cannot boot Live Wheezy on notebook ThinkPad R40

cccc · 06-09-2013, 05:33 PM

Hi

I cannot boot Live Wheezy 32-bit 686-pae on notebook ThinkPad R40 due to the following problem:

"Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU"

Does this error message means that CPU does not support PAE extensions?

EDDY1 · 06-09-2013, 05:50 PM

During installation there is an option to install i586 as it says only pentium M Dothan only had pae support
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_M

rokytnji · 06-09-2013, 06:11 PM

Code:

$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (wheezy)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="7.0"
VERSION="7.0 (wheezy)"
ID=debian
ANSI_COLOR="1;31"
HOME_URL="http://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.debian.org/support/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.debian.org/"

$ uname -r
3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp

Machine:   Mobo: IBM model: 26474MU Bios: IBM version: 1AET64WW (1.20 ) date: 10/18/2006

IBM T23 fresh install today. Wireless PCMCIA card

Code:

$ inxi -N
Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver: rt61pci 
           Card-2: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller driver: e100

4 port, 2 usb, 2 firefire, pcmcia combo card

Code:

03:00.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65)
	Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
03:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80)
	Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci

Everything worked out of the box including internal mic (no internal webcam on this IBM laptop)

EDDY1 · 06-09-2013, 06:25 PM

You are using the smp kernel the OP installed the pae kernel & maybe the processor doesn't support it. My processor is celeron M which supports it.
@rokytnji Does your machine support pae kernel?

rokytnji · 06-09-2013, 07:58 PM

Quote:

@rokytnji Does your machine support pae kernel?

I kinda doubt it as max ram for this laptop is 1 gig and it is a

Code:

$ inxi -b
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13_386-full Luddite 01 June 2013
Machine:   Mobo: IBM model: 26474MU Bios: IBM version: 1AET64WW (1.20 ) date: 10/18/2006
CPU:       Single core Mobile Intel Pentium III CPU - M (-UP-) clocked at 800.00 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: S3 SuperSavage IX/C SDR X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: savage (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver: rt61pci 
           Card-2: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller driver: e100 
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (7.0% used)
Info:      Processes: 100 Uptime: 4:44 Memory: 288.6/1007.8MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.7

older IBM laptop than what the OP owns.

EDDY1 · 06-09-2013, 08:05 PM

Quote:

I kinda doubt it as max ram for this laptop is 1 gig and it is a

My system only supports 2G but I can install pae kernel but I have celeron M processor

cccc · 06-10-2013, 02:06 PM

Today I've installed Wheezy with non-pae, 486 kernel on my ThinkPad R40 and it seems to work well.

I've just one problem with keyboard, I get numbers instead of letters.
I can change this, each time after start-up manually, using keyboard key combination, but this is laboriously
How to turn off numbers on IBM ThinkPad keyboard permanently, I mean automatically after start-up?

EDDY1 · 06-10-2013, 02:56 PM

Glad to know he non-pae kernel works for you.
Although I've never experienced the keyboard problems which you're having.
You may need to check keyboard layout under System Settings>>Keyboard>>Layout Settings.

cccc · 06-10-2013, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EDDY1

Glad to know he non-pae kernel works for you.
Although I've never experienced the keyboard problems which you're having.
You may need to check keyboard layout under System Settings>>Keyboard>>Layout Settings.

According to /etc/default/keyboard my keyboard layout is swiss:

Code:

XKBLAYOUT="ch"

but I need swiss german keyboard.

EDDY1 · 06-10-2013, 10:42 PM

In System Settings>>Keyboard>>Layout Settings you will be able to see a graphical layout of your keys.