Bug#675502: linux-image-3.2.0-2-486: Can't load linux 3.2.0-2-486 on Motion Computing M1400 computer

2012-12-26 Thread chris dunn
On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:34:47 +
Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk wrote:

 On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 13:47 -0500, chris dunn wrote:
 [...]
 Does the current kernel in unstable (linux-image-3.2.0-4-486,
 version 3.2.35-2) still have this problem?

Thanks for the input. I'm showing 3.2.0-4-486, version 3.2.32-1
as being installed, and not as you suggest.
   
   That's the current version in testing, the later version is in
   unstable.
  
  I'm still using 32-1. Trust this is ok.
 [...]
 
 Probably wouldn't make a difference to this bug.
 
 Could you also test linux-image-3.7-trunk-486 from the experimental
 suite http://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental?
 

Magic. The experimental 3.7 kernel boots perfectly without any
parameters added.

Thanks for your interest and effort.


 Ben.
 

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Bug#675502: linux-image-3.2.0-2-486: Can't load linux 3.2.0-2-486 on Motion Computing M1400 computer

2012-12-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 13:47 -0500, chris dunn wrote:
[...]
Does the current kernel in unstable (linux-image-3.2.0-4-486,
version 3.2.35-2) still have this problem?
   
   Thanks for the input. I'm showing 3.2.0-4-486, version 3.2.32-1 as
   being installed, and not as you suggest.
  
  That's the current version in testing, the later version is in
  unstable.
 
 I'm still using 32-1. Trust this is ok.
[...]

Probably wouldn't make a difference to this bug.

Could you also test linux-image-3.7-trunk-486 from the experimental
suite http://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental?

Ben.

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Bug#675502: linux-image-3.2.0-2-486: Can't load linux 3.2.0-2-486 on Motion Computing M1400 computer

2012-12-23 Thread Ben Hutchings
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Sorry for the delayed reply.

On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 09:47 -0500, chris dunn wrote:
[...]
 I've recently upgraded from Squeeze to Wheezy on two Motion Computing M1400
 computers. The upgrade seems generally OK and I am still able to load Linux
 2.6.32-5-486.
 
 However when I attempt to load 3.2.0-2-486 in Grub it fails to load.
 
 In graphical mode it halts with a flashing underscore top left of an otherwise
 blank screen after reporting loading initial ramdisk.
 
 In recovery mode it halts with a flashing underscore after showing the 
 messages
 evident in the attached screen photo.
 
 Both machines exhibit the same behaviour.

The screenshot shows something odd about the PCI bus configuration in
this computer.  This is probably a BIOS bug but the kernel should
ideally work around such bugs.

Does the current kernel in unstable (linux-image-3.2.0-4-486, version
3.2.35-2) still have this problem?

Does the kernel parameter 'pci=assign-busses' fix the problem?

Ben.

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Bug#675502: linux-image-3.2.0-2-486: Can't load linux 3.2.0-2-486 on Motion Computing M1400 computer

2012-12-23 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 13:06 -0500, chris dunn wrote:
 On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:33:32 +
 Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk wrote:
 
  Control: tag -1 moreinfo
  
  Sorry for the delayed reply.
  
  On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 09:47 -0500, chris dunn wrote:
  [...]
   I've recently upgraded from Squeeze to Wheezy on two Motion
   Computing M1400 computers. The upgrade seems generally OK and I am
   still able to load Linux 2.6.32-5-486.
   
   However when I attempt to load 3.2.0-2-486 in Grub it fails to load.
   
   In graphical mode it halts with a flashing underscore top left of
   an otherwise blank screen after reporting loading initial ramdisk.
   
   In recovery mode it halts with a flashing underscore after showing
   the messages evident in the attached screen photo.
   
   Both machines exhibit the same behaviour.
  
  The screenshot shows something odd about the PCI bus configuration in
  this computer.  This is probably a BIOS bug but the kernel should
  ideally work around such bugs.
  
  Does the current kernel in unstable (linux-image-3.2.0-4-486, version
  3.2.35-2) still have this problem?
 
 Thanks for the input. I'm showing 3.2.0-4-486, version 3.2.32-1 as
 being installed, and not as you suggest.

