Hi, I'm using the speakup.i kernel as compiled from the slackware instalation iso. I can't tell what exactly is going on, because the puter doesn't come up talking til the break is over. On the other hand, I don't know the statis of my devices, except for the ones I've mounted personally, which includes all of my drives and my synth. I'm researching that right now. Cheers, Erik ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:25 PM Subject: Re: Load time is rediculous > What does the machine do when its sitting there? Is it attempting to probe > for a device (s)? Have you ever rebuilt your kernel and compile in only > what is necessary? Or are you using a stock kernel? > > May you code in the power of the source, > may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you, > throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch. > > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, erik burggraaf wrote: > > > Hi, To shut down, I do the following. > > # shutdown -h now > > The system runs through a process of saving and unmounting, and setting > > itself up. Because the system is old, it does not actually power down > > itself, so, when the shutdown procedure stopps, it finishes with the prompt > > shut down now, and there is no more hard drive activity, I power down the > > computer. Then, when I go back to it, I am still left waiting for a long > > period petween bios and opporating system load where the computer does nada. > > I've also tried rebooting with control alt delete with the same result. > > Cheers, > > Erik > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <hallenbeck at valstar.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:51 PM > > Subject: Re: Load time is rediculous > > > > > > > You are not stuck. Chances are that you are shutting your > > > computer down incorrectly. If you shut your computer down without > > > going through the normal shutdown procedure your disk partitions > > > are tagged as having been incorrectly shut down, and a lengthy > > > file system check is performed when you boot up again. My guess > > > is that is what is happening. > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, erik burggraaf wrote: > > > > > > > Hi guys, I'm back at work on my little linux box. Well, we have this > > > > problem of load time. It runs to about 3 minutes, which is rediculous, > > > > since for about 2 minutes 30 seconds, it's just sitting there picking > > it's > > > > nose. I've used vi to edit the /etc/lilo.conf file so that the timeout > > has > > > > been set from 1200 down to 10. This hasn't had any effect on my load > > time, > > > > though. Is there another setting in there I should look at? Could > > there be > > > > another reason for the problem? Am I stuck with this? Please say I'm > > not > > > > stuck. Smile. > > > > Help much appreciated as always. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Erik > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (5% of Full) > > > So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002
