From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michal Januszewski" Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 11734] New: Ramdonly linux don't boot, it hangs at the very first stage of booting with some error related with uvesafb Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:38:00 +0200 Message-ID: <5d9b736f0810110238v6290ec5dm8d1621edaa99c12e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20081010135045.8b4772f5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sfi-mx-1.v28.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.28.121] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by 235xhf1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KoazO-0006iO-Pl for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:42:22 +0000 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.175]) by 29vjzd1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) id 1KoavC-0003Vi-LT for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:42:22 +0000 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 27so912371wfd.4 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:38:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20081010135045.8b4772f5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Andrew Morton Cc: diegoocampo8@gmail.com, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 22:50, Andrew Morton wrote: >> I am not sure if it is related with Ubuntu or with the kernel but the problems >> take place in the very first stage of booting (maybe with the loading of the >> kernel??) and I get the following error messages: >> "606627 uvesafb: failed to execute /sbin/v86d" >> "606719 uvesafb: make sure that the v86d helper is installed and executable" >> "606814 uvesafb: Getting VBE info block failed (eax=0x4f00, err=-2)" >> "606905 uvesafb: vbe_init() failed with -22 > >> Like i said this is a ramdonly problem,if i restart the computer most probably >> ubuntu starts, but i think it is very annoying anyway!. Do you have these uvesafb error messages in the kernel log (run `dmesg` to check the kernel log) when your laptop boots successfully? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/