* Boot failure, VIA chipset.
@ 2003-04-30 16:11 Daniel Taylor
2003-04-30 21:48 ` Dave Jones
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From: Daniel Taylor @ 2003-04-30 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
I have a KT400-based system that will not boot the 2.5 series kernels.
It fails with a hard lock immediately after the video mode query when
VGA=ask is set in /etc/lilo.conf.
If anyone else is working on this contact me, otherwise I'll post
my results when I get it working.
--
Daniel Taylor VP Operations and Development Vocal Laboratories, Inc.
dtaylor@vocalabs.com http://www.vocalabs.com/ (952)941-6580x203
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* Re: Boot failure, VIA chipset.
2003-04-30 16:11 Boot failure, VIA chipset Daniel Taylor
@ 2003-04-30 21:48 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-01 9:53 ` Daniel Taylor
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dave Jones @ 2003-04-30 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel Taylor; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 11:11:54AM -0500, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> I have a KT400-based system that will not boot the 2.5 series kernels.
>
> It fails with a hard lock immediately after the video mode query when
> VGA=ask is set in /etc/lilo.conf.
>
> If anyone else is working on this contact me, otherwise I'll post
> my results when I get it working.
make sure you enabled
CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
Dave
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* Re: Boot failure, VIA chipset.
2003-04-30 21:48 ` Dave Jones
@ 2003-05-01 9:53 ` Daniel Taylor
2003-05-01 15:32 ` Dave Jones
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Taylor @ 2003-05-01 9:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Jones; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 11:11:54AM -0500, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> > I have a KT400-based system that will not boot the 2.5 series kernels.
> >
> > It fails with a hard lock immediately after the video mode query when
> > VGA=ask is set in /etc/lilo.conf.
> >
> > If anyone else is working on this contact me, otherwise I'll post
> > my results when I get it working.
>
> make sure you enabled
>
> CONFIG_INPUT=y
> CONFIG_VT=y
> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
>
All enabled, and I tried last night with a stripped down 386 only kernel.
No dice, dies hard even before printing the Kernel ID.
It is probably a BIOS compatability issue, but it works OK with 2.4. Since
the system actually works as it sits I've been taking my time debugging
the 2.5 issues.
--
Daniel Taylor VP Operations and Development Vocal Laboratories, Inc.
dtaylor@vocalabs.com http://www.vocalabs.com/ (952)941-6580x203
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* Re: Boot failure, VIA chipset.
2003-05-01 9:53 ` Daniel Taylor
@ 2003-05-01 15:32 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-01 10:41 ` Daniel Taylor
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dave Jones @ 2003-05-01 15:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel Taylor; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 05:53:53AM -0400, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> > CONFIG_INPUT=y
> > CONFIG_VT=y
> > CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
> >
> All enabled, and I tried last night with a stripped down 386 only kernel.
>
> No dice, dies hard even before printing the Kernel ID.
>
> It is probably a BIOS compatability issue, but it works OK with 2.4. Since
> the system actually works as it sits I've been taking my time debugging
> the 2.5 issues.
The only other outstanding hang that I've seen was caused by ACPI.
Does it boot with acpi=off ?
Dave
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* Re: Boot failure, VIA chipset.
2003-05-01 15:32 ` Dave Jones
@ 2003-05-01 10:41 ` Daniel Taylor
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Taylor @ 2003-05-01 10:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Jones; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Thu, 1 May 2003, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 05:53:53AM -0400, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> > > CONFIG_INPUT=y
> > > CONFIG_VT=y
> > > CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
> > >
> > All enabled, and I tried last night with a stripped down 386 only kernel.
> >
> > No dice, dies hard even before printing the Kernel ID.
> >
> > It is probably a BIOS compatability issue, but it works OK with 2.4. Since
> > the system actually works as it sits I've been taking my time debugging
> > the 2.5 issues.
>
> The only other outstanding hang that I've seen was caused by ACPI.
> Does it boot with acpi=off ?
>
That was the _first_ thing I tried. I've got it stripped down almost
to driverless (I still have IDE and filesystems compiled in). No advanced
options selected at all as far as I can find.
--
Daniel Taylor VP Operations and Development Vocal Laboratories, Inc.
dtaylor@vocalabs.com http://www.vocalabs.com/ (952)941-6580x203
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* Re: Boot failure, VIA chipset.
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@ 2003-04-30 16:31 ` Daniel Taylor
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From: Daniel Taylor @ 2003-04-30 16:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Balram Adlakha; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Balram Adlakha wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 11:11:54AM -0500, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> > I have a KT400-based system that will not boot the 2.5 series kernels.
> >
> > It fails with a hard lock immediately after the video mode query when
> > VGA=ask is set in /etc/lilo.conf.
> >
> > If anyone else is working on this contact me, otherwise I'll post
> > my results when I get it working.
> >
>
> And what happens when VGA=ask is not set? What happens when its disabled in the config?
>
It fails silently after unpacking the kernel.
Sorry, I was insufficiently clear on that.
So far I have tried:
Disabling all module functions
Disabling APIC
Recompiling for 386 rather than K7
Disabling all special video options (Framebuf, video mode select)
I have yet to try a completely minimal 386 config, that is my next step,
then I start putting printk()'s in to localise the hang more effectively.
--
Daniel Taylor VP Operations and Development Vocal Laboratories, Inc.
dtaylor@vocalabs.com http://www.vocalabs.com/ (952)941-6580x203
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