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I have a strange problem with my Toshiba NB205-N2xx netbooks (xx = 10 & 35)

When booting, and sometimes when console-based programs are running, all I/O stops at various times until either the mouse is moved or a key pressed. That includes console output. Nobody else seems to have heard of the problem, but I have it on 2 quite similar Intel Atom based computers.

I have been using Gentoo on the NB205-N210 with no problems, so I know a solution is possible. I just do not know what the details are. I strongly suspect it is the way interrupts are handled.

Does Mageia tweak its kernels? I don't need the latest, since the computer is 4 years old. I just need the kernel source and Mageia's .config so I can try to nail down the problem. Where can I find it?

Thanks
Boba

Try adding clocksource=jiffies to kernel boot options, does that help?

Problem solved!
What does jiffies do? I looked up clocksource but the reference I got did not show 'jiffies'.

Bobalong, please mark the topic accordingly.

You can do so by editing the first message in this topic, and put [SOLVED] in front of the title.

Thanks in advance!!!

Done.

The immediate problem is solved, but I'd still like to know where to get the sources for Mageia's desktop kernel, including any patches.

Ok, first things first - i know that because my laptop showed that on some kernel update some time ago.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11727
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=44342
That is due to an ACPI bug, and changes the timer source.

For the Mageia kernel and it's patches, have a look at our SVN: http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauld ... l/current/
And for a checkout including sources https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mgarepo#I_do ... ng_mgarepo

Or if you just want to build a new kernel with minor changes, from the command line, as root,

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urpmi kernel-source-latest


This will install the kernel sources in /usr/src. You'll find the config file for the kernel you are currently running (and any others you have installed) in /boot, e.g.

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# ls -1 /boot/config-*
/boot/config-3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2
/boot/config-3.4.34-desktop-1.mga2