[Bug 231104] New: GRUB do not work properly
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 Summary: GRUB do not work properly Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: GoodSec@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com At boot up following message appear: " GRUB Loading stage 1.5. GRUB loading, please wait... " On that moment system stop - any key not work, only Reset on computer case help. History: DVD with image openSUSE-10.2-GM-DVD-i386.iso not booted. Computer immediatly reboot when trying boot from DVD. The same was CD image openSUSE-10.2-GM-i386-mini.iso So, I get CD image SUSE-Linux-10.1-GM-i386-mini.iso Unpack openSUSE-10.2-GM-DVD-i386.iso to folder openSUSE-10.2-GM-DVD-i386 on /dev/hda3 Boot up from CD and begin installation from hard drive. After first reboot, system cannot boot up. Because GRUB stop at loading stage 1.5 I proceed installation using CD image feature - load installed system. So installation was finished, but problem was not solved. No any grub-install or Yast graphical utils can help. My system: CPU - VIA Samuel 2 HDD - 200Gb ATA (/dev/hda) / - reiserfs (/dev/hda6) swap - /dev/hda5 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 chrubis@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |duwe@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 cord.walter@gmx.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |cord.walter@gmx.de ------- Comment #1 from cord.walter@gmx.de 2007-01-11 12:09 MST ------- I see the same problem on one of my systems: CPU: Via Ezra 933MHz MB: Asus CUV4X-E VGA: Matrox MGA100 Systems reboot when grub tries to load the graphical menu. I upgraded the system to 10.2 by copying the kernel & initrd from the DVD to the harddisk (as described in the openSuSE 10.2 "Start" manual) and booted into installation using the old grub. Installation went well, but after reboot starting with the updated grub didn't work (system reboot again). I then booted the system using a Knoppix-CD, edited the menu.lst to use text-mode grub and that works! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 cord.walter@gmx.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Normal |Major -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 duwe@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|duwe@novell.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ------- Comment #2 from duwe@novell.com 2007-02-02 07:35 MST ------- Dear bug reporter / screening team, due to the increasing number of grub "bugs" that are most likely unrelated to grub's basic functionality but nevertheless assigned to me, I took the time to write up some explanations for your kind consideration. Please have a look at http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 chrubis@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |snwint@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED ------- Comment #3 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-14 03:30 MST ------- Yes, there seems to be a problem with VIA cpus. See also bug 219316. The workaround is to avoid the boot graphics; pressing SHIFT with the DVD and disabling gfxmenu in grub. I don't have such a system here for debugging. But I'm about to create a series of test isos to narrow the cause. If you are interested in trying those, let me know. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|GRUB do not work properly |via epia: gfxboot not working -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rnissl@gmx.de ------- Comment #4 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-15 04:40 MST ------- *** Bug 231210 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 odabrunz@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |admin@eregion.de ------- Comment #5 from odabrunz@novell.com 2007-02-15 11:23 MST ------- *** Bug 228806 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #6 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-20 06:55 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=120092) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=120092&action=view) test1.iso Please try this iso. It should ideally print some text messages. I'd like to know how far this iso works for you. I'll attach a screenshot to show what it should normally look like. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #7 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-20 06:56 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=120093) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=120093&action=view) that's what test1.iso should print -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #8 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-20 06:58 MST ------- If, for some reason everything works, you should end up in graphics mode after pressing a key two times. But from the reports I doubt this will happen. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #9 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-02-20 12:39 MST ------- You're right, it didn't happen -- on my VIA EPIA MII-6000E. Booting the image while holding down a SHIFT key, asks whether to load boot graphics. If I press Y then I'm asked whether or not to detect the display size. No matter what I enter at this stage (y/n), the system reboots immediately afterwards. In the computer magazine iX, I've read an article which reported an issue regarding OS/2 memory hole and booting Linux from CD, but when I boot your image in VMware, it boots properly although this memory hole was disabled by default. On the other hand, I didn't find such an option in the EPIA BIOS. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #10 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-22 04:45 MST ------- No, this is not the 16MB-hole thing (that's covered in bug 228508). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #11 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-22 05:09 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=120503) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=120503&action=view) test2 iso Please try this one. It prints some green numbers at the top of the screen. What I'd like to know is how far it gets. There is a delay (some seconds) after printing each number, so you get a chance to notice it before it reboots. '0' and '1' are (should, I hope) always shown to give you a feeling for the timing (so you don't wait indefinitely :-)). