Comments on: HOWTO: failed to set xfermode [SOLVED]

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By: Bhing

Bhing — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:00:31 +0000

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By: fak3r

fak3r — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:59:25 +0000

Note, I haven’t seen this issue on any other distros, including Ubuntu 8.04 or Debian Etch or Lenny. I assume it was a one time kernel issue, and once they moved past that revision it disappeared. Oh well, the discovery and fun of learning to fix things is what Open Source is all about!

By: fak3r

fak3r — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:11:27 +0000

@Kiv
“what is the consequence of adding “irqpoll” to the line ? Won’t it create any problem, or ignore some mistake ?”

AFAIK, no – and I haven’t heard differently. Still, what are you running? I did not have this issue with the latest (7.10) Ubuntu (fully up to date), or on Debian 4.0 (Etch) on systems at home. Are you still seeing this? I’ve been meaning to update my Ubuntu to the 8.40 – but haven’t yet. I want to do clean install on my laptop (this one: http://www.fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/) and see if I get the dreaded ‘xfermode’ issue, I hope (suspect?) it’s fixed by now. We’ll see.

By: Kiv

Kiv — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:35:05 +0000

Thanks for that solution, works fine on my Dell Vostro 200ST.
I think my problem came from the DVD player…

But I have a question : what is the consequence of adding “irqpoll” to the line ? Won’t it create any problem, or ignore some mistake ?

I’m not an expert in Linux (and english), but just try to understand… thank you

By: Beyboo

Beyboo — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:43:31 +0000

Does anyone know if a kernel patch or the latest kernel resolves this problem ?

By: fak3r

fak3r — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:37:47 +0000

@norman
It really had me banging my head against the wall, so when I solved it I knew there were/would be others out there that would come across it, so I’m happy to hear that it helped you too. I would like a more centralized place where you could search for Linux/Tech errors and their solutions, I keep waiting for Splunk to be that, but until then, I’m glad Google indexes things so well.

Incidentally, I’m impressed with the whole Vostro line from Dell, it strips away much of the ‘bling’ that most systems have, and trades it for usable/basic systems (not to mention looses the bloat of all the crippling ‘trialware’ that Dell usually distributes). I have the Vostro 1500 as my main system running Ubuntu currently, and am very happy with it: http://www.fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/ – it never had the ‘failed to set xfer mode’ issue, so I suspect you’re correct, it’s some kernel/hardware incompatibility; luck of the draw as it were.

By: norman

norman — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:03:48 +0000

Thanks! This had me defeated – was about to abandon Ubuntu! BTW the problem was with 7.10 on a Dell Vostro 200 with SATA drive. The problem is something drive related I suppose.. I can now dual boot with Vista and with XP (different machines). Thanks again!!