From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 06:10:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 06:10:36 -0400 Received: from cx730939-a.elcjn1.sdca.home.com ([24.5.14.11]:63411 "EHLO highwind.timespace.dhs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 06:10:17 -0400 Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 03:10:40 -0700 From: Brian Bennett To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.4.x won't boot on sony vaio pcg-fx215 Message-ID: <20010916031040.A17590@timespace.dhs.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ok, I've been trying to get some version of 2.4.x to boot on my laptop for some time now with no luck. I figure it's either my UBD, a bug, or my hardware just sucks, I'd like to figure out which. Anyway, my specs: Sony VAIO PCG-FX215 CPU AMD Duron 800 MB is Via82c686 128M ram distro is Debian sid, but I've tried others that come with 2.4 kernel such as Mandrake. I think that's all the relevant stuff(?) but I can get the details on any other hardware that might be relavent. My errors: I don't have any specifics because with different configs I get different errors and I don't know how to get dumps of the errors, but the usual ones are along the lines of: unable to handle kernel paging request kernel panick: tried to kill init kernel panick: tried to kill the idle task What I've tried: setting cpu choice to amd/duron, pentium, 386, 686 enable/disable apm, acpi, pcmcia, usb, ieee1394 (and anything else that looked good at the time, but I don't remember all of them). passing mem=128M to the kernel (grasping at straws here) Something else that may be helpful, I had to disable PCMCIA support to get the Install CD to boot, and I've never gotten it or USB to work (I'm not very concerned about those though, I don't have any PCMCIA cards or USB devices I want to use). 2.2.x kernels boot fine (without pcmcia or usb) and I've been using 2.2.19 for the past few months, but I have a DVD drive and I want to watch movies. I read something rom ac a while back about AMD and VIA saying that it's just broken, it's VIA's fault and to not expect a fix any time soon. How can I verify that is/isn't me? Anyway, I guess the first step is how can I go about gathering more info so we can find out exactly what it is that's causing the problem? TIA for any help. -- Brian Bennett bahamat@timespace.dhs.org * http://timespace.dhs.org/ On 16 July 2001, Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested by federal agents in Las Vegas, Nevada. His crime: pointing out major security flaws in Adobe PDF and eBook software. To see how you can help Dmitry visit http://www.freesklyarov.org/