Fresh install won't boot

rboroughs · 2011-07-14 00:47:50

OK, so after having much fun on my netbook, I decided to install #! on my Toshiba Satellite A350. I have had Linux Mint on there before, no issues,

Text install works fine, no problems (I installed the latest release amd-64 XFCE edition, the laptop has a dual core intel in it). Then, upon reboot in either recovery mode or normal mode it won't boot. I get the following error:

29.364042 ACPI Error (psargs-0359) Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND.

Can anyone help? I can't even login in recovery mode. Running a live version has the same problem.

Cheers

machinebacon · 2011-07-14 05:33:17

Hello,

my first guess would be turning off ACPI in BIOS (if possible) or adding the boot options acpi=off noapic to the kernel boot line. You can do this after starting your PC, when you are in the GRUB screen. Press 'e' and then navigate with the cursor keys to the line which loads the kernel. It usually has ro quiet standing there. Change it to ro quiet acpi=off noapic and press F10 (IIRC) to boot with these options. If it still won't work, we need to check if it is kernel related: you mentioned Linux Mint has worked well. Was this the 'Ubuntu'-based Mint (Mint 10, 11)?

rboroughs · 2011-07-14 06:24:17

mb, my guru!

My bios won't let me turn off ACPI. Did as you said in Grub - unfortunately still does not boot, but it is hanging at a different point this time. Gets to:

1.638504 [end trace 31779192b546e592] --- udevd-work[61]: '/sbin/modprobe -b pci........ unexpected exit with status 0x0009.

A bit of googling tells me a few people had this problem with the 2.6.32 kernel on Toshiba laptops. Is there anyway around this? Can I install a newer kernel perhaps (not sure how difficult that is).

I previously had linux mint 11 (Ubuntu based) on my machine. I only chose Linus Mint because I couldn't install Debian, which from memory (not surprisingly) had the same issue as I'm having with #!.

Any help as usual would be greatly appreciated.

machinebacon · 2011-07-14 08:45:33

Well, a newer kernel by default wouldn't be Debian Squeeze 2.6.32 anymore. It would be possible to boot into a Ubuntu Live session, mount the installed #! environment + resolv.conf, use chroot to access the #! partition with relevant system folders, and then instal the liquorix kernel from the #! repositories.

Another idea would be installing a netinstall of Debian Wheezy (so, not Squeeze, as it uses the 2.6.32 kernel), adding the #! repositories to the sources.list and installing the #! typical packages (from openbox to conky, from cb-welcome to cb-bin-scripts, themes and wallpapers)

Many people have already done so, I for myself have used aptosid (that's on Debian Sid) to put #! on it.

We can also try to fix the udev issue. Let me see what info I can find wink

Last edited by machinebacon (2011-07-14 09:10:13)

machinebacon · 2011-07-14 09:02:14

It is possible to bypass certain functions in the kernel boot line.

First try the option radeon.modeset=0 together with acpi=off noapic
Others have success with pci=nomsi
Another idea would be to boot into runlevel 3 directly.
you would append the number 3 to the aforementioned kernel boot line.
Please try this, and if it works, install the Liquorix kernel from the #! repositories.

32bit: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6-liquorix-686

64bit: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6-liquorix-amd64

Edit: added another option, pls check

Last edited by machinebacon (2011-07-14 09:07:51)

rboroughs · 2011-07-15 01:48:05

Cheers mb
After trying all the options you gave me, ended up going the netinstall route with Debian Wheezy. All up and running now (it did take a little bit of tweaking, but I got there in the end).

The only issue I have (and it is so minor) is I can't seem to be able to set a desktop wallpaper. When I pull up settings>choose wallpaper I can't select pictures, not can I change the colour. Any thoughts.

Otherwise thanks so much for the suggestions - some of what you told me helped me do the netinstall, which without it, I would not have got the system up and running. In short, you're a guru and I appreciate your help.

anonymous · 2011-07-15 01:58:39

You probably need to install nitrogen if you haven't already.

rboroughs · 2011-07-15 02:54:30

Hello anon!

I have nitrogen installed, it's just when using the package, it doesn't allow me to set the wallpaper. Maybe something in the settings, as rather than setting up a new user I copied across all of the config files to my existing home address. Any help here would be greatly apprecaited.

Otherwise, loving it - my laptop now flies like a machine, instead of the clunky windows 7, which was a pain in the arse!

anonymous · 2011-07-15 02:58:08

Try including a path to a folder with images like:

nitrogen ~/images

Of course make sure the folder exists and has wallpapers.

rboroughs · 2011-07-15 03:25:27

That would do the trick - cheers anon. Loving it big time, this distro is the best thing since sliced bread big_smile !

machinebacon · 2011-07-15 08:01:25

I forgot to mention one little thing (which is probably not important anymore, but might be useful for somebody following your route), that's to copy the /etc/skel folder content to one's home directory, to have the CB defaults there. If you have configured your system already, do not do it as it will overwrite your configuration. This shall only be done if the system is a fresh install without any modifications to autostart, conky, obmenu etc.
Anyway, glad you are glad big_smile

rboroughs · 2011-07-15 12:53:42

Very glad MB, thanks again for your help. I can't believe how quickly you guys respond on here, it's fantastic.

And I really can't keep raving on about this distribution - so glad I switched to #!

CrunchBang Linux

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