Best Methods for T-Shooting Boot-up Problems in Ubuntu???

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Oh, and no... I changed the DMA settings in hdparm earlier today. I can easily change them back though.ACPI is now disabled. I'll shut down now for a while and see if it makes any difference in the bootup.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

OK, I'm having FUN now...I flashed my BIOS and my mobo firmware. However, in the process, I corrupted my Windwoes installation... ah darn! Heh! Anyway, that's just as well. I had that big ol' 80Gig drive with nothing but that minimal XP on it. This time I think I'll set the XP up on about a 15Gig partition, leaving the rest free to format as ext2/3/FAT and use it for another distro installation and a chunk for a backup/file storage area. I've got waaaaay more space than I need. May as well shift it around to more useful purposes.Oh, by the way... Ubuntu booted up pretty good after all this crap. The system was shutdown completely for about 30 minutes too. I've re-enabled ACPI in Ubuntu just to see if the BIOS upgrade alone will fix the bootup problem, as many folks are reporting on the Ubuntu forums. I'll let you know how it goes.OK, I'm off to stripe/partition my RAID drive and install Windwoes... and maybe PCLinuxOS too. Later...

[teacher]

Good luck!

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Well, my Ubuntu is still OK after all this manipulation and hard drive reformatting. However, I couldn't install anything but Windwoes on the 80Gig drive because (1) my PCLinuxOS CD is not booting (must be a bad copy) and (2) Debian doesn't like software RAID, just like Ubuntu. So, I just installed a fresh XP on a 20Gig NTFS partition on the 80Gig drive. I haven't done anything at all with the Windwoes install. I haven't even installed my backups, done any updates, or any customizing. I'll do it eventually.For now though, I booted Ubuntu (no problem once again) and used the disk manager to format the 60Gig partition on the RAID drive as FAT, so I can use it for storage for Windwoes and Ubuntu. However, now I can't seem to mount either the 20Gig with Windwoes or my new FAT 60Gig partition. I must be missing something pretty obvious here. I'm tired, I guess.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

A quick update:I had to create the proper directories under /media to get the drives to mount again. I did that. Now the 20Gig Windwoes partition mounts fine (read only), but the 60Gig FAT partition says "only root can mount /dev/sda5 on /media/sda5". Waaaaa! Do I need to change the permissions for /media/sda5 directory? Is that the problemo here?Hmm... I think I got it, but it's read only. I need to change the permissions to allow owner/group to r-w-x. My /etc/fstab looks like this right now:

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1/dev/hda2 /home ext3 defaults 0 2/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 vfat umask=000 0 0/dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0/dev/hdb4 /media/zip0 auto rw,user,noauto,sync 0 0

Edited August 10, 2006 by V.T. Eric Layton

[Bruno]

Good morning Eric ! . . . . . :)Man there is a lot that happened while I was asleep . . and a lot to comment on.First: congrats with the bios-flash. . . but trashing the WinXP install is less . . . :)Anyway, hope you are aware that a new Windows install will replace the bootloader in the MBR . . . so backing up the MBR to floppy might be a good idea, because then you will be able to boot Ubuntu after the Windows install and restore the MBR to its "original" state.

"only root can mount /dev/sda5 on /media/sda5".

This is normal behavior . . . and should be the same for all partitions, "mount" is a root-command . . . so "sudo mount /dev/sda5 /media/sda5" should do the trickYou can have a look at your /etc/fstab and see what the line for the other ( win ) partitions are and add a line for the /dev/sda5 . . that will make life easier.Did I forget to commant on something ?? . . Please let me know ( I am a bit in a hurry going off to work . . . sorry ) Bruno

[V.T. Eric Layton]

I edited above to show my fstab, Bruno. By the way, I protected the Ubuntu installation by disconnecting that drive completely while installing Windwoes on the other drive. ;)Oh, and I think both partitions of the 80Gig drive are now mounting fine (on bootup). However, if I'm going use that FAT partition as file storage, I'll need to r-w-x to it from Ubuntu AND Windows. Is that possible?

