[Cooker] [Bug 930] [kernel] Parallel ZIP causes ldm_validate_partition_table() error, and slow login

[[guy-rouillier]]

http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930





------- Additional Comments From guy-rouillier@speakeasy.net  2003-01-08 08:15 -------
I'm still having this problem with kernel-smp-2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm.  I
tried installing it (1) with the flash card reader disconnected, then (2) with
it connected.  Either way I am still getting the ldm_validate_partition_table
message multiple times when I boot.  Mandrake 9.1 on dual Pentium 233MMX.

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- plug a 100MB parallel zip drive on the parallel port
- remove any zip from the drive
- check with "cdrecord -scanbus" that the zip drive is actually installed (ppa
module)
- run: "find /dev/scsi"

--> error ldm_validate_partition_table() : read disk failed

The error appears on the device representing the ZIP drive.

WARNING : this problem is causing a slow login :
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At each first user login, the owner of the /dev entries are changed (devfsd?).
This leads to an error when changing owner of the Zip device.
Since the query and the error takes about 1,5 sec and they are repeated 3 times
at login, the login is considerably slowed down, and takes up to 5 sec.