Attempting to build a box based on 1999 Tiny with MicroStar MS-6178L/M Motherboard
http://www.fujitsu-siemens.co.uk/rl/...178/MS6178.htm , Intel Celeron 500mhz processor, 43gB HD, 256mB ram. History: rejected by work due to unspecified problems but worked here with clean install W98SE then WinXP.
Changing my home computing to Linux now, so rebuilt using Debian Etch and its original 16gB HD, problems as described in detail below. SMART test indicated prefails and old age so when I built another box I redeployed a well tested 43gb hd. (btw this also registered prefails/old age... is SMART accurate for these older HD's? Subject of another post sometime).
Result: installer (Lenny) worked 1st time, except error message when trying to load GNOME on 1st boot, and GNOME usually came up without the toolbars. Boot time about 20 minutes. Not much HD activity (indicator light/sound of HD spinning less than I'd expect).
My theory: I had wrongly attributed earlier problem to the HD. Worth trying a different distro?
Tried to load Slackware, but the boot record on the cd wasn't detected (this slack disk worked with another box, I think it unlikely that this is the problem).
Worth trying a skinny distro? Installed Xubuntu. Installed easily but 20mins to 1st boot, and loads some apps. badly eg Openoffice Writer with a fuzzy and useless toolbar. Internet and Email OK. Synaptic slow but working. I know, problem with this is that Xubuntu & Debian have much in common, so not a fair test.
I have successfully loaded Debian on a friend's Tiny- as it wasn't an issue i didn't note the mother board type, otherwise it was a 600mHZ 128mB ram 20gB HD.
My first instinct is that these issues are too time consuming to overcome on an old box, I have all the other hardware so I could buy a new motherboard/processor.
However before I throw the mb & processor out, I thought it worth posting here. I attach the dmesg output below, as there may be clues in it. (I have looked into the iTCO "error" and that doesn't seem to be major but you may not agree?)
Thank you- Phil
Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Linux version 2.6.24-1-686 (Debian 2.6.24-6) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080308 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-21)) #1 SMP Sat Apr 19 00:37:55 UTC 2008
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000000fee0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000fee0000 - 000000000fef0000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 000000000fef0000 - 000000000ff00000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000000ff00000 - 0000000010000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
0MB HIGHMEM available.
254MB LOWMEM available.
Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 65248) 0 entries of 256 used
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0 -> 4096
Normal 4096 -> 65248
HighMem 65248 -> 65248
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
0: 0 -> 65248
On node 0 totalpages: 65248
DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
DMA zone: 4064 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 477 pages used for memmap
Normal zone: 60675 pages, LIFO batch:15
HighMem zone: 0 pages used for memmap
Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
DMI 2.3 present.
ACPI: RSDP 000FA630, 0014 (r0 AMI )
ACPI: RSDT 0FEE0000, 0028 (r1 AMIINT 10 MSFT 97)
ACPI: FACP 0FEE0030, 0074 (r1 AMIINT 10 MSFT 97)
ACPI: DSDT 0FEE00B0, 28C7 (r1 INTEL WHITNEY 1000 MSFT 100000B)
ACPI: FACS 0FEE8000, 0040
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408
Allocating PCI resources starting at 20000000 (gap: 10000000:eff80000)
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000e0000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 64739
Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet
Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
mapped APIC to ffffb000 (0120b000)
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 10, 4096 bytes)
Detected 501.178 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Memory: 248684k/260992k available (1786k kernel code, 11764k reserved, 714k data, 248k init, 0k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
fixmap : 0xfff4c000 - 0xfffff000 ( 716 kB)
pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
vmalloc : 0xd0800000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 751 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xcfee0000 ( 254 MB)
.init : 0xc0377000 - 0xc03b5000 ( 248 kB)
.data : 0xc02bea2d - 0xc0371384 ( 714 kB)
.text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc02bea2d (1786 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 1003.69 BogoMIPS (lpj=2007395)
Security Framework initialized
SELinux: Disabled at boot.
