Hi
Just installed openSUSE 11.0 on my PC. It seem to be working fine but on checking the messages shown at boot time, I found out that the message “Serial 8250: too much work for irq18” is shown repeatedly many times.
This was not the case when openSUSE 10.3 was running on my PC.
The only change I have made to the system is add a new SATA 320 GB HDD.
Please help…
Regards,
Yogesh M
I suppose this is a hardware-related post.
Apparently irq 18 concerns the SATA controller.
Go through your motherboard manual and see if you need to change any jumper settings to support larger HDDs.
I don’t think this is a major problem, unless you have future problems with detection of removable/USB devices etc.
You may have some sort of IRQ conflict. If you do not need the serial port on your mobo, disable it at the BIOS setup.
First of all thanks for replying, you guys are really quick:)
Here is some more information about my PC:
The motherboard is Intel D865GBF. It supports SATA drives (1st generation) though there is no word in the manual regarding maximum supported size of the disk. I’ve two disks; first is the older one (Seagate IDE ATA 80 GB, sda in openSUSE) and the other is the new WD SATA 320 GB drive (Model WD3200AAJS supporting 2nd gen. SATA, sdb in openSUSE). The drive can automatically adjust to SATA 1st gen. spec. and is working fine without any problem, though a jumper setting exist to explicitly restrict the drive to SATA 1st gen.
Lastly, I’m dual booting with Windows XP. Both OSs are installed on the new drive which, obviously, is the one set-up as boot drive in the bios.
Will post if I find anything useful in the bios settings when I get home later today.
Regards,
Yogesh M
EDIT: I’ve some issues with USB drives (Windows/Linux), will give details after a bit more testing at home.
Try on boot to add
irqpoll (care with azerty keyboard)
in the line for the parameters of boot
I’ve now disabled Serial and Parallel ports in bios, but to no help.
I want to post the contents of my boot log for you but I am unable to attach it, can soneone help in this also?
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:16:04 GMT
yogeshm 007 <yogeshm_007@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> I’ve now disabled Serial and Parallel ports in bios, but to no help.
> I want to post the contents of my boot log for you but I am unable to
> attach it, can soneone help in this also?
>
>
Hi
If your ISP provides you a webpage you can post the boot.log file there
as txt, you just need to upload it via ftp;
e.g here is one I posted for my xorg.conf
http://www.muppetwifi.homeunix.net/novell/xorg_conf_sled.txt
–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SLED 10.0 SP2 x86_64 Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.23-smp
up 21:29, 1 user, load average: 0.29, 0.34, 0.33
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 173.14.09
Use lsmod to check if you have the serial module loaded. If so and you are not using it, stop it from loading. Not sure why you have it at all, it isn’t loaded on mine.
Hi,
I’m possibly having a problem which might be related to the earlier one in this thread.
I’ve noticed that sometimes when I run applications they get run but remain non-responsive. When I checked it through System Monitor (KDE4) and top I found that that process was in “disk sleep” state.
One such example:
linux-sm3q:/proc/3450 # cat status
Name: assistant
State: D (disk sleep)
Tgid: 3450
Pid: 3450
PPid: 3366
TracerPid: 0
Uid: 1000 1000 1000 1000
Gid: 100 100 100 100
FDSize: 32
Groups: 16 33 100
VmPeak: 48340 kB
VmSize: 48340 kB
VmLck: 0 kB
VmHWM: 14456 kB
VmRSS: 14456 kB
VmData: 18032 kB
VmStk: 84 kB
VmExe: 584 kB
VmLib: 26432 kB
VmPTE: 80 kB
Threads: 1
SigQ: 0/4089
SigPnd: 0000000000000000
ShdPnd: 0000000000000000
SigBlk: fffffffe00000000
SigIgn: 0000000000001000
SigCgt: 0000000180010000
CapInh: 0000000000000000
CapPrm: 0000000000000000
CapEff: 0000000000000000
voluntary_ctxt_switches: 2
nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 147
Here is relevant (may be) portion of sys log
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: ------------ cut here ]------------
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: kernel BUG at fs/reiserfs/journal.c:1036!
