Hello,

I use Debian Etch on a Dell Inspiron 640m laptop and get this message
at every boot:

Detecting hardware...FATAL: Error inserting i8xx_tco
(/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/
i8xx_tco.ko):No such device

How do I understand what is happening? What is i8xx_tco.ko supposed to
do? Is there any way I can stop getting this message? Any comments
will help.

Thanks,
Girish.

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On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 07:23:19PM +0530, Girish Kulkarni wrote:
> I use Debian Etch on a Dell Inspiron 640m laptop and get this message
> at every boot:
>
> Detecting hardware...FATAL: Error inserting i8xx_tco
> (/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/
> i8xx_tco.ko):No such device
>
> How do I understand what is happening? What is i8xx_tco.ko supposed to
> do? Is there any way I can stop getting this message? Any comments
> will help.

Given the message you posted, it looks like it is a watchdog timer
control module. If you don't have or need watchdog support, then I'd
ignore the message; as long as everything works fine.

Doug.


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On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:02 AM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> Given the message you posted, it looks like it is a watchdog timer
> control module. If you don't have or need watchdog support, then I'd
> ignore the message; as long as everything works fine.

Thanks for that Douglas. I didn't know about watchdogs and that confused me.

Girish.

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