[Bruno]

I edited above to show my fstab, Bruno.

Excellent !!

By the way, I protected the Ubuntu installation by disconnecting that drive completely while installing Windwoes on the other drive.

Very very clever !See you later today . . . am curious about a cold-boot after you had a night sleep Bruno

I'll need to r-w-x to it from Ubuntu AND Windows. Is that possible?

No no . . . . . a "umask 0" in the fstab should be enough . . .

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Have a great day! :)Talk with you later...~Eric

[Bruno]

I added a line because of the edit you did to previous post ;)Sweet dreams ! :DB) Bruno

[Frank Golden]

A quick update:I had to create the proper directories under /media to get the drives to mount again. I did that. Now the 20Gig Windwoes partition mounts fine (read only), but the 60Gig FAT partition says "only root can mount /dev/sda5 on /media/sda5". Waaaaa! Do I need to change the permissions for /media/sda5 directory? Is that the problemo here?Hmm... I think I got it, but it's read only. I need to change the permissions to allow owner/group to r-w-x. My /etc/fstab looks like this right now:

Hi Eric,I have my Windoze NTFS partitions (2) automount with Ubuntu, read only of course.I even have XMMS access and play the MP3's on my NTFS data partition. My Fat32partition mounts with read/write/excecute priveleges. All three are on my desktop.Below is my fstab notice any difference? My Fat32 is sda5.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.## <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>proc /proc proc defaults 0 0/dev/sda6 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1/dev/sda7 none swap sw 0 0/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs nls=utf8,umask=0222 0 0/dev/sda3 /media/sda3 ntfs nls=utf8,umask=0222 0 0/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0/dev/sdc /media/floppy auto noauto,user,rw,defaults 0 0

BTW, I get sda because my machine uses sata drives and drive controller.You 80 GB drive must be sata also.Try substituting /dev/sda5 /media/sda5 vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0for your/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 vfat umask=000 0 0I noticed the spacings in the fstab look right when I edit them here in this post.But when I submit my post they get all lumped together.The spacings in fstab are important I think but they don't get shown correctlyhere.Below is a link to a screen shot showing fstab open in gedit showing spacings.http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/fjgold/Screenshot.pngYou will also notice the icons on my desktop for my two XP partitions (icons created bymodifying a bmp in the Windows folder in XP) and the penguin for my Fat32shared.If you have trouble reading image, in Firefox go to edit>preferences>advancedunder browsing uncheck "Resize large images to fit the browser window" and refresh.

Edited August 10, 2006 by Frank Golden

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Very COOL, Frank! :)Thanks for the info. All's well with mounting/accessing now. I even was able to transfer a few test files/folders onto the storage partition with no troubles. Yes, my 80Gig is a RAID drive, hence the "sda" designation. Linux doesn't seem to deal well with software RAID, so I couldn't install any distros on that drive. Oh well. I'll use it for back-ups, archiving, and such.~Eric

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Bootup woes continue...Today's initial cold start bootup zipped right along till the "Mounting Root File System..." stage, then in hung, timed out, and dropped to shell. I restarted and it was at the desktop in 1 min 22 secs. WHY is this only doing this on cold starts? Anywho... all's well other than this. Here's the syslog from that event above:

Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 syslogd 1.4.1#17ubuntu7: restart.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.15-26-386Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: Loaded 23037 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.15-26-386.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.15.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled. Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Linux version 2.6.15-26-386 (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 PREEMPT Thu Aug 3 02:52:00 UTC 2006Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003fff0000 (usable)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000003fff0000 - 000000003fff8000 (ACPI data)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000003fff8000 - 0000000040000000 (ACPI NVS)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] 127MB HIGHMEM available.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] 896MB LOWMEM available.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] found SMP MP-table at 000fb930Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] On node 0 totalpages: 262128Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] DMA32 zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Normal zone: 225280 pages, LIFO batch:31Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] HighMem zone: 32752 pages, LIFO batch:7Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] DMI 2.3 present.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDP (v000 AMI ) @ 0x000fa9c0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDT (v001 AMIINT VIA_K7 0x00000010 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x3fff0000Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: FADT (v001 AMIINT VIA_K7 0x00000011 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x3fff0030Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: MADT (v001 AMIINT VIA_K7 0x00000009 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x3fff00c0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 VIA VIA_K7 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000d) @ 0x00000000Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Processor #0 6:8 APIC version 16Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 2, version 3, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 low level)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICsAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration informationAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Allocating PCI resources starting at 50000000 (gap: 40000000:bec00000)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Built 1 zonelistsAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splashAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] mapped APIC to ffffd000 (fee00000)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] mapped IOAPIC to ffffc000 (fec00000)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Initializing CPU#0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 65536 bytes)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Detected 2088.310 MHz processor.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Using pmtmr for high-res timesourceAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179569.184000] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.144000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.144000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.176000] Memory: 1028808k/1048512k available (1976k kernel code, 18944k reserved, 606k data, 288k init, 131008k highmem)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.176000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4180.57 BogoMIPS (lpj=8361159)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] Security Framework v1.0.0 initializedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] SELinux: Disabled at boot.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] CPU: CLK_CTL MSR was 6003d22f. Reprogramming to 2003d22fAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] CPU: After all inits, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000420 00000000 00000000 00000000Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] CPU: AMD Athlon™ XP 2600+ stepping 01Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.256000] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.272000] checking if image is initramfs... it isAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.772000] Freeing initrd memory: 6617k freedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.784000] ACPI: Looking for DSDT ... not found!Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.788000] ENABLING IO-APIC IRQsAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.788000] ..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.932000] NET: Registered protocol family 16Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.932000] EISA bus registeredAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.932000] ACPI: bus type pci registeredAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.932000] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdaf1, last bus=1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.932000] PCI: Using configuration type 1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.932000] ACPI: Subsystem revision 20051216Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.936000] ACPI: Interpreter enabledAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.936000] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routingAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.940000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.940000] PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.940000] PCI quirk: region 0800-087f claimed by vt8235 PMAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.940000] PCI quirk: region 0400-040f claimed by vt8235 SMBAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.940000] Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.940000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.944000] ACPI: Power Resource [uRP1] (off)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.944000] ACPI: Power Resource [uRP2] (off)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.944000] ACPI: Power Resource [FDDP] (off)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.948000] ACPI: Power Resource [LPTP] (off)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.948000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.948000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.948000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.948000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.948000] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 © Adam BelayAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.948000] pnp: PnP ACPI initAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devicesAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNPAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routingAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a reportAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] IO window: disabled.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] MEM window: dde00000-dfefffffAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] PREFETCH window: cdd00000-ddcfffffAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] audit(1155219819.952:1): initializedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pagesAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] Initializing Cryptographic APIAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] io scheduler noop registeredAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] io scheduler anticipatory registeredAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] io scheduler deadline registeredAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.952000] io scheduler cfq registeredAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179572.956000] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.308000] isapnp: No Plug & Play device foundAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.320000] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.320000] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.320000] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.320000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 48 ports, IRQ sharing enabledAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.320000] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550AAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.320000] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550AAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.320000] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550AAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.324000] 00:09: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550AAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.324000] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size 1024 blocksizeAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.324000] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.324000] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xxAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.324000] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all miceAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.324000] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.324000] EISA: Detected 0 cards.