Fink Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 (edited) Hi, I have just finished installing Mandriva LE 2005 download edition on my pc. The installation seemed to go ok but when I try to boot linux now it halts. I can get to the first menu where I select linux (I have tried the other option and that doesn't work either) and it seems to start booting, but then it halts. Here is what is visible on the screen when in halts: PCI: Using configuration type 1 ntrr: v2.0 (20020519) ACPI: Subsystem revison 20050211 ACPI: Interpreter disabled Linux Plug and Play support v0.97 © pnp PnP ACPI: disabled PCI: Probing PCI hardware PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) PCI: Ignoring BARO-3 of IDE controller 0000:00.1f.1 PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0 PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX/ICH [8086/24c0]at 0000:00.1f.0 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:00:02.0 [A] -> IRQ 16 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:00:1d.0 [A] -> IRQ 16 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:00:1d.1 -> IRQ 19 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:00:1d.2 [C] -> IRQ 18 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:00:1d.7 [D] -> IRQ 23 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:00:1f.1 [A] -> IRQ 17 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:00:1f.3 -> IRQ 17 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:00:1f.5 -> IRQ 17 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:02:02.0 [A] -> IRQ 17 PCI: -> APIC IRQ transform: 0000:02:0b.0 [A] -> IRQ 23 Simple Boot flag at 0x3b 0x1 apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver Version 1.18ac) Here is a description of my system: Emachine 180 Intel Celeron Processor Two built in Enhanced IDE Controllers Advanced Power management (APM) and ACPI System BIOS and video BIOS shadow RAM Plug and Play (PnP) BIOS feature Alot of that is irrellevant but I wanted to give as accurate a description of my problem as possible. Any help as to what is causing the halt and how it mite be dealt with would be much appreciated. Niall Edited September 1, 2005 by Fink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 First of all welcome aboard :) At the boot-selection, hit F1 for more options. then try to boot your sytem with the following parameters: linux noapic nolapic As you have a Plug'n'Play BIOS, you might need to disable this feature in the BIOS. Hope that helps. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fink Posted August 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 Thanks, I've just tried that and the messages shown on the screen has changed slightly but it is still halting in the same place. Anymore ideas? Niall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 You could also try with linux ide=nodma (in addition to arctic's post) and see if that gets you any further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fink Posted August 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 That hasn't worked either, this is what I'm writing: linux noapic nolapic pci=usepirqmask ide=nodma, and here is what I'm getting back: Enabling fast FPU save and restore...done Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception report...done Checking 'hlt' instruction...OK. BIOS Bug, local APIC #0 not detected! checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd Freeing initrd memory: 148k freed NET: Registered protocol family 16 PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd99a, last bus=2 PCI: using configuration type 1 mtrr: v2.0 (20020519) ACPI: Subsystem revision 20050211 ACPI: Interpreter disabled Linux Plug and Play support v0.97 © Adam Belay pnp: PnP ACPI: Disabled PnP BIOS: Disabled PCI: Probing PCI hardware PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) PCI: Ignoring BARO-3 of IDE contoller 0000:00:1f.1 PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0 PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX/ICH [8086/24c0] at 0000:00:1f.0 PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 0000:00:1f.1 PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 0000:00:1d.2 Simple Boot flag at 0x3b set to 0x1 apm: BIOS version 1.2 flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac) I'm starting to get a horrible feeling that I might have to go back to XP Niall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 I would download a Knoppix Live-CD now for a general system check. If Knoppix won't boot, then your Motherboard might be incompatible with Linux. If it works, we should get your system running. Can you specify which motherboard you have in your computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fink Posted August 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Ok, I got knoppix up on it now (although it did take a very long time to start up) and it is showing my two disk partitions. I'll try and find my computer manual with my motherboard details in now. BTW I have also tried a Whax live CD but that didn't work. Niall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fink Posted August 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 OK, that's disappeared somewhere but I will try to find it. Can anyone help me with what to do next? Niall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Now take a look at the hardware description in Knoppix. What Motherboard chipset does it show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fink Posted August 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 I've found my booklet, on the front it says IM845GL Motherboard, then there is a specifications section and here is exactly what is says under Main Chipset: Intel 82845GL Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) Processor/Host bus support Integrated DRAM controller Integrated graphics AC '97 controller Integrated 3D/2D graphics accelerator Integrated 350 MHz RAMDAC Arithmetic stretch blitter video Power Management functions ------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel 82801DB I/O Controller Hub (ICH4) Support for the PCI interface Integrated IDE controller USB 2.0 and DMA controller Power Management logic Real-time clock Support for AC '97 audio devices ------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel 82802AB Firmware Hub (FWH) Firmware Hub ===================================== I'm not sure if any of that is of any use but I can't get onto my other box right now because the monitor is being used by someone else. Niall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Hm, I cannot see anything that should not work with Mandriva The Chipset is quite well known, the other specs should not be problematic. Do you have any usb devices or printers conncted to the system? If yes, unplug them and try the install cd once more (you can also try with the second cd in case the first one ihappens to be a bad burn). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Do you have an Audio card of some kind (not onboard) ???. If you do then check in the BIOS and make certain that the onboard audio is disabled. If that is already the case then try moving the card to a lower PCI socket. It seems like an IRQ conflict and moving the Audio card is often the answer. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fink Posted August 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Hi, I don't have an audio card, the only pci device I have is some sort of FAX modem, or at least thats what is looks like. It might be used for my internet connection but I'm not to sure. Should I try moving this? If I should do I just need to take it out and put it in another slot with no configuration? Niall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fink Posted August 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 (edited) Is there any point in me trying a different distro? Or should I try the paid version instead of the free one? I don't want to spend hours downloading and checking if I'm just going to get exaclty the same problem. Niall Edited August 30, 2005 by Fink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 I guess your PCI modem is a winmodem. Winmodems are evil, crappy things, which use the soundcard IRQ for achieving voicing capabilities. Many of them aren't Linux compatible, and a few of them are hardly windows-compatible, either! What happens if you remove the PCI winmodem completely? And no, normally there is no point trying another distro with the same hardware configuration... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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