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rasat

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From: Finland, working in Romania

Registered: 2002-12-27

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kernel panic (solved) --> VIA chip M/Board

I am using a custom kernel but once in awhile I tried getting the official kernel (2.6.18.x) to work with mkinitcpio but no success. I tried all hints posted in forum related to "kernel panic". The error was always same:

EIP:[<c024b42d>] acpi_hw_level_read +0x7/0Na SS:ESP 0068:c14a1f58
<0> Kernel panic - not syncing : Attempted to kill init!

When having the same error with Kubuntu's live CD (2.6.17-10) I concluded the problem is in M/Board. Earlier in the forum (read below) was mentioned Linux doesn't support properly VIA based chipset. I changed to Intel 815E. Now the booting works fine with deafult mkinitcpio setting. Also sound is working, which didn't do with VIA chipset in Arch (but in Kubuntu).

You made the terrible mistake of getting a Via based chipset. When buying my computer, Con Kolivas advised that I stay away from them like the plague as under linux, and in general, you get a lot of unusual problems like what you have mentioned.

Ended up with an intel chipset which runs perrrrfectly.

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phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: kernel panic (solved) --> VIA chip M/Board

Good to know.  Thanks for figuring this out - would you mind adding some info to the Mkinitcpio wiki page?

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: kernel panic (solved) --> VIA chip M/Board

let's see :
Via KT266A on Asus mobo with athlon XP 1800 approx a year

VIA KT444 (i think) on AOpen Mobo with athlon xp 2600 - 5 months

VIA KT800 on Asus S939 Mobo with Athlon 64 - 3 months

All 3 systems are running archlinux (lastest version) without any problems

Note : all 3 systems use the via82cxxx module

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T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

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Re: kernel panic (solved) --> VIA chip M/Board

Same setup as Lone_Wolf here had no trouble what so ever.

rasat

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From: Finland, working in Romania

Registered: 2002-12-27

Posts: 2,293

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Re: kernel panic (solved) --> VIA chip M/Board

If possible, try VIA chipset with Pentium or Celeron. To know if VIA is related to the processor. I was using VIA PM8M-V with Pentium 4.

iphitus quote copied from here:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=21209

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