Re: [coLinux-users] Vista SP1 - complete failure

[Henry N. <hen...@ar...>]

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

is a very small live cdrom with USB mount support and a console and very
recent kernel 2.6.22. I use it with VESA mode for mostly all PC.

Henry

Jonathan Deitch wrote:
>  Henry -
> 
> capturing dmesg from knoppix will have to wait a bit ... I didn't
> realize the distro had moved from CD to DVD, hence the download is
> taking a bit longer.
> 
> - Jonathan
> 
> Henry Nestler wrote:
>> Jonathan Deitch wrote:
>>   
>>>  I'll run these tests tonight ...
>>>
>>> However - and this is the puzzling part - when the system goes into the
>>> slow-mode, there is no abnormal CPU load.  Yep, that's right ... no high
>>> CPU in either task manager, or top.
>>>
>>> Both colinux and Vista are still usable - they're just very very slow
>>> with a 4-5 second leg between any action and system response.
>>>     
>> Than I have an idea: The cpu has a buggy or a special timer chip? I have
>> read some about buggy TSC, and Windows has shipped an update for such
>> chips in a service pack.
>>
>> You says, the taskman shows na normal cpu load? Than the sytesm timer
>> was falling down into slow mode? Currently I don't know why coLinux
>> would reprogrammed the timer. Colinux does no change the timer
>> intervall. Not directly, but perhaps the new kernel has some hocks for
>> special cpu's? I will grep for it.
>>
>> The mouse is slow. ok. What is with a keyboard resonse time, for example
>> in a notepad, or in a command prompt?
>>
>> Please boot a knoppix, or from a distribution you have in a rescure mode
>> with text console. Somethere you can cat the native kernel boot messages
>> (dmesg) into a file and send me, please. I will grep for special
>> messages about your cpu. You also can send me the kernel messages from
>> coLinux-daemon.exe, as you can do it via mouse "copy all text" from
>> screen into clipboard and paste it into notepad. Or run
>> "colinux-daemon.exe ... > file.log"
>>