Messages in this thread |  | | From | Duncan Sands <> | Subject | Re: Weird thing happening with kernel 2.5 | Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:47:44 +0100 |
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See the thread "2.5.62 fails to boot, Uncompressing... and then nothing" You have not enabled the console in your .config.
Duncan.
On Sunday 23 February 2003 17:17, Benoit Plessis wrote: > Hello, > I wanted to check on the kernel 2.5 last day and something weird > happens with every version i have checked (2.5.60 61 and 62). > > I use grub to start the kernel, he wrote the correct size etc for the > boot image and then said Loading Kernel... > after that i only show disk activity on my systems led and no messages > from the kernel. > But if i reboot under a stable kernel (2.4.20-ac2) and that i look on > the /var/log/messages i can read the previous boot process of the 2.5 > kernel, the only erroneous message i show is the 'Warning: unable to > open an initial console.' followed by modules loading messages and > EXT3-FS mounting lines. > The vga=ask option work as he should but after switching mode nothing > more appears. > I have tried with and without the RADEON_FB. > > best regards, > Benoit Plessis > > Ps: > .config: > CONFIG_FB=y > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y > > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_FONTS=y > CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y > > Let see a sample boot sequence: (sorry for the size, i striped it a > max.) > kernel: klogd 1.4.1#11, log source = /proc/kmsg started. > kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.5.62 > kernel: Loaded 24152 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.5.62. > kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.5.62. > kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled. > kernel: Linux version 2.5.62 (root@osiris) (version gcc 3.2.3 20030210 > (Debian prerelease)) #1 Sun Feb 23 14:31:09 CET 2003 kernel: Video mode to > be used for restore is f00 > kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > > .. BIOS lines > > kernel: 511MB LOWMEM available. > ... Memory things .. > ... ACPI things .. > kernel: Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs > ... > > kernel: Kernel command line: rw panicblink=2 3 > kernel: Initializing CPU#0 > kernel: PID hash table entries: 2048 (order 11: 16384 bytes) > kernel: Detected 1733.229 MHz processor. > kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 3416.06 BogoMIPS > kernel: Memory: 515944k/524272k available (1552k kernel code, 7592k > reserved, 515k data, 120k init, 0k highmem) kernel: Dentry cache hash table > entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) kernel: Inode-cache hash table > entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) kernel: Mount-cache hash table > entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) kernel: -/dev > kernel: -/dev/console > kernel: -/root > kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) > kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line) > kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported. > kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. > kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2100+ stepping 02 > kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. > kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. > kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX > kernel: enabled ExtINT on CPU#0 > kernel: ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000 > kernel: ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000 > > .. IO-APIC initialisation (it doesn't know my APIC btw (it's a VIA > KT400 based mainboard: Asus A7V8x) .. > > kernel: ..... CPU clock speed is 1733.0172 MHz. > kernel: ..... host bus clock speed is 266.0641 MHz. > kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 > kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 > kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket > kernel: mtrr: v2.0 (20020519) > kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf1720, last bus=1 > kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1 > kernel: BIO: pool of 256 setup, 14Kb (56 bytes/bio) > > ... biovec tables ... > > kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20030122 > kernel: ACPI-0262: *** Info: GPE Block0 defined as GPE0 to GPE15 > kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled > kernel: ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing > > ... ACPI Irq Lings .. > > kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00) > kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) > kernel: block request queues: > kernel: 128 requests per read queue > kernel: 128 requests per write queue > kernel: 8 requests per batch > kernel: enter congestion at 15 > kernel: exit congestion at 17 > kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] enabled at IRQ 0 > kernel: ACPI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:11.1 - using > IRQ 255 kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing > kernel: PCI: if you experience problems, try using option 'pci=noacpi' or > even 'acpi=off' kernel: SBF: Simple Boot Flag extension found and enabled. > kernel: SBF: Setting boot flags 0x1 > kernel: Enabling SEP on CPU 0 > kernel: aio_setup: sizeof(struct page) = 40 > kernel: VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 > kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded > kernel: devfs: v1.22 (20021013) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au) > kernel: devfs: boot_options: 0x1 > kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] > kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured > kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 > kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > idebus=xx kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:11.1 > kernel: ACPI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:11.1 - using > IRQ 255 kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 > kernel: VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later > kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > idebus=xx kernel: VP_IDE: VIA vt8235 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on > pci00:11.1 kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0x8400-0x8407, BIOS settings: > hda:DMA, hdb:DMA kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0x8408-0x840f, BIOS settings: > hdc:DMA, hdd:pio kernel: hda: WDC WD800BB-75CAA0, ATA DISK drive > kernel: hdb: IC35L040AVER07-0, ATA DISK drive > kernel: hda: DMA disabled > kernel: hdb: DMA disabled > kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > kernel: hdc: CREATIVE DVD-ROM DVD6240E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > kernel: hdc: DMA disabled > kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > kernel: hda: host protected area =1 > kernel: hda: setmax LBA 156301488, native 156250000 > kernel: hda: 156250000 sectors (80000 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, > CHS=155009/16/63, UDMA(100) kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 > p2 p3 < p5 p6 p7 p8 > kernel: hdb: host protected area =1 > kernel: hdb: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=79780/16/63, > UDMA(100) kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4 > kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 > kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes > kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536) > kernel: Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM > kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. > kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.16, 02 Dec 2001 on ide0(3,1), internal journal > kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem). > kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev > kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 120k freed > > .. the big warning: > kernel: Warning: unable to open an initial console. > .; but it continue; > kernel: Adding 1052216k swap on /dev/hdb1. Priority:-1 extents:1 > kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.16, 02 Dec 2001 on ide0(3,1), internal journal > kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 > ... bttv module init ... > kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.16, 02 Dec 2001 on ide0(3,5), internal journal > kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.16, 02 Dec 2001 on ide0(3,7), internal journal > kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > kernel: drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usbfs > kernel: drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hub > kernel: Please use the 'usbfs' filetype instead, the 'usbdevfs' name is > deprecated. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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