[Bug 8813] 2.6.10 kernel module hang on Gateway GP7-450

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------- Additional Comments From tommy.trussell at gmail.com  2005-04-11 02:26 UTC -------
Thank you again for the assistance. 

As far as capturing data goes, nothing seems to be written to the disk, so I
could try to write down some portion of what appears on the screen OR maybe I
could rig up a serial terminal and learn how to redirect the console to a serial
port. (Is that possible with the stock kernel?) I don't think that I have the
appropriate cables sitting around, so it might be asking for a lot.

I started commenting kernel modules and rebooting, and when I got to ide-cd, it
made it past "Loading modules..." and then it hung at "Starting Hotplug
Subsystem" -- that's ONLY having psmouse and mousedev uncommented in /etc/modules

Just for "fun" I commented everything out and it still hangs on "Starting
Hotplug Subsystem."

I don't know if any of the other startup messages will be helpful, but I'll type
them here.

-----------------

Booting 'Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-386 '

root (hd0,1)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel / boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro quiet splash
  [Linux=bzImage, setup=0x1600, size=0x1209f6]
initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-386
  [Linux-initrd @ 0xbbba000, 0x433000 bytes]
savedefault
boot
Uncompressing Linux... O, booting the kernel.
audit(1113162294.408:0): initialized
Starting Ubuntu...
ide2: I/O resource 0x3EE-0x3EE not free.
ide2: ports already in use, skipping probe
 * Mounting a tmpfs over /dev...                                          [ ok ]
 * Creating initial devices nodes...                                      [ ok ]
 * Setting disc parameters...                                             [ ok ]
 * Checking root file system...
/dev/hda2: clean, 88292/488640 files, 5546700/975948 blocks               [ ok ]
 * Setting the System Clock using the Hardware Clock as reference...      [ ok ]
 * Cleaning up ifupdown...                                                [ ok ]
 * Calculating module dependencies...                                     [ ok ]
 * Loading modules...                                                     [ ok ]
 * Creating device-mapper devices...                                      [ ok ]
 * Starting RAID devices...                                               [ ok ]
 * Setting up LVM Volume Groups...                                        [ ok ]
 * Starting Enterprise Volume Management System...                        [ ok ]
 * Checking all file systems...
/dev/hda6 recovering journal
/dev/hda6: clean, 721/305216 files, 20035/610462 blocks                   [ ok ]
 * Mounting local filesystems...
/dev/hea6 on /home type ext3 (rw)
 * Running 0dns-down to make sure resolv.conf is ok...                    [ ok ]
 * Initializing ifupdown state...
 * /dev/shm/network/...                                                   [ ok ]
 * Reading desktop files...                                               [ ok ]
 * Starting hotplug subsystem... 

this is where it hangs with everything in /etc/modules from ide-cd down
commented out.

Then suddenly after sitting still for over ten minutes it suddenly finished the
rest of the boot messages, and now I'm looking at a partial GNOME screen (the
panels haven't finished painting in). Oh, now (about 5 minutes later) it has a
GNOME message -- Question: The panel encountered a problem while loading
"OAFIID:GNOME_ShowDesktopApplet". Do you want to delete the applet from your
configuration? (I will say Don't Delete.)

So maybe I am powering it down too soon -- I'll restore /etc/modules and let it
sit for 10-15 minutes on the Loading Modules message, and see if I can get it to
finish booting well enough to capture a /var/log/kern.log

If it does load the modules after a long wait I will try to capture a log and
post an update here.

BTW it turns out I have a /var/log/kern.log from this last boot so I'll send that.

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