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #12 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-22 05:10 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=120504) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=120504&action=view) It should look like this, if all works -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #13 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-02-22 13:33 MST ------- Here is what I get on screen: 0 1 2 . . 5 6 7 8 9 A The duration between two numbers seems to be 10 seconds and the reboot happens about 10 seconds after A is printed on screen. I've had the machine reboot several times. Once I've hit some keys while the first numbers were printed and in that case, the system rebooted immediately after printing A to screen. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #14 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-23 04:15 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=120732) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=120732&action=view) test3 iso Please try this one. Looks the same as test2, but with some luck works better. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 LongRoute@gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |LongRoute@gmail.com ------- Comment #15 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-02-23 14:25 MST ------- My system: Processor: VIA C3 Samual 2 2000+ Motherboard: M789CG test1.iso Without SHIFT -> Nothing to display, just rebooted. With SHIFT: 1. "Load boot graphics" -> press y "Detect display size" -> press y or n Machine rebooted 2. "Load boot graphics" -> press n On new text screen menu appear So, nothing about "Initializing gfx code..." appear, like in screenshot test2.iso "0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 A" Nothing happens after "A" shown. "Num Lock" and same keys are working Ctrl+Alt+Delete working too test3.iso like in test with test2.iso One more detail - "Num Lock" and same keys work begins after "A" shown -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #16 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-02-23 16:03 MST ------- I've booted test3.iso and it didn't work better. The output is still the same as for test2.iso and it still reboots 10 seconds after printing A on screen. I've verified that I've burned test3.iso. The disc content is dated 23.02.2007 12:13 local time. BTW: would you mind printing some identifier like "test3.iso" on screen? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #17 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-25 04:51 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=120942) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=120942&action=view) test4 iso I hope this one works better. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #18 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-25 04:53 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=120943) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=120943&action=view) test5 iso If test4 did not works any better than test3, please run this one. It should stop right after step '2'. Does it? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #19 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-02-25 05:23 MST ------- Thanks for adding an identifier. Here are the test results: test4.iso still reboots 10 seconds after printing "A" on screen. test5.iso prints 0 1 2 and -- as you said it will stop there -- I've waited 60 seconds until I aborted the test as it actually stopped. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #20 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-02-25 12:33 MST ------- Two more details for test2.iso and test3.iso: - Delay between any digit is equal (i.e. 2-4 = 0-1). - "Num lock" work begins right after A shown. test4.iso: 0 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 A |x|x| x |x|x|x|x|x|x| forever <-- time not / \ not <-- is keyboard working /yes\ test5.iso: 0 1 2 |x|x| forever keyboard not working -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #21 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-26 03:45 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=120998) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=120998&action=view) test6 iso Ok, here is another one. I've removed the delay between the numbers and it'll just stop dead at the end. But the interesting thing is: which numbers (0-3) and letters (a-c) are shown on your screen? - I'll attach a reference image. - -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #22 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-26 03:47 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=120999) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=120999&action=view) test6 should ideally look like this -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #23 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-02-26 10:15 MST ------- test6.iso 0 1 2 a b c Just stop dead at the end -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #24 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-02-26 12:19 MST ------- I confirm the last comment. test6.iso behaves the same on my system. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #25 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-27 02:58 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=121232) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=121232&action=view) test7 iso Now, test6 looked really good. I give test7 a fair chance to work properly. It should look again like test 4. I've removed all delays but for numbers > 9 to speed things up a bit. What you should look out for: is number '3' shown? And: is there an 'X' below '3' (or where '3' should have been). In case you are wondering what we are doing here: we're trying to find a workaround for an really obscure VIA cpu bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #26 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-02-27 10:03 MST ------- test7.iso Just rebooted P.S.: grub work properly with gfxmenu on SuSE 10.1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #27 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-27 12:37 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=121380) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=121380&action=view) test8 iso *sigh* Ok, this one has all the delays back in. Please have a look at which number it reboots. