Just did a fresh install of SuSE 9.0, on a clean hd in a Compaq Armada
laptop. It isn't booting, it has stopped at: Starting kernel PCMCIA. Any
ideas why?

"Edwin S." <ingenuitas@earthlink.net> wrote in message
newsan.2006.01.19.02.59.47.15839@earthlink.net.. .
> Just did a fresh install of SuSE 9.0, on a clean hd in a Compaq Armada
> laptop. It isn't booting, it has stopped at: Starting kernel PCMCIA. Any
> ideas why?

Hard to tell. But SuSE 9.0 is pretty out of date. Is there any reason not to
use 10.0? Integrating laptop support has been a big part of the switch to
2.6 kernels, which I believe the SuSE 9.0 release did not include.

Le Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:59:27 +0000, Edwin S. a écrit*:

> Just did a fresh install of SuSE 9.0, on a clean hd in a Compaq Armada
> laptop. It isn't booting, it has stopped at: Starting kernel PCMCIA. Any
> ideas why?

Can you run interactive boot up and, if the system starts, have a look to
the logs?

--
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:07:00 +0100, François Patte wrote:

> Le Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:59:27 +0000, Edwin S. a écrit*:
>
>> Just did a fresh install of SuSE 9.0, on a clean hd in a Compaq Armada
>> laptop. It isn't booting, it has stopped at: Starting kernel PCMCIA.
>> Any ideas why?
>
> Can you run interactive boot up and, if the system starts, have a look to
> the logs?
No. It stops at this point and doesn't boot. I left it on over night even
and it hadn't booted by morning.

Le Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:57:45 +0000, Edwin S. a écrit*:

> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:07:00 +0100, François Patte wrote:
>
>> Le Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:59:27 +0000, Edwin S. a écrit*:
>>
>>> Just did a fresh install of SuSE 9.0, on a clean hd in a Compaq Armada
>>> laptop. It isn't booting, it has stopped at: Starting kernel PCMCIA.
>>> Any ideas why?
>>
>> Can you run interactive boot up and, if the system starts, have a look to
>> the logs?
> No. It stops at this point and doesn't boot. I left it on over night even
> and it hadn't booted by morning.

Then, boot in rescue mode, remove PCMCIA service from boot time and
reboot. When the system is up, try to launch that service by hand and see
what happens.


--
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte