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Description of Problem: An IDE seek error occurs when loading GNOME, mostly about the time it queries the CDROM. This problem occurs with ASUS motherboards with PIII CPU's and Via or Intel Chips. The source of the problem occurs when the Ultra DMA drive and CDROM are on the primary chain using the Ultra DMA cable. If they are put on different Interfaces the problem stops. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): The Standard copy of GNOME with RH 7.1 and RH 7.2 How Reproducible: Get a PIII machine with ASUS motherboard and Via or Intel chipsets Get an Ultra DMA drive Get a CDROM Get a Ultra DMA cable Steps to Reproduce: 1. Plug the Ultra DMA cable into machine in the Primary IDE connector. Then plug in Ultra DMA IDE drive and CDROM in the on cable 2. Build the machine with RH 7.2 3. Boot machine and open GNOME the error will occur within 1-3 reboots and will be persistant on other reboots Actual Results: The error causes sporatic IDE read problems and is fixed by separating the HD and CDROM Expected Results: The error not to occur Additional Information: Need to know if there is a fix because I need them both on the same interface
kernel or hardware issue, gnome-core is all userspace.
I recommend disabling dma on the cdrom as experiment: hdparm -d0 /dev/hdb you can also try rpm -e magicdev as other thing to try....
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