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#1 2010-08-20 23:38:47

joan
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Registered: 2008-09-20
Posts: 20

[SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

I could not upgrade my system since June 23. Now I did and after rebooting the booting process skips the grub list (where I have an old kubuntu and and old windows in addition to arch) and boots directly into arch. Then I see the kde welcome screen with the different elements being loaded but when it's done I am just left with a black screen with the mouse cursor. There are no panels or any desktop elements. I can use krunner (Alt+F2) to launch the applications. Any ideas on the source of these problems? I switched kms early start off with no luck. I use the nouveau driver. I searched the forums but could not find anything specific for these problems. I would really appreciate any help.

Last edited by joan (2010-09-04 04:51:37)

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#2 2010-08-21 16:21:20

joan
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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

Nobody any idea where could I start looking at?

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#3 2010-08-21 16:29:44

litemotiv
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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

Let's split it up in two problems first: grub and KDE.

About grub, did you check the grub wiki page for information? Are there any clues in your menu.lst?

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#4 2010-08-21 16:31:33

Inxsible
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Registered: 2008-06-09
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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

you might have to disable KMS in order for you to get into your desktop. Try adding 

nomodeset

to your kernel line in the /boot/grub/menu.lst.

EDIT : Reading further, it seems that the nouveau driver handles KMS pretty well so this should not be a problem. No harm trying though, you can always change it back.

Last edited by Inxsible (2010-08-21 16:47:28)

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#5 2010-08-22 06:43:55

joan
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Registered: 2008-09-20
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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

Thanks litemotiv and Inxsible. I really cannot see anything strange in my menu.lst, located in my kubuntu partition. Adding nomodeset to my arch kernel line there did nothing to help. I also tried to use reinstall kubuntu and rebuilt my MBR since the issues seem to come from very early in the boot process and, indeed, I could not even boot from the cd. The Dell logo of my old Inspiron 8500 does not come off and no menus come up when pressing F12, nothing happens that I can see on the screen. I do hear the cd being read by the computer for a while and the processor seems to be working hard because the fans get very noisy but there is nothing I can see on the screen. I can open the cd tray and I literally power to computer off.

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#6 2010-09-02 09:27:06

joan
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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

The recent 4.5 update fixed my kde problem. Not the booting problem so they were indeed different. Should I start thinking about changing my BIOS? This is my dmesg.log: 

 Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Linux version 2.6.35-ARCH (tobias@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.5.1 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 27 16:22:18 UTC 2010
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000007ffb0800 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000007ffb0800 - 0000000080000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000feda0000 - 00000000fee00000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection missing in CPU or disabled in BIOS!
DMI 2.3 present.
e820 update range: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000001000 (usable) ==> (reserved)
e820 remove range: 00000000000a0000 - 0000000000100000 (usable)
last_pfn = 0x7ffb0 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
MTRR default type: uncachable
MTRR fixed ranges enabled:
  00000-9FFFF write-back
  A0000-BFFFF uncachable
  C0000-CFFFF write-protect
  D0000-EFFFF uncachable
  F0000-FFFFF write-protect
MTRR variable ranges enabled:
  0 base 000000000 mask F80000000 write-back
  1 base 0FEDA0000 mask FFFFE0000 write-combining
  2 disabled
  3 disabled
  4 disabled
  5 disabled
  6 disabled
  7 disabled
x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
e820 update range: 0000000000002000 - 0000000000010000 (usable) ==> (reserved)
Scanning 1 areas for low memory corruption
modified physical RAM map:
 modified: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000001000 (reserved)
 modified: 0000000000001000 - 0000000000002000 (usable)
 modified: 0000000000002000 - 0000000000010000 (reserved)
 modified: 0000000000010000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
 modified: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 modified: 0000000000100000 - 000000007ffb0800 (usable)
 modified: 000000007ffb0800 - 0000000080000000 (reserved)
 modified: 00000000feda0000 - 00000000fee00000 (reserved)
 modified: 00000000ffb00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
initial memory mapped : 0 - 01800000
init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-00000000377fe000
 0000000000 - 0000400000 page 4k
 0000400000 - 0037400000 page 2M
 0037400000 - 00377fe000 page 4k
kernel direct mapping tables up to 377fe000 @ 15000-1a000
RAMDISK: 37e02000 - 37ff0000
Allocated new RAMDISK: 00100000 - 002ed6a5
Move RAMDISK from 0000000037e02000 - 0000000037fef6a4 to 00100000 - 002ed6a4
ACPI: RSDP 000fdf00 00014 (v00 DELL  )
ACPI: RSDT 7fff0000 00028 (v01 DELL    CPi R   27D3020E ASL  00000061)
ACPI: FACP 7fff0400 00074 (v01 DELL    CPi R   27D3020E ASL  00000061)
ACPI: DSDT 7fff0c00 02B92 (v01 INT430 SYSFexxx 00001001 MSFT 0100000E)
ACPI: FACS 7ffff800 00040
1159MB HIGHMEM available.
887MB LOWMEM available.
  mapped low ram: 0 - 377fe000
  low ram: 0 - 377fe000
Zone PFN ranges:
  DMA      0x00000001 -> 0x00001000
  Normal   0x00001000 -> 0x000377fe
  HighMem  0x000377fe -> 0x0007ffb0
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[3] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000001 -> 0x00000002
    0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009f
    0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0007ffb0
On node 0 totalpages: 524096
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c1418ac0, node_mem_map c157b020
  DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
  DMA zone: 3952 pages, LIFO batch:0
  Normal zone: 1744 pages used for memmap
  Normal zone: 221486 pages, LIFO batch:31
  HighMem zone: 2320 pages used for memmap
  HighMem zone: 294562 pages, LIFO batch:31
Using APIC driver default
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808
SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
APIC: disable apic facility
APIC: switched to apic NOOP
nr_irqs_gsi: 16
PM: Registered nosave memory: 0000000000002000 - 0000000000010000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 0000000000100000
Allocating PCI resources starting at 80000000 (gap: 80000000:7eda0000)
Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:8 nr_cpumask_bits:8 nr_cpu_ids:1 nr_node_ids:1
early_res array is doubled to 64 at [16000 - 167ff]
PERCPU: Embedded 14 pages/cpu @c2800000 s34880 r0 d22464 u4194304
pcpu-alloc: s34880 r0 d22464 u4194304 alloc=1*4194304
pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 520000
Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/c3e1b46b-dd9d-4895-9f3b-ede12a4d8df0 resume=/dev/sda2 ro 
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
allocated 10484140 bytes of page_cgroup
please try 'cgroup_disable=memory' option if you don't want memory cgroups
Subtract (39 early reservations)
  #1 [0000001000 - 0000002000]   EX TRAMPOLINE
  #2 [0001000000 - 0001572184]   TEXT DATA BSS
  #3 [000009f000 - 0000100000]   BIOS reserved
  #4 [0001573000 - 000157919c]             BRK
  #5 [0000010000 - 0000011000]      TRAMPOLINE
  #6 [0000011000 - 0000015000]     ACPI WAKEUP
  #7 [0000015000 - 0000016000]         PGTABLE
  #8 [0000100000 - 00002ee000]     NEW RAMDISK
  #9 [000157a000 - 000157b000]         BOOTMEM
  #10 [000157b000 - 000257b000]         BOOTMEM
  #11 [00015721c0 - 00015721c4]         BOOTMEM
  #12 [0001572200 - 00015722c0]         BOOTMEM
  #13 [00015722c0 - 0001572314]         BOOTMEM
  #14 [000257b000 - 000257e000]         BOOTMEM
  #15 [0001572340 - 00015723b0]         BOOTMEM
  #16 [000257e000 - 0002584000]         BOOTMEM
  #17 [00015723c0 - 00015724bc]         BOOTMEM
  #18 [00015724c0 - 0001572500]         BOOTMEM
  #19 [0001572500 - 0001572540]         BOOTMEM
  #20 [0001572540 - 0001572580]         BOOTMEM
  #21 [0001572580 - 00015725c0]         BOOTMEM
  #22 [00015725c0 - 0001572600]         BOOTMEM
  #23 [0001572600 - 0001572640]         BOOTMEM
  #24 [0001572640 - 0001572650]         BOOTMEM
  #25 [0001572680 - 0001572690]         BOOTMEM
  #26 [00015726c0 - 0001572711]         BOOTMEM
  #27 [0001572740 - 0001572791]         BOOTMEM
