Bug#333831: Etch Installer (pre-release) triggers bug #333831 on specific hardware

[Simon Waters <simon@technocool.net>]

Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> 
> Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?
> 
> If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug
> with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4?
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html

linux-kernel-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 (aka 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7)

Boots without the interrupt warnings regarding hda.

ACPI is clearly enabled, and reports various messages boot.

Attempting to play an audio CD worked for a few seconds, then the
machine restarted (showing BIOS screen).

Last message in kernel log was:

ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode

This occurred after using "CTRL-ALT-F1" to switch to console mode, and
could be seen on console a second or two before the restart. I retried a
cold reboot and just left it playing an audio CD in the GNOME desktop,
and it jumped to the BIOS splash screen again after a few seconds.

So whilst this kernel upgrade avoids the delays/hangs whilst booting it
 doesn't resolve all the ACPI issues mentioned in this bug report.

The kernel mailing list makes reference to relevant improvements in
2.6.28. I'll build a 2.6.28 kernel and try that.

 Thanks,

  Simon