Hi all,
I am new to this mailing-list so please be patient ;-)
OK, I have a boot-problem with SUSE 10 on my computer:
The Hardware:
Dell Dimension 5000, Bios-Version A07
P4(a)3.0 GHz, 3GB RAM, Onboard LAN, ATI X300, Creative Soundblaster Live 24bit
2* Seagate (80 GB + 300 GB)
The issue:
I was able to install SUSE 10 from DVD (I bought the package). Even with that
installation (Online Updates installed, no Packman or other additional
software) the system hangs during boot every 5th-6th time.
it hangs while the KDE-Login screen is showing, or alternatively JUST before
it is about th show (when you see the KDE-Clock) or just immediately after
login, while KDE is starting up and loading the user-session.
I searched the web and found hints about ACPI-Problems. So I added the
boot-option
ACPI=OFF.
Then I found information about issues with NFS and HyperThreading. The
NFS-mounts have been changes to noauto, to make sure they are not processed.
Boot-message says: "NFS unused".
At last I found postings talking about APIC and LAPIC- So I added the
boot-options NOAPIC and NOLAPIC.
So I ended up having the following additional boot parameters (besides the
SUSE 10 standard ones): ACPI=off, APM=power-off, NOAPIC, NOLAPIC.
Result: It still hangs on every 5th-6th boot. That may be an immediate
reboot, or one with cold motherboard... just no rules to see. WinXP works
fine, SUSE 9.3 did so as well.
i opened a service Call with SUSE / NOVELL, but they do not seem to have an
idea and it seems as if they still struggle with the reorganisation from suse
to novell: Two different Mail addresses, the people working for SUSE
10-Support still have the old Mail address in their footer linking to suse
9.3-suppport who is not responsible and keeps sending back the mails... Mails
to the new address are not answered and are not reflected in the status of
the web-ticket.
So: Does anybody have an idea about where to look at? Which logfile would be
interesting? SUSE asked for /var/log/boot.msg but has not responded and
that's 5 weeks in the past. I#m not sure, which version of the log is the one
to look for, because when I reboot there is a new file written, isn't ist?
And the old one (where the system hangs) is gone or reorganised?
I would really appreciate any new idea and I'm looking forward to hearing
from you.
Kind regards,
Martin Soltau
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