  #28 [0002800000 - 000280e000]         BOOTMEM
  #29 [00015727c0 - 00015727c4]         BOOTMEM
  #30 [0001572800 - 0001572804]         BOOTMEM
  #31 [0001572840 - 0001572844]         BOOTMEM
  #32 [0001572880 - 0001572884]         BOOTMEM
  #33 [00015728c0 - 0001572970]         BOOTMEM
  #34 [0001572980 - 0001572a28]         BOOTMEM
  #35 [0002584000 - 0002588000]         BOOTMEM
  #36 [0002588000 - 0002608000]         BOOTMEM
  #37 [0002608000 - 0002648000]         BOOTMEM
  #38 [000280e000 - 000320d9ac]         BOOTMEM
Initializing HighMem for node 0 (000377fe:0007ffb0)
Memory: 2061268k/2096832k available (2984k kernel code, 35116k reserved, 1240k data, 412k init, 1187528k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
    fixmap  : 0xfff16000 - 0xfffff000   ( 932 kB)
    pkmap   : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000   (4096 kB)
    vmalloc : 0xf7ffe000 - 0xff7fe000   ( 120 MB)
    lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xf77fe000   ( 887 MB)
      .init : 0xc1421000 - 0xc1488000   ( 412 kB)
      .data : 0xc12ea20c - 0xc1420340   (1240 kB)
      .text : 0xc1000000 - 0xc12ea20c   (2984 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=128, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Hierarchical RCU implementation.
    RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs is disabled.
    Verbose stalled-CPUs detection is disabled.
NR_IRQS:512
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
Fast TSC calibration using PIT
Detected 1994.091 MHz processor.
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 3989.35 BogoMIPS (lpj=6646970)
pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
Security Framework initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Initializing cgroup subsys ns
Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
Initializing cgroup subsys memory
Initializing cgroup subsys devices
Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
Initializing cgroup subsys blkio
CPU0: Hyper-Threading is disabled
mce: CPU supports 4 MCE banks
Performance Events: Netburst events, 
no APIC, boot with the "lapic" boot parameter to force-enable it.
no hardware sampling interrupt available.
Netburst P4/Xeon PMU driver.
... version:                0
... bit width:              40
... generic registers:      18
... value mask:             000000ffffffffff
... max period:             0000007fffffffff
... fixed-purpose events:   0
... event mask:             000000000003ffff
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Freeing SMP alternatives: 12k freed
ACPI: Core revision 20100428
ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0800)
weird, boot CPU (#0) not listed by the BIOS.
SMP motherboard not detected.
Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
SMP disabled
Brought up 1 CPUs
Total of 1 processors activated (3989.35 BogoMIPS).
devtmpfs: initialized
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfc97e, last bus=2
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
PCI: Ignoring host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=use_crs" and report a bug
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-ff])
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io  0x0000-0x0cf7] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io  0x0d00-0xffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000d0000-0x000dffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x80000000-0xfed9ffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0xfee00000-0xffafffff] (ignored)
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xec000000-0xefffffff pref]
pci 0000:00:1d.0: reg 20: [io  0xbf80-0xbf9f]
pci 0000:00:1d.1: reg 20: [io  0xbf40-0xbf5f]
pci 0000:00:1d.2: reg 20: [io  0xbf20-0xbf3f]
pci 0000:00:1d.7: reg 10: [mem 0xf4fffc00-0xf4ffffff]
pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: [io  0x0800-0x087f] claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: [io  0x0880-0x08bf] claimed by ICH4 GPIO
pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 10: [io  0x01f0-0x01f7]
pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 14: [io  0x03f4-0x03f7]
pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 18: [io  0x0170-0x0177]
pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 1c: [io  0x0374-0x0377]
pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 20: [io  0xbfa0-0xbfaf]
pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 24: [mem 0x00000000-0x000003ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 10: [io  0xb800-0xb8ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 14: [io  0xbc40-0xbc7f]
pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 18: [mem 0xf4fff800-0xf4fff9ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 1c: [mem 0xf4fff400-0xf4fff4ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.5: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1f.5: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1f.6: reg 10: [io  0xb400-0xb4ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.6: reg 14: [io  0xb080-0xb0ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.6: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1f.6: PME# disabled
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xfc000000-0xfcffffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 14: [mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff pref]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0x80000000-0x8001ffff pref]
pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
pci 0000:00:01.0:   bridge window [io  0xc000-0xcfff]
pci 0000:00:01.0:   bridge window [mem 0xfc000000-0xfdffffff]
pci 0000:00:01.0:   bridge window [mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff pref]
pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xfaffe000-0xfaffffff]
pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:02:01.0: reg 10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00000fff]
