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pieiti

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Registered: 2010-09-10

Posts: 7

[SOLVED]Booting problems with Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E

I've been using Arch for a while on my desktop pc and now i want to install it on my laptop too.
I have a Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E.
I am experiencing some problems which I can't find solution not even on google, on the wiki or on other forums.
After a fresh x86 net install i tried to boot for the first time, but the system froze right after the grub, but before the login.
It can't be a xorg problem, cause actually it's not even installed.
Right now i am writing from the same laptop, running a Slax LiveCD, and if I run lspci I get this:

root@slax:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0a2a (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0be2 (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 4380 (rev 10)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
04:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device e822
04:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device e230
04:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device e832
04:00.4 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device e822

If you want the verbose one, I will deliver.

The last messages i see right before the screen gets blank are:

Starting UDev daemon                               [DONE]
Triggering UDev uevents                            [DONE]
Loading modules                                       [DONE]
Waiting for UDev events to be processed  [BUSY]

Please help me, or at least give me a clue on what's wrong with my booting sequence.

Last edited by pieiti (2010-10-02 14:20:57)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED]Booting problems with Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E

You may need to pass some parameters by adding them to the end of kernel command line.  You can temporarily edit the kernel command line before boot right in Grub.

A good one to try first is noapic

The parameters are documented here: http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/ … /ch10.html
You might also look at commands dealing with interrupts, ACPI, ISA configuration.  It might take some experimentation to find the cause.  Once you find a combination that works, then you can refine it to find the root cause.  Good Luck.

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pieiti

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Registered: 2010-09-10

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED]Booting problems with Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E

I tried with noapic, and also with other commands from the guide you linked me, but I still have a blank screen after the "UDev events to be processed".
The point is that I don't have any clue to understand what parameter should I try to pass to the kernel.
I tried to randomly try the most suggested ones, but in vain.

What to do?

snack

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From: Italy

Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 861

Re: [SOLVED]Booting problems with Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E

I have an idea, not really a suggestion but just something to try. During udev events processing the screen change mode due to kernel modeset (on my pc the video goes black and then reappears with different resolution); you would need a compatible driver for this. As your laptop has an nvidia card I suppose you are using the proprietary nvidia driver, which, afaik, is not compatible with kernel modeset. Try to add "nomodeset" in your kernel boot options in the grub config file, like this (for grub2):

linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/a6010950-6a72-4422-98a3-0e9f7e2a49f7 ro nomodeset

I don't know if it may work...

hbweb500

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Registered: 2010-03-13

Posts: 23

Re: [SOLVED]Booting problems with Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E

I am having the same problem with an MSI Nettop. I ran a full-system update yesterday, but didn't reboot. The power went off today, and now it hangs as "Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed".

coldflame23

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 6

Re: [SOLVED]Booting problems with Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E

.... The power went off today, and now it hangs as "Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed".

Same on Toshiba nb 305

pieiti

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Registered: 2010-09-10

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED]Booting problems with Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E

I tried with noapic, nomodeset and all the other most suggested parameters but it's still not working.

As your laptop has an nvidia card I suppose you are using the proprietary nvidia driver, which, afaik, is not compatible with kernel modeset.

This is supposed to be the first boot, so I haven't installed the nVidia drivers yet. Actually i suppose that I don't even have the vesa drivers installed yet, cause I don't have the Xorg installed.
Maybe this problem is caused due to an incompatibility with the kernel26. I'm going to try out some other kernels and load them with a liveCD and see if that's the problem.

pieiti

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Registered: 2010-09-10

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED]Booting problems with Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E

I guess it was just a buggy installation.
I now reinstalled the whole OS and the boot sequence is perfect, just need to pass the nomodeset parameter, as suggested by snack.
Thanks for your help.

mmf1902

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From: Mexico city

Registered: 2009-05-08

Posts: 53

Re: [SOLVED]Booting problems with Sony Vaio VPCCW1S1E

Arch is really amazing and the forum is the best.

I had the same issue in a Sony Vaio Model VPCCW15FL. I passed the nomodeset parameter to the kernel line and everything went fine.

kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/f93a2864-11f3-46e8-b42f-56ffbe8434f3 ro nomodeset vga=773

Best,