2.6.24-rc1: NULL pointer dereference using netconsole

2007-10-24 Thread Andrew Nelless
Hi, I booted up 2.6.24-rc1 this morning [Real early over a brew ;-)] and was having a problems with multiple ~5 second hangs on SATA/drive init (Something to do with "EH" something-or-other and resets but I'll email in separately about it later unless its fixed by the time I get the chance).

2.6.24-rc1: NULL pointer dereference using netconsole

2007-10-24 Thread Andrew Nelless
Hi, I booted up 2.6.24-rc1 this morning [Real early over a brew ;-)] and was having a problems with multiple ~5 second hangs on SATA/drive init (Something to do with EH something-or-other and resets but I'll email in separately about it later unless its fixed by the time I get the chance).

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-03-04 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Mon, February 26, 2007 11:09 pm, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > Not sure if the timer override workaround for nvidia chipsets is the > culprit, but if you want, you can choose to revert that to the previous > behavior (which is > ignoring ACPI timer override). Open >

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-03-04 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Mon, February 26, 2007 11:09 pm, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: Not sure if the timer override workaround for nvidia chipsets is the culprit, but if you want, you can choose to revert that to the previous behavior (which is ignoring ACPI timer override). Open

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-02-26 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Mon, February 26, 2007 12:41 pm, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > I don't know, probably the ACPI code can now probably detect the > presence or absence of the HPET timer. > > Can you remove CONFIG_FB_VESA support from your kernel config but boot > as if you have vesafb (ie with vga=). Your

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-02-26 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Mon, February 26, 2007 12:41 pm, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: I don't know, probably the ACPI code can now probably detect the presence or absence of the HPET timer. Can you remove CONFIG_FB_VESA support from your kernel config but boot as if you have vesafb (ie with vga=VESA mode number).

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-02-25 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Sat, February 24, 2007 11:30 pm, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > How about booting with just vga=normal? > > > Tony > That seems to work too. I've rebooted about 20 times in a row and it hasn't done it again yet. Why would this only occur at higher modes? In the 2.6.20 dmesg log it reads

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-02-25 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Sat, February 24, 2007 11:30 pm, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: How about booting with just vga=normal? Tony That seems to work too. I've rebooted about 20 times in a row and it hasn't done it again yet. Why would this only occur at higher modes? In the 2.6.20 dmesg log it reads Nvidia board

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-02-24 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Sat, February 24, 2007 11:09 am, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Presumably this regression was caused by the ACPI merge. Are you able to > capture the dmesg output from the 2.6.20-rc1 boot? netconsole might be > useful here, thanks. > I've confirmed a few things: 1) 2.6.21-rc1 actually will boot

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-02-24 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Sat, February 24, 2007 11:09 am, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:35:50 - (GMT) "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> 2.6.21-rc1 fails to boot on my machine. As soon as I switch >> from grub the screen turns and remains black with no sign of Tux or any >>

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-02-24 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Sat, February 24, 2007 11:09 am, Andrew Morton wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:35:50 - (GMT) Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, 2.6.21-rc1 fails to boot on my machine. As soon as I switch from grub the screen turns and remains black with no sign of Tux or any output. I've run a

Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

2007-02-24 Thread Andrew Nelless
On Sat, February 24, 2007 11:09 am, Andrew Morton wrote: Presumably this regression was caused by the ACPI merge. Are you able to capture the dmesg output from the 2.6.20-rc1 boot? netconsole might be useful here, thanks. I've confirmed a few things: 1) 2.6.21-rc1 actually will boot