Re: segmentation fault at boot

[Yves Grenier <grenier.yves@wanadoo.fr>]

Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:

> On Monday 14 February 2005 02:49 am, Yves Grenier wrote:
>  
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I installed debian sarge (with debian installer rc2) on an Asus
> > Travelmate 4001LMi. I tried both 2.4 and 2.6 kernel. In both cases, I
> > obtain a segmentation fault. The error message is:
> > /etc/rcS.d/S36discover: line 176: 682 Segmentation fault modprobe $MODULE
> > Skipping unavailable/built-in usb_uhci module
> > Loading ehci_hcd module.
> > <6>usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
> > usbcore: registered new driver hub
> > spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
> >
> > After this line, the boot stops.
> >
> > I installed debian with boot options: linux26
> > debian-installer/framebuffer=false noapic nolapic
> >
> >    
>
> I faced exactly the same problem when installing Debian on my Compaq Presario 
> 2203AL notebook. The solution I found was to do a minimal install using the 
> "woody" cd and then upgrade/install everything using the net through apt.
> There seems to be some bug in the rc scripts.
>
> rrs
>  
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, unfortunately I could not install 
woody either. I also tried installing Knoppix, but the ethernet 
interface was not recognized. I finally succeeded in installing ubuntu 
warty.

Yves Grenier