pci 0000:02:01.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:02:01.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:01.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:02:01.1: reg 10: [mem 0xfaffd800-0xfaffdfff]
pci 0000:02:01.1: reg 14: [mem 0xfaff8000-0xfaffbfff]
pci 0000:02:01.1: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:02:01.1: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot
pci 0000:02:01.1: PME# disabled
pci 0000:02:03.0: reg 10: [mem 0xfaff6000-0xfaff7fff]
pci 0000:02:03.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:02:03.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:03.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02] (subtractive decode)
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [io  0xd000-0xefff]
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem 0xf6000000-0xfbffffff]
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem 0xfff00000-0x000fffff pref] (disabled)
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [io  0x0000-0xffff] (subtractive decode)
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff] (subtractive decode)
pci_bus 0000:03: [bus 03-06] partially hidden behind transparent bridge 0000:02 [bus 02-02]
pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.AGP_._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIE._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 9 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 5 7) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 9 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
HEST: Table is not found!
vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:01:00.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
vgaarb: loaded
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
reserve RAM buffer: 0000000000002000 - 000000000000ffff 
reserve RAM buffer: 000000000009f000 - 000000000009ffff 
reserve RAM buffer: 000000007ffb0800 - 000000007fffffff 
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
Switching to clocksource tsc
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp 00:02: disabling [io  0x0800-0x0805] because it overlaps 0000:00:1f.0 BAR 13 [io  0x0800-0x087f]
pnp 00:02: disabling [io  0x0808-0x080f] because it overlaps 0000:00:1f.0 BAR 13 [io  0x0800-0x087f]
pnp 00:03: disabling [io  0x0806-0x0807] because it overlaps 0000:00:1f.0 BAR 13 [io  0x0800-0x087f]
pnp 00:03: disabling [io  0x0810-0x085f] because it overlaps 0000:00:1f.0 BAR 13 [io  0x0800-0x087f]
pnp 00:03: disabling [io  0x0860-0x087f] because it overlaps 0000:00:1f.0 BAR 13 [io  0x0800-0x087f]
ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 12
ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 1
ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 8
ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 13
ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 4
ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 7
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
system 00:00: [mem 0x00000000-0x0009fbff] could not be reserved
system 00:00: [mem 0x0009fc00-0x0009ffff] could not be reserved
system 00:00: [mem 0x000c0000-0x000cffff] could not be reserved
system 00:00: [mem 0x000e0000-0x000fffff] could not be reserved
system 00:00: [mem 0x00100000-0x7ffeffff] could not be reserved
system 00:00: [mem 0x7fff0000-0x7fffffff] has been reserved
system 00:00: [mem 0xfeda0000-0xfedfffff] has been reserved
system 00:00: [mem 0xffb00000-0xffbfffff] has been reserved
system 00:02: [io  0x04d0-0x04d1] has been reserved
system 00:03: [io  0xf400-0xf4fe] has been reserved
system 00:03: [io  0x0880-0x08bf] has been reserved
system 00:03: [io  0x08c0-0x08df] has been reserved
system 00:03: [io  0x08e0-0x08ff] has been reserved
system 00:08: [io  0x0900-0x097f] has been reserved
pci 0000:01:00.0: no compatible bridge window for [mem 0x80000000-0x8001ffff pref]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0x80000000-0x83ffffff pref]
pci 0000:00:1f.1: BAR 5: assigned [mem 0x84000000-0x840003ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.1: BAR 5: set to [mem 0x84000000-0x840003ff] (PCI address [0x84000000-0x840003ff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0xfd000000-0xfd01ffff pref]
pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
pci 0000:00:01.0:   bridge window [io  0xc000-0xcfff]
pci 0000:00:01.0:   bridge window [mem 0xfc000000-0xfdffffff]
pci 0000:00:01.0:   bridge window [mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff pref]
pci 0000:02:01.0: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0x80000000-0x83ffffff pref]
pci 0000:02:01.0: BAR 16: assigned [mem 0x88000000-0x8bffffff]
pci 0000:02:01.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xf6000000-0xf6000fff]
pci 0000:02:01.0: BAR 0: set to [mem 0xf6000000-0xf6000fff] (PCI address [0xf6000000-0xf6000fff]
pci 0000:02:01.0: BAR 13: assigned [io  0xd000-0xd0ff]
pci 0000:02:01.0: BAR 14: assigned [io  0xd400-0xd4ff]
pci 0000:02:01.0: CardBus bridge to [bus 03-06]
pci 0000:02:01.0:   bridge window [io  0xd000-0xd0ff]
pci 0000:02:01.0:   bridge window [io  0xd400-0xd4ff]
pci 0000:02:01.0:   bridge window [mem 0x80000000-0x83ffffff pref]
pci 0000:02:01.0:   bridge window [mem 0x88000000-0x8bffffff]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [io  0xd000-0xefff]
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem 0xf6000000-0xfbffffff]
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem 0x80000000-0x83ffffff pref]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:02:01.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
pci 0000:02:01.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 [io  0x0000-0xffff]
pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 [io  0xc000-0xcfff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0xfc000000-0xfdffffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff pref]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 0 [io  0xd000-0xefff]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 [mem 0xf6000000-0xfbffffff]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 2 [mem 0x80000000-0x83ffffff pref]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0xffff]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 5 [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff]
pci_bus 0000:03: resource 0 [io  0xd000-0xd0ff]
pci_bus 0000:03: resource 1 [io  0xd400-0xd4ff]
pci_bus 0000:03: resource 2 [mem 0x80000000-0x83ffffff pref]
pci_bus 0000:03: resource 3 [mem 0x88000000-0x8bffffff]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
NET: Registered protocol family 1
pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
PCI: CLS 32 bytes, default 64
Unpacking initramfs...
Freeing initrd memory: 1976k freed
apm: BIOS not found.
Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(1283383293.339:1): initialized
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
msgmni has been set to 1710
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
ERST: Table is not found!
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:0b: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 5
PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
serial 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
serial 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B disabled
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
PM: Checking image partition /dev/sda2
PM: Resume from disk failed.
registered taskstats version 1
Initalizing network drop monitor service
Freeing unused kernel memory: 412k freed
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
udev: starting version 161
input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2
ACPI: Power Button [PBTN]
input: Sleep Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input3
ACPI: Sleep Button [SBTN]
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected an NV20 generation card (0x028600a2)
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... appears to be valid
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BMP BIOS found
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BMP version 5.39
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Bios version 04.28.20.31
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 2.2
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw DCB entry 0: 01000100 000088b8
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw DCB entry 1: 02110223 00000064
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Unknown LVDS configuration bits, please report
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw DCB entry 2: 01120312 00000040
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw DCB entry 3: 01130321 00000701
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0xE63D
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0xE940
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0xE729
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0xEECA
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0xEEE7
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 5 at offset 0xE880
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 6 at offset 0xE8DB
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BIOS FP mode: 1401x1050 (108000kHz pixel clock)
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected 64MiB VRAM
[TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 438070 kiB.
[TTM] Zone highmem: Available graphics memory: 1031834 kiB.
[TTM] Initializing pool allocator.
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 64 MiB GART (aperture)
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Allocating FIFO number 0
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: nouveau_channel_alloc: initialised FIFO 0
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Initial CRTC_OWNER is 0
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Saving VGA fonts
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Probing TV encoders on I2C bus: 2
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected TV encoder: ch7006
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected a VGA connector
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected a LVDS connector
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected a DVI-D connector
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0)
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on lvds encoder (output 1)
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Calling LVDS script 1:
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Calling LVDS script 6:
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD9D9: Parsing digital output script table
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on tmds encoder (output 2)
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: allocated 1920x1200 fb: 0x49000, bo f7395400
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Output LVDS-1 is running on CRTC 1 using output B
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Calling LVDS script 6:
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD9D9: Parsing digital output script table
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Calling LVDS script 2:
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xDA08: Parsing digital output script table
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on lvds encoder (output 1)
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Calling LVDS script 5:
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD952: Parsing digital output script table
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Output LVDS-1 is running on CRTC 1 using output B
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x75
fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
drm: registered panic notifier
Slow work thread pool: Starting up
