slack15 install dvd stalls udevadm

slackbat · 05-31-2022, 05:29 AM

Hi all,

Does anyone have a clue/solution as to why the slackware 15 install DVD stall (cabt get past) the udevadm trigger sectio?

Thanks in advance for ay ideas or possible solutions.

Cheers

rkelsen · 05-31-2022, 07:18 AM

Faulty disc? I've installed Slackware 15.0 many times on physical and virtual machines and have not seen the behaviour you describe.

hitest · 05-31-2022, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkelsen

Faulty disc? I've installed Slackware 15.0 many times on physical and virtual machines and have not seen the behaviour you describe.

I've had the same experience, that is, I've installed Slackware64-15.0 many times without error. Maybe a bad download or bad install DVD?

LuckyCyborg · 05-31-2022, 07:55 AM

I have a Dell Inspiron N5030 laptop where the TSC clocksource provokes a strange boot stalling of around 5 minutes.

That's it, it just stay 5 minutes in the early boot stage, no matter if it's Slackware 15.0 or -current - without new messages, no errors, nothing. Then it continues to boot as usual and everything works fine.

The solution which I've found is to switch to HPET as clocksource, by adding in the kernel command line:

Code:

clocksource=hpet

Maybe this could help.

If anything, this is a proof that before claiming "can't get past" you should wait a certain amount of time.

slackbat · 06-01-2022, 04:58 AM

Thabk you for the suggestions but what I did bot post us that I have-burnt the DVD at a slower speed, and I have used the same DVD to install windows 10,

I will try another DVD though and let the forum know the result.

Much appreciated - thank you.

slackbat · 06-12-2022, 08:31 AM

OK - I redownloaded the DVD, burnt to two disks, the problem remains.

henca · 06-12-2022, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slackbat

OK - I redownloaded the DVD, burnt to two disks, the problem remains.

It is possible to see if a download is OK by checking the md5sum of the downloaded iso file. Even better is to use gpg together with the public GPG-KEY of Slackware to verify that the contents has been unmodified since produced at Slackware.

Code:

md5sum -c slackware-15.0-install-dvd.iso.md5
slackware-15.0-install-dvd.iso: OK

gpg --verify slackware-15.0-install-dvd.iso.asc
gpg: assuming signed data in `slackware-15.0-install-dvd.iso'
gpg: Signature made Thu Feb  3 20:51:34 2022 CET using DSA key ID 40102233
gpg: Good signature from "Slackware Linux Project <security@slackware.com>"

But again, to be able to run the gpg command you will first need to install the public GPG-KEY from Slackware from a trusted source in your gpg keyring.

regards Henrik

colorpurple21859 · 06-12-2022, 12:10 PM

Post system specs: cpu, amount of memory, graphics card

slackbat · 06-24-2022, 06:29 AM

Hi all.

Here is what lspci s[ots out.

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 761/M761 Host (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS965 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 48)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 190 Ethernet Adapter
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
00:08.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Device 0183 (rev 01)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV610 [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV610 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 2350/2400 Series]

Its a very old system, that I have been havong trouble with increasingly over the past year or teo with freezes; seems to be ok for the time being with a judicious tap or more with a rubber mallet on the graphics card.

I have upgraded the 14.2 to 15.0, but the udev problem is not resolved not that it matters to much for me now.

Thanks for the ideas and suggestions.

All the best

allend · 06-24-2022, 08:23 AM

Quote:

seems to be ok for the time being with a judicious tap or more with a rubber mallet on the graphics card

Interesting - Asking Google about the lspci output found this Arch thread where replacing the graphics card was the solution. Gotta love that AMD stuff.

slackbat · 06-25-2022, 05:46 AM

Yeah thats interesting only it is a replaced graphic card ati for ati - worse specs for better specs.

All the best