The problem with the booting might be USB timing related see below...
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I just installed Centos 5.1 with XEN on my HP nc2400 duo core and there are two problems out the starting gate:
Oh, I am booting off a 40Gb 2.5" drive on a USB adapter. The internal hard drive is encrypted and not usable right now (until I get XEN figured out). But I don't think it has a bearing...
The system hangs for some reason at various points.
When first starting up graphic (you know, when the screen goes from character mode to graphic and you can then follow the boot by pressing <alt-D>. When bringing up loopback When bringing up eth0 (dhcp server very reachable) When starting mcstransd (whatever that is) When starting system message bus When starting some bluetooth service (the first boot but not after the yum update) When starting Avahi deamon (timeout out and failed during this long wait, I should turn that service off anyway) When starting HAL (the first boot but not after the yum update)
Each hangup is a few minutes! Then the system continues. I did not see anything of note in /var/log
Lots of USB messages in /var/log/messages I just did not figure it out the first time (plus I have to strain my next to see the notebook's screen, now that the external video is working...):
Jan 6 13:26:58 nc2400 avahi-daemon[2950]: Registering new address record for 208.83.67.155 on eth0. Jan 6 13:27:58 nc2400 kernel: usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
one minute waiting then the reset.
Jan 6 13:28:23 nc2400 kernel: [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.1 20051102 Jan 6 13:28:23 nc2400 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 Jan 6 13:28:23 nc2400 kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.8.0 20060929 on minor 0 Jan 6 13:29:15 nc2400 dnsmasq[2937]: reading /etc/resolv.conf Jan 6 13:29:15 nc2400 dnsmasq[2937]: using nameserver 208.83.67.147#53 Jan 6 13:29:26 nc2400 kernel: usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
It sure felt like a longer time waiting. I will have to haul out the stopwatch.
Jan 6 13:47:17 nc2400 gnome-power-manager: (root) DPMS blanking screen because the lid has been closed on ac power Jan 6 14:32:49 nc2400 kernel: usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Jan 6 14:33:50 nc2400 kernel: usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Jan 6 14:41:05 nc2400 kernel: usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Jan 6 14:42:07 nc2400 kernel: usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Jan 6 14:43:48 nc2400 kernel: usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Jan 6 14:45:01 nc2400 kernel: usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Jan 6 14:46:32 nc2400 kernel: usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
why the constant resetting?
Second issue, the external video.
I cannot not turn it on. This HP notebook does not offer any BIOD control of the external monitor. There is a 'presentation' button right above the keyboard you are suppose to press to toggle the external video. It does nothing. Well I do hear the drive spinning so the system is trying something? I should point out that my XP boot off the internal harddrive sometimes 'looses' the external video, and I have to go into display control and turn off then on the 'presentation' option.
I closed the notebook, as I was logged in as root for now (and lock is not available for root), and the external video came on. And it stays on when I opened the notebook. Stupid BIOS...
This could work out GREAT if I can get a few more things working (and learn XEN to boot the XP in a window).