That's the current version in testing, the later version is in unstable.

 It does exhibit the same behaviour as reported before.
  
  Does the kernel parameter 'pci=assign-busses' fix the problem?
 
 No. This does not seem to have any effect. I'm entering it as the first
 parameter line after pressing e at the grub boot selection screen.

You must add it on the same line that begins
'linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-486', normally at the end of the line.

Another parameter that might make a difference is 'pci=realloc'.

Ben.

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Bug#675502: linux-image-3.2.0-2-486: Can't load linux 3.2.0-2-486 on Motion Computing M1400 computer

2012-12-23 Thread chris dunn
On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:13:37 +
Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk wrote:

 On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 13:06 -0500, chris dunn wrote:
  On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:33:32 +
  Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk wrote:
  
   Control: tag -1 moreinfo
   
   Sorry for the delayed reply.
   
   On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 09:47 -0500, chris dunn wrote:
   [...]
I've recently upgraded from Squeeze to Wheezy on two Motion
Computing M1400 computers. The upgrade seems generally OK and I
am still able to load Linux 2.6.32-5-486.

However when I attempt to load 3.2.0-2-486 in Grub it fails to
load.

In graphical mode it halts with a flashing underscore top left
of an otherwise blank screen after reporting loading initial
ramdisk.

In recovery mode it halts with a flashing underscore after
showing the messages evident in the attached screen photo.

Both machines exhibit the same behaviour.
   
   The screenshot shows something odd about the PCI bus
   configuration in this computer.  This is probably a BIOS bug but
   the kernel should ideally work around such bugs.
   
   Does the current kernel in unstable (linux-image-3.2.0-4-486,
   version 3.2.35-2) still have this problem?
  
  Thanks for the input. I'm showing 3.2.0-4-486, version 3.2.32-1 as
  being installed, and not as you suggest.
 
 That's the current version in testing, the later version is in
 unstable.

I'm still using 32-1. Trust this is ok.
 
  It does exhibit the same behaviour as reported before.
   
   Does the kernel parameter 'pci=assign-busses' fix the problem?
  
  No. This does not seem to have any effect. I'm entering it as the
  first parameter line after pressing e at the grub boot selection
  screen.
 
 You must add it on the same line that begins
 'linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-486', normally at the end of the line.

Added the parameter at the end of the line as requested. It seems to
have no effect on either graphical mode or recovery mode boot. That is
to say the original problem persists.
 
 Another parameter that might make a difference is 'pci=realloc'.

Yields the same results as pci=assign-busses.

 
 Ben.
 

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Bug#675502: linux-image-3.2.0-2-486: Can't load linux 3.2.0-2-486 on Motion Computing M1400 computer

2012-12-23 Thread chris dunn
On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:33:32 +
Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk wrote:

 Control: tag -1 moreinfo
 
 Sorry for the delayed reply.
 
 On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 09:47 -0500, chris dunn wrote:
 [...]
  I've recently upgraded from Squeeze to Wheezy on two Motion
  Computing M1400 computers. The upgrade seems generally OK and I am
  still able to load Linux 2.6.32-5-486.
  
  However when I attempt to load 3.2.0-2-486 in Grub it fails to load.
  
  In graphical mode it halts with a flashing underscore top left of
  an otherwise blank screen after reporting loading initial ramdisk.
  
  In recovery mode it halts with a flashing underscore after showing
  the messages evident in the attached screen photo.
  
  Both machines exhibit the same behaviour.
 
 The screenshot shows something odd about the PCI bus configuration in
 this computer.  This is probably a BIOS bug but the kernel should
 ideally work around such bugs.
 
 Does the current kernel in unstable (linux-image-3.2.0-4-486, version
 3.2.35-2) still have this problem?

Thanks for the input. I'm showing 3.2.0-4-486, version 3.2.32-1 as
being installed, and not as you suggest.

It does exhibit the same behaviour as reported before.
 
 Does the kernel parameter 'pci=assign-busses' fix the problem?

No. This does not seem to have any effect. I'm entering it as the first
parameter line after pressing e at the grub boot selection screen.
 
 Ben.
 

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