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.324000] NET: Registered protocol family 2Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.344000] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] TCP reno registeredAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] TCP bic registeredAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] NET: Registered protocol family 1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] NET: Registered protocol family 8Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] NET: Registered protocol family 20Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] Using IPI Shortcut modeAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] ACPI wakeup devices: Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] PCI0 USB1 USB2 USB3 EHCI UAR1 AC9 MC9 ILAN SLPB Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.364000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 288k freedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.408000] vga16fb: initializingAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.408000] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.532000] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x25Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179573.532000] fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer deviceAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179574.632000] Capability LSM initializedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.196000] SCSI subsystem initializedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.200000] ACPI: bus type scsi registeredAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.200000] libata version 1.20 loaded.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.200000] sata_promise 0000:00:0d.0: version 1.03Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.200000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 169Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.200000] sata_promise PATA port foundAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.216000] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8822200 ctl 0xF8822238 bmdma 0x0 irq 169Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.216000] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8822280 ctl 0xF88222B8 bmdma 0x0 irq 169Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.216000] ata3: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8822300 ctl 0xF8822338 bmdma 0x0 irq 169Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.420000] ata1: no device found (phy stat 00000000)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.420000] scsi0 : sata_promiseAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.624000] ata2: no device found (phy stat 00000000)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.624000] scsi1 : sata_promiseAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.788000] ata3: dev 0 cfg 00:0040 49:2f00 82:7c6b 83:7b09 84:4003 85:7c69 86:3a01 87:4003 88:407f 93:600bAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.788000] ata3: dev 0 ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 160086528 sectors: LBAAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.788000] ata3: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.788000] sata_get_dev_handle: SATA dev addr=0xd0000, handle=0x00000000Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.788000] scsi2 : sata_promiseAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.788000] Vendor: ATA Model: Maxtor 6Y080L0 Rev: YAR4Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.788000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.792000] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methodsAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.796000] SCSI device sda: 160086528 512-byte hdwr sectors (81964 MB)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.796000] SCSI device sda: drive cache: write backAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.800000] SCSI device sda: 160086528 512-byte hdwr sectors (81964 MB)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.800000] SCSI device sda: drive cache: write backAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.800000] sda: sda1 sda2 Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.832000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdaAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.992000] VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:11.1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.992000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.1[A]: no GSIAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.992000] PCI: VIA IRQ fixup for 0000:00:11.1, from 255 to 15Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.992000] VP_IDE: chipset revision 6Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.992000] VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs laterAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.992000] VP_IDE: VIA vt8235 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on pci0000:00:11.1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.992000] ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pioAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.992000] ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMAAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179575.992000] Probing IDE interface ide0...Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179576.412000] hda: ST3120814A, ATA DISK driveAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179576.860000] hdb: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY driveAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179576.916000] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179576.924000] Probing IDE interface ide1...Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179577.788000] hdc: CREATIVECD-RW RW121032E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM driveAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179578.572000] hdd: CREATIVE CD5233E-N, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM driveAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179578.628000] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179578.636000] hda: max request size: 1024KiBAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179578.680000] hda: 234441648 sectors (120034 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63, UDMA(100)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179578.704000] hda: cache flushes supportedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179578.704000] hda: hda1 hda2 hda3Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179578.752000] hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMAAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179578.752000] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179578.760000] hdd: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] usbcore: registered new driver usbfsAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] usbcore: registered new driver hubAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.3Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 177Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] PCI: VIA IRQ fixup for 0000:00:10.0, from 11 to 1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: UHCI Host ControllerAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 177, io base 0x0000c400Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub foundAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.132000] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detectedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.236000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.1 -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 177Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.236000] PCI: VIA IRQ fixup for 0000:00:10.1, from 5 to 1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.236000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: UHCI Host ControllerAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.236000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.236000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 177, io base 0x0000c800Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.236000] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub foundAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.236000] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detectedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.340000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.2[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 177Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.340000] PCI: VIA IRQ fixup for 0000:00:10.2, from 5 to 1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.340000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: UHCI Host ControllerAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.340000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.340000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: irq 177, io base 0x0000cc00Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.340000] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub foundAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.340000] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detectedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.444000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.3[D] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 177Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.444000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: EHCI Host ControllerAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.444000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.444000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: irq 177, io mem 0xdfffef00Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.444000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.444000] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub foundAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.444000] hub 4-0:1.0: 6 ports detectedAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.604000] Attempting manual resumeAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.620000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 secondsAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179579.620000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179586.928000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179588.444000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 185Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179588.444000] 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. www.scyld.com/network/vortex.htmlAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179588.444000] 0000:00:08.0: 3Com PCI 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at 0001d800. Vers LK1.1.19Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179588.544000] gameport: EMU10K1 is pci0000:00:0a.1/gameport0, io 0xec00, speed 1242kHzAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179588.576000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 © Dave JonesAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179588.596000] agpgart: Detected VIA KT400/KT400A/KT600 chipsetAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179588.604000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe0000000Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179588.880000] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179588.884000] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.032000] irda_init()Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.032000] NET: Registered protocol family 23Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.304000] Real Time Clock Driver v1.12Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.384000] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44MAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.432000] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.436000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 193Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.440000] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module 1.0-8762 Mon May 15 13:06:38 PDT 2006Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.484000] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.484000] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input1Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.660000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 201Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.660000] logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 79Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.776000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 193Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.888000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 185Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179589.896000] ide-floppy driver 0.99.newideAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179590.088000] hdb: No disk in driveAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179590.116000] input: ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse as /class/input/input2Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179590.136000] hdb: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpmAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179590.144000] parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179590.148000] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA]Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179590.176000] parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 840CAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179590.704000] hdb: No disk in driveAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179590.860000] ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol outputAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179591.044000] NET: Registered protocol family 17Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179591.768000] hdb: No disk in driveAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179592.520000] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179592.576000] Adding 996020k swap on /dev/hda3. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:996020kAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179592.692000] EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journalAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179592.880000] md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179592.880000] md: bitmap version 4.39Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179593.400000] device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.comAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179593.732000] cdrom: open failed.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179594.604000] hdb: No disk in driveAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179595.068000] cdrom: open failed.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179595.068000] cdrom: open failed.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179595.904000] NET: Registered protocol family 10Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179595.904000] lo: Disabled Privacy ExtensionsAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179595.904000] IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driverAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179595.936000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 secondsAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179595.936000] EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journalAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179595.936000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179595.976000] NTFS driver 2.1.25 [Flags: R/O MODULE].Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179596.032000] NTFS volume version 3.1.Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179601.596000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179601.596000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179601.596000] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [sLPB]Aug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179601.696000] ibm_acpi: ec object not foundAug 10 14:24:06 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179601.724000] pcc_acpi: loading...Aug 10 14:24:08 ericsbane02 hpiod: 0.9.7 accepting connections at 47580... Aug 10 14:24:09 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179605.392000] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.5 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.Aug 10 14:24:09 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179605.392000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x modeAug 10 14:24:09 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179605.392000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 8x modeAug 10 14:24:10 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179606.368000] eth0: no IPv6 routers presentAug 10 14:24:10 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179606.484000] ppdev: user-space parallel port driverAug 10 14:24:14 ericsbane02 gconfd (vtel57-4835): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 4835 user 'vtel57'Aug 10 14:24:15 ericsbane02 gconfd (vtel57-4835): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0Aug 10 14:24:15 ericsbane02 gconfd (vtel57-4835): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/vtel57/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1Aug 10 14:24:15 ericsbane02 gconfd (vtel57-4835): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2Aug 10 14:24:15 ericsbane02 gconfd (vtel57-4835): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 3Aug 10 14:24:15 ericsbane02 gconfd (vtel57-4835): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 4Aug 10 14:24:16 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179612.388000] ip_tables: © 2000-2002 Netfilter core teamAug 10 14:24:16 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179612.492000] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.Aug 10 14:24:16 ericsbane02 kernel: [17179612.500000] ip_conntrack version 2.4 (8191 buckets, 65528 max) - 232 bytes per conntrackAug 10 14:24:21 ericsbane02 gconfd (vtel57-4835): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/vtel57/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0Aug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 ntpd[5157]: ntpd 4.2.0a@1:4.2.0a+stable-8-r Mon May 29 02:48:41 UTC 2006 (1)Aug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 ntpd[5157]: precision = 1.000 usecAug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 ntpd[5157]: Listening on interface wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123Aug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 ntpd[5157]: Listening on interface wildcard, ::#123Aug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 ntpd[5157]: Listening on interface lo, 127.0.0.1#123Aug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 ntpd[5157]: Listening on interface eth0, 192.168.1.100#123Aug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 ntpd[5157]: kernel time sync status 0040Aug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 anacron[5191]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2006-08-10Aug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 ntpd[5157]: frequency initialized -75.155 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/ntp.driftAug 10 14:24:30 ericsbane02 anacron[5191]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)

