Radeon: reserve failed for wait in /var/log/messages

Looking at my system log (kernel 2.6.35.4), this is a common thing: Apr 24 12:04:49 kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: ffff8802d0aa1a00 reserve failed for wait Apr 24 12:04:49 kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: ffff8802d0aa1a00 reserve failed for wait Apr 24 12:04:51 kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: ffff8802d0aa1a00 reserve failed for wait Apr 24 12:04:51 kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: ffff8802d0aa1a00 reserve failed for [...]

No sound on Firefox on x86_64 Linux with Pulseaudio / ALSA

This is yet another suggestion on what to do if the Firefox doesn’t play sound (with flash videos in particular) but all other applications do (mplayer, for example). The video in Firefox runs smoothly, but no sound at all. This is a popular subject on the web, it turns out. My platform: Fedora Core 12, [...]

Windows: Tracking process launches and ends

I’m sure there’s a saner way to do this than the Perl script below, but jotting it down was so easy, that it wasn’t worth looking for another tool to do it. The idea is the simplest ever: Grab the list of processes 10 times a second or so, and write a line to standard [...]

Windows device drivers: Notes to self

Yet another messy post with just things I wrote down while developing a device driver for Windows. Not necessary coherent, not necessarily accurate. General notes while playing around To start Windows 10 allowing installation of unsigned drivers, hold Shift while selecting “Restart” in the Power menu. Windows will appear to restart normally, but enters a [...]