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Dapper fails to boot using latest kernel update

Bug #42908 reported by Andy Balaam on 2006-05-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #41061: aic7xxx fails to load. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Ubuntu	New	Critical	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.15-21-386

I installed Dapper Drake using an alpha CD ISO which contained linux-image-2.6.15-19-386, and all was fine.

When the automatic upgrade to linux-image-2.6.15-21-386 happened, I was unable to boot. The boot process freezes on "Waiting for root file system".

I am able to boot normally by selecting 2.6.15-19 in grub.

Let me know what commands I should execute to get relevant hardware info, but here's some stuff that may be useful:

balaaman@pingu:~$ sudo cat /proc/ide/hdc/model
Compaq CRD-8402B

balaaman@pingu:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 863.961
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 1728.38

balaaman@pingu:~$ cat /proc/modules
nls_cp437 5888 1 - Live 0xe1a15000
isofs 37688 1 - Live 0xe1a75000
udf 88452 0 - Live 0xe1a8e000
rfcomm 40216 0 - Live 0xe1a6a000
l2cap 26244 5 rfcomm, Live 0xe1a26000
bluetooth 49892 4 rfcomm,l2cap, Live 0xe1a18000
speedstep_lib 4484 0 - Live 0xe19ff000
cpufreq_userspace 4696 0 - Live 0xe19fc000
cpufreq_stats 5636 0 - Live 0xe19f9000
freq_table 4740 1 cpufreq_stats, Live 0xe19f6000
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0 - Live 0xe19c4000
cpufreq_ondemand 6428 0 - Live 0xe19c9000
cpufreq_conservative 7332 0 - Live 0xe19c6000
video 16260 0 - Live 0xe1865000
tc1100_wmi 6916 0 - Live 0xe19bf000
sony_acpi 5516 0 - Live 0xe196c000
pcc_acpi 11136 0 - Live 0xe19bb000
hotkey 11556 0 - Live 0xe1968000
dev_acpi 11140 0 - Live 0xe1964000
container 4608 0 - Live 0xe18c4000
button 6672 0 - Live 0xe185c000
acpi_sbs 19980 0 - Live 0xe19b5000
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs, Live 0xe1960000
ac 5252 1 acpi_sbs, Live 0xe1862000
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs, Live 0xe185f000
i2c_core 21904 1 i2c_acpi_ec, Live 0xe1959000
nfs 219720 4 - Live 0xe1a33000
lockd 62216 1 nfs, Live 0xe19a4000
sunrpc 150332 3 nfs,lockd, Live 0xe19cd000
smbfs 66424 3 - Live 0xe1992000
dm_mod 58936 1 - Live 0xe1982000
md_mod 72532 0 - Live 0xe196f000
af_packet 22920 2 - Live 0xe1952000
parport_pc 35780 1 - Live 0xe1916000
lp 11844 0 - Live 0xe183b000
parport 36296 2 parport_pc,lp, Live 0xe190c000
e100 40580 0 - Live 0xe1901000
mii 5888 1 e100, Live 0xe1848000
psmouse 36100 0 - Live 0xe18f7000
serio_raw 7300 0 - Live 0xe183f000
snd_intel8x0 33436 1 - Live 0xe18ed000
snd_ac97_codec 92704 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xe18ac000
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec, Live 0xe0866000
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0 - Live 0xe18de000
snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xe1842000
snd_pcm 89736 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xe18c7000
snd_timer 25220 1 snd_pcm, Live 0xe1826000
hw_random 5652 0 - Live 0xe17dd000
snd 55268 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer, Live 0xe184d000
soundcore 10208 1 snd, Live 0xe1822000
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm, Live 0xe181e000
shpchp 45632 0 - Live 0xe182e000
pci_hotplug 29236 1 shpchp, Live 0xe17f1000
intel_agp 22812 1 - Live 0xe176a000
agpgart 34888 1 intel_agp, Live 0xe17d3000
tsdev 8000 0 - Live 0xe081f000
evdev 9856 1 - Live 0xe083c000
sg 37920 0 - Live 0xe175f000
ipv6 265600 6 - Live 0xe186a000
ext3 135688 2 - Live 0xe17fb000
jbd 58772 1 ext3, Live 0xe1772000
usbhid 38368 0 - Live 0xe1754000
ide_generic 1536 0 - Live 0xe083a000
uhci_hcd 33680 0 - Live 0xe174a000
usbcore 129668 3 usbhid,uhci_hcd, Live 0xe17b2000
ide_cd 33028 1 - Live 0xe0875000
cdrom 38560 1 ide_cd, Live 0xe086a000
piix 11012 1 - Live 0xe0859000
generic 5124 0 - Live 0xe0837000
sd_mod 19984 5 - Live 0xe0853000
aic7xxx 183508 6 - Live 0xe1784000
scsi_transport_spi 21632 1 aic7xxx, Live 0xe084c000
scsi_mod 138984 4 sg,sd_mod,aic7xxx,scsi_transport_spi, Live 0xe1727000
thermal 13576 0 - Live 0xe0847000
processor 23360 1 thermal, Live 0xe0840000
fan 4868 0 - Live 0xe0825000
capability 5000 0 - Live 0xe0822000
commoncap 7296 1 capability, Live 0xe0811000
vesafb 8476 1 - Live 0xe0817000
fbcon 42784 72 - Live 0xe082b000
tileblit 2816 1 fbcon, Live 0xe080d000
font 8320 1 fbcon, Live 0xe081b000
bitblit 6272 1 fbcon, Live 0xe0814000
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit, Live 0xe080f000

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Andy Balaam (mail-artificialworlds) wrote on 2006-05-04:

Left me unable to boot, so marking as Critical.

