log file location


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Topic: log file location
started by: geomort
Posted by geomort on Jan. 08 2008,18:35
Trying out DSL 4.2 on all the machines.  
I'll report on the wireless cards and adapters.

Could you point me to where DSL from live CD stores the log files?
dmesg is truncated, size limit I guess, and all I get is a lot of errors looking at the many card readers on new systems.  There is a reader and usb hubs on the box, monitor, and printer  they are all empty. I think they generate a lot of no disk errors.

Looked in the ramdisk for the log file but they are old.

I solved my wireless configuration problems moving from machine to machine with a linksys WGA54G.  It saves the wireless configuration and I just plug it into the ethernet jack.

Good work, I'll buy the book this month.

Thanks in advance
Posted by curaga on Jan. 08 2008,19:00
syslogd isn't running by default to save ram; it's one of the reasons to DSL's speed. So actually none log files get generated (they wouldn't be much use on a livecd anyway)..

A card reader shouldn't trigger a no disk error; in fact I doubt such error even exists in Linux :;):. Could you post the errors?
Posted by chaostic on Jan. 08 2008,19:30
When you start dsl, add the syslog cheatcode.

Also, run dmesg instead of looking at the dmesg file.
Posted by geomort on Jan. 09 2008,02:42
OK thanks I'll try the syslog cheatcode to try and capture what's going on.
Not sure I understand about running dmesg.  It type dmesg in a console session and get about two screens of info from errors late in the boot sequence.

I was lured into DSL 4.2 for the sata feature as a unity feature between 2.1b "I think" DSL-N and DSL 3.2.  Anyway so far the wireless works better for me under 3.2.  The WMP55AG "atheros chip" works oob.  I can see ath0 in 4.2 with iwconfig but havn't got it to work.  My other machines have linksys with broadcom chips that work with ndiswrapper and bcmwl5.inf in 3.2 but no joy with 4.2.

The wireless game adapter is me work around.

I'll post the errors if I can capture them.  It's a long list but  all but wireless still works.
Thanks.
Posted by lucky13 on Jan. 09 2008,03:28
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I'll post the errors if I can capture them.  It's a long list but  all but wireless still works.

Try:
# dmesg > ~/dmesg.log

That pipes it to a file in your home directory so you can edit, copy, paste, etc.

I got bcm43* marginally working in DSL 4+ but I have warnings related to "driver features might not be available." Those warnings are accurate!
Posted by geomort on Jan. 11 2008,04:29
I'll see what I get piping dmesg to a file.  I only get two screens of mostly errors in the console.

I'm having trouble starting syslog I think.  Is the syntax to start the deamon with the cheat code: dsl {syslog}?  
Will the log be in /ramdisk/var/log/syslog?
Thanks
Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Jan. 11 2008,04:40
I think it is:
dsl syslog
and
/var/log/messages
Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 11 2008,04:42
The syslog file will be /var/log/messages
You'll need to either be root or  chmod 664 /var/log/messages (or 644) in order to read the file.
I don't think you'll get many boot messages there, though, as it starts up after the init process has pretty much completed.
Posted by geomort on Jan. 13 2008,22:51
mikshaw, you're right.  There's not much in syslog.  But redirecting dmesg output to a file did the trick.  I can see the full boot sequence and it looks like the errors are coming from the card readers.  I have included them if it is of interest.  Best of all wireless is working with 4.2 and ndiswrapper.  Don't no why it didn't work at first.  Maybe I didn't mount the drive with the bcmwl5.inf files.  I'll work on the machines with atheros chips next. They worked oob with 3.2.

