[SOLVED] Mageia 2 (64 bit) on Acer Aspire 5135-2122

[stabbmesiter]

Hi,
Trying to install Mageia 2 onto an Acer Aspire 5315-2122

Problem is that it keeps hanging....blank screen, nothing to report, it just sits there.

I've changed the boot options to get rid of the splash-quiet and also put in xdriver=interl.

No joy.

Here's the spec's link.

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/noteb ... 5sp2.shtml

Really want to get this installed but don't know what else to try ...any ideas anyone.

Regards

[doktor5000]

Where does it hang exatly? Please, some more details ...
I assume you mean during the initial boot of the successfully installed system, but can you tell more how far it boots at all?
Does it stop directly after the bootloader, with a blank screen?

[stabbmesiter]

this is from booting the cd. I do not get a live (user) system up

It doesn't get to load the live cd. It seems to hang and the last message seen is (similar but not exact)

Failed to load legacy .....

can't remember the rest and won't have access 'til monday. Plus I think that this is normal as I seem to see the same on my desktop machine

Mandriva 2011 has the same problem (kernel 2.6.x) does not load
Mint 13 (mate) loads
suse 12.1 (both cd and open DVD) loads
Fedora 17 loads

But Mandriva/Mageia are the only distros I've tried that are able to connect to the internet via bluetooth/cell phone 'out of the box' or better put 'off the cd/dvd'

I'll try and get more details but access is a bit limited....work/distance etc

gotta love Linux, I'm a Brit, trying to help an American, both in Brasil

Thanks for the interest.

The Acer currently has MS Vista loaded and .......wow......slow, slow, slow but loads....gotta change over to extend the life of the laptop, internet access is a necessity (no broadband where I live).

Regards.

[stabbmesiter]

Sorry for the delay – last two thing seen are
.
Started Legacy USB proc File System
'using '/etc/ld.so.conf.d/GL/standard.conf' to provide 'gl_c

Sorry again, didn't get the final bit but I think it was 'gl_conf'

after seeing the above, the screen goes blank (looks like it switches the screen off and is not displaying a black screen) and disk/cd activity stops.

I've waited up to an hour to see if anything else happens...no joy.

Hope that helps.

Regards..

[tom_]

It's an old laptop, i could have some old problem.

can you try with the boot option acpi=off?

[stabbmesiter]

Yes, it's an old laptop - about 5 or 6 years (not too old) 1gb ram, 80gb hd etc
I'll try it with the acpi=off option and let you know.

BTW, just checked my desktop boot and it has noapic and NOT acpi=off in it's boot up, so which is correct or is it both?
Also on my desktop in the advanced option it has the Enable ACPI ticked (as in use) so which is correct?

This isn't a biggy for me as the laptop is running (abet without bluetooth support) Linuxmint now. Would be nice to get to the bottom of it though. I do loike Mageia....seems to work well.

Regards...

[tom_]

my desktop boot has noapic and NOT acpi=off in it's boot up, so which is correct or is it both?

both, acpi and apic are similar only when spelling

acpi
apic

here there is the full list of kernel pararmeters

BTW, you could also check the parameters of the Linuxmint you have now running,
just to have some idea. which kernel version is it using?

[stabbmesiter]

Whoops.....you are correct and I am wrong on the acpi or apic parameters.

Sorry about that.

I'll check the mint settings out and try them on Mageia.

Regards

[aranud87]

Hi,

sorry for my bad en,glish, i am french

but i think you are Intel grapohic card (not supported by last kernel) :
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1803
and
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43661

[stabbmesiter]

Many thanks for the reply. Your English is fine and a LOT better than my French.

I followed the link
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1803

That you added above and had great fun reading the resolutions.

Flashlights
root password for the live cd?
Downloading Mandriva 10.2
People having kernel panics when trying to do stuff.

With MS Vista on the other drive I think I'll leave things as they are as I don't want to blow that away.
So, unless there are other resolutions I'll close this down in the next few days (maybe a week).

