Bug#529879: Hang in vbetool vbesave
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: DVD
Image version: 2.6.26-2-686
Date: 05/21/2009
Machine: FUJITSU Lifebook S6520
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.4 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz)
Memory: 4GB
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 ext3 120849748 2447320 112263592 3% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1519616 0 1519616 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 112 10128 2% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1519616 0 1519616 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sdb1 vfat 495168 6192 488976 2% /a
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:4363] (rev 14)
Kernel driver in use: sky2
Kernel modules: sky2
18:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5300 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection [8086:4235]
38:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711SP1 Memory CardBus Controller [1217:7136] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket
38:03.2 SD Host controller [0805]: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller [1217:7120] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: sdhci
Kernel modules: sdhci
38:03.3 Mass storage controller [0180]: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller [1217:7130] (rev 01)
38:03.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) [1217:00f7] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: ohci1394
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Installation proceeded without any apparent problems. Machine was not
connected to a network during install.
During boot of the installed system, two problems occurred:
1) The screen would blank after the message
"Saving VESA State...Allocated buffer at 0x2010 (base is 0x0) ES: 0x0201 EBX 0x0000"
Pressing C-Alt-Del produces a message:
"vbesave exited outside the normal code flow"
Note that the machine has a WXGA screen.
Boot options like noapic, nolapic, acpi=off, vga=normal, vga=792, etc
have no effect.
Based on a post on the net, I edited /etc/init.d/vbesave and returned
a "log_end_msg 1" and an "exit 1" just before it runs vbetool vbesave.
This prevents the hang.
However, now the screen will do dead whenever it tries to change into
video mode. Using vga=... and/or noapic nolapic will get through the boot
until it apparently wants to boot into X.
Based on web sources, I renamed /etc/rc2.d/S30gdm to K70gdm which
allows me to get the text login screen. But the screens goes dead on
a "startx".
I looked for /usr/share/hal/fdi/information to try to turn off using
saved VESA states using some quirk, but the directory does not exist.
2) It would lose the disk with the boot medium on it, being a 250 GB
7200 rpm hard drive
However, during boot it produced a message
"IRQ 10: nobody cared (try booting with the irqpoll option)
When irqpoll was added to the boot command, the problem disappeared;
it then remounted the disk without problems.
Therefor problem 2 is solved. In particular, the machine seems to
work fine in text mode, and will even mount a USB stick, as the
"df -Tl" above shows under /a.
The solution of the second problem had no effect either way on the first
problem. The screen goes dead on entering graphics mode.
Some boot error messages that seem like they might be of interest:
"ACPI: Invalid PBLK length [8]"
"mmc0: unknown controller version [2]. You may experience problems."
Leon van Dommelen
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