Re: 4.0.1 -> 5.0

[Neal Hogan <nealhogan%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Neal Hogan <nealhogan%gmail.com@localhost> 
wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Christos Zoulas 
> <christos%zoulas.com@localhost> wrote:
>> On May 4, 12:34pm, nealhogan%gmail.com@localhost (Neal Hogan) wrote:
>> -- Subject: Re: 4.0.1 -> 5.0
>>
>> | On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Christos Zoulas 
>> <christos%zoulas.com@localhost> wrote=
>> | :
>> | > On May 3, =A04:44pm, nealhogan%gmail.com@localhost (Neal Hogan) wrote:
>> | > -- Subject: Re: 4.0.1 -> 5.0
>> | >
>> | > | They match what is in the posted dmesg, accept for the ACPI lines
>> | > | (15-16) and lines 35 & 46 of the posted dmesg are not in the "new" one
>> | > | . I went line by line ;)
>> | > |
>> | > | As has been the case, =A0I get a network address and then the stuff
>> | > | after that (building db's, starting syslogd, etc.) is when things drag
>> | > | . . .
>> | >
>> | > I'd start disabling devices with
>> | > boot -d
>> | > disable foo
>> |
>> | Any plan of attack? Likely causes? Where to start and proceed?
>> |
>> | I sincerely would like to help, but don't want to spend my day
>> | rebooting my machine . . . it's not my main computer.
>> |
>> | Thanks!
>> |
>> |
>> | Also, you meant *boot -c*, right?
>>
>> Yes. There are two approaches:
>>        1. disable most of the devices you really don't need and see if
>>           that fixes the problem.
>>        2. disable the clock source related devices one by one.
>
> Well, I got it to boot by disabling audio. The boot still takes a long
> time (longer than a normal 4.0.1 boot) and logging in as root is
> heading into the unbearable . . . after waiting 10 minutes after
> entering *root* as the login name,I have yet to get a password prompt.

Ok . . . I exaggerated a bit it was only a five min wait for a
password prompt (it felt like 10). After 300 seconds the login attempt
timed out and I successfully logged in after that.

>
> I suppose the next suggestion will be try disabling audio with other
> things. I have eliminated cd, midi, attimer, com, fd, and npx (all
> were basically chosen at random).
>
>>
>> christos
>>
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