9.1 Yast Online Kernel Update HANGS on ASUS A7N8X-E
The 9.1 Yast Online Update intoduces a kernel boot HANG inside /etc/init.d/boot.localfs at about line 114 with sync. The man pages say sync flushes the disk buffers. The lines nearby are... 113: fi 114: sync 115: test $FSCK_RETURN -gt 0 && touch... 116: fi I tried loading all the updates except the kernel update and everything worked. When I did the final SUSE Yast Online kernel update, the boot stopped at sync. After this point in boot.localfs the filesystems are to be mounted for use. Of course it never gets there. Could this be a kernel problem or a kernel update setup problem or both? SUSE are you listening? The SUSE 9.1 install required I use the "Installation - Safe Settings" to avoid Kernel Panics. That means amoung others acpi=off, apm=off, and ide=nodma. I added per the admin manual page 21, hdc=cdrom. The ASUS A7N8X-E is configured per the ASUS defaults with the SATA disabled by jumper SATA_EN1 2-3. The BIOS setup uses the defaults with CPU External frequency shown at 133 Mhz. A 133 Mhz DDR IS in Slot A1 and the CPU is an AMD Athlon XT 1800+. BTW /etc/init.d/README explains the startup process, useful to debug boot HANGs. John Wolter mailto: johnswolter@wolterworks.com
johnswolter@provide.net wrote:
The 9.1 Yast Online Update intoduces a kernel boot HANG inside /etc/init.d/boot.localfs at about line 114 with sync. The man pages say sync flushes the disk buffers. The lines nearby are...
113: fi 114: sync 115: test $FSCK_RETURN -gt 0 && touch... 116: fi
I tried loading all the updates except the kernel update and everything worked. When I did the final SUSE Yast Online kernel update, the boot stopped at sync. After this point in boot.localfs the filesystems are to be mounted for use. Of course it never gets there.
Could this be a kernel problem or a kernel update setup problem or both? SUSE are you listening?
t sounds similar to my problem with the 9.1 update kernel. I say similar because I can't read anything on mine, it just scrolls off the screen continuously. I was lucky in that I had some previously built semi vanilla kernels I had already been using (and am presently using 2.6.7). I tried one of the newer Mantel kernels and it did the same, so I suspect a patch added between the shipped kernel and the update kernel. HTH. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871
I've opened a case at ASUS, those of you experiencing these
problems can request that number directly. I don't want it
to be a broadcast on the list.
ASUS is interested as they advertise SUSE LINUX
compatibility. They are testing the problem now trying to
confirm. They should have a little more 'juice' with
SUSE/Novell.
Still, outside of the update problem, the problem of have
to install using the Safe Settings is an issue as well.
Given ide=nodma and acpi=off, performance and features are
being negated.
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 07:56:25 -0500
"Joe Morris (NTM)"
johnswolter@provide.net wrote:
The 9.1 Yast Online Update intoduces a kernel boot HANG inside /etc/init.d/boot.localfs at about line 114 with sync. The man pages say sync flushes the disk buffers. The lines nearby are...
113: fi 114: sync 115: test $FSCK_RETURN -gt 0 && touch... 116: fi
I tried loading all the updates except the kernel update and everything worked. When I did the final SUSE Yast Online kernel update, the boot stopped at sync. After this point in boot.localfs the filesystems are to be mounted for use. Of course it never gets there.
Could this be a kernel problem or a kernel update setup problem or both? SUSE are you listening?
t sounds similar to my problem with the 9.1 update kernel. I say similar because I can't read anything on mine, it just scrolls off the screen continuously. I was lucky in that I had some previously built semi vanilla kernels I had already been using (and am presently using 2.6.7). I tried one of the newer Mantel kernels and it did the same, so I suspect a patch added between the shipped kernel and the update kernel. HTH.
-- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871
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Hi, On Saturday 31 July 2004 06:20, johnswolter@provide.net wrote:
The 9.1 Yast Online Update intoduces a kernel boot HANG inside /etc/init.d/boot.localfs at about line 114 with sync. The man pages say sync flushes the disk buffers. The lines nearby are...
113: fi 114: sync 115: test $FSCK_RETURN -gt 0 && touch... 116: fi
And what kind of error message do you get?
I tried loading all the updates except the kernel update and everything worked. When I did the final SUSE Yast Online kernel update, the boot stopped at sync. After this point in boot.localfs the filesystems are to be mounted for use. Of course it never gets there.
Could this be a kernel problem or a kernel update setup problem or both? SUSE are you listening?
By default, no. This list is not an interface to either support or development. If you want help from SUSE support, send an e-mail (including your 14 digit registration code) to support@suse.de and describe the problem. You may also want to report this issue to our developers: http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2001/10/bugreport.html Greetings from Bremen hartmut
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