Slow work thread pool: Ready
[drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.16 20090420 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
pata_acpi 0000:00:1f.1: enabling device (0005 -> 0007)
pata_acpi 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
pata_acpi 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64
pata_acpi 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A disabled
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.13
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64
scsi0 : ata_piix
scsi1 : ata_piix
ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xbfa0 irq 14
ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xbfa8 irq 15
ata2.00: ATAPI: Optiarc DVD+/-RW AD-5560A, DD11, max UDMA/33
ata1.00: ATA-6: FUJITSU MHS2060AT, 8307, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: 117210240 sectors, multi 8: LBA48 
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      FUJITSU MHS2060A 8307 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Optiarc  DVD+-RW AD-5560A DD11 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 117210240 512-byte logical blocks: (60.0 GB/55.8 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
 sda:sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
 sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
rtc_cmos 00:06: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one day, 114 bytes nvram
udev: starting version 161
ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input4
dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 845G Chipset
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xec000000
thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM] (43 C)
intel_rng: FWH not detected
ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
input: DualPoint Stick as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5
iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 11
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: PCI INT D -> Link[LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 32 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 11, io mem 0xf4fffc00
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 11, io base 0x0000bf80
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 11, io base 0x0000bf40
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 11, io base 0x0000bf20
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent)
iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.06
iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x0860)
iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A03:00/device:1b/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input7
ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Intel ICH Modem 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Intel ICH Modem 0000:00:1f.6: setting latency timer to 64
Intel ICH 0000:00:1f.5: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Intel ICH 0000:00:1f.5: setting latency timer to 64
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
input: Logitech USB Laser Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input8
generic-usb 0003:046D:C069.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Laser Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input0
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: USB HID core driver
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 52147 usecs (2513 samples)
intel8x0: clocking to 48000
firewire_ohci 0000:02:01.1: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:02:01.1, OHCI v1.10, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x2
yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:013e]
yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: TI: mfunc 0x012c1202, devctl 0x64
yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: ISA IRQ mask 0x0458, PCI irq 11
yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: Socket status: 30000086
pci_bus 0000:02: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#02) from #02 to #06
yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: pcmcia: parent PCI bridge window: [io  0xd000-0xefff]
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xd000-0xefff: excluding 0xd000-0xd0ff 0xd400-0xd4ff
yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: pcmcia: parent PCI bridge window: [mem 0xf6000000-0xfbffffff]
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0xf6000000-0xfbffffff: excluding 0xf6000000-0xf65fffff 0xfae00000-0xfb3fffff
yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: pcmcia: parent PCI bridge window: [mem 0x80000000-0x83ffffff pref]
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x80000000-0x83ffffff: excluding 0x80000000-0x83ffffff
b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 5 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:03.0
b44 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
firewire_core: created device fw0: GUID 354fc0002b215041, S400
ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:00.0
b44: b44.c:v2.0
b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:0b:db:18:8a:09
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: excluding 0x170-0x177 0x1f0-0x1f7 0x370-0x37f
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x3f0-0x3ff 0x4d0-0x4d7
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: excluding nothing: probe failed.
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0fffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcffff 0xf0000-0xfffff
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: excluding 0x60000000-0x60ffffff
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
Broadcom 43xx-legacy driver loaded [ Features: PLID, Firmware-ID: FW10 ]
EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
fuse init (API version 7.14)
EXT4-fs (sda4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Adding 2144672k swap on /dev/sda2.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2144672k

