[ale] Ubuntu no go

[Dan Lambert]

What specific MoBo is this, Jim? I don't recall reading whether it was a 
laptop or desktop. You may have said that, and I skimmed over it, but 
I'd like to know which manufacturer is using that chip set.

Dan

Jim wrote:
> OK, I got wise and took off the splash and quiet options.  So I can see
> what's going on.  There are a couple of dozen lines of output, the last
> dealing with "found ..... usb port....".  Pretty much what you might
> expect.  No error messages, but at the end it dumps me into an ash shell
> and says something about "can't access tty, job control turned off".
> 
> Now I'm googling and finding there is a serious kernel bug that won't
> allow the chip set on this motherboard to boot later kernels.  That
> answers another question as to why my recompiled xen kernel wouldn't
> boot.  It looked like there were no pata devices, and this kernel bug is
> just that problem.
> 
> OK I won't waste any more time, but if anyone is interested in a dual
> core intel on a mother board with a JMicron chip set, you might want to
> think twice.  See
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/57502 for
> more info.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim.
> 
> 
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