Re: kernel module eeprom causing system freeze

2008-01-15 Thread Dean Hamstead
regardless, when i got home from work it booted properly. with no changes or updates. seems strange. but oh well, back to normal computing... Dean Gabor Gombas wrote: On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:26:29AM +, Koen Tavernier wrote: The package lm-sensors uses the eeprom module to get

Re: kernel module eeprom causing system freeze

2008-01-14 Thread Koen Tavernier
Hi Dean, Dean Hamstead wrote: after a circuit breaker caused a power outage, which reset the bios. debian is now freezing (solid) at 'Loading kernel module eeprom'. The package lm-sensors uses the eeprom module to get temperature readings from motherboard sensors. I have seen Dell servers

Re: kernel module eeprom causing system freeze

2008-01-14 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 08:58:25AM +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote: after a circuit breaker caused a power outage, which reset the bios. debian is now freezing (solid) at 'Loading kernel module eeprom'. Power loss should never reset the BIOS. A power surge perhaps, or a defective motherboard could.

Re: kernel module eeprom causing system freeze

2008-01-14 Thread A J Stiles
On Monday 14 Jan 2008, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 08:58:25AM +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote: after a circuit breaker caused a power outage, which reset the bios. debian is now freezing (solid) at 'Loading kernel module eeprom'. Power loss should never reset the BIOS. A

Re: kernel module eeprom causing system freeze

2008-01-13 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 08:58:25AM +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote: after a circuit breaker caused a power outage, which reset the bios. debian is now freezing (solid) at 'Loading kernel module eeprom'. I have tended to the bios and reset to optimized, fail safe etc. Prior to the power outage

Re: kernel module eeprom causing system freeze

2008-01-13 Thread Dean Hamstead
good question, however in my experience power failures (especially breakers going) seem to reset bios's from time to time. i will take a look at the bios battery, however there doesnt seem to be any problems with the bios retaining its settings. Dean Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Mon, Jan 14,