Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
On 1/22/2011 12:38 PM, Rick Sewill wrote: > I looked at URL, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems, > for hints. It has a suggestion, under "Crashes/Hangs", > "# initcall_debug will allow to see the last thing the kernel tried to > initialise before it hung." > I have the impression, from what is said, the kernel is hanging trying to > initialize something. Perhaps this parameter will help give us a hint. Well now this is interesting. The very last line just after the CD-ROM part, and also where it hangs, is: sdd: Which indicates one of the drives, and in this particular case, it would be the main drive (primary bus, master) based on the specs it's listing a few lines above. So a) why is it being listed as sdd and not sda? b) why is it hanging? The CD-ROM is being listed as sdc ... So what happened to sda and sdb? When I boot into CentOS, it correctly sees sda and sdb for the primary drive and CD-ROM, then it moves to sde, sdf, and sdg (which are all on the add-on card). Is it possible that Fedora 14 is somehow reading the add-on card first and assigning sda and sdb to two of the drives there? And if so, then why is it ignoring the 3rd drive that's also on the add-on? I should point out that I have tried various other drives as the primary boot drive when I first started experiencing these lock ups, before I starting posting to the list. So I'm fairly certain it's not the drive itself (otherwise the other 4 that I tried would also be defective, and 2 of those were brand new out of the box.) At this point, I'm inclined to just keep it as is, with CentOS. The machine's been off the net for 24 hours now and I have to get it back into production. So unless someone has a eureka moment, or a burst of bright ideas, I'm going to continue configuring the machine with CentOS and have it in production by Monday. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
On 1/22/2011 1:03 PM, JB wrote: > I do not see any audio (sound) device controller in your lspci ... > Is that possible ? That would be correct, it's a server board, it has no onboard audio. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
Ashley M. Kirchner pcraft.com> writes: > ... I do not see any audio (sound) device controller in your lspci ... Is that possible ? JB -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
On 1/22/2011 12:35 PM, JB wrote: > Ashley M. Kirchner pcraft.com> writes: > > there is something perhaps with your two Ethernet setups (you have 2 NIC > controllers shown in lspci). > > always keep --> ignore_loglevel enforcing=0 > add -->ether=0,0,eth1 > > this will force probing both Ethernets. > > Another kernel option you can try as well is: > nousb It detects the ethernets just fine, one pops up just before the 'waiting for the cows to come home' line and the other just after. Adding the ether option and nousb made no difference. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
On Saturday, January 22, 2011 01:14:40 pm Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > On 1/22/2011 12:03 PM, JB wrote: > > Kernel command line: > > always keep --> ignore_loglevel > > add --> enforcing=0 > > The only major difference this time is that it's also detecting the > additional drives that are on the add-on card. Previously it wasn't, > but now I can see them after it says 'waiting for hardware to > initialize...'. It's going through ata1.00, ata1.01, ata3.00, and > ata3.01 - which accounts for the four hard drives, and then it lists the > CD-ROM. But it still dies at the same exact spot after detecting the > CD-ROM ... > > For the record, I previously tried without the add-on card plugged > in and it too went nowhere. So there is something either with the > CD-ROM or just after it that causing it to hang. And when I say hang, > I'm talking complete lock up. NUM key doesn't do anything, the machine > is a brick. Only recovery is to hold the power button till it shuts off. > > By the way, when booting CentOS, it also displays that 'waiting for > hardware to initialize...' however it sits there for a mere 5 seconds > then moves on and boots normally. I looked at URL, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems, for hints. It has a suggestion, under "Crashes/Hangs", "# initcall_debug will allow to see the last thing the kernel tried to initialise before it hung." I have the impression, from what is said, the kernel is hanging trying to initialize something. Perhaps this parameter will help give us a hint. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
Ashley M. Kirchner pcraft.com> writes: there is something perhaps with your two Ethernet setups (you have 2 NIC controllers shown in lspci). always keep --> ignore_loglevel enforcing=0 add --> ether=0,0,eth1 this will force probing both Ethernets. Another kernel option you can try as well is: nousb JB -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
On 1/22/2011 12:03 PM, JB wrote: > Kernel command line: > always keep --> ignore_loglevel > add --> enforcing=0 The only major difference this time is that it's also detecting the additional drives that are on the add-on card. Previously it wasn't, but now I can see them after it says 'waiting for hardware to initialize...'. It's going through ata1.00, ata1.01, ata3.00, and ata3.01 - which accounts for the four hard drives, and then it lists the CD-ROM. But it still dies at the same exact spot after detecting the CD-ROM ... For the record, I previously tried without the add-on card plugged in and it too went nowhere. So there is something either with the CD-ROM or just after it that causing it to hang. And when I say hang, I'm talking complete lock up. NUM key doesn't do anything, the machine is a brick. Only recovery is to hold the power button till it shuts off. By the way, when booting CentOS, it also displays that 'waiting for hardware to initialize...' however it sits there for a mere 5 seconds then moves on and boots normally. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
Ashley M. Kirchner pcraft.com> writes: > ... Kernel command line: always keep --> ignore_loglevel add --> enforcing=0 JB -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
On 1/22/2011 11:31 AM, JB wrote: > Remove "quiet" and > add "ignore_loglevel" > (without "" characters) to the boot options to see where it hangs. There was no 'quiet' option on the boot line to begin with. After the 'waiting for hardware to initialize...' line, there are several lines that appear, but the last few are (manually typing these in by the way): [ 10.232634] scsi 0:0:1:0: CD-ROM TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6702B 1007 PQ: 0 ANSI 5 [ 10.233039] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 10.234443] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [ 10.234653] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [ 10.236336] sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 [ 10.237553] sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 It looks like after it detects the primary drive, then the slave CD-ROM, it just stops. I tried a completely different optical drive, same result. I don't think it's the optical drive getting it stuck, but I could be wrong. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
Ashley M. Kirchner pcraft.com> writes: > ... Remove "quiet" and add "ignore_loglevel" (without "" characters) to the boot options to see where it hangs. Report back. JB -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
On 1/22/2011 11:11 AM, JB wrote: > I have to guess somewhat, which is a polite way to admit ... > Pass these on kernel line: > xdriver=vesa nomodeset agp=off > > JB No dice. Same spot. At this point I may just have to continue running CentOS, it's not like it's the end of the world anyway. Fedora had such a great run up til now ... -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fwd: Re: [Fedora] Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
Ashley M. Kirchner pcraft.com> writes: > ... I have to guess somewhat, which is a polite way to admit ... Pass these on kernel line: xdriver=vesa nomodeset agp=off JB -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines