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I finally got my netbook. Nice and small. I create a bootable usb using sl live usb creator and I tested it out on my laptop and it boots without any problems. I then tried to boot from my usb on my netbook and I am able to get in to the grub menu and as soon as I select boot from LiveDVD SL starts to load and then I get the error: Kernel Panic - not syncen: Attempting to kill init! I'm pretty sure it's some type incompatible hardware thing. I google all around, but I only found answers like made a new live usb, compiled a custom kernel,(can't do that if my os isn't installed) checking bios settings etc. I'm kindda out of options. Any ideas?
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Deffo a hardware compatibility issue between the two.
I had a similar issue where I had to add another kernel parameter (something like "-noacpi") to the boot string. I did it by creating another entry in grub.conf so I could boot the second image but leave the first untouched.
As to WHAT that parameter was and how I got it - my web searches discovered it as a common issue and it was a known workaround. In your case, it looks like your searches haven't uncovered anything more on that front... have you tried checking the netbook manufacturer's forums for this as a reported issue?
(found a list of boot parameters here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions)
Dunno if that's of any help, other than "it happened to me".
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Yeah I did and it didn't work. It was mentioned here too.
I tried using fedora livecd and I get an error but when I try this
I am able to boot. But then next comes the network drivers.
Think I'll just try fedora on this one and see how far I get.
Since the hardware is fairly new.
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Not much luck with Fedora either. After it finishes installing and reboots it freezes. Will try a different distro and see what happens.
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Try some other distros to see what works (and what modules are needed) - mint, ubuntu, etc.
At least when it's up and running you can interrogate the distro to obtain HW info. I did this with Win98+Win2k years ago (used 98 to identify the unknown hardware then found a driver for 2k)
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I got debian installed and got the wireless working :)Only thing I still need to figure is the sounds like CellarDweller mentioned in this post
http://pclinuxos2007.blogspot.com/2011/1...1215b.html
http://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211
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That's good news. At least you can take the opportunity to run a hardware diagnostic and see what modules Debian thinks are required - you can then make use of that info to nudge other distros in the right direction.
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Quote:That's good news. At least you can take the opportunity to run a hardware diagnostic and see what modules Debian thinks are required - you can then make use of that info to nudge other distros in the right direction.
I actually don't mind using debian. I also installed ubuntu and sound works out of the box then. But I still want to get my sound working under debian. But seems I have to use a backported kernel for that. I did install kernel http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backp...po.2-amd64 But wasn't able to get sound working. How can I check what modules ubuntu uses for sound? May be similar to what I need in debian.
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To list what modules are loaded, use the lsmod command:
Code: ~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
cpufreq_conservative 4018 0
cpufreq_userspace 1480 0
cpufreq_powersave 602 0
cpufreq_stats 1940 0
reiserfs 176190 2
ext2 46245 1
loop 9765 0
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 1687 1
radeon 538788 0
ttm 33570 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 18309 1 radeon
snd_hda_intel 16907 0
snd_hda_codec 46002 2 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_intel
drm 112712 3 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_hwdep 4054 1 snd_hda_codec
i2c_piix4 7124 0
i2c_algo_bit 3497 1 radeon
snd_pcm 47370 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 12258 1 snd_pcm
snd 34375 5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 3450 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 5113 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp 21264 0
button 3598 0
pci_hotplug 18065 1 shpchp
pcspkr 1207 0
k8temp 2551 0
evdev 5609 3
i2c_core 12787 5 radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_piix4,i2c_algo_bit
ext3 94204 1
jbd 32169 1 ext3
mbcache 3762 2 ext2,ext3
dm_mod 46046 15
...
Other files to check: /etc/modprobe.conf, /etc/modprobe.d/* - those often provide "aliases" so that loading a module called "net" really means Linux is using "rtl8152.so" as a network driver, for instance.
