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linux-source-2.6.17 package

LiveCD user feedback- timeouts

Bug #51422 reported by Johannes
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linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
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Bug Description

While starting te live/install CD on my laptop a long period of time nothing happened. After some more time a message told me that Ubuntu had been waiting for the CDrom (DMA timeout)
This message came another two times and it seems Ubuntu tried another approche (correct because my CDrom works under PIO)

My point is:
I (and i think many others) will try again after two timeouts.
Wrong, because you just have to wait for the three trials and plan B (PIO?) to start.
I like to insert a message after the first DMA-timeout. So people know the system will try DMA for three times and will proceed with plan B (PIO?) after that.

(That is as i am right with my idea of the procedure)

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Why doesn't DMA work on your drive? It would be better to either solve that issue, or automatically disable DMA on your hardware

Changed in linux-source-2.6.17:
importance: Untriaged → Wishlist
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Johannes (kamp-hsj) wrote : Re: [Bug 51422] Re: not a bug but usefull suggestion

I agree, but Ubuntu can still start en run on that computer.
If someone dos not know anything about DMA etc... changes are that Ubuntu
looses a user because he/she did see the messages and concluded that it is
not going to work. My point is that because there seems to be a alternative
try in the install-procedure, we should communicate correct about that
procedure to the user. Otherwise we could as well delete that from the
procedure.

> Why doesn't DMA work on your drive? It would be better to either solve
> that issue, or automatically disable DMA on your hardware
>
> ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist

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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: not a bug but usefull suggestion

Johannes,
Thankyou for your suggestion.
Have you examined this issue against later release LiveCDs? Are things still the same?
Thanks.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.17:
status: New → Incomplete
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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

We are closing this report (no response to previous request for
expressions of interest in this report). To reopen the report you
can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the
Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in linux-source-2.6.17:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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