with some other options enabled, but this broke more than it fixed.
As for Fedora 11, I have tested rawhide on another A10 that is identical to mine and it still gets this error..
Any suggestions?
Best,
Tait
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Re: Fedora-laptop-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5
by suvendu giri
I f10 on a lenovo y510 and everything runs right out of the box. as far as the video card you are complaining about, what make is it? if its nvidia, just get the .run file from the nvidia site.
and i especially diasgree to this:
"The general rule is the closer you get to the bleeding edge the less
likely it is to work with Linux." i have hardly faced problems with the "cutting edge" machines i'v been trying f10 on...
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Re: F10 on Lenovo T61 issue
by William Henry
This is useful! Thank you.
William
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From: Ray Ward <rayfward(a)sky.com>
To: Miguel Angel Perez <mangelp(a)gmail.com>
Cc: William Henry <whenry(a)redhat.com>; fedora-laptop-list(a)redhat.com
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Subject: Re: F10 on Lenovo T61 issue
You seem to be little short on recommendations since you posted however
individual recommendations are difficult to make.
A sort of works list might be better.
Generally Toshiba is a good start.
I have tried Linux Toshiba's and they generally work out of the box.
Fujitsu works as well and they host a user group that answers questions on
Linux. I my self have a li2727 that works well the only problem I had was
turning on the wifi adapter.
The general rule is the closer you get to the bleeding edge the less likely
it is to work with Linux. The upside the dusty today's special might easily
out perform the bosses super duper Vista machine (know this to be true my
boss has fat Fujitsu and it's goes like a gazelle on Diazepam)
Good luck with your search
Any further questions you know where to ask.
Regards
Ray
On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 19:32 +0200, Miguel Angel Perez wrote:
Hi William,
Glad to know that things are finally working ^^, maybe when F11 gets out you
could try it and see if it gives you some better support for compiz than
F10. At least the kernel will be newer and then the hw support should be
better too.
When thinking to purchase a new laptop a good place to start is :
http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html
Then select the brand you will trust your money to and look at the latest
supported models. Once you have selected a laptop take some days to google
around looking for incompatibilities with linux or for unhappy owners of
that model. You can also post the details here, with some look you will find
someone that knows something about it :)
2009/6/4 William Henry <whenry(a)redhat.com>
Hi Miguel,
Just thought I'd give you an update. I've been running Fedora 10 for several
weeks now with few problems. I think the biggest issue was the video card
in the lenovo and I will make sure that I look into video the next time I
purchase a laptop. When I disable compiz many of the issues go away. It
would be nice to have some of the compiz features but under the current
hardware it seems T61/Fedora 10 with compiz is not an option. (I just see
memory creep and CPU utilization crawl upwards to where it's not usable and
then crashes.)
But I'm now using F10 on my T61 in a fairly stable way for several weeks.
If anyone can give me a recommendation for a good laptop spec. for my next
purchase please let me know. Thanks.
Best,
William
----- "Miguel Angel Perez" <mangelp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> 2009/3/1 William Henry <whenry(a)redhat.com>
>
>
>
> ----- "Miguel Angel Perez" <mangelp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
>
> > 2009/2/27 William Henry <whenry(a)redhat.com>
> >
Hi,
> >
> > I've seen others have this problem and I've seen a BZ regarding it. Its
> > the "mouse still moves but can't do anything with the keyboard or mouse
> > input' problem. Requires a hardware reboot.
> >
> > I've given up on Fedora for a while until I see this fixed. I don't have
> > time for multiple reboots a day and the risk of losing data.
> >
> > I've also seen issues with NetworkManager.
>
> > Make sure there are bug reports filled.
> >
>
>
WH: I've seen this bug already reported.
>
>
> >
> > I'm sadly disappointed with F10.
>
> > I'm sorry you are dissapointed with Fedora and sad because your
> > propietary stuff doesn't work on it. Fedora as a distro doesn't have
> > nothing to do with such complains as they happen due a lack of proper
> > driver implementation as some companies still refuses to support linux
> > or because a software component is not working properly. In both cases
> > Fedora doesn't directly develop the drivers or the components that
> > doesn't work and you should get your complain to the upstream projects
> > so they can fix it sometime or fill a bug report to Fedora so they can
> > report upstream and apply patches as the come in.
>
>
WH: Huh? proprietary stuff?? No idea what you are talking about unless you
mean the hardware.
> Yes i was talking about the hardware. Having proper support for all brand
> new hw is quite difficult if the hw vendor doesn't support linux.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> > If you feel that other modern distros works better where Fedora fails
> > you should check them but we all use the same linux kernel and same
> > X.org so lack of hardware support is a common pain.
>
>
WH: I'm running RHEL which is more stable. But I like to do other work on
Fedora and was hoping Fedora 10 was more stable. I realize there are a lot
of different hardware platforms out there and it is difficult to support.
I'm a bit surpprised because there are so many Lenova T6x around I thought
that it would have been tested more and there more stable.
>
> I don't know how many hardware platforms they have to test new releases
> but i'm pretty sure that the real testing is done when a new release comes
> out and we upgrade Fedora to the next version. A lot of things can happen
> then.
>
>
>
> TBW this seemed to get worse the last few weeks so I wonder if some of my
> updates made the issue much more frequent.
>
> They must be fighting the bugs :), but still is too soon to have them
> fixed. I've run in a lot of problems with NetworkManager with F9 and F10
> that only got solved after the hw driver got properly fixed (intel wifi
> driver).
>
>
>
> Best,
> William
>
> >
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > William
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Re: F10 on Lenovo T61 issue
by William Henry
----- "Miguel Angel Perez" <mangelp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> 2009/2/27 William Henry < whenry(a)redhat.com >
>
Hi,
>
> I've seen others have this problem and I've seen a BZ regarding it. Its the "mouse still moves but can't do anything with the keyboard or mouse input' problem. Requires a hardware reboot.
>
> I've given up on Fedora for a while until I see this fixed. I don't have time for multiple reboots a day and the risk of losing data.
>
> I've also seen issues with NetworkManager.
> Make sure there are bug reports filled.
>
WH: I've seen this bug already reported.
>
> I'm sadly disappointed with F10.
> I'm sorry you are dissapointed with Fedora and sad because your propietary stuff doesn't work on it. Fedora as a distro doesn't have nothing to do with such complains as they happen due a lack of proper driver implementation as some companies still refuses to support linux or because a software component is not working properly. In both cases Fedora doesn't directly develop the drivers or the components that doesn't work and you should get your complain to the upstream projects so they can fix it sometime or fill a bug report to Fedora so they can report upstream and apply patches as the come in.
WH: Huh? proprietary stuff?? No idea what you are talking about unless you mean the hardware.
>
> If you feel that other modern distros works better where Fedora fails you should check them but we all use the same linux kernel and same X.org so lack of hardware support is a common pain.
WH: I'm running RHEL which is more stable. But I like to do other work on Fedora and was hoping Fedora 10 was more stable. I realize there are a lot of different hardware platforms out there and it is difficult to support. I'm a bit surpprised because there are so many Lenova T6x around I thought that it would have been tested more and there more stable.
TBW this seemed to get worse the last few weeks so I wonder if some of my updates made the issue much more frequent.
Best,
William
>
>
> Regards,
> William
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