[ale] MoBo works with kernel 2.6.29 but not newer.

[Ed Cashin]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com> wrote:
...
> [2.0269701] general protection fault 0000[#1] SMP
> last sysfs file: /sys/bus/pci/drivers/radeon/uevent
> . a whole bunch of stuff
> . scrolled off the screen

It sounds like that stuff scrolling past would be the information
that a kernel hacker would need to fix support for your hardware,
or for you to get a definitive answer in an online forum.

...
>> Do you have a serial console going in case it's a video
>> compatibility/configuration problem?
> No. Do you mean an external serial terminal or just using an alternate
> console (F1 - F6)? I don't think those have been initialized yet when
> this happens.

I mean a way to capture all of the text the kernel prints out
when it realizes it can't do what you want.  The two main
ways are netconsole and serial console.

Here's info on setting up netconsole on a specific 1U Linux
box:

  http://support.coraid.com/support/cln/CLN-HOWTO/ar01s09.html

... which could help you get started with netconsole if you'd
rather avoid using wires and if your network card supports
netconsole.

Setting up a serial console usually involves finding a really
truly null-modem cable with all the wires and appending this
to your kernel boot line:

  console=ttyS0,9600n8 console=tty0

... then plugging the other end into some host (e.g., another
Linux box) and monitoring the port (e.g., with kermit as described
below up to "connect".)

  http://support.coraid.com/support/cln/ft/failover-kit.html#id2504873

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