Kernel26-lts hangs at booting modules

Doehni · 2010-08-29 02:43:53

I have kernel26 and kernel26-lts installed.
Kernel26 works good, but I think I also have this I/O issue:

#uptime
[...] load average: 1.29, 1.29, 1.15

To further test it I wanted to boot up kernel26-lts. But while loading the modules during bootup it just hangs. Hard reboot...
Tried it with kernel26-lts from extra and testing, makes no difference. Also started with nomodeset acpi=off noapic boot options (and all combinations of it).

When I started kernel26-lts in verbose mode, I saw a lot of data just fly by without being able to read it. This line repaeted itself a lot though:

wifi0: Interrupt, but dev not configured

So, can you give me any tips on what to do to get my kernel26-lts working? Or getting any helpful info for a bug report?

karol · 2010-08-29 13:10:08

You can read kernel.log to see all that text.

High load issue https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103346

Doehni · 2010-08-29 20:14:38

Thanks for your reply!

I'm unfortunately not able to read any text from the kernel.log from the lts starting. There's nothing written to the kernel.log...

As kernel26-2.6.35.x is the first version with KMS working for my ATI card, I also tried disabling it by removing radeon from modules array in rc.conf. That didn't work either...

More info on my system:

$ lspci 
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M]
00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535/M1543 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+]
00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller
00:09.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset (rev 01)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller
00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M

rc.conf:

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Zurich"
KEYMAP="de-latin1"
CONSOLEFONT=default8x16
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
#
MODULES=(natsemi slhc !orinoco !orinoco_pci !usblp ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-ac97-codec snd-ali5451 soundcore acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative evdev tun agpgart intel_agp radeon)
# natsemi slhc hermes !hostap !hostap_pci orinoco orinoco_pci ac97_bus... radeon
#VOR evdev: acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative?
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="firefly"
#
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available
# interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#

#lo="lo 127.0.0.1" ##was on
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
#eth0="dhcp" ##was on
#INTERFACES=(lo !eth0) ##was on
WIRELESS_INTERFACE="wlan0"
WIRED_INTERFACE="eth0"
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#

#gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1" ##was on
#ROUTES=(!gateway) ##was on
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
#NET_PROFILES=(main)
#NET_PROFILES=(heim)
NETWORKS=(o3 heim2)
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @acpid @net-auto-wired !netfs @crond @ntpd @laptop-mode @alsa rpcbind hal @cups kdm)

karol · 2010-08-29 20:32:38

Check the /var/log directory, there should be a kernel.log. You have syslog-ng in your DAEMONS so everything should be OK.
Or do you mean if you start kerne26 system writes a log, but if you start kernel26-lts it doesn't?

Try to comment out MODULES.

Doehni · 2010-08-29 20:58:54

What I meant was, that kernel26-lts doesn't write a kernel.log.

When commenting out MODULES in rc.conf the kernel26-lts boots! Thank you!!

Now for searching the bad module!

karol · 2010-08-29 21:08:25

Doehni wrote:

What I meant was, that kernel26-lts doesn't write a kernel.log.
When commenting out MODULES in rc.conf the kernel26-lts boots! Thank you!!
Now for searching the bad module!

I suggest binary search: break it in half and see whether it will boot. Remember, there may be many offending modules.

MODULES=(natsemi slhc !orinoco !orinoco_pci !usblp ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-page-alloc nd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-ac97-codec)
#MODULES=(snd-ali5451 soundcore acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative evdev tun agpgart intel_agp radeon)

Doehni · 2010-08-29 21:40:36

I think I found the bad module!
It seems to be hostap_pci which I use as driver for my wlan card. orinoco_pci also works, but hostap_pci works much better (no hangings, scan enabled...)

I changed the modules from orinoco_pci to hostap_pci recently, so I didn't have the problem before...

So, should I file a bug report or is my wlan card still badly configured?

karol · 2010-08-29 21:43:00

Doehni wrote:

So, should I file a bug report or is my wlan card still badly configured?

I know nothing about kernel modules and wireless, so I won't help you here.

Doehni · 2010-08-29 21:55:50

karol wrote:

Doehni wrote:
So, should I file a bug report or is my wlan card still badly configured?
I know nothing about kernel modules and wireless, so I won't help you here.

You already helped me a lot! Now I know where to look.
Thanks again!

Doehni · 2010-09-02 20:44:07

Opened a bug report: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20726

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Kernel26-lts hangs at booting modules

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