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Bug#439066: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.18-5-686: system kernel panics on bootup, seems to be related to module parport_pc)

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Package: linux-image-2.6.18-5-686
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system

the system kernel panics on boot, it seems to be caused when it goes to load mo$

A screenshot of the error is available at:
http://picpaste.com/img_2003_1.jpg

the lspci output of the system is attached to this report

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils                     5.97-5.3   The GNU core utilities
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.11     Debian configuration management sy
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85h      tools for generating an initramfs
ii  module-init-tools             3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 recommends:
ii  libc6-i686             2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i

-- debconf information:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
  shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: false
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-5-686: false
* linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-5-686: true

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)
00:14.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RL/VR AGP

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--- Begin Message --- 
> I found that if I change the parallel port in the bios from 'Enabled' to
> 'Auto', the kernel will boot and loads the modules fine.

closing as you found a workaround and there is no upstream parport
maintainer to throw any errors too.

thankfully parport usage goes down and those old rusty bioses die out.

-- 
maks

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