Re: Shuttle SB52G2 spontaneous reboots
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:53:19PM +1000, David Philp wrote:
> Our original motherboard was Gigabyte GA-8IK1100 (Intel 875 chipset).
...
> 1. install off the network installer disk
> 2. reboot, install minimal system off mirrors
> 3. configuration changes,
> 4. reboot to test changes, --> spontaneous reboots.
I'm not sure what my exact revision is (have to email from work until
I get this machine up), but it's an Intel 875GV chipset. My symptons
are identical to your 4-step enumeration. I've since disabled nearly
every service and kernel module with no luck. I've tried disabling
framerbuffer, since I'm using on-board video and thought that might be
the issue, but can't seem to get it to work. I've tried (editing grub
lines):
video=vga:off
video=vesa:off
vga=normal
vga=ask, then scan and choosing 80x25
video=vga16:off
Suggestions? Or should I just go in and yank the various fb modules from
/usr/lib?
Regarding the woody -> sarge upgrade - does woody boot into framebuffer?
How about after the upgrade? Or does anyone have reason to believe this
is a red herring?
> I'm also fairly certain that this is only something that shows up after
> the reboot in step four, which suggests something to do with the kernel
> or a very basic library. (?)
That's what I was thinking. Only kernel-land should be able to trigger an
immediate reboot, and I was successful for a couple weeks running 2.4.25
and 2.4.26 (vanilla, nothing custom), so I was thinking kernel modules.
Perhaps tonight I'll run through and physically move all the non-critical
modules and do a binary search until I find the offender. But, I don't
remember installing any new modules prior to the last reboot, so I may
just be way off base here. :)
Keep me apprised, I'll do the same.
-B
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