[parisc-linux] Stability / Kernel 2.6.1 / HD Freezes

[Jools Smyth]

Hi all,

I've been reading the list for a while, thought I should join. I'm not really 
a developer (well not on hppa) but I am happy to test stuff out :-)

First of all, I want to thank everyone whos worked on linux for HPPA.
I never really felt comfortable with hp-ux, and getting things working was 
always a pain. 

I own a model 9000/800/A180c. (512 mb ram / 18gb hd)

I was running previously the 2.4 series kernels, but had a lot of crashes 
during HD access. I have seen this mentioned before, and Its probably the 
same issue ? (In fact most of the crashes were during package 
unpacking/installation). Since moving to the 2.6 series this hasnt happened. 
Is this scsi issue now fixed, or have I been lucky ? (I did have a crash 
recently involving a debug file being written. Could it be this problem 
again ?)

I just built Linux hp9000 2.6.1-pa7 and on my system it seems to be working 
fine.

Also, does anyone here know why dovecot wouldnt work with libgnutls on hppa ? 
the dovecot maintainer has been trying to debug it on my machine (If my 
machine hadnt crashed). works fine with openssl. Has anybody had any other 
problems with libgnutls ?

Best Regards

Jools
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jools at oxfordinspire.co.uk
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