Tuxonice and boot problems

Burroughs · 2010-06-17 14:55:10

Hi to everyone!
I've been using Arch 3-4 days now (my previous distribution was Slackware) and, considering that I've always used Tuxonice to hibernate/suspend my laptop, I've tried to do the same with Arch also.
My notebook is a Sony Vaio VGN-NS21Z with an ATI GPU (HD3430, to be more precise).
I've followed the wiki, so installed tuxonice and modified the boot manager.
By the way, this is my /boot/grub/menu-lst file:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Tuxonice
root   (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26-ice root=/dev/sda3 ro resume=swap:/dev/sda2
initrd /boot/kernel26-ice.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux LTS
root   (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (2) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img

After rebooting the system, the kernel, just after launching the udev daemon, gives me a completely messed up screen, which doesn't allow me to go on and start KDE.
Got any ideas to solve my problem?
Thanks,

Burroughs.

ngoonee · 2010-06-18 06:29:22

Does it work fine with your other kernels? The current kernel26-ice doesn't really have the ICE patch (check the aur comments).

Burroughs · 2010-06-18 06:58:09

ngoonee wrote:

Does it work fine with your other kernels? The current kernel26-ice doesn't really have the ICE patch (check the aur comments).

Yep, my other kernels are working fine and, of course, I've read the comments about the missing patch too.
Don't think though this has much to with my problem; what I've experienced so far is that the ice kernel boots up regularly to then mess up the screen, just after starting the udev daemon.
Probably there's something in the kernel re-compilation made by the script (pkgbuild) that messes up something regarding the graphic card or an incompatibility between the ice kernel and the module xf86-video-ati I'm currently using.

Burroughs.

sHyLoCk · 2010-06-18 07:28:44

If you are using KDE,why not just use pm-utils?

Burroughs · 2010-06-18 07:40:33

sHyLoCk wrote:

If you are using KDE,why not just use pm-utils?

Yes, I was seriously thinking about it... :-)
You know, I've been using Slackware for so many years with the tuxonice patches installed, now it seems strange to me I can't do the same on Arch too.
Maybe, I'm a little nostalgic, who knows...

Burroughs.

tomk · 2010-06-18 08:31:44

Does the system continue booting after the messed-up screen appears? If so, you might be able to retrieve debugging info via ssh.

tomk · 2010-06-18 08:32:57

Also, apart from tuxonice, are there any other differences between the two kernel configs?

sHyLoCk · 2010-06-18 17:37:39

Burroughs wrote:

sHyLoCk wrote:
If you are using KDE,why not just use pm-utils?
Yes, I was seriously thinking about it... :-)
You know, I've been using Slackware for so many years with the tuxonice patches installed, now it seems strange to me I can't do the same on Arch too.
Maybe, I'm a little nostalgic, who knows...
Burroughs.

No you can do it. I have used tuxonice for a while on arch. Use kernel26-ice from AUR.

ngoonee · 2010-06-19 01:30:59

sHyLoCk wrote:

Burroughs wrote:
sHyLoCk wrote:
If you are using KDE,why not just use pm-utils?
Yes, I was seriously thinking about it... :-)
You know, I've been using Slackware for so many years with the tuxonice patches installed, now it seems strange to me I can't do the same on Arch too.
Maybe, I'm a little nostalgic, who knows...
Burroughs.
No you can do it. I have used tuxonice for a while on arch. Use kernel26-ice from AUR.

Except that doesn't work right now due to the TOI patch not being applied (no 2.6.34 from upstream).

Burroughs · 2010-06-19 12:26:46

ngoonee wrote:

sHyLoCk wrote:
Burroughs wrote:
Yes, I was seriously thinking about it... :-)
You know, I've been using Slackware for so many years with the tuxonice patches installed, now it seems strange to me I can't do the same on Arch too.
Maybe, I'm a little nostalgic, who knows...
Burroughs.
No you can do it. I have used tuxonice for a while on arch. Use kernel26-ice from AUR.
Except that doesn't work right now due to the TOI patch not being applied (no 2.6.34 from upstream).

I've partially fixed the problem by installing kernel26-rt-ice 2.6.33-10.
As for now, the new kernel, with the tuxonice patches included, boots up regularly but comes out with a well-known message error:

TuxOnIce can't translate /dev/sda2 (swap device) into a device id yet

Investigating the problem, I found out it might be a misspelled instruction error in the bootloader, something not working in the mkinitcpio.conf file and another thing I don't recall right now.
The relevant part of the bootloader config file is the following:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz26-rt-ice root=/dev/sda3 ro resume=swap:/dev/sda2

That's the relevant part of the mknitcpio config file:

HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata resume filesystems"

In the same file I loaded lzo as a module...

Burroughs.

Last edited by Burroughs (2010-06-19 12:28:12)

broch · 2010-06-19 15:46:58

1) tuxonice (head) for 2.6.34 is available for some time now
2) tuxonice does not require resume entry in grub anymore because it recognizes swap automatically
3) best is to build kernel without initrd for tuxonice but if you are fond of initrd then check tuxonice site for proper config with initrd
5) because kernel26-rt-ice is based on 2.6.33 and tuxonice is available for 2.6.34, it is safe to say that -ice kernels from AUR are waste of time. Either patch Arch default kernel, or build from sources (for Slack user this should be easy)

iceman81 · 2010-06-21 23:03:01

TOI patch is now available in 2.6.34-ice
feel free to use it

Burroughs · 2010-06-22 09:57:11

iceman81 wrote:

TOI patch is now available in 2.6.34-ice
feel free to use it

Thanks, iceman, for the info.
I've installed the most recent version of the ice kernel and the boot problem has been fixed...
Quite frankly speaking, it was not about the kernel itself, but the xorg server; once updated, everything worked out fine.
I must admit, though, I cannot resume anything, as I'd have to check the init script (initrd doesn't like Tuxonice that much), but I don't care by now: I've found out pm-utils works great and I can even lock my KDE session with a hook of mine, so I'm happy this way...

Burroughs.

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#1 2010-06-17 14:55:10

Tuxonice and boot problems

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Re: Tuxonice and boot problems

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