linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

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Message-Id: <1172359843.4415.8.camel@daplas>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:30:42 +0800
From:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Nelless <andrew@...less.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc1: framebuffer/console boot failure

On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 23:00 +0000, Andrew Nelless wrote:
> On Sat, February 24, 2007 11:09 am, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > Presumably this regression was caused by the ACPI merge.  Are you able to
> > capture the dmesg output from the 2.6.20-rc1 boot?  netconsole might be useful here, thanks.
> >
> 
> I've confirmed a few things:
> 
> 1) 2.6.21-rc1 actually will boot intermittently.
> 2) pci=noacpi always allows 2.6.21-rc1 to boot.
> 2) 2.6.20 always boots.
> 3) There doesn't seem to be a pattern (that I can tell) between booting and not booting,
> although it'll now boot more often than not (It seemed very much t'other way around yesterday)
> 4) When 2.6.21-rc1 doesn't boot ('Boot'? Am i using the right term here? hmm...) nothing is
> sent across netconsole at all.
> 5) Netconsole is useful.
> 
> I've uploaded all the dmesg output i've managed to capture here:
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/anelless/linux/2.6.21-rc1/
> 
> > (You get added to the post-2.6.20 regression list, so you'll be hearing
> > from us quite a lot for the next month.  Sorry ;))
> >
> 
> Lucky me :)

How about booting with just vga=normal?

Tony


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