Here is my dmesg.log

10
<4>ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] enabled at IRQ 5
<4>ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK4] enabled at IRQ 5
<4>ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] enabled at IRQ 11
<6>PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
<6>isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
<6>isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
<6>Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
<6>Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
<4>Initializing RT netlink socket
<4>Starting kswapd
<4>allocated 32 pages and 32 bhs reserved for the highmem bounces
<5>VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1
<6>vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xf8816000, size 3072k
<6>vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=1
<6>vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:d130
<6>vesafb: scrolling: redraw
<6>vesafb: directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0
<4>Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
<6>fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
<4>pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
<6>Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.44M
<6>FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
<4>RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 100000K size 1024 blocksize
<6>Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
<6>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
<6>NFORCE-CK804: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:06.0
<6>NFORCE-CK804: chipset revision 162
<6>NFORCE-CK804: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
<6>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
<6>NFORCE-CK804: 00:06.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller
<6>    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
<6>    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe008-0xe00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
<4>hda: WDC WD2500JB-98REA0, ATA DISK drive
<4>hdc: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
<4>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
<4>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
<4>hda: attached ide-disk driver.
<4>hda: host protected area => 1
<6>hda: 488397168 sectors (250059 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=30401/255/63
<6>Partition check:
<6> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < >
<4>ide: late registration of driver.
<6>SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
<3>kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2
<3>kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2
<6>Initializing Cryptographic API
<6>NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
<6>IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
<6>IP: routing cache hash table of 8192 buckets, 64Kbytes
<6>TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
<6>NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
<5>RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
<6>Freeing initrd memory: 836k freed
<4>EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
<4>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
<4>hdc: attached ide-scsi driver.
<6>scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
<4>  Vendor: _NEC      Model: DVD_RW ND-3520AW  Rev: 3.05
<4>  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4>Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
<4>sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
<6>Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
<7>libata version 1.10 loaded.
<7>sata_nv version 0.6
<7>PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:07.0 to 64
<7>PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:08.0 to 64
<6>ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9F0 ctl 0xBF2 bmdma 0xCC00 irq 11
<6>ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x970 ctl 0xB72 bmdma 0xCC08 irq 11
<6>ata1: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
<6>ata2: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
<6>ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9E0 ctl 0xBE2 bmdma 0xB800 irq 10
<6>ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x960 ctl 0xB62 bmdma 0xB808 irq 10
<7>ata3: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:346b 83:7d01 84:4023 85:3469 86:3c01 87:4023 88:407f
<6>ata3: dev 0 ATA, max UDMA/133, 488397168 sectors: lba48
<6>ata3: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
<6>ata4: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
<6>scsi1 : sata_nv
<6>scsi2 : sata_nv
<6>scsi3 : sata_nv
<6>scsi4 : sata_nv
<4>  Vendor: ATA       Model: ST3250823AS       Rev: 3.03
<4>  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
<4>Attached scsi disk sda at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
<4>SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
<6> sda: sda1 sda2 < >
<6>usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
<6>usb.c: registered new driver hub
<7>PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:02.1 to 64
<6>ehci_hcd 00:02.1: PCI device 10de:005b (nVidia Corporation)
<6>ehci_hcd 00:02.1: irq 11, pci mem f8b41000
<6>usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
<7>PCI: cache line size of 64 is not supported by device 00:02.1
<6>ehci_hcd 00:02.1: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4
<6>hub.c: USB hub found
<6>hub.c: 10 ports detected
<6>usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 14:05:13 Aug 18 2005
<6>usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
<6>usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
<7>PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:02.0 to 64
<6>usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xf8b49000, IRQ 10
<6>usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.0, PCI device 10de:005a (nVidia Corporation)
<6>usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
<6>hub.c: USB hub found
<6>hub.c: 10 ports detected
<6>Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
<6>usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
<6>USB Mass Storage support registered.
<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:02.1-1, assigned address 2
<3>usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=2 (error=-71)
<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:02.1-1, assigned address 3
<3>usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-71)
<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:02.1-9, assigned address 4
<3>usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=4 (error=-71)
<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:02.1-9, assigned address 5
<3>usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=5 (error=-71)
<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:02.0-4, assigned address 2
<6>scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
<4>  Vendor: Brother   Model: MFC-620CN         Rev: 1.00
<4>  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4>Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
<5>sdb: Unit Not Ready, sense:
<4>Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
<4>ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
<4>Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
<4>sdb : READ CAPACITY failed.
<4>sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
<4>Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
<4>ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
<4>Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
<4>sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.  
<6> sdb: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> unable to read partition table
<7>WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
<7>USB Mass Storage device found at 2
<7>ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
<7>ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
<4>cloop: Initializing cloop v2.01
<6>cloop: loaded (max 128 devices)
<4>cloop: /cdrom/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX: 1819 blocks, 65536 bytes/block, largest block is 65552 bytes.
<7>ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
<6>Freeing unused kernel memory: 144k freed
<6>Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
<6>ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
<6>ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
<6>ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
<6>ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1, 8 throttling states)
<6>ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (24 C)
<6>Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
<6>  options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
<6>Intel ISA PCIC probe: not found.
