Bug#241827: marked as done (Installed machine just reboots over and over)
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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 100M netboot 04/02/2004 12:00pm
uname -a: Linux mail 2.6.4-1-686 #1 Sat Mar 13 19:25:38 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 04/02/2004 6:00pm
Method: simple install
Machine: Shuttle XPC (Model: SB51G)
Processor: Pentium 4 2.40Ghz
Memory: 512M
Root Device: /dev/hda3
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 40.9 GB, 40981118976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4982 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 16 128488+ 83 Linux /boot
/dev/hda2 17 140 996030 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 141 4982 38893365 83 Linux /
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface to PCI Bridge (rev 82)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)
0000:02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
0000:02:08.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc.: Unknown device 3375 (rev 02)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Here's an odd problem: I can get through the entire install without
any problems at all (with the beta 3 100M disc) but when I reboot
I get to the screens that ask to establish root passwords and such
and then the machine reboots.
It will continue this cycle for as long as I leave the machine on.
It just looks like some watchdog is timing out and rebooting the
machines. The length of time the machine runs before rebooting
seems to be very a very specific fixed length (like a watchdog
timer would produce).
Before you ask: No. the machine is not overheating. Yes I do know
about thermal compound and all of that. This is specifically a
debian kernel problem. This machine has run fine for the past year
and I'm only reinstalling because the hard disk started going
bad. Other than that it's a sound machine with no overclocking,
thermal or other problems.
In fact. I used a beta2 installer to reinstall the machine and
it is the same machine I used to edit and send this bug report
from.
The current beta 3 100M disk produces a system that just continually
reboots a short time (1 minute or so) after getting to login prompt
on virtual console 2 (since VC 1 is showing the firstboot setup
dialog)
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 15:27:16 +0200
From: maks attems <debian@sternwelten.at>
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Subject: RE: Installed machine just reboots over and over
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hotplug 0.0.20040329-13 contains a fix blacklisting
watchdogs causing an autatic reboot for 2.6 kernels:
look at bug #263556.
this hotplug version got inbetween into sarge.
if you can still reproduce your error with a current
daily build image from debian-installer please reopen.
thanks for your bug report.
--
maks
kernel janitor http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/
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