Slackware-13.37 install BSOD on reboot

Using slackware-14.1 but thought to try 13.37.
Install went well as normal, but on reboot it shows "loading linux" then does a few seconds of rapid scrolling and the monitor goes black, with the signal "HDMI No Signal".
I have tried using the install disk for troubleshooting. No joy.

I can install 14.1 and all is well, but not 13.37. I tried more than one downloaded dvd for 13.37.

Any guesses at what might be causing this?

Originally Posted by WilliamS Any guesses at what might be causing this?

With the information you provided it would be blind guesses, as so many things have changed from 13.37 to 14.1.

So please provide full output of command "lspci -knn" typed in Slackware-14.1 and tell us the brand and model of your computer and of your monitor.

Meanwhile, try to boot Slackware 13.1 appending nomodeset to the command line.

EDIT: above line was wrong, read:

try to boot Slackware 13.37 appending nomodeset to the command line.

# lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] RS880 Host Bridge [1022:9601]
	Subsystem: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] RS880 Host Bridge [1022:9601]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) [1022:9602]
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 4) [1022:9608]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5) [1022:9609]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] [1002:4390] (rev 40)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd GA-MA770-DS3rev2.0 Motherboard [1458:b002]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ohci_hcd
00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
	Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
	Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 41)
	Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller [1002:439c] (rev 40)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5002]
	Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:a102]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
	Subsystem: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller [0c03]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ohci_hcd
00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1002:43a0]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:15.1 PCI bridge [0604]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) [1002:43a1]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:16.0 USB controller [0c03]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ohci_hcd
00:16.2 USB controller [0c03]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
	Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] Family 10h Processor Address Map [1022:1201]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
	Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: AMD [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] Family 10h Processor Link Control [1022:1204]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] RS880 [Radeon HD 4250] [1002:9715]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:d000]
	Kernel driver in use: radeon
	Kernel modules: radeon
01:05.1 Audio device [0403]: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] RS880 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4200 Series] [1002:970f]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:960f]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
02:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller [1033:0194] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5007]
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_hcd
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard [1458:e000]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
04:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8024]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard [1458:1000]
	Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
	Kernel modules: firewire_ohci
05:00.0 IDE interface [0101]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB368 IDE controller [197b:2368]
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:b000]
	Kernel driver in use: pata_jmicron
bash-4.2#

Computer is made of parts, Gigabyte motherboard, the one that will not boot from a usb stick, even thought BIOS says it can. I never use usb sticks, just dvd.
The monitor is a Asus VE247H.
Where you write "try to boot Slackware 13.1 appending nomodeset", hope you meant 14.1

At the lilo prompt for slackware 13.37 hit the tab key and then

linux nomodeset

If your lilo menu entry for 13.37 is something other than linux then change accordingly.

I booted slackware-14.1 from install dvd:

boot: hugesmp.s root=/dev/sda1 rdinit= ro nomodeset

and saw that the rapid scrolling never went to smaller typefont, also aspect ratio is different so that everything looks wider than it used to. Seems to work OK

colorpurple21859, do you mean type that after install when i would normally type reboot? (ctl-alt-del never works)
I can't see anything in 13.37.

# tail -f /var/log/syslog
Jun 24 21:26:46 host last message repeated 3 times
Jun 24 21:26:46 host kernel: [drm:radeon_init] *ERROR* No UMS support in radeon module!
Jun 24 21:26:46 host kernel: ACPI Warning: 0x00000b00-0x00000b07 SystemIO conflicts with Region \SOR1 1 (20130328/utaddress-251)
Jun 24 21:26:46 host kernel: WARNING! power/level is deprecated; use power/control instead
Jun 24 21:26:46 host kernel: [drm:radeon_init] *ERROR* No UMS support in radeon module!
Jun 24 21:26:46 host kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
Jun 24 21:26:46 host last message repeated 2 times
Jun 24 21:28:02 host hp-systray: hp-systray[1129]: error: option -s not recognized
Jun 24 21:28:08 host hp-upgrade: hp-upgrade[1280]: warning:  distro is not found in AUTH_TYPES
Jun 24 21:28:10 host ModemManager[1289]: <warn>  Couldn't find support for device at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/0000:03:00.0': not supported by any plugin

New to me is the

[drm:radeon_init] *ERROR* No UMS support in radeon module!

Originally Posted by WilliamS Where you write "try to boot Slackware 13.1 appending nomodeset", hope you meant 14.1

No, I really meant 13.37, sorry for the typo.

If that works, as probably the radeon module shipped in Slackware 13.37 causes the issue, type this as root:

echo "blacklist radeon" > /etc/modprobe.d/radeon.conf

then reboot Slackware 13.37 normally.

Out of curiosity: why do you want to install Slackware 13.37?

I appended nomodeset to the command line (using install dvd as rescue disk (for those as slow as me)) and it worked!
Installed ati driver (12.6) from 13.37 backup disk, rebooted and it still works.

Thanks to Didier Spaier.

I wanted to try 13.37 because weird things are happening with 14.1, the most annoying is that something is showing traffic on eth0. (OK, I'm a control freak)
These are mostly single spikes. Still happening though with 13.37.
xfce folder icons changed too.


This might be because I started the computer last winter when the temperature on the floor was well below freezing. Replaced hard drive and power supply.