Just reporting back that updating to the 2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp kernel seems to resolve the issue discussed below. cheers, Ronnie -- ======================================================= Name: Ronnie Wallace Institution: University of Strathclyde Department: Mathematics e-mail: [log in to unmask] ======================================================= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [log in to unmask] To: Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:19:13 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: SL41 2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp kernel On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Troy Dawson wrote: > Well, I'm not finding anything. > The next step would be to try and see if acpi and/or apic are causing > problems. > > on your grub line can you add > noapic acpi=off > to the bad kernel. > Try different combination of those. Just one, just the other, both. > > If it still isn't working, please send this back to the mailling list, > hopefully someone else has an idea. I've tried all three combinations of noapic and acpi=off but not had any joy. cheers, Ronnie > > Troy > > [log in to unmask] wrote: >> On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Troy Dawson wrote: >> >>> Wow ... I've never seen that before. It like completely looses track >>> of the usb devices, like they arn't even there. >>> >>> Can you send the full >>> lspci >>> when it's running the bad kernel. >> >> >> 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 PCI (rev 07) >> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 LPC (rev 05) >> 00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 IDE (rev 03) >> 00:07.2 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 SMBus 2.0 (rev 02) >> 00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 ACPI (rev 05) >> 00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] >> AMD-8111 AC97 Audio (rev 03) >> 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge >> (rev 12) >> 00:0a.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 01) >> 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge >> (rev 12) >> 00:0b.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 01) >> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> HyperTransport Technology Configuration >> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> Address Map >> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> DRAM Controller >> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> Miscellaneous Control >> 00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> HyperTransport Technology Configuration >> 00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> Address Map >> 00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> DRAM Controller >> 00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> Miscellaneous Control >> 01:00.0 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB (rev 0b) >> 01:00.1 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB (rev 0b) >> 01:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A >> IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) >> 03:02.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X >> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) >> 08:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8151 System >> Controller (rev 14) >> 08:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8151 AGP Bridge >> (rev 14) >> 08:03.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge >> (rev 12) >> 08:03.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 01) >> 08:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge >> (rev 12) >> 08:04.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 01) >> 09:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18GL [Quadro4 >> NVS AGP 8x] (rev c1) >> 13:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7902B U320 (rev 10) >> 13:04.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7902B U320 (rev 10) >> >>> I'm currently doing searches and stuff, but I'd like to see what it's >>> thinking the usb stuff turned into. If I don't find anything soon, we >>> should push this back up to the list. >>> >>> Troy >>> >>> [log in to unmask] wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Troy Dawson wrote: >>>> >>>>>> The kernel it was specifically was kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.EL.x86_64.rpm >>>>>> >>>>> So, it did actually work with the kernel-smp-2.6.9-22 in both smp >>>>> and single processor mode? >>>> >>>> >>>> yes. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Can you give me the output of >>>>> lspci | grep -i usb >>>>> lsusb >>>>> >>>>> If you can send the output from both when it's on a kernel it likes, >>>>> and when you ssh in on a kernel that isn't working, that would be >>>>> good. And then the following >>>>> cat /etc/modprobe.conf >>>> >>>> >>>> #uname -a >>>> Linux localhost 2.6.9-22.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Oct 6 >>>> 10:29:17 CDT 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>>> >>>> #lspci | grep -i usb >>>> 01:00.0 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB >>>> (rev 0b) >>>> 01:00.1 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB >>>> (rev 0b) >>>> 01:03.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) >>>> 01:03.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) >>>> 01:03.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) >>>> >>>> #lsusb >>>> Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0430:0100 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 3-button Mouse >>>> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0430:0005 Sun >>>> Microsystems, Inc. Type 6 Keyboard >>>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus >>>> 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 >>>> >>>> #cat /etc/modprobe.conf >>>> alias eth0 tg3 >>>> alias scsi_hostadapter aic79xx >>>> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 >>>> options snd-card-0 index=0 >>>> install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && >>>> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || : >>>> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; >>>> }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 >>>> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd >>>> alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd >>>> >>>> #uname -a >>>> Linux localhost 2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Oct 27 >>>> 11:42:46 CDT 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>>> >>>> #lspci | grep -i usb >>>> 01:00.0 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB >>>> (rev 0b) >>>> 01:00.1 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB >>>> (rev 0b) >>>> >>>> #lsusb >>>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 >>>> >>>> #cat /etc/modprobe.conf >>>> alias eth0 tg3 >>>> alias scsi_hostadapter aic79xx >>>> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 >>>> options snd-card-0 index=0 >>>> install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && >>>> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || : >>>> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; >>>> }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 >>>> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd >>>> alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd >>>> > > >