Last edited by joan (2010-09-02 09:49:58)

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#7 2010-09-02 09:45:27

hokasch
Member
Registered: 2007-09-23
Posts: 1,461

Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

Now I did and after rebooting the booting process skips the grub list (where I have an old kubuntu and and old windows in addition to arch) and boots directly into arch.
[....]
my menu.lst, located in my kubuntu partition.

Can you describe a bit more how your setup looks like - do you have multible grub installs and how did you use them etc?

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#8 2010-09-02 10:00:41

joan
Member
Registered: 2008-09-20
Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

Yes, the grub I have installed in my MBR comes from my old kubuntu, menu.lst is 

 # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default        0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout        5

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title        Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root        (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader    +1
#
# title        Linux
# root        (hd0,1)
# kernel    /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=abcd863e-fe3e-4777-8fee-035f91ce40f3 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=abcd863e-fe3e-4777-8fee-035f91ce40f3

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
##      indomU=true
##      indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda3.
title        Arch Linux
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/c3e1b46b-dd9d-4895-9f3b-ede12a4d8df0 resume=/dev/sda2 ro 
initrd        /boot/kernel26.img
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda3.
title        Arch Linux Fallback
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/c3e1b46b-dd9d-4895-9f3b-ede12a4d8df0 ro 
initrd        /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
savedefault
boot

title           Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid            abcd863e-fe3e-4777-8fee-035f91ce40f3
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=abcd863e-fe3e-4777-8fee-035f91ce40f3 ro quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title           Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid            abcd863e-fe3e-4777-8fee-035f91ce40f3
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=abcd863e-fe3e-4777-8fee-035f91ce40f3 ro  single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title           Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid            abcd863e-fe3e-4777-8fee-035f91ce40f3
kernel          /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
#title          Other operating systems:
#root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title           Windows XP
rootnoverify    (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader     +1

That works fine because it does boot into Arch. The problem is I do not see this list or anything when booting before I start seeing the nouveau messages in nice letters from my running Arch system.

My fstab is

 # 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
none                   /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/shm      tmpfs     defaults            0      0

#/dev/cdrom             /media/cd   auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
#/dev/dvd               /media/dvd  auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
#/dev/fd0               /media/fl   auto    user,noauto             0      0

UUID=847b66f0-ec51-48ec-a44a-e89c247b4d12 swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=c3e1b46b-dd9d-4895-9f3b-ede12a4d8df0 / ext4 defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 1

/dev/disk/by-uuid/3CD01BCFD01B8DF0 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g  users,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002  0 1
/dev/disk/by-uuid/abcd863e-fe3e-4777-8fee-035f91ce40f3 /mnt/kubuntu ext4  defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 2

It also works properly. I can perfectly access these partitions from inside Arch.

Last edited by joan (2010-09-02 10:13:16)

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#9 2010-09-02 10:39:30

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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

This is a long shot, but could it be that one of your other distros (kubuntu/debian/?) installed grub2, so that your old menu.lst isn't actually used anymore? The debian grubs have hiddenmenu set by default, so that could explain why you don't see anything.

Have you tried pressing Escape a couple of times when booting up?

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#10 2010-09-03 00:55:00

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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

I pressed ESC and nothing, black screen with the boot process stopped, same as if I press F2 (to access BIOS). I did CTRL+ALT+DELETE and rebooted the computer, so the keyboard seems to be detected and working. Thing is I have not really booted in Kubuntu or updated it for years so the problem must come from Arch updates in the last months. The problem, however shows up before Arch starts. Could it be udev? mkinitcpio? Is the message in my dmesg.log

weird, boot CPU (#0) not listed by the BIOS.
SMP motherboard not detected.
Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.

normal?

Last edited by joan (2010-09-03 00:56:33)

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#11 2010-09-03 09:07:44

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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

If you can see your normal BIOS but can't see any Grub output, then i really don't know at this point. Udev and friends all kick in after Grub had finished so they can't be the cause. It almost sounds like a BIOS or framebuffer (hardware) problem but it would be very coincidental that this happened right after an Arch update..

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#12 2010-09-03 20:16:16

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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

No, I cannot see the BIOS, or grub output or anything. F2 or ESC while booting just hangs the system.

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#13 2010-09-03 20:37:39

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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

My guess is there's something wrong with your BIOS, rather than with GRUB. If you don't see a grub prompt despite your having set a timeout etc., and can't get in the BIOS either, then the latter looks like the real problem.

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#14 2010-09-04 04:49:05

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Re: [SOLVED]no grub list and no desktop after upgrade

My problem was hardware related. I got it fixed following http://en.community.dell.com/support-fo … 44804.aspx
Nothing to do with Arch! Thank you all for your help!

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