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[=?ISO-8859-2?Q?Martin=20Zoubek?=]

1. /dev/initctl not working
2. Init says "timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl"
3. ?
4. Linux version 2.5.52bk1 (root@kryten) (gcc version 3.2.1) #1 Tue
Dec 17 16:14:49 CET 2002
5. no Oops
6. eg. "init 3"
7. BASH=/os/bash/bin/bash
BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="2" [1]="05a" [2]="0" [3]="1" [4]="release"
[5]="i686-pc-linux-gnu")
BASH_VERSION='2.05a.0(1)-release'
BOOT_IMAGE=bzimage2
COLUMNS=80
DIRSTACK=()
EUID=0
GROUPS=()
HISTFILE=//.bash_history
HISTFILESIZE=500
HISTSIZE=500
HOME=/
HOSTNAME='(none)'
HOSTTYPE=i686
IFS=$' \t\n'
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/os/glibc/lib:/os/gcc/lib:/os/ncurses/lib:/os/perl/lib:/os/flex/lib:/os/binutils/lib:/os/bzip2/lib:/os/e2fsprogs/lib:/os/libtool/lib:/os/procps/lib:/os/gettext/lib:/os/shadow/lib
LD_RUN_PATH=/os/glibc/lib:/os/gcc/lib:/os/ncurses/lib:/os/perl/lib:/os/flex/lib:/os/binutils/lib:/os/bzip2/lib:/os/e2fsprogs/lib:/os/libtool/lib:/os/procps/lib:/os/gettext/lib:/os/shadow/lib
LINES=25
MACHTYPE=i686-pc-linux-gnu
MAILCHECK=60
OLDPWD=/
OPTERR=1
OPTIND=1
OSTYPE=linux-gnu
PATH=/os/glibc/libexec:/os/glibc/sbin:/os/glibc/bin:/os/m4/bin:/os/autoconf/bin:/os/bison/bin:/os/mawk/bin:/os/gcc/bin:/os/findutils/libexec:/os/findutils/bin:/os/ncurses/bin:/os/less/bin:/os/groff/bin:/os/perl/bin:/os/textutils/bin:/os/sed/bin:/os/flex/bin:/os/binutils/bin:/os/fileutils/bin:/os/sh-utils/bin:/os/texinfo/bin:/os/bash/bin:/os/bzip2/bin:/os/diffutils/bin:/os/e2fsprogs/sbin:/os/e2fsprogs/bin:/os/grep/bin:/os/gzip/bin:/os/make/bin:/os/patch/bin:/os/tar/libexec:/os/tar/bin:/os/byacc/bin:/os/man/sbin:/os/man/bin:/os/automake/bin:/os/file/bin:/os/libtool/bin:/os/kbd/bin:/os/modutils/sbin:/os/netkit-base/sbin:/os/netkit-base/bin:/os/procinfo/bin:/os/procps/sbin:/os/procps/bin:/os/psmisc/bin:/os/gettext/bin:/os/net-tools/sbin:/os/net-tools/bin:/os/shadow/sbin:/os/shadow/bin:/os/sysklogd/sbin:/os/sysvinit/sbin:/os/sysvinit/bin:/os/util-linux/sbin:/os/util-linux/bin:/os/devfsd/sbin
PIPESTATUS=([0]="0")
PPID=1
PS1='\s-\v\$ '
PS2='> '
PS4='+ '
PWD=/os/linux/src
SHELL=/os/bash/bin/bash
SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:hashall:histexpand:monitor:history:interactive-comments:emacs
SHLVL=1
TERM=linux
UID=0
_=ls
init=/linuxrc 

7.1. If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old
version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.
 
Linux (none) 2.5.52bk1 #1 Tue Dec 17 16:14:49 CET 2002 i686 unknown
 
Gnu C                  3.2.1
Gnu make               3.79.1
binutils               2.11.2
util-linux             2.11n
mount                  2.11n
modutils               2.4.13
e2fsprogs              1.26-WIP
Linux C Library        2.2.5
Linux C Library        2.2.5
Linux C Library        2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.5
Procps                 mounted
Net-tools              1.60
Kbd                    1.06
Sh-utils               2.0 

7.2. processor	: 0
vendor_id	: AuthenticAMD
cpu family	: 6
model		: 4
model name	: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
stepping	: 2
cpu MHz		: 751.127
cache size	: 256 KB
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 1
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips	: 1470.46
 

7.4. 0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : serial
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
4000-40ff : VIA Technologies, In VT82C686 [Apollo Sup
5000-500f : VIA Technologies, In VT82C686 [Apollo Sup
6000-607f : VIA Technologies, In VT82C686 [Apollo Sup
d000-d00f : VIA Technologies, In VT82C586B PIPC Bus M
  d000-d007 : ide0
  d008-d00f : ide1
dc00-dcff : VIA Technologies, In VT82C686 AC97 Audio 
e000-e003 : VIA Technologies, In VT82C686 AC97 Audio 
e400-e403 : VIA Technologies, In VT82C686 AC97 Audio  

00000000-0009ffff : System RAM
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-00efffff : System RAM
  00100000-00364fc1 : Kernel code
  00364fc2-003f097f : Kernel data
00f00000-00ffffff : reserved
01000000-07feffff : System RAM
07ff0000-07ff2fff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
07ff3000-07ffffff : ACPI Tables
d0000000-d7ffffff : PCI Bus #01
  d0000000-d7ffffff : nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX]
d8000000-dbffffff : VIA Technologies, In VT8363/8365 [KT133/K
dc000000-ddffffff : PCI Bus #01
  dc000000-dcffffff : nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX]
de000000-de0001ff : Philips Semiconducto SAA7146
de001000-de001fff : Brooktree Corporatio Bt878 Video Capture
de002000-de002fff : Brooktree Corporatio Bt878 Audio Capture
ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved 

7.5. PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Host bridge: VIA Technologies, In VT8363/8365 [KT133/K (rev 3).
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000 [0xdbffffff].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
    PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, In VT8363/8365 [KT133/K (rev 0).
      Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=12.
  Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
    ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, In VT82C686 [Apollo Sup (rev 34).
  Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
    IDE interface: VIA Technologies, In VT82C586B PIPC Bus M (rev
16).
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  
      I/O at 0xd000 [0xd00f].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  4:
    Host bridge: VIA Technologies, In VT82C686 [Apollo Sup (rev 48).
      IRQ 11.
  Bus  0, device   7, function  5:
    Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, In VT82C686 AC97
Audio  (rev 32).
      IRQ 12.
      I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdcff].
      I/O at 0xe000 [0xe003].
      I/O at 0xe400 [0xe403].
  Bus  0, device  10, function  0:
    Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconducto SAA7146 (rev 1).
      IRQ 9.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=15.Max Lat=38.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde000000 [0xde0001ff].
  Bus  0, device  12, function  0:
    Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporatio Bt878 Video
Capture (rev 2).
      IRQ 10.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=16.Max Lat=40.
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde001000 [0xde001fff].
  Bus  0, device  12, function  1:
    Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporatio Bt878 Audio Capture
(rev 2).
      IRQ 10.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde002000 [0xde002fff].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
    VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX]
(rev 161).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdc000000 [0xdcffffff].
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd7ffffff]. 

X. With my 2.5.3 kernel (compiled under the same compiler,
environment, etc.) there is no such problem. I could not find which
procedures in kernel are responsible for this, so I could not make a
patch.

Bye,

Martin Zoubek
[e-mail]

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