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 #1] SMP
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Modules linked in: ip6t_LOG xt_tcpudp xt_pkttype xt_physdev ipt_LOG xt_limit bridge bnep ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 ipt_REJECT xt_state iptable_mangle iptable_nat nf_nat iptable_filter ip6table_mangle nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack ip_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss ipv6 snd_seq snd_seq_device microcode firmware_class binfmt_misc fuse loop dm_mod rfcomm l2cap snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer rtc_cmos snd rtc_core soundcore iTCO_wdt rtc_lib sr_mod snd_page_alloc iTCO_vendor_support sg i2c_i801 cdrom nvidia(P) tulip i2c_core hci_usb btusb intel_agp button agpgart shpchp bluetooth pci_hotplug usbhid hid ff_memless uhci_hcd ehci_hcd sd_mod usbcore edd fan thermal processor reiserfs ata_piix libata scsi_mod dock [last unloaded: speedstep_lib]
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel:
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Pid: 3447, comm: assistant Tainted: P N (2.6.25.5-1.1-pae #1)
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: EIP: 0060:<e1604edc>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: EIP is at flush_commit_list+0x5e/0x58d [reiserfs]
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: EAX: d9d72120 EBX: e186b000 ECX: dfbcb600 EDX: e1610ec6
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: ESI: c2844f80 EDI: 00009017 EBP: c285bf1c ESP: c285bedc
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Process assistant (pid: 3447, ti=c285a000 task=d9d72120 task.ti=c285a000)
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Stack: 00000001 dfbcb600 00009017 e186b000 00000000 00000000 c240f4b4 00000000
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: c285bf58 c285bf10 c015f623 c240f4b4 00000000 e186b000 dfbcb600 00009017
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: c285bf64 e1607966 c240f408 c2844f80 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Call Trace:
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e1607966>] reiserfs_commit_for_inode+0x14f/0x17d [reiserfs]
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e15f5521>] reiserfs_sync_file+0x36/0x74 [reiserfs]
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01954e2>] do_fsync+0x48/0x75
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c019552e>] __do_fsync+0x1f/0x2f
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c019555d>] sys_fsync+0xd/0xf
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01059e4>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6d/0xa9
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <ffffe430>] 0xffffe430
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: =======================
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Code: 45 c4 e8 c7 fd ff ff 83 7e 14 00 c7 45 d4 00 00 00 00 0f 85 14 05 00 00 64 a1 00 e0 4c c0 f0 ff 80 b4 06 00 00 83 7e 08 00 75 04 <0f> 0b eb fe 8b 4d cc 8b 45 c8 3b 41 18 75 04 0f 0b eb fe ff 46
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: EIP: <e1604edc>] flush_commit_list+0x5e/0x58d [reiserfs] SS:ESP 0068:c285bedc
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: --- end trace 56ba8f52468ed42b ]---
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: ------------ cut here ]------------
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: WARNING: at kernel/exit.c:892 do_exit+0x31/0x5c6()
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Modules linked in: ip6t_LOG xt_tcpudp xt_pkttype xt_physdev ipt_LOG xt_limit bridge bnep ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 ipt_REJECT xt_state iptable_mangle iptable_nat nf_nat iptable_filter ip6table_mangle nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack ip_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss ipv6 snd_seq snd_seq_device microcode firmware_class binfmt_misc fuse loop dm_mod rfcomm l2cap snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer rtc_cmos snd rtc_core soundcore iTCO_wdt rtc_lib sr_mod snd_page_alloc iTCO_vendor_support sg i2c_i801 cdrom nvidia(P) tulip i2c_core hci_usb btusb intel_agp button agpgart shpchp bluetooth pci_hotplug usbhid hid ff_memless uhci_hcd ehci_hcd sd_mod usbcore edd fan thermal processor reiserfs ata_piix libata scsi_mod dock [last unloaded: speedstep_lib]
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Pid: 3447, comm: assistant Tainted: P D N 2.6.25.5-1.1-pae #1
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01071d9>] dump_trace+0x63/0x227
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c0107c8a>] show_trace+0x15/0x29
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c02e84b5>] _etext+0x5b/0x65
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c012573d>] warn_on_slowpath+0x41/0x67
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01287da>] do_exit+0x31/0x5c6
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c0107702>] die+0x15e/0x166
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c02e5279>] do_trap+0x8a/0xa3
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c0107b25>] do_invalid_op+0x6c/0x76
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c02e4bc2>] error_code+0x72/0x80
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e1604edc>] flush_commit_list+0x5e/0x58d [reiserfs]
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e1607966>] reiserfs_commit_for_inode+0x14f/0x17d [reiserfs]
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e15f5521>] reiserfs_sync_file+0x36/0x74 [reiserfs]
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01954e2>] do_fsync+0x48/0x75
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c019552e>] __do_fsync+0x1f/0x2f
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c019555d>] sys_fsync+0xd/0xf
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01059e4>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6d/0xa9
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <ffffe430>] 0xffffe430
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: =======================
Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: --- end trace 56ba8f52468ed42b ]---
yogeshm 007 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’m possibly having a problem which might be related to the earlier one
> in this thread.