<6>Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
<6>usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 11:56:04 Aug 29 2005
<6>usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
<6>usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
<4>usbdevfs: remount parameter error
<6>usb.c: registered new driver usblp
<6>printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x0165
<6>printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
<6>Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
<6>ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
<6>ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
<6>parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
<6>parport0: irq 7 detected
<6>forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.30.
<7>PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:0a.0 to 64
<6>eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 0cb84:10de bound to 00:0a.0
<6>Intel 810 + AC97 Audio, version 1.01, 11:54:44 Aug 29 2005
<7>PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:04.0 to 64
<6>i810: NVIDIA nForce Audio found at IO 0xec00 and 0xf000, MEM 0x0000 and 0x0000, IRQ 10
<6>i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 channels.
<6>i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2 channel mode.
<6>i810_audio: Resetting connection 0
<6>ac97_codec: AC97  codec, id: ALG144 (Unknown)
<4>i810_audio: only 48Khz playback available.
<4>i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 Unable to map surround DAC's (or DAC's not present), total channels = 2
<4>FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature.
<4>Found signature1 0x4e0005 signature2 0xd6e80000 sector=1.
<4>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:01.
<4>FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature.
<4>Found signature1 0x4e0005 signature2 0xd6e80000 sector=1.
<4>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:01.
<5>NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/W MODULE]
<4>FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature.
<4>Found signature1 0x4e0005 signature2 0xd6e80000 sector=1.
<4>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:01.
<4>FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature.
<4>Found signature1 0x4e0005 signature2 0xd6e80000 sector=1.
<4>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:01.
<4>FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature.
<4>Found signature1 0x4e0005 signature2 0xd6e80000 sector=1.
<4>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:03.
<4>FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature.
<4>Found signature1 0x4e0005 signature2 0xd6e80000 sector=1.
<4>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:03.
<5>sdb: Unit Not Ready, sense:
<4>Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
<4>ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
<4>Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
<4>sdb : READ CAPACITY failed.
<4>sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
<4>Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
<4>ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
<4>Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
<4>sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.  
<4>sdb: Write Protect is off
<6> sdb: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> unable to read partition table
<6>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<6>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
<4>eth0: no link during initialization.
<4>Registering unionfs 1.0.14
<5>sdb: Unit Not Ready, sense:
<4>Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
<4>ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
<4>Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
<4>sdb : READ CAPACITY failed.
<4>sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
<4>Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
<4>ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
<4>Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
<4>sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.  
<4>sdb: Write Protect is off
<6> sdb: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> unable to read partition table
<6>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 2096896
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 16
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 128
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 144
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 128
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 128
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 16
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 80
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 16
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 32
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 16
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 8
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 8
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 8
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 24
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 24
<6>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
<6>usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
<6>usb.c: registered new driver hid
<6>hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
<6>hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
<6>mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
<5>sdb: Unit Not Ready, sense:
<4>Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
<4>ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
<4>Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
<4>sdb : READ CAPACITY failed.
<4>sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
<4>Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
<4>ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
<4>Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
<4>sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.  
<4>sdb: Write Protect is off
<6> sdb: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> unable to read partition table
<6>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 2096896
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 16
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 128
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 144
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 128
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 128
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 16
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 80
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 64
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 16
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 32
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 16
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 8
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 8
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 8
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 24
<4> I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 24
<6>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
<6>apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16)
<5>apm: overridden by ACPI.
<6>ndiswrapper version 1.14 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
<6>ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Linksys,07/17/2003, 3.30.15.0) loaded
<6>ndiswrapper: using irq 5
<6>wlan0: vendor: ''
<6>wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0c:41:63:f9:7f using driver bcmwl5, 14E4:4320.5.conf
<6>wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA

I was thinking about putting some cards in the readers to see if it makes a differece.  Looks like the device sdb is causing all the errors.

As you can see wlan0 is up and it works using WEP 128 at least.
DSL 4.2 looks good with the sata support.

Thanks,
Posted by curaga on Jan. 14 2008,15:47
I guess it's because of the knoppix habit of probing all devices when rebuilding fstab.
Try booting with nofstab to see if it makes a difference?
Posted by geomort on Jan. 14 2008,22:00
I booted with the dsl no fstabs and I still see some but fewer errors and the sdb entry /mnt/sdb went away.  My guess is the card reader on the Brother MFC printer is the cause.  Knoppix installer is trying to read or mount the fax memory or something inside the printer.  It's interesting but all seems to work anyway.  I have gotten the Brother MFC to work with CUPs and Brother's linux drivers with FC4 and Debian Etch but I suspect I would have problems with DSL 4.2.  I see the errors with 3.2 but not 2.1 or DSL-N.  Thanks for all you help.  I bought the book too.
George
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