https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=215904 hare@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |rafapa@us.es ------- Comment #1 from hare@novell.com 2006-11-06 02:12 MST ------- Can you install with brokenmodules=ata_piix? -- 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=215904 hare@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hare@novell.com AssignedTo|hare@novell.com |htejun@gmail.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW ------- Comment #3 from hare@novell.com 2006-11-06 07:12 MST ------- Well, the idea was to enable ahci in the bios and use the 'brokenmodules=ata_piix' option during installation. It might be that ata_piix has problems with AHCI mode here. -- 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=215904 htejun@gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED ------- Comment #5 from htejun@gmail.com 2006-11-06 10:42 MST ------- Can you please post boot dmesg and the result of 'lspci -nnvvv'? -- 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=215904 ------- Comment #7 from rafapa@us.es 2006-11-07 15:44 MST ------- (In reply to comment #5)

Can you please post boot dmesg and the result of 'lspci -nnvvv'?

I attach the result of lspci -nnvvv. I have no boot dmesg because the system does not boot. I have the hard disk on /dev/sdb and couldn't convince the installer to put the MBR on it. I'll change the disk tomorrow to /dev/sda and try 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=215904 ------- Comment #9 from rafapa@us.es 2006-11-09 02:53 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=104436) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=104436&action=view) lsmod output after booting You can see that ata_piix is not loaded. -- 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=215904 ------- Comment #11 from htejun@gmail.com 2006-11-09 03:17 MST ------- Please do one of the followings and report what the kernel says. 1. after boot, do 'rmmod piix; modprobe ata_piix'. 2. if #1 doesn't work. add piix to broken_modules and boot. That should leave your PATA dvdram undetected. After boot, do 'modprobe ata_piix'. Also, during ahci initialization, your drive times out the first IDENTIFY trial. Does that happen a lot? Thanks. -- 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=215904 rafapa@us.es changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|rafapa@us.es | ------- Comment #12 from rafapa@us.es 2006-11-10 02:02 MST ------- (In reply to comment #11)

Please do one of the followings and report what the kernel says.

1. after boot, do 'rmmod piix; modprobe ata_piix'.

2. if #1 doesn't work. add piix to broken_modules and boot. That should leave your PATA dvdram undetected. After boot, do 'modprobe ata_piix'.

Also, during ahci initialization, your drive times out the first IDENTIFY trial. Does that happen a lot?

Thanks.

#1 rmmod piix doesn't work because the module is busy. #2I have changed the menu.lst file and added brokenmodules=piix. to the kernel line. Just one question. You say broken_modules is that correct? When I use brokenmodules=piix and boot the piix module is still loaded. lsmod |grep -i piix piix 28036 0 [permanent] ide_core 174720 3 ide_cd,piix,ide_disk After modprobe -v ata_piix I got: install /sbin/modprobe ahci 2>&1 |:; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ata_piix insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18.1-7-default/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko and lsmod |grep -i piix ata_piix 35080 0 piix 28036 0 [permanent] libata 142624 2 ata_piix,ahci ide_core 174720 3 ide_cd,piix,ide_disk With respect to the IDENTITY message it's strange. The motherboard has several SATA controllers. There are three managed by ICH7 directly, another managed by a JMICRON "chipset" and other two managed by a (I'm not 100% sure) REALTEK "chipset". This last two are really some sort of extension of the fourth SATA port of ICH7 and are intended to build a RAID. If you plug a disk in one of this ports the bios detect it as an external disk. I am puzzled by the message about a sdb disk it seems that the kernel thinks that there is a disk plugged in one of this REALTEK ports. Actually the IDENTITY message appears in ata2 but the only disk in the system is on ata4. cat /proc/scsi/scsi says: Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: ST3160023AS Rev: 3.18 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: Config Disk Rev: RGL1 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 I hope I am not too confusing. -- 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=215904 rafapa@us.es changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|rafapa@us.es | ------- Comment #14 from rafapa@us.es 2006-11-11 05:53 MST ------- (In reply to comment #13)

Sorry about broken_modules. I'm a noob to suse linux, so please understand my clumsiness. Yast has a menu for configuring which driver to load for which device. You can change int from 'Hardware->Disk Controller->Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (or something similar)->Module to Use'. Select ata_piix. After that, apply, finish, reboot and please report what the kernel says.

OK, I did it and the system booted. Which exact information do you need?

The 'Config Disk' device could be a Port Multiplier, I guess. If you've got some time give libata-tj-stable kernel a shot, it has PMP support. http://home-tj.org/wiki/index.php/Libata-tj-stable

Exactly, the fourth Intel SATA acts as a port multiplier. -- 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=215904 ------- Comment #16 from rafapa@us.es 2006-11-12 01:08 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=104825) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=104825&action=view) boot.msg file -- 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=215904 htejun@gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |rafapa@us.es ------- Comment #18 from htejun@gmail.com 2006-11-17 03:58 MST ------- Thanks. ata_piix worked perfectly there. You should be able to use your dvd-ram as /dev/sr0. If you have any problem with that please file a bug. Now... I need to know why the boot cd is behaving differntly. While the installation screen is blocked on ata_piix, switch to virtual console 4 by pressing alt-F4. The console shows kernel messages and the kernel should be saying something about ata_piix. The lines I'm interested in begin with something like "ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: versio blah blah". If you have a digital camera handy, just take a photo and attach it. Otherwise, just jot down ~15lines and post 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=215904 rafapa@us.es changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|rafapa@us.es | ------- Comment #20 from rafapa@us.es 2006-11-20 02:56 MST ------- (In reply to comment #18)

Thanks. ata_piix worked perfectly there. You should be able to use your dvd-ram as /dev/sr0. If you have any problem with that please file a bug. Now... I need to know why the boot cd is behaving differntly.

Actually I am using a boot DVD.

While the installation screen is blocked on ata_piix, switch to virtual console 4 by pressing alt-F4. The console shows kernel messages and the kernel should be saying something about ata_piix. The lines I'm interested in begin with something like "ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: versio blah blah". If you have a digital camera handy, just take a photo and attach it. Otherwise, just jot down ~15lines and post it.

To my surprise the problem has vanished. I started the installation and went downstairs to get the camera after having pressed alt-F4. I was distracted and went upstairs half an hour later to see that the installation has continued. After trying again I measured around 15 minutes between the message about loading ata_piix and the screen to select language. There are messages about timeouts which I could not fully read because the were scrolling quickly. I am really sorry for the inconveniences caused, but it's the first time it takes so long to load a module. -- 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=215904 htejun@gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | ------- Comment #22 from htejun@gmail.com 2006-11-20 23:38 MST ------- Rafael, just to be on the safe side, please take a picture of console#4 in the middle of the 15 minute stall. Thanks. -- 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=215904 aj@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Blocker |Critical ------- Comment #23 from aj@novell.com 2006-11-21 07:09 MST ------- downgrading for now.. -- 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=215904 rafapa@us.es changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|nidzo@yahoo.com | ------- Comment #26 from rafapa@us.es 2006-11-28 10:13 MST ------- (In reply to comment #22)

Rafael, just to be on the safe side, please take a picture of console#4 in the middle of the 15 minute stall. Thanks.

Sorry for the long delay. We have suffered a flooding which has ruined our main computer. Anyway, I have tried RC1 without any problem. The ata_piix module load almost instantaneously aswell as the ahci. Something I have noticed is that clicking on the "Disk controller" icon under Hardware it says that nothing is configurable. Anyway, thanks a lot for all the help. I'll try to continue testing the subsequent RC to verify that they still work. -- 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.