>
> I’ve noticed that sometimes when I run applications they get run but
> remain non-responsive. When I checked it through System Monitor (KDE4)
> and top I found that that process was in “disk sleep” state.
>
> One such example:
>
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> linux-sm3q:/proc/3450 # cat status
> Name: assistant
> State: D (disk sleep)
> Tgid: 3450
> Pid: 3450
> PPid: 3366
> TracerPid: 0
> Uid: 1000 1000 1000 1000
> Gid: 100 100 100 100
> FDSize: 32
> Groups: 16 33 100
> VmPeak: 48340 kB
> VmSize: 48340 kB
> VmLck: 0 kB
> VmHWM: 14456 kB
> VmRSS: 14456 kB
> VmData: 18032 kB
> VmStk: 84 kB
> VmExe: 584 kB
> VmLib: 26432 kB
> VmPTE: 80 kB
> Threads: 1
> SigQ: 0/4089
> SigPnd: 0000000000000000
> ShdPnd: 0000000000000000
> SigBlk: fffffffe00000000
> SigIgn: 0000000000001000
> SigCgt: 0000000180010000
> CapInh: 0000000000000000
> CapPrm: 0000000000000000
> CapEff: 0000000000000000
> voluntary_ctxt_switches: 2
> nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 147
>
> --------------------
>
> Here is relevant (may be) portion of sys log
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: ------------ cut here ]------------
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: kernel BUG at fs/reiserfs/journal.c:1036!
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 #1] SMP
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Modules linked in: ip6t_LOG xt_tcpudp xt_pkttype xt_physdev ipt_LOG xt_limit bridge bnep ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 ipt_REJECT xt_state iptable_mangle iptable_nat nf_nat iptable_filter ip6table_mangle nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack ip_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss ipv6 snd_seq snd_seq_device microcode firmware_class binfmt_misc fuse loop dm_mod rfcomm l2cap snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer rtc_cmos snd rtc_core soundcore iTCO_wdt rtc_lib sr_mod snd_page_alloc iTCO_vendor_support sg i2c_i801 cdrom nvidia(P) tulip i2c_core hci_usb btusb intel_agp button agpgart shpchp bluetooth pci_hotplug usbhid hid ff_memless uhci_hcd ehci_hcd sd_mod usbcore edd fan thermal processor reiserfs ata_piix libata scsi_mod dock [last unloaded: speedstep_lib]
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel:
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Pid: 3447, comm: assistant Tainted: P N (2.6.25.5-1.1-pae #1)
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: EIP: 0060:<e1604edc>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: EIP is at flush_commit_list+0x5e/0x58d [reiserfs]
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: EAX: d9d72120 EBX: e186b000 ECX: dfbcb600 EDX: e1610ec6
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: ESI: c2844f80 EDI: 00009017 EBP: c285bf1c ESP: c285bedc
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Process assistant (pid: 3447, ti=c285a000 task=d9d72120 task.ti=c285a000)
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Stack: 00000001 dfbcb600 00009017 e186b000 00000000 00000000 c240f4b4 00000000
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: c285bf58 c285bf10 c015f623 c240f4b4 00000000 e186b000 dfbcb600 00009017
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: c285bf64 e1607966 c240f408 c2844f80 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Call Trace:
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e1607966>] reiserfs_commit_for_inode+0x14f/0x17d [reiserfs]
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e15f5521>] reiserfs_sync_file+0x36/0x74 [reiserfs]
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01954e2>] do_fsync+0x48/0x75
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c019552e>] __do_fsync+0x1f/0x2f
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c019555d>] sys_fsync+0xd/0xf
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01059e4>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6d/0xa9
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <ffffe430>] 0xffffe430
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: =======================
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Code: 45 c4 e8 c7 fd ff ff 83 7e 14 00 c7 45 d4 00 00 00 00 0f 85 14 05 00 00 64 a1 00 e0 4c c0 f0 ff 80 b4 06 00 00 83 7e 08 00 75 04 <0f> 0b eb fe 8b 4d cc 8b 45 c8 3b 41 18 75 04 0f 0b eb fe ff 46
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: EIP: <e1604edc>] flush_commit_list+0x5e/0x58d [reiserfs] SS:ESP 0068:c285bedc
