On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:33:32 +0000 Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > Sorry for the delayed reply. > > On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 09:47 -0500, chris dunn wrote: > [...] > > I've recently upgraded from Squeeze to Wheezy on two Motion > > Computing M1400 computers. The upgrade seems generally OK and I am > > still able to load Linux 2.6.32-5-486. > > > > However when I attempt to load 3.2.0-2-486 in Grub it fails to load. > > > > In graphical mode it halts with a flashing underscore top left of > > an otherwise blank screen after reporting "loading initial ramdisk". > > > > In recovery mode it halts with a flashing underscore after showing > > the messages evident in the attached screen photo. > > > > Both machines exhibit the same behaviour. > > The screenshot shows something odd about the PCI bus configuration in > this computer. This is probably a BIOS bug but the kernel should > ideally work around such bugs. > > Does the current kernel in unstable (linux-image-3.2.0-4-486, version > 3.2.35-2) still have this problem? Thanks for the input. I'm showing 3.2.0-4-486, version 3.2.32-1 as being installed, and not as you suggest. It does exhibit the same behaviour as reported before. > Does the kernel parameter 'pci=assign-busses' fix the problem? No. This does not seem to have any effect. I'm entering it as the first parameter line after pressing e at the grub boot selection screen. > Ben. > -- Chris Dunn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
