-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Adrian Golumbovici wrote on Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 11:30:00AM +0100 :
> I just bought another 512MB DDR PC333 module for my PC and now my linux > won't boot anymore. I tried an update from CD, installer doesn't work > either. Memory just went through a 3 hours memtest86 and no error found. > Windows handles it OK (I have a dual boot with Win2k pro). It just loads > lilo, but when selecting linux it goes into a black screen and doesn't react > to any commands. The Scroll lock and Caps lock leds are blinking > continuously. :( Probably not a useful question, but is it at the rate of 1/2 second per blink? If you look at the /usr/src/linux/kernel/panic.c file, you'll see that something failed and called the panic_blink() function. It's a function that never stops. The panic_blink() function is actually defined in /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/pc_keyb.c and it just alternates the mode of the 0x01 and 0x04 bits, which are Scroll Lock and Caps Lock respectively. Now what called that is quite possibly something that is going to be a lot more difficult to find out. Try passing 'noapic noacpi nodma ide0=nodma nomce acpi=off pci=biosirq' and see if _something_ happens. Basically the linux kernel has a VERY big problem with your motherboard. Blue skies... Todd - -- Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21-0.12mdk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+aUE/lp7v05cW2woRAmrFAJ9rZAwO485Q8Oq1Urt591PsRwpWDwCgxgzG ih7LRyXknMzxqO0ztJfHdSw= =N6KH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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