On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 11:59:24 +0000, Cristina Rivera <cris_apricot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I try to open another sesion without x-windows, I get this message : > hda lost interrupt, is this related with the operating system or it's > possible that is a problem of the notebook? Usually this comes down to either a problem with the driver handling of DMA or other hardware specific features, or signifies some hardware issue. I suggest that you install and execute the "ide-smart" utilitiy, and possibly installed "smartmontools" to track potential disk failure. Perhaps you can followup with additional information and a log. Generate the information with the following commands: jcm@perihelion:~$ lspci -v -v -v <snip> jcm@perihelion:~$ dmesg <snip> jcm@perihelion:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/ide-smart /dev/hde # hda in your case Password: Id= 1, Status=11 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 60, Passed Id= 2, Status= 5 {PreFailure , OffLine}, Value=100, Threshold= 50, Passed Id= 3, Status= 7 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value=102, Threshold= 24, Passed Id= 4, Status=18 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id= 5, Status=51 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 5, Passed Id= 7, Status=11 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 67, Passed Id= 8, Status= 5 {PreFailure , OffLine}, Value=100, Threshold= 20, Passed Id= 9, Status=18 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id= 10, Status=19 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 60, Passed Id= 12, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=192, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 50, Passed Id=193, Status=18 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 50, Passed Id=194, Status= 2 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=171, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=196, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=197, Status=34 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=198, Status= 8 {Advisory , OffLine}, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=199, Status=10 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=200, Threshold= 0, Passed OffLineStatus=0 {NeverStarted}, AutoOffLine=No, OffLineTimeout=59 minutes OffLineCapability=27 {Immediate Auto SuspendOnCmd} SmartRevision=16, CheckSum=43, SmartCapability=3 {SaveOnStandBy AutoSave} jcm@perihelion:~$ uname -a Linux perihelion 2.6.5 #4 Mon Jun 7 01:40:39 BST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux That should be useful. Jon. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/