[Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot sequence.

Sun Dec 2 12:20:30 GMT 2007

More than happy Walter, go for it.
I would also like to encourage others to bring along there problem
hardware.
Cliff
On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 10:32 +0000, walt wrote:
> I'd be glad to bring the pc into the next meeting which is 6th December @
> 7.30pm up on Leavesden Business Park. 
> 
> What do we need?
> 	Pc with working copy of Linux.
> 	Keyboard and mouse
> 	Monitor
> 	Cables 
> 	The Patch about which this whole things revolves
> 	Various related disks and CDs/DVDs (just in case)
> 	
> I gather Internet Access is available through the LAN.  	
> 
> If Cliff is happy with this 'Programme Item' I shall prepare the gear and
> bring it along next Thursday.
> 
> Walter
> 	
> 		
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------
> From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya
> Sent: 01 December 2007 18:55
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot
> sequence.
> 
> OK I think this may be the point where you bring your machine into the next
> meeting, if this is not possible then I can give you instructions, but I
> feel that a kernel patch and recompile is something some of the other
> members may want to see. 
> On 01/12/2007, walt <walt at helvatron.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Neel,
> 
> Right, I have had a hunt around but I am not really sure what I am looking
> for.  I looked up the kernel version of my current system which is
> opensuse10.3 – 2.6.22.12-0.1 but I just cant tell whether the stuff out 
> there is right or not.  I think I will go for a fresh kernel.
> 
> Can I download the kernel source in its original state from openSUSE, then
> add the patch into it somewhere and recompile using suse10.2 which is still 
> running fine?  I would need serious help though because, being a linux
> newbie,  I am bound to come unstuck.
> 
> Regards, Walter
> 
> From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya
> Sent: 30 November 2007 13:15
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot
> sequence.
> 
> Yes you can add in hardware drivers at boot time, this is the job of udev
> and others. All hardware has a vendor id which can be queried from the 
> device bus (have a loof as lspci and lsusb to see what i mean). When the
> kernel sees a device it aquires the vendor/device id pair and check to see
> if it has been compiled with an appropriate driver, if it fins one it binds 
> the device to the driver if it does not it consults a set of files to find
> the driver needed (/lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.*), the kernel then loads
> the appropriate driver from the file system and binds to it. 
> 
> You can add in drivers yourself via modprobe.conf
> 
> --
> MCSE is to computers as McDonalds Certified Chef is to fine cuisine.
> On 30/11/2007, walt <walt at helvatron.co.uk > wrote:
> I will do that, thanks.
> 
> One question,I read somewhere that the latestlinux kernels can be
> assembled at boot time.I have neverfigured out how to that but I think
> it was in Redhat where some hardware drivers could be added as a script and 
> would then 'bound in' (or something) as the kernel loads.
> 
> I'll have a look around and see what I can find.
> 
> Walter
> 
> From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya
> Sent: 30 November 2007 12:25
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot
> sequence.
> 
> It looks like a kernel patch which means you'd have to apply it to the
> kernel source.
> 
> It might be worth hunting around to find out is the patch has been included 
> in any kernel versions, then you could find a package for that kernel or
> start from the already patched source.
> 
> Have a quick hunt for a package first, and if you're unlucky then I could
> walk you through a kernel compilation. 
> 
> -N
> 
> --
> MCSE is to computers as McDonalds Certified Chef is to fine cuisine.
> On 30/11/2007, walt <walt at helvatron.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks Cliff,I'll check it out. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk ] On Behalf Of Cliff Deamer
> Sent: 30 November 2007 11:57
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot
> sequence.
> 
> Hi Walt,
> There is discussion of this at
> http://communities.vmware.com/thread/106121 and a suggested solution.
> Cliff
> 
> On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 10:07 +0000, walt wrote: 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Further to my previous email,I now have an error message:
> >
> > Comreset failed (errorno 960 or 976)
> >
> > This is what takes ages, like 2 - 3 minutes, before the system starts 
> > loading. Can anybody tell me what it means and what to do about it.
> >
> > Many thanks,Walter
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tried to upgrade Suse 10.2 to 10.3 but that failed so I did a clean,
> fresh
> > install with a freshly partitioned harddisk.Suse displays the boot
> options
> > screen and then switches to the normal splash screen where you should be 
> > able to press esc to get to text screen showing you what its doing.
> >
> > And this is the problem,its sits there for 2 minutes or more and the
> > keyboard won't respond.Then it finally starts the boot process at which 
> > point I can press esc to see the progress. Once it starts it behaves
> > normally but I have to eliminate the long delay before it boots.
> >
> > Any ideas?I have already removed all peripherals especially usb devices 
> > but to no avail.
> >
> > Walter
> >
> >
> >
> >
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