[Dorset] Capturing bootup messages

2011-11-25 Thread Tim Allen
Hi I'm in the process of upgrading a Debian box to Squeeze, and on startup it is hanging while loading modules/drivers (2.6.32). Problem is, the start of the problem has flown off the screen before I can see it. Nothing written to /var/log/dmesg at all. C-s/C-q no help. Is there a way of

Re: [Dorset] Capturing bootup messages

2011-11-25 Thread Tim Allen
Hi Tim On 25/11/11 09:45, Tim Waugh wrote: On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 09:31 +, Tim Allen wrote: I'm in the process of upgrading a Debian box to Squeeze, and on startup it is hanging while loading modules/drivers (2.6.32). Problem is, the start of the problem has flown off the screen before I

Re: [Dorset] Capturing bootup messages

2011-11-25 Thread Tim Allen
On 25/11/11 10:17, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: On 25/11/11 09:31, Tim Allen wrote: I'm in the process of upgrading a Debian box to Squeeze, and on startup it is hanging while loading modules/drivers (2.6.32). Problem is, the start of the problem has flown off the screen before I can see it.

Re: [Dorset] Capturing bootup messages

2011-11-25 Thread StarLion
On 25 November 2011 11:00, Tim Allen t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 25/11/11 10:17, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: On 25/11/11 09:31, Tim Allen wrote: I'm in the process of upgrading a Debian box to Squeeze, and on startup it is hanging while loading modules/drivers (2.6.32). Problem is, the

Re: [Dorset] Capturing bootup messages

2011-11-25 Thread Tim Allen
On 25/11/11 12:32, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:00:21 +, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk said: Problem is I need a reaction time of about 1ms! Hit ScrLk before the problem occurs, then hit it twice in quick succession, as fast as you can. That will allow a few lines onto the

[Dorset] Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10

2011-11-25 Thread Walter Reed
Martin wrote I'll stick my nose out and state that I actually like Unity. It's been a part of Netbook Remix for  a while now. It took me a while to get used to, and even longer to figure out how to use, but I would say that, all in all, it has made my little Acer Aspire One much easier to use. I

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10

2011-11-25 Thread Simon Iremonger (lugs)
and even longer to figure out how to use, but I would say that, all in all, it has made my little Acer Aspire One much easier to use. I could not agree more Martin, I see no problem with Unity (Acer One Netbook used more than 11.10 on my PC) except I would say it took longer to get used to

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10

2011-11-25 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
On 25/11/11 15:22, Simon Iremonger (lugs) wrote: Lubuntu has a nice lightweight environment and now works well in 11.10. I haven't tried it, but installing it to try out should be as simple as installing the lubuntu-core package from your package manager of choice. -- Next meeting:

Re: [Dorset] Capturing bootup messages

2011-11-25 Thread Tim Allen
On 25/11/11 09:45, Tim Waugh wrote: On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 09:31 +, Tim Allen wrote: I'm in the process of upgrading a Debian box to Squeeze, and on startup it is hanging while loading modules/drivers (2.6.32). Problem is, the start of the problem has flown off the screen before I can see

Re: [Dorset] Capturing bootup messages

2011-11-25 Thread Tim Allen
Hi Ralph On 25/11/11 18:41, Ralph Corderoy wrote: So it's the IDE controller driver. Any suggestions very much appreciated. Build the libata module with ATA_{,VERBOSE_}DEBUG? http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.1.2/include/linux/libata.h#L52 Well, I'm going to try to avoid that route!