[Bug 548021] New: 11.2 Milestone 7 won't run on AMD x86_64
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548021 User stevet@copper.net added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548021#c541396 Summary: 11.2 Milestone 7 won't run on AMD x86_64 Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: RC 1 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: stevet@copper.net QAContact: qa@suse.de CC: stiening@comcast.net, stevet@copper.net Found By: Beta-Customer +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #541396 +++ Using CR1. ISO burned to DVD. Boot from DVD and expected splash screen is given. Finally selection to boot from hard drive... If ANY option is taken besides boot from hard drive (I didn't test this one), the load fails. This failure is seen by the screen not only going dark, but in my case, the status light to the LCD unit shows loss of signal. IF you select TEXT for the display, a series of modules being loaded shows, and then the whole thing hangs (last 2 modules listed: [ 0.184001] [<ffffffff819d80b0>] kernel_init+0x102/0x15c [ 0.184001] [<ffffffff8100d6ca>] child_rip+0xa/0x20.) I tried again with ACPI disabled and text mode, and sure enough, I am in the text mode of the install, doing an install repair (because 11.1's GRUB got twisted somehow). So a reboot and ACPI only disabled and the full graphics system ran just fine for an upgrade (from 11.1 64 bit). This is interesting in that *All* SuSE installs (32 or 64 from 10.2 to 11.1) along with a few other distros have worked on this system without having to disable anything. Config info: AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core 4200+ 896MB Ram ATI RS690 (Radeon X1200 Series) ATI SB600 IDE & Non-Raid-5 SATA Dual 500GB SATA drives (with /home being RAID1) Reason for testing this, problems found with 11.0-1 in the set up of RAID1 while doing install. Seems that GRUB is not correctly configured. As you can see, I didn't get that far this time. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #8 from Frank Hübner
A fix for this is available in Kernel 2.6.31.6 which isn't available on the install media.
So, please install 11.2 with ACPI disabled (I believe you said everything worked in that case). Then install the latest Kernel (2.6.31.6 or greater) on the new install and everything should work with ACPI enabled.
This will not work for me. I can not access the disk when acpi is disabled. If possible, can you please provide an installation disk (minimal, and with access to a usb hard disk e.g) or give me a hint how to create one by myself? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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A fix for this is available in Kernel 2.6.31.6 which isn't available on the install media.
So, please install 11.2 with ACPI disabled (I believe you said everything worked in that case). Then install the latest Kernel (2.6.31.6 or greater) on the new install and everything should work with ACPI enabled.
Everything does not work in this case. Only the install works, to a point. From comment #2 above: "Seems that the UPGRADE install on RC1 is not correctly configuring GRUB. The 11.2 RC1 that came up needed to have the users redefined, which then connected them immediately to the /home locations (which is correctly, RAID1). So the upgrade misses some configuration items as well. Accordingly I am changing the severity and priority to a lower value." Well, the 11.2 final is similar. Note that it took running a 11.1 recovery install to fix things, it was that GRUB's menu is built wrong. Once the 11.1 recovery ran and fixed fstab (among other things), the attempted boot of the 11.2 DVD FAILED to be recognized, causing a boot from the hard drive, which I selected the 11.1 which actually ran 11.2. [from original posting "Reason for testing this, problems found with 11.0-1 in the set up of RAID1 while doing install. Seems that GRUB is not correctly configured. As you can see, I didn't get that far this time."] So I will re-open this, because it is not fixed. It might be time for the decision makers to make the hard decision to rebuild 11.2 with a working kernel. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #19 from Frank Hübner
Could you test this kISO?
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I tried it, it's getting better: the kernel boots with "noacpi", but not without. The kernel recognizes with "noacpi" my sata disk. I did not try the installation completely, just booting until the installation program started. Then I checked manually by fdisk -l from console 2 that the disk is recognized (the original installation disk did not recognize the hard disk). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #20 from Brandon Philips
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Could you test this kISO?
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I tried it, it's getting better: the kernel boots with "noacpi", but not without.
How does it not work without noacpi? Can you provide some more details? Maybe serial console capture? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Meanwhile, once the install is complete, the kernel that is installed has the appropriate support for ACPI. I say that because I do not have to tell GRUB noACPI for the boot.
So, once it is installed everything is OK? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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