FC4 troubles (was [PlanetCCRMA] New user; FC3 or FC4?)

[Michael Gurevich]

I don't usually weigh in on these things, but for what its worth, I'm 
still having problems with FC4 and planetCCRMA.

The planetCCRMA smp kernels still don't boot for me, and unfortunately 
I don't have time/patience/expertise to start recompiling the kernel. 
The uni-processor ones boot, but crash after awhile. I'm back to using 
RedHat's latest smp kernel.

Not totally sure how to investigate the crashes with the CCRMA kernel. I 
don't use the machine all the time, but if I leave it running for more 
than an hour or so, its normally frozen with a blank screen when I come 
back to it. I looked in /var/log/messages, and the only notable difference 
between the RH and CCRMA kernels is that with the CCRMA kernel I get the 
messages copied below periodically. When the machine freezes, there is 
one crond job after these messages, and then nothing. But it doesn't 
freeze everytime these messages appear.

Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel: irq 21: nobody cared (try booting with 
the "irqpoll" option)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel:  [<c01471b4>] __report_bad_irq+0x24/0x90 
(8)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel:  [<c01472c2>] note_interrupt+0x72/0xd0 
(20)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel:  [<c0146ec4>] do_hardirq+0xe4/0x110 (20)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel:  [<c0146ef0>] do_irqd+0x0/0x90 (20)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel:  [<c0146f52>] do_irqd+0x62/0x90 (8)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel:  [<c0137078>] kthread+0x98/0xa0 (24)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel:  [<c0136fe0>] kthread+0x0/0xa0 (12)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel:  [<c01013b1>] 
kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x14 (12)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel: handlers:
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel: [<c02b08d0>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x80)
Nov 28 15:18:23 localhost kernel: turning off IO-APIC fast mode.



On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 23:18 +0100, Paquita wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm new to audio under linux, and about to try Planet CCRMA. I read a bit,
> > but currently it's not clear to me which Fedora Core version I should
> > install : is Planet CCRMA already ready for FC4? Or am I better off
> > staying with FC3 right now?
> 
> This is getting harder and harder to answer :-) FC3 is still the most
> complete system in terms of software available, there are a few
> ommissions still in FC4 - after the initial flurry of help I got to get
> things compiled on gcc4 the enthusiasm died down and I have been too
> busy to try again. Most probably by now those problems already have
> solutions. 
> 
> The only major advantage I see in FC3 is the availability of cdrom
> images which I have not recreated yet for FC4 (but FC4 has a full blown
> "all included" install dvd - experimental, of course). If you don't need
> them you could go with FC4. For the current status of the FC4 packages
> as compared to FC3 see:
>   http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/fc4buildstatus.html
> 
> -- Fernando
> 
> > I'd rather have a stable system, and I doubt I will need anything really
> > cutting edge. My goal is to do multitrack recording using an M-Audio Duo
> > USB interface.
> 
> 
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