Re: Boot problem

[Robert Connolly <cendres%videotron.ca@localhost>]

On Wednesday 09 February 2011 19:24:39 Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <201102090146.56846.cendres%videotron.ca@localhost>,
> 
> Robert Connolly  <cendres%videotron.ca@localhost> wrote:
> >On Tuesday 08 February 2011 21:06:35 Christos Zoulas wrote:
> >> In article <201102081735.40589.cendres%videotron.ca@localhost>,
> >> 
> >> Robert Connolly  <cendres%videotron.ca@localhost> wrote:
> >> >On Tuesday 08 February 2011 03:36:31 Ajay Rahar wrote:
> >> >> pckbc1 refers to pc keyboard controller. I think there is some
> >> >> problem in keyboard detection.
> >> >
> >> >With acpi disabled, there is no "pckbc1", it's "pckbc0".
> >> >
> >> >ACPI disabled:
> >> >pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
> >> >pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> >> >pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> >> >wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
> >> >pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
> >> >pms0: Synaptics touchpad version 6.3
> >> >pms0: Palm detect, Multi-finger
> >> >
> >> >So, with ACPI enabled, maybe the touchpad is being detected as a second
> >> >keyboard?
> >> 
> >> disable pckbd* and pms*
> >> 
> >> christos
> >
> >Then the boot stops on viaide1.
> 
> Ouch. disable viaide1?
> 
> christos

After disabling viaide, the boot hung on pciide. After disabling pciide. the 
boot hung on wd. After disabling wd, the boot hung on ieee1394if. After 
disabling ieee1294if, the boot hung on atabus. The kernel would not link 
without atabus because a dozen other modules depend on it.

robert