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #28 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-27 12:39 MST ------- BTW, 10.1 works because it avoids this real <-> pm mode switching bug. Unfortunately, this doesn't help. :-( -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #29 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-27 12:51 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=121381) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=121381&action=view) test9 iso And please try this one as well. It looks more like test6, but won't stop. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #30 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-02-27 14:53 MST ------- test8.iso and test9.iso equally work 0 1 2 (digits immediately appear) Reboot time later. It seems that the delay is slightly lower then in test4 (for example). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #31 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-27 15:37 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=121400) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=121400&action=view) test10 iso What about this one? Any better? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #32 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-27 15:42 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=121402) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=121402&action=view) test11 iso The last one for today... What happens here? In particular: is number '3' shown? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #33 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-02-27 21:19 MST ------- test10.iso like test8, test9 (result -> reboot) (probably delay as always - I can't say exactly, because 0-2 immediately shown) test11.iso - no 3 are shown like test4, but 0,1,2,a,b,c shown immediately. (result -> stop dead at the and) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #34 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-28 05:00 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=121525) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=121525&action=view) test12 iso What happens here? Is number '3' shown? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #35 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-02-28 11:10 MST ------- test12.iso like test11.iso i.e.: 0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 A a b c Sorry, but digit '3' don't shown in every test What about digit '3'? Can bios setting help there? P.S.: I check every test on another computer with same motherboard - result is equal. P.S.: CPU and VGA in my motherboard are integrated. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #36 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-01 07:24 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=121798) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=121798&action=view) test13 iso -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #37 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-01 07:50 MST ------- Ok, here the story so far. The problem with those VIA cpus is that the real to protected mode switch does not work properly. In particular it *looks* like it does not flush its prefetch queues which results in interpreting 32 bit opcodes as 16 bit codes and vice versa. The numbers are checkpoints. Each just a plain 'mov' instruction into display memory. So not much could go wrong there. '3' was the first after the real->pm switch and the fact that it's not shown indicates the instruction is not decoded properly. I *know* the program flow comes across this instruction as a result of test5, where I put just a 'hlt' there (halting the processor). After some time the prefetch queues are empty and the processor works normally (around checkpoints '4' or '5'). Unfortunately all crashes in the end because it has missed vital internal init functions on the way. :-( The various tests were attempts to trick the cpu into flushing its buffers. With only some success ('a'-'c' shown), but not '3'. Now, to test13: It will prompt for a number at the beginning. Only '0' to '3' are meaningful (all other keys are equal to '0'). With '0' it should print numbers as before with a delay after some of them. Which are shown? In particular: what about '2'? It will reboot/crash around number '9' at latest. By selecting '1' to '3' it will *probably* stop earlier (around '1', I think). The questions are: does it stop? And where? Please try '1' to '3' even if it reboots right away with '0'. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #38 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-01 13:29 MST ------- test13.iso a) If 0, 1 or 2: 0 |x|Reboot <- time b) When 3: 0 1 |x| forever <- time Keyboard don't working (of cause after digit enter) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #39 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-01 13:34 MST ------- Just to be clear: in a) it *reboots* after printing '0'? Or does it just hang? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #40 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-01 13:47 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=121893) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=121893&action=view) test14 iso Please do the same tests with this iso again. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #41 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-01 13:57 MST ------- test13 detail: 0 shown, delay, reset -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #42 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-01 14:30 MST ------- test14: For 0, 1, 2 or 3: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Reboot |x | x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| <- time Comments: - 1 and 2 shown at one time - between 9 and reboot keyboard working -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #43 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-02 03:30 MST ------- He he, *that* looks good. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #44 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-05 09:25 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=122375) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=122375&action=view) test15 iso Ok, after a short break, here we are again. I hope this one prints all the numbers like test14 and _maybe_ even doesn't reboot at the end. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #45 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-03-05 16:13 MST ------- I've been quite busy at work last week, so here is the result of test15.iso: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A reboot Please drop me a line whether I still should test the earlier released isos. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #46 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-05 21:25 MST ------- test15.iso (on VIA C3 Samual 2 2000+) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A Dead |x | x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| <- time not / \ not <- is keyboard work /yes\ Comments: - cursor up one line between 4 and 5 while test go - when dead - cursor moved at beginning of this line - dead - no reboot, just dead -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #47 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-06 10:21 MST ------- Reinhard: no, there's no need to run the older isos. The cursor movement is strange and certainly not intended. :-/ -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #48 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-06 10:22 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=122682) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=122682&action=view) test16 iso -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #49 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-06 10:23 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=122683) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=122683&action=view) test16 iso could look like this... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #50 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-06 10:27 MST ------- .. except for the xterm. Anyway. Please try test16. It has less checkpoints and loops and might crash around 5 or 6. But: is the 'X' below '0' printed? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #51 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-06 11:01 MST ------- test16.iso (on VIA C3 Samual 2 2000+): " 0 1 2 3 4 5 X In " Comments: - Sequence -> 0-4, <delay>, X, <delay>, 5, <delay>, In, <dead> - There are "I" or "" can be instead of "In" -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #52 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-06 12:26 MST ------- Wow! That's even a bit better than expected. real <-> pm switch seems more or less to work. But it seems to survive only a few bios interrupts. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #53 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-07 06:54 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=122927) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=122927&action=view) test17 iso -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #54 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-07 06:55 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=122928) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=122928&action=view) test17 iso could look like this... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #55 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-07 06:59 MST ------- I've added three register dumps. The numbers itself are not that important; so no need to write them down or so. The thing to watch out for is whether the second and the third dump are identical (but for eflags). And, most important: all three dumps should show the same 'crc' value. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #56 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-07 09:41 MST ------- test17.iso (on VIA C3 Samual 2 2000+): All ok: - crc of all three dumps are equal - registers of second and third dump are identical, but eflags -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #57 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-03-07 15:40 MST ------- The result of test17.iso is like above (regarding the registers). The screen output is identical to your attachment up to the "X". The next line then only contains "In" (it looks like the report for test16.iso above). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #58 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-08 03:00 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=123118) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=123118&action=view) test18 iso Is this one any better? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #59 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-08 11:14 MST ------- test18.iso: Same as test17: - crc of all three dumps are equal (but not like in test17) - registers of second and third dump are identical, but eflags - "X" is last -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #60 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-09 07:01 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=123479) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=123479&action=view) test19 iso It single-steps now through printing the message (use any key to go on). Does this work? Any unusual changes in the lower register dump (except for increasing esi and using eax for the current char)? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #61 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-10 05:22 MST ------- It is looks so unstable. test19.iso: I took results from lower register dump not appear to " Initializing gfx code..." and a few steps below (cursor move and dump changed) So, eflags register changed too. I can public results if needed. In short - eflags = 202 or 206. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #62 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-10 13:00 MST ------- Sorry, I don't completely understand what you are trying to say. Is the first line with "Initializing gfx code...' completely shown or does it crash earlier? If so, at which point? eflags can change, too, that's no problem. But if any other register changes, I'd like to know which one. Does esp change, btw? Or does it crash while printing the second line with 'Initializing gfx ...' (like with the last two test isos)? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #63 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-11 04:22 MST ------- test19.iso (on VIA C3 Samual 2 2000+): Only eax, esi and eflags changing during test. No other. System goes dead in different places: a) when last dump not appear b) when "Initializing gfx code.." displays and a few steps later c) at any step between a and c -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #64 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-03-17 13:42 MST ------- After being busy at work, here are my test results for test19.iso: a) today it rebooted 2 times after printing the green numbers on screen but before the first register dump. b) at the 3rd boot, it also showed the first register dump but then it froze and I had to power it off. c) at the 4th boot, the 2nd and 3rd register dump appeared after several seconds on screen. After pressing a key, the letter "I" appeared and the 3rd register dump changed for esi and eax. Pressing a further key showed the letter "n" and the register dump changed as expected. But after that, pressing a key just showed the next letter "i" and the machine froze. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #65 from LongRoute@gmail.com 2007-03-18 04:57 MST ------- test19.iso (on VIA C3 Samual 2 2000+): Details: 1st dump: eax 0000ffff, ebx 00040000, ecx 00040000, edx 00040918, crc 398d esi 00000040, edi 0004004c, ebp 00000000, esp 00007bc0, eflags 00000046 2nd dump: eax 0000b800, ebx 00800000, ecx 00000000, edx 00005141, crc 398d esi 00000a21, edi 0005341c, ebp 0000200c, esp 0005341c, eflags 00000217 last(3rd) dump: eax 00000e0a, ebx 00800007, ecx 00000000, edx 00005141, crc 398d esi 00000a22, edi 0005341c, ebp 0000200c, esp 00053418, eflags 00000206 In last dump only eax, esi and eflags are changing at steps. Every time freeze at different step. Step (after " Initializing gfx code..._" appear and cursor moved down one position) shows green "5" at screen top. Cursor moved at begin of next row, some time after that. Even "I" can appear at the begin of that line. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #66 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-19 03:40 MST ------- Sorry folks, I've run out of ideas. What _appears_ to happen is this: results from speculative instruction execution/decoding seem to survive a mode switch. I've worked around this in places where I thought it matters and things got a bit better. But apparently there's more to it as it crashes after a few interrupts. I've no idea how to debug this, though. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #67 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-03-19 16:44 MST ------- Would it help to lend you such a hardware for debugging? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #68 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-20 08:46 MST ------- Thanks for the offer. It would speed up testing, yes. But I think it doesn't matter at this point. I've come up with two more ideas I'd like you to try out, but if that fails, I see nothing else I can do. It's not yet ready, though. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #69 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-03-20 12:30 MST ------- Just for my understanding: the kernel has to switch into this mode, too, isn't it? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #70 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-21 01:44 MST ------- a) basically only once at the start and b) the switch is not the problem. The cpu runs fine in 32 bit mode right after the switch. It's just that there are wrongly decoded instructions left that you hit some time later. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #71 from rnissl@gmx.de 2007-03-21 12:40 MST ------- What I wanted to say is that either the kernel does the switch differently so that there are no wrongly decoded instructions left or it can cope with this situation. Maybe looking into the kernel's code could help in finding a solution to this issue. These are just my thoughts -- I don't want to blame anyone. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #72 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-22 05:05 MST ------- Of course I checked the kernel sources. As well as some other programs that do a mode switch. The netbsd people had the same problem, which wasn't fully resolved either, unfortunately. They found a workaround that works for them (but doesn't here - checked with test isos 3 & 4). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #73 from timmi@gmx-topmail.de 2007-03-28 00:55 MST ------- What's about to do it like in SUSE 10.1 and to avoid the real <-> pm mode switch (Comment #28). Isn't this possible? Or, alternativly, isn't it possible to detect if we're working with a VIA system? In this case, graphical boot could be disabled and the installation be performed in text mode... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 ------- Comment #74 from snwint@novell.com 2007-03-28 02:11 MST ------- For 10.2, I rewrote the code to completely run in 32-bit PM (10.1 run in real mode) which has so many advantages that there's no way back. Disabling graphics on via cpus would indeed be the last way out. I want to try some things before that, though. It just requires some programming effort and is not ready yet. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c75 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jloo@acm.org --- Comment #75 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2007-07-11 09:07:25 MST --- *** Bug 251054 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251054 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c76 --- Comment #76 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2007-07-24 04:53:15 MST --- To improve the situation a bit, I've added a check that tries to detect the bug and disable the graphics code. Please give SL 10.3 beta1 a try when it's out. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c77 --- Comment #77 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2007-07-24 09:08:20 MST --- It's actually in 10.3 alpha 7. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c78 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |htejun@gmail.com --- Comment #78 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2007-07-25 02:30:16 MST --- *** Bug 219316 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=219316 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c79 --- Comment #79 from Joseph Loo <jloo@acm.org> 2007-07-26 23:35:10 MST --- I have tried your test19.iso on three of my computers. The results are: Athalon 64 it displays the 1 2 3 4 (shows the ISO is working) VIA Ezra 933 starts the load process and reboots. No display. VIA Samuel 2 733 starts the load process and reboots. no display In both of the VIA processors, it takes about 10 seconds then reboots. Is it possible the boot loader is having some problems? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c80 --- Comment #80 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2007-07-27 04:03:52 MST --- I wouldn't rule that out completely. :-) But right now it rather points to a via cpu issue. Please give alpha7 a try next week (I can add another test iso here, if you don't want to wait). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c81 --- Comment #81 from Joseph Loo <jloo@acm.org> 2007-08-07 20:14:26 MST --- I tried the alph 7 vrsion. It boot up to the text menu with no problem. In the VIA Samuel 2 733 I typed in linux. It started to load then terminate with: "Not enough memory to load specified kernel". The machine has 512Mbytes of ram. VIA Ezra 933 boots with no problem. It seems to me there is a problem in determining the correct amount of memory on the Samuel 2 733 VIA processor. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c82 --- Comment #82 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2007-08-08 03:23:34 MST --- Can you attach the e820 map of that machine? (It's somewhere in the kernel messages.) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c83 --- Comment #83 from Joseph Loo <jloo@acm.org> 2007-08-08 20:57:35 MST --- I hope this is the correct information you want. I got this from the current OS running: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable) BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000000f00000 (usable) BIOS-e820: 0000000000f00000 - 0000000001000000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 0000000001000000 - 000000001f7f0000 (usable) BIOS-e820: 000000001f7f0000 - 000000001f7f3000 (ACPI NVS) BIOS-e820: 000000001f7f3000 - 000000001f800000 (ACPI data) BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c84 --- Comment #84 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2007-08-09 03:36:47 MST ---
BIOS-e820: 0000000000f00000 - 0000000001000000 (reserved)
That's the problem. Can you turn off 'BIOS hole' or whatever it's called in your BIOS? I think I'll need to check the latest syslinux; IIRC it has been fixed there meanwhile. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c85 --- Comment #85 from Joseph Loo <jloo@acm.org> 2007-08-10 21:12:56 MST --- I checked for it in my BIOS. Unfortunately, there is no place toturn off the bios hole. I guess I will have to wait for the next fix. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c86 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |osztatni@bzaka.hu --- Comment #86 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2007-09-11 05:46:01 MST --- *** Bug 293781 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293781 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c87 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #87 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-04-14 03:44:38 MST --- sl 11.0 uses syslinux 3.63, hope it works better -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User jloo@acm.org added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c88 --- Comment #88 from Joseph Loo <jloo@acm.org> 2008-04-17 18:50:40 MST --- Does this apply to Alpha 3 of 11.0? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c89 --- Comment #89 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-04-18 03:26:02 MST --- no, beta1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User teheo@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c90 --- Comment #90 from Tejun Heo <teheo@novell.com> 2008-04-23 21:33:32 MST --- On via c3, 110b1 KDE live cd automatically starts up in text mode, so not too much improvement there. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User bphilips@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c91 Brandon Philips <bphilips@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bphilips@novell.com --- Comment #91 from Brandon Philips <bphilips@novell.com> 2008-06-02 19:01:48 MDT --- Why is this marked as RESOLVED? Tejun reports that it still doesn't work. On my VIA C3 with OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 Gnome Live i386 I don't get graphical boot, plus nothing happens after the Kernel message: "Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1440k". I don't think it is a Kernel issue however, since running the KOTD under 10.3 works fine on this box. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c92 --- Comment #92 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-06-03 03:32:45 MDT --- Well, starting in text mode _is_ the fix. So Tejun in fact confirmed it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c93 --- Comment #93 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-06-03 03:34:29 MDT --- *** Bug 396073 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396073 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User bphilips@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c94 --- Comment #94 from Brandon Philips <bphilips@novell.com> 2008-06-03 08:59:18 MDT --- If starting in text mode is the fix then can the text mode prompt be fixed to have instructions that work? See 396073 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c95 --- Comment #95 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-06-03 09:22:07 MDT --- I think so. But that's for the LiveCD/KIWI people. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104 User bphilips@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231104#c96 --- Comment #96 from Brandon Philips <bphilips@novell.com> 2008-06-03 09:41:07 MDT --- Alright filed as bug 396759. -- Configure bugmail: https://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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