On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 05:33:07PM -0700, Corey Henderson wrote: > On 12/23/2011 5:00 PM, fred smith wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 05:44:11PM -0500, Ross Walker wrote: > >> On Dec 23, 2011, at 2:47 PM, fred smith<fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 01:02:12PM -0500, fred smith wrote: <snip> > >>> here's th e register dump for this failure. it looks like it may be > >>> more useful than the last one: > >>> > >>> http://users.rcn.com/fredricksmith/100_2020.JPG > >> > >> Is that sound on-board? If it is disable it in BIOS, if it isn't, remove the card. > >> > >> See if it breaks after that. > > > > the Bios has only a very few options, and disabling sound isn't > > one of them. :( since it's a laptop (netbook) it's probably not > > possible to yank the sound hardware (which, btw, works fine on > > Centos 6.1). > > > > I suppose I could try rebuilding the initial ram disk without the > > sound module(s), though I'm not sure I know exactly the right way > > to do that.... > > > > Add the modules to: > > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf > > And re-install the kernel. The dracut util that builds the initramfs > includes this file at install time. at last, I've had the opportunity to pursue this. all I have to do is blacklist the snd_hda_codec_realtek module, reboot and voila, it boots right up. Of course, there's no sound,... Seems odd that I don't need to rebuild the initramfs (dracut), but I don't seem to need to do that. Is this enough info, along with the core dump photos, to make a worthwhile bugzilla report? if not, I'm open to ideas on how to further track it. thanks to all! Fred -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge -----------------------------