Still using Mageia on my desktop...And apart from not powering down (for which I have a finger and a power button) I am very pleased with it.

Many thanks again

[stabbmesiter]

HI All,
Pleased to say that from aranud87's reply above I found something to try, which was

xdriver=vesa

for the boot parameters. Very pleased to say that it worked!
I was able to boot from the live CD and then proceded to install (getting rid of Linuxmint). Connected no problems to the internet via bluetooth/cell phone and have started the updates. And is it (Mageia) fast compared to MS VISTA on the same machine?....oh yes indeed. It's like a new machine.

On a by the by, anyone know any good links for the Enlightenment desktop?, tried it out last night for the first time. Beautiful or what!

Many thanks for all the input/help.

Regards...

[doktor5000]

Hi,

sorry for Up

but probable fixed in 3.5.1:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ ... eLog-3.5.1

Bug (4) is the cause of:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
IP: [< (null)>] (null)
PGD 0
Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP
CPU 1
Modules linked in: ppdev parport_pc lp parport ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack nfs fscache xt_CHECKSUM auth_rpcgss iptable_mangle nfs_acl bridge stp llc lockd be2iscsi iscsi_boot_sysfs bnx2i cnic uio cxgb4i cxgb4 cxgb3i libcxgbi cxgb3 mdio ib_iser rdma_cm ib_cm iw_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_usb_audio snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_seq snd_pcm snd_hwdep snd_usbmidi_lib snd_rawmidi snd_timer uvcvideo videobuf2_core videodev media videobuf2_vmalloc snd_seq_device videobuf2_memops e1000e vhost_net iTCO_wdt joydev coretemp snd soundcore macvtap macvlan i2c_i801 snd_page_alloc tun iTCO_vendor_support microcode kvm_intel kvm sunrpc hid_logitech_dj usb_storage i915 drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core video [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
Pid: 1229, comm: rpc.idmapd Not tainted 3.4.2-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 Gateway DX4710-UB801A/G33M05G1
RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [< (null)>] (null)
RSP: 0018:ffff8801a3645d40 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff880077707e30 RBX: ffff880077707f50 RCX: ffff8801a18ccd80
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: ffff8801a3645e75 RDI: ffff880077707f50
RBP: ffff8801a3645d88 R08: ffff8801a430f9c0 R09: ffff8801a3645db0
R10: 000000000000000a R11: 0000000000000246 R12: ffff8801a18ccd80
R13: ffff8801a3645e75 R14: ffff8801a430f9c0 R15: 0000000000000006
FS: 00007fb6fb51a700(0000) GS:ffff8801afc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000001a49b0000 CR4: 00000000000027e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process rpc.idmapd (pid: 1229, threadinfo ffff8801a3644000, task ffff8801a3bf9710)
Stack:
ffffffff81260878 ffff8801a3645db0 ffff8801a3645db0 ffff880077707a90
ffff880077707f50 ffff8801a18ccd80 0000000000000006 ffff8801a3645e75
ffff8801a430f9c0 ffff8801a3645dd8 ffffffff81260983 ffff8801a3645de8
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff81260878>] ? __key_instantiate_and_link+0x58/0x100
[<ffffffff81260983>] key_instantiate_and_link+0x63/0xa0
[<ffffffffa057062b>] idmap_pipe_downcall+0x1cb/0x1e0 [nfs]
[<ffffffffa0107f57>] rpc_pipe_write+0x67/0x90 [sunrpc]
[<ffffffff8117f833>] vfs_write+0xb3/0x180
[<ffffffff8117fb5a>] sys_write+0x4a/0x90
[<ffffffff81600329>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Code: Bad RIP value.
RIP [< (null)>] (null)
RSP <ffff8801a3645d40>
CR2: 0000000000000000

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

There is i915, but my english is bad...
What are you think?

[aranud87]

In 3.5.2 still bug.