On 04/27/2012 07:43 AM, imnotpc wrote:
The problems installing mga2 on this laptop are truly puzzling. Here's
a current summary:
I've done a clean install of mga2 and the default boot entry still
hangs with a blank screen.
I'll say again, have you tried installing the radeon-firmware ? The
problems in cauldron with different ATI chips are well-known and are
being worked on. Some work in text mode with nokmsboot, and some
don't. Yours doesn't appear to, so you're stuck using the firmware.
How quickly you start the boot changes the outcome of the boot. I can
now duplicate different outcomes when I start the boot at different
times during the first 0-2 seconds after the boot menu appears.
This may be misleading. At least some of the ATI driver problems
involve kernel loops of varying length trying to allocate memory without
success. There's really nothing to be done here except to give the
driver what it needs.
If I immediately select the safe mode menu item I can now get to a
command line. If I wait longer it will hang at 2 different points
depending on how long I wait.
The wired network connection doesn't work after booting. If I run
drakconnect I can see that the settings are correct for the wired
interface and there is no entry for the wireless interface. When I
save the setting drakconnect locks up while testing the connection. If
I disable the wired interface drakconnect saves and exits without
problem. However when I reboot the default boot entry now locks up
while trying to start the network: "Starting LSB: Bring up/down
networking..."
I install over the network so I know there is no additional firmware
required for the wired interface. I'm open to suggestions (other than
chucking the laptop out the window, which is a very appealing idea
right now!)
I'll say again, check to see whether NetworkManager is controlling
your NIC, and try disabling it if it is. And check your syslog for
messages relating to eth0 on startup.
