On Wednesday 10 October 2007 07:57:52 am you wrote: > On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Kevin wrote: > > I don't own a digital camera but I did jot the info down by hand. > > Heh, yeah, that's what I used to do too (and still do if a camera isn't > handy). > > > Call Trace: > > [] apm_bios_call_simple+0x92/0x110 > > [] acpi_hw_clear_gpe_block+00/0x32 > > [] set_system_power_state+0x1c/0x30 > > [] apm_system_power_off+0x6a/0x80 > > [] apm_system_power_off+0x0/0x80 > > [] native_machine_power_off+0x14/0x20 > > [] machine_power_off+0x6/0x10 > > [] sys_reboot+0x99/0x140 > >... > > Code: Bad EIP Value > > EIP: [<00007825>] 0x7825 SS:ESP 0068:e7305de8 > > /etc/rc.d/rc.0: Line 261: 2796 Segmentation Fault /sbin/poweroff > > Ahh. APM. That does explain the strange EIP register values: we're jumping > into the BIOS, and the BIOS is doing something unexpected. > > However, that doesn't really explain the oops, because I don't think > anything changed in APM from 2.6.22->23, and in particular, I don't think > it has anything to do with the thing that caused problems for PPC. > > We did have some APM *detection* changes, and maybe APM wasn't even > detected for you before, or it was detected differently. That would be due > to the bootup changes, I'm Cc'ing Peter Anvin (and the kernel mailing > list, in case somebody else see a pattern to this). > > Can you please > - try with APM turned off (APM really shouldn't be useful on any machines > built in the last ten years or so), just to verify that things work > without APM. That fixed the problem. > - send the bootup "dmesg" output and a machine description (and please > keep people Cc'd - sending things just to me is a sure-fire way to get > things dropped eventually, if only because I'm a lazy clutz). Both "dmesg" (before and after the fix) are attached. Also, here is the machine specs: Gigabyte Main Board Name GA-K8NSC -939 Type / Chipset Socket 939 / nVidia nForce3 250 Gb Chipset Dimensions +++ 35 mm (58 mm radius) around the socket to the next capacitor or other parts of the mainboard - for further information see Fit for Fan. The overall size is 305 x 245mm. Slots +++ 5x pci, 1x AGP (1.5V 4x/8x), 4x DDR PC2100 - PC3200 (max. 4GB RAM) Connectors +++ 1x Floppy, 4x UDMA133, 2x SATA150, 2x seriell, 1x parallel, 2x PS/2, onBoard 10/100/1000 Mbps base-T Ethernet LAN (Marvell 8001), 8x USB 2.0/1.1 (4x internal but mounting bracket isn't included), 8-Channel AC'97 RealTek ALC850 onboard (1x int. CD in, 1x int. S/PDIF, ext. Line in, ext. Mic, ext. Line out, int. optional connector for 8-Channel Audio Combo Kit, not included) and 3x fan connectors (1x used for chipset fan). Vcore ++++ BIOS between 0.80 Volt and 1.7 Volt in steps of 0.025 and 0.05 Volt / Jumper not available Multiplier ++++ BIOS between 4x and 25x (max multi depends on used CPU) / Jumper not available FSB ++++ BIOS between 200 and 455 MHz (AGP 66 - 100 MHz) / Jumper not available VIO/VDD ++++ VDDR +0.1 - +0.2 / VAGP +0.1 - +0.3 / V HT-Link +0.1 - +0.3 Home page: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=1881 BIOS upgrade (F8) http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=1881 Also lspci -v root@fosters:/home/kevin# lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 2.0 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 0c11 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 0c11 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 11 I/O ports at e400 [size=32] I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64] I/O ports at 2000 [size=64] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5004 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9 Memory at fd003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5004 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9 Memory at fd004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5004 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9 Memory at fd005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [44] Debug port Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device a002 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7 I/O ports at bc00 [size=256] I/O ports at c000 [size=128] Memory at fd001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5002 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] I/O ports at f000 [size=16] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device b002 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4] I/O ports at 0970 [size=8] I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4] I/O ports at dc00 [size=16] I/O ports at e000 [size=128] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 16 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=10 Memory behind bridge: f8000000-faffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f6000000-f7ffffff 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=128 I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff Memory behind bridge: fb000000-fcffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 88000000-880fffff 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map Flags: fast devsel 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller Flags: fast devsel 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control Flags: fast devsel 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Millennium G550 Dual Head DDR 32Mb Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at f8020000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [f0] AGP version 2.0 02:06.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 4 I/O ports at a000 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 02:06.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 I/O ports at a400 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 02:06.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) Unknown device 1234 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 3 Memory at fc004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 02:07.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01) Subsystem: Avermedia Technologies Inc AVerMedia DVD EZMaker Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at fc005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1 02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Gigabyte) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10 Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] I/O ports at a800 [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 88000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data root@fosters:/home/kevin# > - what was the last kernel that worked (and if you can bisect the > problem, that would likely help enormously) The last kernel I used was 6.2.22 the "dmesg" the file is attached: dmesg 2.6.22 line 158 > apm: overridden by ACPI. dmesg, APM on, has no line > apm: overridden by ACPI. Also, a diff -u file is enclosed in case it might help. > Thanks, > > > Linus Hope this helps Kevin -- ----------------------- ++ --------------------------- Kevin Myers          spaceman__spiff@cox.net      http://members.cox.net/jwblack ----------------------- ++ --------------------------- -- Your Fortune: The Killer Ducks are coming!!!