When the kernel is loading it always stops after loading ACPI. Most of time the boot procedure resumes but sometimes (always when running on battery) it just get stucks. There is no error message. The last thing displayed is the thermal zone and the temperature. Reproducible: Sometimes
Created attachment 166862 [details] Kernel config file
lspci : 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600] 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) 06:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller 06:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19) 06:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device 0843 (rev 01) 06:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
Please, correct the summary.
(In reply to comment #3) > Please, correct the summary. > If the problem was the version number of the kernel it's now corrected. Sorry for that
We'll need to see the kernel messages too. Then some info about ACPI would be useful, and info about the last kernel that did work, or enabling/disabling which option in the current kernel breaks it. General information about your system (brand, model, parts) would be interesting too.
I'm using an Asus F3JA laptop. I think the problem occured when I moved from the stable to the testing version. So I think from 2.6.25-r7 to 2.6.26-r1 I don't remember every other things I changed into the kernel config cause I'm just moving into Gentoo so I do a lot of config. I'll give you more detail about the messages later. And what do you want to know about the ACPI ?
Created attachment 166905 [details] Kernel messages I've added a "screenshot" of what is displayed when the kernel stops. Note that there is a blinking "_" on the last line (here seen blank).
Created attachment 167109 [details] dmesg I've added /var/log/dmesg. The freeze happens between line 273 and 274
I have to do further testing but it seems to works if I had the following options within Grub : highres=off nohz=off
Ok. A few things. First I confirm adding "highres=off nohz=off" as boot options is a working workaround. Second this may not be related to ACPI, cause after suppressing support for Floppy disk in the kernel, the boot process stopped later. And third, the bug disappeared with 2.6.27 version of the kernel.
Workaround identified and bug reported fixed in 2.6.27 released in gentoo-sources.