Capability LSM initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Initializing cgroup subsys ns
Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0183f9ff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
CPU: L2 cache: 128K
CPU: After all inits, caps: 0183f9ff 00000000 00000000 00000040 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Compat vDSO mapped to ffffe000.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Freeing SMP alternatives: 11k freed
ACPI: Core revision 20070126
ACPI: setting ELCR to 0800 (from 0e20)
CPU0: Intel Celeron (Mendocino) stepping 05
SMP motherboard not detected.
Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
Brought up 1 CPUs
net_namespace: 64 bytes
Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb21, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1
Setting up standard PCI resources
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
PCI quirk: region 0400-047f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
PCI quirk: region 0480-04bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO
PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: Power Resource [URP1] (off)
ACPI: Power Resource [URP2] (off)
ACPI: Power Resource [FDDP] (off)
ACPI: Power Resource [LPTP] (off)
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report
NET: Registered protocol family 8
NET: Registered protocol family 20
Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
IO window: a000-afff
MEM window: efd00000-efdfffff
PREFETCH window: e7b00000-e7bfffff
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs...<7>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
it is
Freeing initrd memory: 6374k freed
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
audit(1209513560.348:1): initialized
Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Boot video device is 0000:00:01.0
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:0a: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 11
PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:1f.6 disabled
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP030b:PS2K,PNP0f03:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP bic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
registered taskstats version 1
Freeing unused kernel memory: 248k freed
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2])
ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling states)
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ICH: IDE controller (0x8086:0x2411 rev 0x02) at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
ICH: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda
MA, hdb
io
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc
MA, hdd
MA
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: ExcelStor Technology J240, ATA DISK drive
hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hda: UDMA/66 mode selected
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hdd: GENERIC CRD-BP1500P, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8585, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hdc: UDMA/33 mode selected
hdd: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hdd: MWDMA2 mode selected
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.15-NAPI (Feb 27, 2007)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 9
PCI: setting IRQ 9 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
tulip0: MII transceiver #1 config 1000 status 786d advertising 05e1.
eth0: ADMtek Comet rev 17 at Port 0xac00, 00:50:bf:99:a7:f7, IRQ 9.
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 10
PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[D] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: irq 10, io base 0x0000cc00
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:01.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:01:01.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:01:01.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:01:01.0: irq 11, io base 0x0000a400
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 5
PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:01.1[B] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
uhci_hcd 0000:01:01.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:01:01.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:01:01.1: irq 5, io base 0x0000a800
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:01.2[C] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
ehci_hcd 0000:01:01.2: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:01:01.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
ehci_hcd 0000:01:01.2: irq 10, io mem 0xefdffb00
ehci_hcd 0000:01:01.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 0.95, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
hdc: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1863KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63
hda: cache flushes supported
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
Marking TSC unstable due to: TSC halts in idle.
Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed.
Attempting manual resume
swsusp: Marking nosave pages: 000000000009f000 - 0000000000100000
swsusp: Basic memory bitmaps created
swsusp: Basic memory bitmaps freed
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Linux agpgart interface v0.102
agpgart: Detected an Intel i810 Chipset.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe8000000
Intel 82802 RNG detected
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.02 (26-Jul-2007)
iTCO_wdt: failed to reset NO_REBOOT flag, reboot disabled by hardware
iTCO_wdt: No card detected
input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input1
input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse as /class/input/input2
input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input3
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Power Button (CM) as /class/input/input4
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
Adding 488368k swap on /dev/hda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:488368k
EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
parport_pc 00:0b: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
loop: module loaded
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda4, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.6 to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 54486 usecs
intel8x0: clocking to 48000
eth0: CSR0 01a08000
0000:01:00.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed (CSR5 0xfc664010 CSR6 0xff972113)
eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 41e1.
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