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I booted ubuntu live and I found the following information.
lsmod:
Code: Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 7960 1
ppdev 6375 0
lp 9336 0
parport 37160 2 ppdev,lp
dm_crypt 13043 0
joydev 11104 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 279008 1
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 3023 1
rfcomm 40393 4
snd_hda_intel 25805 2
snd_seq_dummy 1782 0
snd_hda_codec 85759 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_oss 31191 0
snd_hwdep 6924 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 5829 0
snd_pcm_oss 41394 0
snd_mixer_oss 16299 1 snd_pcm_oss
sco 9649 2
snd_rawmidi 23420 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_pcm 87946 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
bridge 53152 0
stp 2171 1 bridge
snd_seq_midi_event 7267 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
bnep 11884 2
snd_seq 57481 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 23649 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6888 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
l2cap 34807 16 rfcomm,bnep
snd 71283 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
uvcvideo 62851 0
videodev 40518 1 uvcvideo
psmouse 65040 0
v4l1_compat 15495 2 uvcvideo,videodev
btusb 13097 2
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 11892 1 videodev
soundcore 8052 1 snd
xhci 42519 0
i2c_piix4 9639 0
serio_raw 4918 0
bluetooth 58685 9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
snd_page_alloc 8500 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
squashfs 21900 1
aufs 175496 1
nls_iso8859_1 4633 2
vfat 10866 2
fat 55350 1 vfat
nls_cp437 6351 2
isofs 33399 0
dm_raid45 75532 0
xor 4685 1 dm_raid45
fbcon 39270 71
tileblit 2487 1 fbcon
font 8053 1 fbcon
bitblit 5811 1 fbcon
usb_storage 50377 2
softcursor 1565 1 bitblit
ahci 38030 1
vga16fb 12757 1
vgastate 9857 1 vga16fb
video 20623 0
output 2503 1 video
under /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf I found:
Code: # autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }
#
# Workaround at bug #499695 (reverted in Ubuntu see LP #319505)
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
#
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }
# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist saa7134-alsa ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
I'll have a look at it later and try to figure it out. I'm guessing though that one of these two should be usefull:
options cx88_alsa index=-2options saa7134-alsa index=-2
and this is the one from debian lsmod:
Code: Module Size Used by
parport_pc 18855 0
ppdev 5030 0
lp 7462 0
parport 27954 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
sco 7225 2
bridge 39646 0
stp 1440 1 bridge
bnep 9427 2
rfcomm 29629 0
l2cap 24752 6 bnep,rfcomm
cpufreq_stats 2740 0
cpufreq_conservative 5162 0
cpufreq_userspace 1992 0
cpufreq_powersave 902 0
binfmt_misc 6431 1
uinput 6376 1
fuse 50924 1
loop 11799 0
joydev 8459 0
arc4 1274 2
ecb 1841 2
snd_hda_codec_realtek 235618 1
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 2251 1
snd_hda_intel 20035 1
snd_hda_codec 54244 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_intel
btusb 9913 2
snd_hwdep 5380 1 snd_hda_codec
bluetooth 41827 11 sco,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap,btusb
snd_pcm 60487 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
brcm80211 622853 0
psmouse 49937 0
i2c_piix4 8328 0
uvcvideo 52111 0
snd_seq 42881 0
serio_raw 3752 0
snd_timer 15598 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 4493 1 snd_seq
pcspkr 1699 0
videodev 30041 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 11442 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd 46526 10 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mac80211 137372 1 brcm80211
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 8474 1 videodev
soundcore 4598 1 snd
video 17445 0
cfg80211 101496 2 brcm80211,mac80211
snd_page_alloc 6249 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_core 15819 2 i2c_piix4,videodev
evdev 7352 16
rfkill 13044 4 bluetooth,cfg80211
output 1692 1 video
wmi 4323 0
processor 29935 2
battery 4998 0
ac 2192 0
button 4650 0
ext4 288350 3
mbcache 5050 1 ext4
jbd2 67015 1 ext4
crc16 1319 2 l2cap,ext4
sha256_generic 8692 6
aes_x86_64 7340 8
aes_generic 25714 1 aes_x86_64
cbc 2539 3
dm_crypt 10664 3
dm_mod 53898 7 dm_crypt
sd_mod 29921 5
crc_t10dif 1276 1 sd_mod
ohci_hcd 19343 0
ahci 32534 4
libata 133776 1 ahci
atl1c 27315 0
xhci 33993 0
ehci_hcd 32081 0
thermal 11674 0
thermal_sys 11942 3 video,processor,thermal
usbcore 122674 6 btusb,uvcvideo,ohci_hcd,xhci,ehci_hcd
nls_base 6377 1 usbcore
scsi_mod 126533 2 sd_mod,libata
And this is the modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf from debian:
Code: # autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq ; }
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-emu10k1-synth ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
# Keep snd-pcsp from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
Can't to find many differences. Will check them out tomorrow. it's snooze time :)
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