On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 14:38 -0400, Denis Laxalde wrote: > On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:18:16 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 11:45 -0400, Denis Laxalde wrote: [...] > > > I also noticed an constant error related to radeon very early in the > > > boot. AFAICT, nothing is recorded in any log. Is there any way to > > > find more info about this ? > > > > First you'll have to tell use what the message is. Normally kernel > > messages are saved to /var/log/dmesg (boot messages only) and > > /var/log/messages (continually). > > > > This error was about a missing firmware (5.484487 in the previous > dmesg). Installing firware-linux-nonfree solved this issue. > > If boot failures occur again, I will give your previous advices a try > and follow up. That firmware is only used for 3D acceleration, and everything else will work without it. The more serious error messages suggest memory corruption. Have you tested the RAM with memtest86+ yet? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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