Everything looks OK in that log to me. You know, I'm wondering... could this be a Gnome issue?

[Urmas]

Somehow I doubt that... desktop environment is chosen whilst logging in.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Yeah, but if you look at that log, everything is humming right along as it's supposed to, yet the Ubuntu splash screen is where it hangs. Isn't usplash part of Gnome?Anywho... I just organized and set up my storage partition. D***! I LOVE Linux! *click for bigger picAin't it pretty! Man! I have waaaay more space than I really need on this system. It's nice to be able to say that. I remember the old days, when I was sweating having my 2Gig drive filled to 99% capacity.

[Bruno]

Hi EricHave a look http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03623#0 . . . . . it is a bugfix release of Dapper ( also here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=233444 ) Maybe this could be interesting and who knows it could just be ( or not ) the thing to do. ( ? ) Bruno

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Well, congrats, Urmie! We've managed to shred this thread all to **** and gone. ;)For organizational purposes (Moderator habits... ****** hard to break. ), and if Bruno, et. al. don't mind, I'm going to start two fresh threads regarding the two main topics in this one: T-Shooting Bootup Troubles... and Ubuntu Not Updating to Newest Version. I'll point both those threads to this one so folks can get the back-story.Off I go now...

[Bruno]

I will split the thread Eric . . . . no problemB) BrunoUPDATE: Done ( see http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=16099 )

[Urmas]

Well, congrats, Urmie! We've managed to shred this thread all to **** and gone.

Why, I've never...

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Anyway, to continue...Today's cold start bootup was interesting. Instead of just letting GRUB go through its normal machinations, I paused it at the menu and chose "Memtest86", just for fun. Anyway, I let the memory test run for about 3 minutes, then I [ESC] rebooted. GRUB came back up and loaded Ubuntu to the desktop in about 1.5 minutes... no troubles at all. This kinda' gets me back to my theory of something needing to get "warmed up" to function properly.The mystery continues... ~Eric

[Bruno]

Today's cold start bootup was interesting. Instead of just letting GRUB go through its normal machinations, I paused it at the menu and chose "Memtest86", just for fun. Anyway, I let the memory test run for about 3 minutes, then I [ESC] rebooted. GRUB came back up and loaded Ubuntu to the desktop in about 1.5 minutes... no troubles at all.

Maybe you need a hairdryer instead of a fan in your box . . . . . . . that would warm it up before you boot . . . LOLB) Bruno

[V.T. Eric Layton]

She's an old girl. Maybe that's the problem.

[Frank Golden]

Well, congrats, Urmie! We've managed to shred this thread all to **** and gone. ;)For organizational purposes (Moderator habits... ****** hard to break. ), and if Bruno, et. al. don't mind, I'm going to start two fresh threads regarding the two main topics in this one: T-Shooting Bootup Troubles... and Ubuntu Not Updating to Newest Version. I'll point both those threads to this one so folks can get the back-story.Off I go now...

