Current/Recent Issues and Solutions

Previous/Resolved Issues and Solutions

• Hangs in desktop apps in 2.6.12
  Local network traffic hangs unless I reorder my network rules in 2.6.12
  
• Games or general system slows to a crawl on 2.6.9
  kswapd consumes lots of CPU on 2.6.9
  
• Parallel printing not working in 2.6.9
  /dev/lp0 missing in 2.6.9
  
• usb-storage isn't working like it used to
  usb-storage broke after a kernel upgrade
  New ub driver isn't working
  
• System is unstable when 64GB HIGHMEM is enabled
  I have more than 4GB RAM and my system is unstable
  
• My ALPS touchpad isn't working as of 2.6.11/2.6.12
  
• "Unknown parameter device_mode" error
  ALSA broken; lots of "Unknown symbol" messages appear on load
  
• Kernel hangs for about 30 seconds during bootup, "Probing IDE" messages are displayed
  
• My system is freezing on shutdown with gentoo-sources-2.6.12
  System freeze when unmounting NTFS partitions
  
• modprobe can't find modules installed through portage
  Modules are being installed into the wrong place
  My kernel version has an "n" on the end (e.g. 2.6.9-gentoo-r1n)
  localversion is not yet used by portage
  
• nvidia binary graphics module fails to load with "Unknown symbol" message
  Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE with nvidia