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

walt walt at helvatron.co.uk
Sun Dec 2 14:23:33 GMT 2007 

Terrific!  Thanks for that Steve.

Is there no proxy then for internet access?  If there is I suppose you'll
know how to get through/past it.  

My box has an Ethernet adapter but the Laptops would be better on wireless.

Anyway, thanks again, I'll just bring the box.

Walter

From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Steven Acreman
Sent: 02 December 2007 14:16
To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot
sequence.

Walt,

You could just bring along the box. We have spare monitors / keyboards /
mice / cables.

Internet access is available through a cable and wireless.

Thanks,

Steven Acreman
On 02/12/2007, Cliff Deamer <cliff.g3ndc at btinternet.com> wrote:
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
> >
> >
>
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> > ---
> >
> > 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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