linux-2.6.16-hardened-r11 issues (*.14-*-r8 is o.k.)

linux-2.6.14-hardened-r8 runs great; loads fast and seems to
function properly.
 
linux-2.6.16-hardened-r11 loads a little slower (especially
during startup udev), and runs great for a day or two 'til
suddenly the mouse cursor becomes "trapped"
within 1/2 inch of the left border of my screen.
 
- I've tried radeon and fglrx drivers in X; no difference.
 
- r8 and r11 are configured comparably.
 
- I've googled about for this, and found no help..........
 
 
Any ideas, please?
 
TIA
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On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 18:10 -0400, dnlt0hn5ntzhbqkv51Safe-mail.net
wrote:
> linux-2.6.14-hardened-r8 runs great; loads fast and
seems to function properly.
>  
> linux-2.6.16-hardened-r11 loads a little slower
(especially during startup udev), and runs great for a day
or two 'til suddenly the mouse cursor becomes
"trapped" within 1/2 inch of the left border of
my screen.
>  
> - I've tried radeon and fglrx drivers in X; no
difference.
>  
> - r8 and r11 are configured comparably.
>  
> - I've googled about for this, and found no
help..........
>  
> 
> Any ideas, please?

A few of us were experiencing this same problem.. 
Many countless hours of frustration and many recompiles of
things 
in vein.. In the end I noticed that somehow preempt became
enabled in my
kernel. I don't recall enabling it or anything... 
Anyway disable PREEMPT in your kernel and the problem should
go away.

What we noticed is it only seems to happen to
laptop/synaptics users..


>  
> TIA
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Gentoo Linux

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> A few of us were experiencing this same problem.. 
> Many countless hours of frustration and many recompiles
of things 
> in vein.. In the end I noticed that somehow preempt
became enabled in my
> kernel. I don't recall enabling it or anything... 
> Anyway disable PREEMPT in your kernel and the problem
should go away.
> 
> What we noticed is it only seems to happen to
laptop/synaptics users..

I have the following enabled in my 2.6.16-hardened-r11
kernel:

CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL=y

Should the the above be set to OFF? Thanks!

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I've enabled PREEMPT, but kept BIG LOCK preemption off.
Two hardened machines (Athlon MP - radeon, Celeron M -
i830/i915) have
been running fine, although I do not use synaptics on the
laptop because
lack of touchpad.

Regards,
Dw.

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On Hét, Szeptember 11, 2006 03:26, Ned Ludd wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 18:10 -0400,
dnlt0hn5ntzhbqkv51Safe-mail.net
> wrote:
>> linux-2.6.14-hardened-r8 runs great; loads fast and
seems to function
>> properly.
>>
>> linux-2.6.16-hardened-r11 loads a little slower
(especially during
>> startup udev), and runs great for a day or two
'til suddenly the mouse
>> cursor becomes "trapped" within 1/2
inch of the left border of my
>> screen.
>>
>> - I've tried radeon and fglrx drivers in X; no
difference.
>>
>> - r8 and r11 are configured comparably.
>>
>> - I've googled about for this, and found no
help..........
>>
>>
>> Any ideas, please?
>
> A few of us were experiencing this same problem..
> Many countless hours of frustration and many recompiles
of things
> in vein.. In the end I noticed that somehow preempt
became enabled in my
> kernel. I don't recall enabling it or anything...
> Anyway disable PREEMPT in your kernel and the problem
should go away.
>
> What we noticed is it only seems to happen to
laptop/synaptics users..
>
>
>>
>> TIA
> --
> Ned Ludd <solargentoo.org>
> Gentoo Linux
>
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>


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