Kernel Panic boot SL live dvd

[inittux]

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?

[Dungeon-Dave]

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".

[inittux]

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.

[inittux]

Not much luck with Fedora either. After it finishes installing and reboots it freezes. Will try a different distro and see what happens.

[Dungeon-Dave]

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)

[inittux]

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

[Dungeon-Dave]

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.

[inittux]

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.

[Dungeon-Dave]

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.

[inittux]

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 :)