There is a thread at the Laptop Support-Ubuntu Forums started by a GMC aboutthe Acer Aspire 5672WLMi (my laptop model) his adventures with installing Ubuntuon it. It is over 400 replies long with over 33,000 views. It is all over the place.Talk about shredded threads. Very informative and helpful to us 5672 owners.Even a "shredded thread" can be helpful. I for one was having no trouble followingyour original. Interesting.

[Frank Golden]

Anyway, to continue...Today's cold start bootup was interesting. Instead of just letting GRUB go through its normal machinations, I paused it at the menu and chose "Memtest86", just for fun. Anyway, I let the memory test run for about 3 minutes, then I [ESC] rebooted. GRUB came back up and loaded Ubuntu to the desktop in about 1.5 minutes... no troubles at all. This kinda' gets me back to my theory of something needing to get "warmed up" to function properly.The mystery continues... ~Eric

Couple of questions Eric. Did the Memtest show any errors during the 3 minute run?Why don't you let it run through a complete pass? It will take awhile. But if errorsshow up you could be looking at the cause of your problem. M$ has a similar toolcalled windiag that you run from a CD that is much faster. D/L the iso and burn using Neroor equivalent.http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.aspThere are instructions at web site.I used it a while back to ferret out some bad memory I bought (generic).I was able to get a refund from the vendor.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

I had done the complete memtest a couple days ago, Frank. It took about 25 minutes or so to complete, if I remember correctly. There were no errors. Also, I recently did the BIOS memtest when I flashed my BIOS a couple days ago... no errors on that test either.I'm wondering if maybe I might just reinstall fresh and see what happens. It'll involve two or three days' worth of time to get all my settings and customizations back the way I want them though. That's one of the reasons I'm avoiding that solution.

[ross549]

Here is another idea......Since you suspect a hardware failure, I would try other tools than just memtest. http://www.ultimatebootcd.com has a test disc that has a lot of tools like CPUburn which might shed some light on an issue. A note, however, I have heard that Memtest may not be 100% reliable for testing. There are another couple memory testors on the CD.:)Adam

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Hi Adam...Actually, I don't suspect a hardware problem. If I really did have a bug in the hardware on my system somewhere, then Windwoes would be giving my troubles. However, it boots and operates fine. I dunno... I'm kinda' leaning toward a fresh install. We'll see...Thanks for the reply!~Eric

[ross549]

Eric,I understand where you are coming from. However, since windows and linux are two entirely different distros operating systems, they will behave differently in the same situation. It may be that Windows is recovering more gracefully from an error generated by a failing part.I would go ahead and look at the event viewer in windows (under computer management) and see if you are getting any hardware related warnings. Based off your symptoms, I am really thinking that you have a hardware problem, but anything could be the cause. :)AdamEDIT: Called Windows a distro. Silly me!

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Hi Adam...I booted to Windows and checked the Event Viewer. All's normal. No errors at all. Anywho, I d-loaded and am now burning a copy of the newest Ubuntu release. I'm planning on doing a fresh install of Ubuntu in just a few minutes. Noteworthy: I also found out that Gnomebaker did not properly burn a CD image of PCLinuxOS for me previously. I tried twice (wasted two CDs). Anywho, I burned a successful copy of PCLinuxOS with Windows and ISO Recorder.I'm planning on installing Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS on the same drive on 5 partitions, sharing a /swap partition. If I'm not around for a while, you know where I'll be. :)The reason Bruno and others are suggesting a fresh install is for two reasons: 1) my current Ubuntu doesn't seem to want to update to the newest distribution - 6.06.1 and 2) I didn't have any cold start booting problems with Ubuntu in the first week. It was only after numerous modifications/customizations that this started happening. I guess the thought is that something I did may be causing it... very possible! ;)I'm off to re-partition, install, and all that other fun stuff.Wish me luck!Later...~Eric

[Bruno]

Wish me luck!

Crossing fingers !! B) Bruno