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Juanito · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 88 Location: Dubai, U.A.E.

I've been playing around trying to get laptop-mode-tools to control cpufreqd using acpid events and got an error that the "performance" governor is missing.

If I look in /lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/drivers/cpufreq in RC4, I can see cpufreq_ondemand, cpufreq_userspace and cpufreq_powersave (as well as freq_table and cpufreq_stats) but not cpufreq_performance.

Looking at an example for compiling a kernel for cpufreq, I found the following:

CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y

Did cpufreq_performance get missed out in compiling RC4? Could it be included in the next release please?

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

[quote]Did cpufreq_performance get missed out in compiling RC4? Could it be included in the next release please?[/quote]
I see no such module in Knoppix 4.0.2.
If you have compiled such modules, and would like me to include them, then PM me or email them to me.

Juanito · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 88 Location: Dubai, U.A.E.

No, I didn't compile any modules (I tried and failed in DSL) - I was trying to work with what is already in DSL-N.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems a bit odd that the ondemand, userspace and powersave governors are in DSL-N but not performance - unless cpufreq_performance is not compiled as a module.

The above being said, cpufreqd sometimes reports that it is using the performance governor even though I cannot "modprobe" it and laptop-mode-tools reports an error if performance is set as one of the governor options.

I'll continue trying to figure this out.

Juanito · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 88 Location: Dubai, U.A.E.

I just used cdrecord to burn the Knoppix 4.0.2 iso under DSL-N RC4 - of course now I've rebooted and lost the 700Mb download (nowhere with enough space to store it) I cannot read the files from the CD I burnt...

I got an error message with cdrecord stating that there were some "issues" with Linux 2.6.x and that an updated version should be used from the cdtools package.

Would it be possible to have an updated cdrecord in the next DSL-N release, preferably one that burns to DVD as well?

Juanito · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 88 Location: Dubai, U.A.E.

I'm not sure if this is a problem with RC4 or not but when I tried to apply the Knoppix kernel patch from the 4.0.2 CD to the 2.6.12 kernel sources, I got the following errors:

root@dslbox:/usr/src# cp /mnt/sda2/download/linux-2.6.12.tar.gz /usr/src/

root@dslbox:/usr/src# cd /usr/src
root@dslbox:/usr/src# gunzip linux-2.6.12.tar.gz
root@dslbox:/usr/src# tar -xf linux-2.6.12.tar
root@dslbox:/usr/src# rm -f linux-2.6.12.tar
root@dslbox:/usr/src# cp /mnt/sda2/download/knoppix_patch/* /usr/src
root@dslbox:/usr/src# patch -p1 -d linux-2.6.12 < knoppix-kernel.patch
patching file arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 195.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file arch/i386/kernel/setup.c.rej
patching file drivers/ide/ide.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 2232.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/ide/ide.c.rej
patching file arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1164.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c.rej
patching file Makefile
Hunk #1 FAILED at 16.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 318 (offset 291 lines).
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Makefile.rej
patching file init/main.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 203 (offset -12 lines).
root@dslbox:/usr/src#

Juanito · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 88 Location: Dubai, U.A.E.

There appears to be some kind of issue with the time zone in RC4.

If I install libc6, I get the following message:

Setting up libc6 (2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4) ...
Current default timezone: 'Etc/GMT+4'.
Local time is now: Sat Nov 11 19:35:54 GMT+4 2006.
Universal Time is now: Sat Nov 11 23:35:54 UTC 2006.
Run 'tzconfig' if you wish to change it.

My time zone is GMT +4 but the local time (displayed correctly on the bar at the bottom of the desktop) is 18:35:54, not 19:35:54...

ripcrd · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Independence, MO

no one ever linked to the RC4 release on or on pages. It appears as though RC3 is still the current release.

ripcrd · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Independence, MO

page shows
[quote] DSL-N (DSL's bigger sister) is now at 0.1RC3. [/quote]
and shows
[quote] DSL-N 0.1RC3 is now ready [/quote]

Just trying to clear up some confusion.

When might we expect the next release of DSL-N?

eat_rock · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Melbourne, Australia

RC4 loaded without a hitch.

I loaded some applications, fixed the sound card with Alsa and customised the desktop.

All of the above customisation disapeared once I rebooted.

To get around the lost menu items I created a mydsl.menu with the various enteries.

I am still having to reconfigure the other items every reboot.

What directories need to be preserved to get around these issues?

Also the Themes need bsetbg to load the background picture. bsetbg is not present on the installation. Where do I get it?

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

It is xsri

ravloony · Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 1

Hello,
I tried to install RC4, but the ethernet configuration hangs. It appears to be broadcasting for dhcp, but then stops and doesn't let me do anything else.
Is there a workaround for this? Or should I use RC3?
The weird thing is, it hangs while broadcasting dhcp for eth1, having backgrounded eth0. But I only have one network card. Unless of course it thinks the modem is one of them...
The PC is a vaio laptop. I can't remember which one right now, but I'll check.

Thanks in advance for any help.