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Thomas Hofer (th) wrote on 2006-05-04:

I see that aic7xxx is loaded. Is this driver necessary to access the root filesystem? (SCSI driver for Adaptec cards)

aic7xxx is broken for kernels 2.6.15-21 up to and including 2.6.15-22.33

Please give feedback.

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Andy Balaam (mail-artificialworlds) wrote on 2006-05-04:

Hi Thomas,

I don't know. How would I find out?

Thanks, Andy

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Thomas Hofer (th) wrote on 2006-05-04:

I just wanted to know whether your ubuntu installation is located on a SCSI disk connected to an Adaptec SCSI controller.

In any case, you should attach the output of lspci -v, the content of /etc/fstab and maybe the output of sudo fdisk -l.

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Andy Balaam (mail-artificialworlds) wrote on 2006-05-04:

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From my BIOS and lspci, it looks like I am using an Adaptec SCSI controller:

balaaman@pingu:~$ sudo lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82820 820 (Camino) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) (rev 03)
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at 4c000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82820 820 (Camino) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
        Memory behind bridge: 40500000-407fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 44000000-4bffffff

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
        Memory behind bridge: 40000000-404fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 30000000-301fffff

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE (rev 02) (prog-if 80 [Master])
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at 2460 [size=16]

0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 2440 [size=32]

0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b185
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
        I/O ports at 2400 [size=64]

0000:01:00.0 Display controller: 3DLabs GLINT R3 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: 3DLabs: Unknown device 0125
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
        Memory at 40500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Memory at 44000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Memory at 48000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Expansion ROM at 40520000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 1
        Capabilities: [40] AGP version 2.0

0000:02:08.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7892A U160/m (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Adaptec 29160N Ultra160 SCSI Controller
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        BIST result: 00
        I/O ports at 1000 [disabled] [size=256]
        Memory at 40000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Expansion ROM at 30100000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

0000:02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation EtherExpress PRO/100+ Management Adapter with Alert On LAN*
Flags...

From my BIOS and lspci, it looks like I am using an Adaptec SCSI controller:

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation EtherExpress PRO/100+ Management Adapter with Alert On LAN*
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
        Memory at 40200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at 1400 [size=64]
        Memory at 40100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
        Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=1M]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

balaaman@pingu:~$ sudo cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system>                                 <mount point>           <type>          <options>                                                       <dump>  <pass>
proc                                            /proc                   proc            defaults                                                        0       0
/dev/sda1                                       /                       ext3            defaults,errors=remount-ro                                      0       1
/dev/sda5                                       none                    swap            sw                                                              0       0
/dev/sdb1                                       /mnt/sdb1               ext3            defaults,errors=remount-ro                                      0       1
/dev/hdc                                        /media/cdrom0           udf,iso9660     user,noauto                                                     0       0
/dev/fd0                                        /media/floppy0          auto            rw,user,noauto                                                  0       0
//winmachine/c$                               /winmachine/c         smbfs           uid=1000,gid=1000,username=DOM\username,password=password      0       0
//winmachine/d$                               /winmachine/d         smbfs           uid=1000,gid=1000,username=DOM\username,password=password      0       0
xxx1.xxx.com:/solutionbuild/xxx      /solutionbuild/xxx/ nfs             nosuid                                                          0       0
xxx2.xxx.com:/psd                         /psd/                   nfs             nosuid                                                          0       0
xxx3.xxx.com:/builds/xxx/xxx/d          /builds/xxx/xxx/d     nfs             nosuid                                                          0       0
xxx4.xxx.com:/builds/xxx/xxx/c         /builds/xxx/xxx/c     nfs             nosuid                                                          0       0

balaaman@pingu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 9100 MB, 9100044288 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1106 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1057     8490321   83  Linux
/dev/sda2            1058        1106      393592+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5            1058        1106      393561   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 18.3 GB, 18351959040 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2231 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1        2231    17920476    7  HPFS/NTFS

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Thomas Hofer (th) wrote on 2006-05-04:

OK, your system is booting from a SCSI disk, the only SCSI controller is an Adaptec AIC-7892A U160, which needs the kernel module aic7xxx. As I said, this module is broken in the kernel release you tried. A fix for this is already commited (but maybe not packaged yet).

Marking this bug as a duplicate of #41061

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Andy Balaam (mail-artificialworlds) wrote on 2006-05-04:

Excellent news! I look forward to seeing the package containing this fix.

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