On Thu September 28 2006 17:08, Harry Mofo wrote: > I've been running Sarge, then Etch on this system for a couple years. > It has been happily running 2.6.12-1 for a while but any attempt to use > newer kernels has resulted in the system freezing - requiring a hardware > reset. Keyboard is nonfunctional except numlock will turn off (but not > back on). System becomes inaccessible via the network. Sometimes the > hard drive light is on solid. > > I've tried 2.6.15-1, 2.6.16-2 and 2.6.17-2. All cause the system to > freeze at some point - usually within 5 minutes of X starting but > sometimes before it even reaches that point. I normally use the K7 > kernel but have tried 486 as well with no change in symptoms. > > I tried a fresh install, thinking the original install just had some bad > combination somewhere but that's a no-go as well. Etch beta 3 installer > freezes during "Installing core packages..." at 32-34% completion (it > varies). > > There is no useful (to me) info in messages, syslog, nor dmesg. > > System details: > Abit KT7 motherboard (Via KT133 chipset) > Athlon 1GHz (Model 4 Stepping 2) > 512 MB RAM > Audio=SoundBlaster Live MP3+ (driver=emu10K1_audigy) > Video=GeForce4 Ti4200-8x (NV28) (driver=nv) > eth0=Netgear FA310Tx 10/100 (driver=tulip) > hda=Samsung SP1614N 160GB ATA100 > hdc=Plextor PX-320A CDRW > misc =Syba SD-V2-5U USB 2 adapter > > Does anyone have a clue what could be happening or any advice how to > diagnose this further?
I've been running 2.6.17 for 2 days now so I think I can claim victory. I compared boot messages between 2.6.12 and 2.6.15. 2.6.12 shows "ACPI: Interpreter disabled." while 2.6.15 shows "ACPI: Interpreter enabled" and many more ACPI-related messages. If I use a "acpi=off" boot parameter with a newer kernel, no more freezes. The newer kernels apparently decided to try using ACPI with this chipset but there is apparently a bug in the kernel or the chipset (or somewhere else?). I can live with this workaround. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
