Re: Installing Debian amd64 on an asus P5W DH Deluxe + E6600 : kernel on installer broken + bugs in d-i when changing kernel + modules
I am writing to you in emacs on a debian unstable install to an e6600/asusP5W-Deluxe... I tried several boot images, and I think the mini.iso of the unstable netboot was working, but I actually installed using the chroot method in the amd64 howto off of debian.org. ubuntu latest properly detects sata and sets up ok, so I installed that, then did the cdebootstrap into another mounted partition, set up the fstab and the network interfaces, and it comes right up, sata, ethernet... I then built a kernel and booted with it and it has been quite stable since. The ubuntu 6.0.5 LTS did seem to have problems, would lock up completely during some of the gl games... have not had the same problem with the debian install. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: Installing Debian amd64 on an asus P5W DH Deluxe + E6600 : kernel on installer broken + bugs in d-i when changing kernel + modules
> > We have a P5W Delux at work which had various problems too. It is > running windows XP, and after about a week of time it stops booting. It > shows the splash screen of windows, and at the point it should change to > a higher resolution you just get a black screen. > > Sometimes in the event log it shows disks errors. This is with an SATA > disk. > > We've replaced the disk, still the same problem. We've replaced the > motherboard, power supply, and still have the same problem. > > I've also tried it using Debian (i386 netinst etch beta3), I've ran a > badblock read-only test, didn't find any problems. Then I ran a > read-write test, after a short time the disks basicly stops responding. > The led of the disk on the PC is constatly on, instead of most of the > time on, blinking. At that point, the tests only shows failed sectors. > > We've replaced the disk with an PATA disk, and didn't see a problem so > far. > So ther might be a problem with the sata disk controller. I guess I would try to upgrade the BIOS as first thing. But my problem was actually entirely related to Linux : chnaging the kernel to a newer version does indeed fix the disk proble (although I admit, I haven't yet formatted the disk because it was too late last nigh I tried). > We also have an identical PC that doesn't show any problems. > > I really can't do any tests with this, since someone is using it. > OK. Thansk for the hint about the possible SATA disk problems. -- eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Debian amd64 on an asus P5W DH Deluxe + E6600 : kernel on installer broken + bugs in d-i when changing kernel + modules
On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 05:08:21PM +0100, Eric Valette wrote: > Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:46:03AM +0100, Eric Valette wrote: > >>2) Downloaded > >> ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-amd64/20061022/images/gtk-miniiso > >> burned it and booted it. Starts well but hangs after a while because of > >> spurious interrupts related to disk activities (SATA) endless reset of > >> controller. Have also spurious irq listed in dmesg. Did not know if a > >> kernel was correctly running on this mtherboard + CPU combination. So > >> tried to find another instable AMD64 distrib. > > > > Could you please file an installation-report? There are some tools in > > the installer that can show us more information about the hardare you're > > using. You can probably also run them on an installed system. > > If you hunt asus you can download the user manual with all chipsets > listed. But I will report once I managed to install. Nothing really > special except PCI-E and sky2 ethernet driver. We have a P5W Delux at work which had various problems too. It is running windows XP, and after about a week of time it stops booting. It shows the splash screen of windows, and at the point it should change to a higher resolution you just get a black screen. Sometimes in the event log it shows disks errors. This is with an SATA disk. We've replaced the disk, still the same problem. We've replaced the motherboard, power supply, and still have the same problem. I've also tried it using Debian (i386 netinst etch beta3), I've ran a badblock read-only test, didn't find any problems. Then I ran a read-write test, after a short time the disks basicly stops responding. The led of the disk on the PC is constatly on, instead of most of the time on, blinking. At that point, the tests only shows failed sectors. We've replaced the disk with an PATA disk, and didn't see a problem so far. We also have an identical PC that doesn't show any problems. I really can't do any tests with this, since someone is using it. Kurt > > > > Can you please show the messages the kernel reports? > > No. No time to do that as it would require booting with a serial line > connected + compiling a newer kernel solve the problem. Will do once the > system is operationnal. > > > > > Is what you're seeing simular to: > > http://bugs.debian.org/309964 > > > > Or: > > http://bugs.debian.org/393977 > > For the irq message yes. For the SATA controller reset no. > > > -- eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Debian amd64 on an asus P5W DH Deluxe + E6600 : kernel on installer broken + bugs in d-i when changing kernel + modules
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:46:03AM +0100, Eric Valette wrote: > 2) Downloaded > ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-amd64/20061022/images/gtk-miniiso > burned it and booted it. Starts well but hangs after a while because of > spurious interrupts related to disk activities (SATA) endless reset of > controller. Have also spurious irq listed in dmesg. Did not know if a > kernel was correctly running on this mtherboard + CPU combination. So > tried to find another instable AMD64 distrib. Could you please file an installation-report? There are some tools in the installer that can show us more information about the hardare you're using. You can probably also run them on an installed system. Can you please show the messages the kernel reports? Is what you're seeing simular to: http://bugs.debian.org/309964 Or: http://bugs.debian.org/393977 Have you tried booting with options like noacpi and acpi=off? Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Debian amd64 on an asus P5W DH Deluxe + E6600 : kernel on installer broken + bugs in d-i when changing kernel + modules
Eric Valette wrote: > Please CC me when anwsering: I'm not suscribed. > > 1) Did anybody else tried to replace a kernel with all drivers build in? > Why did the "modprobe -q evdev ||true" fail? Has it anything to do with > SMP support as the shell will probably spawn the two child on different > proc but should receive exit status as on UP? Sound like a bug in d-i > isn't it? Found the culprit : S61mouse-support-x86 is incorrectly written : it does not use -q option for modeprobe not the || true. Will fill a bug because it almost prevent to easilly upgrade to a newer/better configured kernel. -- eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