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: — end trace 56ba8f52468ed42b ]—
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: ------------ cut here ]------------
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: WARNING: at kernel/exit.c:892 do_exit+0x31/0x5c6()
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Modules linked in: ip6t_LOG xt_tcpudp xt_pkttype xt_physdev ipt_LOG xt_limit bridge bnep ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 ipt_REJECT xt_state iptable_mangle iptable_nat nf_nat iptable_filter ip6table_mangle nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack ip_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss ipv6 snd_seq snd_seq_device microcode firmware_class binfmt_misc fuse loop dm_mod rfcomm l2cap snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer rtc_cmos snd rtc_core soundcore iTCO_wdt rtc_lib sr_mod snd_page_alloc iTCO_vendor_support sg i2c_i801 cdrom nvidia(P) tulip i2c_core hci_usb btusb intel_agp button agpgart shpchp bluetooth pci_hotplug usbhid hid ff_memless uhci_hcd ehci_hcd sd_mod usbcore edd fan thermal processor reiserfs ata_piix libata scsi_mod dock [last unloaded: speedstep_lib]
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: Pid: 3447, comm: assistant Tainted: P D N 2.6.25.5-1.1-pae #1
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01071d9>] dump_trace+0x63/0x227
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c0107c8a>] show_trace+0x15/0x29
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c02e84b5>] _etext+0x5b/0x65
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c012573d>] warn_on_slowpath+0x41/0x67
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01287da>] do_exit+0x31/0x5c6
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c0107702>] die+0x15e/0x166
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c02e5279>] do_trap+0x8a/0xa3
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c0107b25>] do_invalid_op+0x6c/0x76
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c02e4bc2>] error_code+0x72/0x80
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e1604edc>] flush_commit_list+0x5e/0x58d [reiserfs]
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e1607966>] reiserfs_commit_for_inode+0x14f/0x17d [reiserfs]
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <e15f5521>] reiserfs_sync_file+0x36/0x74 [reiserfs]
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01954e2>] do_fsync+0x48/0x75
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c019552e>] __do_fsync+0x1f/0x2f
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c019555d>] sys_fsync+0xd/0xf
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <c01059e4>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6d/0xa9
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: <ffffe430>] 0xffffe430
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: =======================
> Jul 17 21:38:15 linux-sm3q kernel: — end trace 56ba8f52468ed42b ]—
I would say to send this material to reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org as it is a
Reiserfs bug, but your tainted kernel will make them ignore your bug report. In
a quick scan, I didn’t see which module is the one that taints your system. If
it is not something critical, try blacklisting that module and see if the bug
persists. These kinds of errors are the reason I switched from Reiserfs to ext3,
as ext3 get a lot more testing.
Larry
Kernel is tainted because of nvidia drivers.:o
I cannot say when the problem occurs, but if you really think I should disable nvidia drivers I can give it a try.
I’m using Reiserfs for the past 4-5 years without a single problem. I tried to switch to ext3 (with 10.3) but then I had to manually repair the partition 2-3 times in a months time. Also it seemed a bit slow, so I reverted to Reiserfs. Do you think I should give ext3 another try? Can the problem be related to overload of irq18?
Last one; If you think I should switch to ext3, is there any conversion utility which could save me from reinstallation? Even /home partitions is a Reiserfs one.
Regards,
Solved the irq18 problem by removing unused modem (it has also solved one more completely unrelated problem which I was having for many years when I upgraded bios ).
I’ve still not filed a bug report yet; just waiting for one more instance.
Thanks,