Re: Followup: Can an installation "deteriorate"...?

On Monday 31 January 2005 12:29 am, der.hans kindly wrote:
> Am 30. Jan, 2005 schwätzte Siri Amrit Kaur so:
> > On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:57 pm, der.hans kindly wrote:
> > > Am 30. Jan, 2005 schwätzte Siri Amrit Kaur so:
> > > > I finally got around to rebooting my computer (I hate doing
> > > > that). First, I rebooted into SimplyMepis, where my cdrom
> > > > performed perfectly with KSCD. Then, I rebooted back into
> > > > Slackware, and now it plays fine again! The physical drive is
> > > > fine. What causes a "kernel wedge"???
> > >
> > > Waiting for something to respond that doesn't respond. Imaging
> > > a toilet stall in a public restroom. Someone goes in and locks
> > > the door, but then never comes back out. That stall then
> > > becomes unavailable even though the others might still get
> > > continued use.
> > >
> > > Linux is good, but there are still occasional wedging issues.
> >
> > Is there a way to figure out what's waiting for a response and
> > clear it without rebooting?
>
> Yes and no. It's possible to figure it out, but the way to fix
> driver wedging is via reboot[1]. I generally only reboot due to
> power failures, so driver wedging isn't a common event, in my
> experience.
>
> [1] Some kernel hackers might be able to figure out a way around
> it, but the rest of us, I think, are best served by actually
> rebooting.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
thanks, Hans.
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