I don't know if it's related, but I could not boot a non-SuSE kernel on 8.1 until gcc-3.3.1-16. I can't remember if I had the same problems with the Mantel kernels also. Regards Sid. Tony Alfrey wrote:
On Friday 07 November 2003 12:03 pm, Stan Glasoe wrote:
On Thursday 06 November 2003 7:43 pm, Tony Alfrey wrote:
Hello;
While my 8.1 installation is working well, it is having boot problems about half the time. It gets to the neighborhood of
Mount SMB File System Starting SSH daemon Inporting Net File System (NFS)
and then hangs, leaving the keyboard LEDs flashing.
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Thanks
Flashing keyboard LEDs means a kernel panic. More info needed to help troubleshoot. Anything on Ctrl+Alt+F10 screen?
Can't reach this. Keyboard locked up.
Maybe have to switch to that prior to the lockup phase.
Probably.
Could boot the Rescue System and check the log files.
Don't think so. filesystem gets corrupted on the hard reboot
Have you been or are you using any boot load parameters such as apm=off and/or acpi=off and/or pci=noapic?
No.
Any hardware changes in the system? Any chance you have a heat problem now that wasn't there last week? Power supply going bad? Cooling fan dead or dying? Hard drive dying? Dust finally hard-packed onto everything internal? Cat/dog hair clogging cooling vents?
No, No, No, No, No, No, and No.
If you've opened the system lately
No.
did you reseat/check all cable connectors, make sure all PCI cards are securely fastened and seated properly? Vibrations from a dying fan or hard drive could cause intermittent connection problems that may vary due to the heat of the systems and whether they've expanded to wiggle loose or hold together a bit better until the next boot.
No. Only happens now with loading of 8.1. Happens on no other linux partitions or distros and did not happen on the 7.2 that was replaced.
Of course it could be software related since you did load an OS on the machine... and use software when it does boot...
Yes, must be as far as I can see. Possibly a conflict between prior 7.2 configuration files and new 8.1 files??. Simply loaded 8.1 onto an existing 7.2 partition using the typical Yast options on the installation CD. ( I needed 8.1 because I had an app to install that had rpms only for 8.1.) BTW, after the hard reboot, and after the fsck which happens before it gets to the suspect place in the boot sequence, booting zips right along.
I have tested the following: a) crash on boot, hard reboot (which forces fsck). b) X starts, then KDE, log in and immediately log out and reboot. c) subsequent reboot slows considerably through the suspect section, then moves ahead. d) logout and reboot. e) Now, this reboot again hangs at about the same place.
Narrow it down for us a bit. Stan
-- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd rather be sailing"
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