Bug#1123858: Asus X61S hangs around ethdetect
Hello, when looking for more information on that nolapic parameter, I have found several Internet posts[1][2][3] that recommended disabling "New interface card" in BIOS setup. Seems a known issue with Asus notebooks from that era. Now Kali, Debian live and Debian installer all boot correctly. Another Debian installation is ongoing, probably will be good this time. [1]: https://askubuntu.com/a/126601 [2]: https://askubuntu.com/a/543775 [3]: https://linuxfr.org/forums/linux-noyau/posts/resolu-compatibilite-noyau#comment-1579675 (FWIW, while that BIOS feature was still enabled, Kali live couldn’t boot in fail-safe mode when either nolapic or nomodeset was absent.) Thank you very much for your help. I wish you happy Christmas and all the best in New Year. -- Grzegorz signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1123858: Asus X61S hangs around ethdetect
On 22/12/2025 at 23:04, Grzegorz Szymaszek wrote: Kali 2025.4 live system and installer fail similarly, though live system in fail-safe mode works quite well. AFAIK Kali live fail-safe kernel command line has the following kernel parameters: memtest noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp vga=normal Debian live with GNOME does not finish booting even in fail-safe mode, Debian live fail-safe kernel command line has the following kernel parameters: memtest noapic noapm nodma nomce nosmp vga=788 If it fails, we can assume none of them helps. Kernel parameters which are present in Kali live fail-safe command line but not in Debian live fail-safe command line are nolapic and nomodeset. The Debian installer does not use any graphic driver for real hardware which requires modesetting, so my best guess would be nolapic.
Bug#1123858: Asus X61S hangs around ethdetect
Thanks for your reply. On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 09:34:58AM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > […] You can try to blacklist either module by adding > module_blacklist=sis190 Debian (regular) Installer hangs with "Menu item 'ethdetect' selected" being the last log line printed. > or module_blacklist=ath9k to the kernel command line […] Installation almost finished: it hang when collecting installation information (or something like that). I can boot the installed system (and even login to GNOME) but there are some issues: - I cannot boot without module_blacklist=ath9k, - start-stop-daemon is not in PATH (there is start-stop-daemon.REAL), - ifupdown configuration of the Ethernet interface was not disabled (it normally is when I keep GNOME selected in Debian Installer), so NetworkManager considered it unmanaged, - probably others. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1123858: Asus X61S hangs around ethdetect
On 23/12/2025 at 16:05, Grzegorz Szymaszek wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 09:34:58AM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: […] You can try to blacklist either module by adding module_blacklist=sis190 Debian (regular) Installer hangs with "Menu item 'ethdetect' selected" being the last log line printed. or module_blacklist=ath9k to the kernel command line […] Installation almost finished: So ath9k seems to be the culprit. it hang when collecting installation information (or something like that). Was the installer totally dead or was it still possible to switch between consoles and check logs ? I can boot the installed system (and even login to GNOME) but there are some issues: - I cannot boot without module_blacklist=ath9k, If you appended the parameter after "---", the installer should have automatically added it to GRUB menu entry kernel command line. In your previous mail lspci shows that ath9k was in use for the wireless controller when booting Kali in fail-safe mode. Which kernel parameters does it add, maybe some pci or iommu option ? - start-stop-daemon is not in PATH (there is start-stop-daemon.REAL), This is probably because the last installation steps were not performed. - ifupdown configuration of the Ethernet interface was not disabled (it normally is when I keep GNOME selected in Debian Installer), so NetworkManager considered it unmanaged, This is for sure because the last installation steps were not performed.
Bug#1123858: Asus X61S hangs around ethdetect
On 22/12/2025 at 23:04, Grzegorz Szymaszek wrote: 00:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1039:0191] (rev 02) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1815] Kernel driver in use: sis190 Kernel modules: sis190 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01) Subsystem: AzureWave AW-NE771 802.11bgn Wireless Mini PCIe Card [AR9281] [1a3b:1067] Kernel driver in use: ath9k Kernel modules: ath9k The first suspects are the ethernet and wireless driver modules sis190 and ath9k. You can try to blacklist either module by adding module_blacklist=sis190 or module_blacklist=ath9k to the kernel command line in the boot menu and see what happens.
Bug#1123858: Asus X61S hangs around ethdetect
Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB stick Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-13.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2025-12-16 Machine: Asus X61SL-6X017C Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 Memory: 4 GB Output of lspci -knn (from Kali 2025.4 live image): 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 671MX [1039:0671] Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1af7] 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge [1039:0004] Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge [1039:0004] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:02.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS968 [MuTIOL Media IO] [1039:0968] (rev 01) 00:02.5 IDE interface [0101]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 IDE Controller [1039:5513] (rev 01) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1af7] Kernel driver in use: pata_sis Kernel modules: pata_sis, ata_generic 00:03.0 USB controller [0c03]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller [1039:7001] (rev 0f) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1af7] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel modules: ohci_pci 00:03.1 USB controller [0c03]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller [1039:7001] (rev 0f) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1af7] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel modules: ohci_pci 00:03.3 USB controller [0c03]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller [1039:7002] Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1af7] Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci Kernel modules: ehci_pci 00:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1039:0191] (rev 02) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1815] Kernel driver in use: sis190 Kernel modules: sis190 00:05.0 IDE interface [0101]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SATA Controller / IDE mode [1039:1183] (rev 03) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1af7] Kernel driver in use: sata_sis Kernel modules: sata_sis, ata_generic 00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge [1039:000a] Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Device [1039:0004] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge [1039:000a] Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Device [1039:0004] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:0f.0 Audio device [0403]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Azalia Audio Controller [1039:7502] Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1203] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4530/4570/5145/530v/540v/545v] [1002:9553] Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Mobility Radeon HD 4570 [1043:1b42] Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series] [1002:aa38] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series] [1002:aa38] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01) Subsystem: AzureWave AW-NE771 802.11bgn Wireless Mini PCIe Card [AR9281] [1a3b:1067] Kernel driver in use: ath9k Kernel modules: ath9k Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:[E] Configure network: [ ] Detect media: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup:[ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Overall install:[ ] Comments/Problems: Same in regular Install, Graphical Install, and Expert Install. System hangs shortly after selecting 'ethdetect': the text console cursor stops blinking, the display seems frozen, the fan spins up. It seems either sis190 or cfg80211, or something that should happen next causes the problem. Attached is the text output from the console. . Kali 2025.4 live system and installer fail similarly, though live system in fail-safe mode works quite well. . Debian live with GNOME does not finish booting even in fail-safe mode, again it hangs soon after loading X.509 certs and setting up some audio/video stuff. "registered new interface driver uvcvideo" and "Finished modprobe@efi_pstore.service - Load Kernel Module efi_pstore." tend to be the
