Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751848AbZK2XBJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:01:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751017AbZK2XBI (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:01:08 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:44087 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750956AbZK2XBI (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:01:08 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:03:10 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: "werner" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: pci=off Message-ID: <20091129230310.265110e2@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 679 Lines: 15 > The most frequent problem is that IDE drives are not > found, or cannot be accessed because reclaimed as ocupied. Some detailed diagnostic information would be useful. > screen become black and nothing more happened. The same > happens on that laptop with all newer Slackware kernels First reporting point for distro kernels is the distribution. Do modern non-Slackware kernels (eg Fedora, SuSE) work on the problem laptop ? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/