SERIOUS BOTHERING ISSUE

ZlapX · June 19, 2010, 3:07pm

I am currently running OpenSuse newest version but this problem has been happening to every linux installation I have done.

My Computer is a ACER ASPIRE 5515.

Here are specs:

ProductAspire 5515
LanguageEnglish
ModelAspire 5515 Series
Specifications
Part Number

Varies by specifications

Processor / Speed

AMD Athlon processor 2650e (512 KB L2 cache, 1.6 GHz, DDR2 800 MHz, 15 W)

Core Logic Chipset

AMD RS690MC/SB600
System Bus Speed

N/A
RAM / Max RAM

Up to 2 GB of DDR2 667 MHz memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using two soDIMM modules, with Dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM support
Video Subsystem

ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1200 Graphics with up to 19191 MB of HyperMemory™ (256 MB of dedicated system memory, up to 1663 MB of shared system memory), supporting Shader Model 2.0, Microsoft DirectX 9.0
LCD Properties

15.4″ WXGA high-brightness (220-nit) TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution

Hard Disk Drive

80/120/160/250/320 GB or larger hard disk drive
Optical Drive

8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer driveor

DVD/CD-RW combo drive (varies by model)

Battery, Primary

44.4 W 4400 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack:• 2-hour battery life

Sound Subsystem

Audio system with built-in speakersSoundBlaster Pro and MS-Sound compatible

PCCard Support

1Type II PCCard slot

Pointing Device

Touchpad
Peripheral Subsystem

2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 VGA,1 Headphone/speaker/line-out jack, 1 Microphone-in jack
Modem

Not included
Ethernet

LAN: Fast Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN readyWLAN: Acer InviLink2 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED network connection
Dimensions / Weight

358 (W) x 269 (D) x 29.8/33.8(H) mm14.1 x 10.6 x 1.17/1.33 inches

2.8 kg (6.18 lbs.) with 6 cell battery pack
AC Power

100-240V AC AutoSensing Adapter

Operating System
Windows Vista Home Basic (Service Pack 1)(varies by model)

Anyways here is what happens, and this only happens to me when i run linux. THIS NEVER HAPPENED WHILE RUNNING WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS XP.

First icons will disapear and text will not work, images wont be there, system dock and explorer will just not work, the start menu will have nothing in it, and when i restart it, (manual) it will boot and show me specs and say “NO OPERATING SYSTEM FOUND” and when i go into BIOS it says IDE0:_______ not the hard drive name and size like it usually does.

Please help. Thank all of you.

ZlapX · June 19, 2010, 3:08pm

i forgot to say eventually it will load it normal with no problems like nothing never happened.

knurpht · June 19, 2010, 3:47pm

Some weird problem. I’ve installed 11.2 on quite a lot of these 55xx series Acers, never seen this one.
Please post output of the commands below, open a terminal and run them one by one, copy output here


uname -a
hwinfo | grep CPU
cat /etc/fstab
fdisk -l

That will give us some useful info.

brunomcl · June 19, 2010, 3:49pm

Weird, specially the bios not recognizing the drive, which IINM has nothing to do with the operating system. You may consider a bios upgrade - check the manufacturer’s site first to see if this problem is addressed in the bios revision, if any.

ZlapX · June 19, 2010, 4:04pm

Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> uname -a
Linux linux-l7rf 2.6.31.12-0.2-default #1 SMP 2010-03-16 21:25:39 +0100 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> hwinfo | grep CPU
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9A300_081209FB2206VCC5ZXJC-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9A300_081209FB2206VCC5ZXJC-part6 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9A300_081209FB2206VCC5ZXJC-part7 /home ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9A300_081209FB2206VCC5ZXJC-part1 /windows/C ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> fdisk -lhwinfo | grep CPU
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9A300_081209FB2206VCC5ZXJC-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9A300_081209FB2206VCC5ZXJC-part6 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9A300_081209FB2206VCC5ZXJC-part7 /home ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9A300_081209FB2206VCC5ZXJC-part1 /windows/C ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> fdisk -l
Absolute path to ‘fdisk’ is ‘/sbin/fdisk’, so running it may require superuser privileges (eg. root).
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> su fdisk -l
su: user fdisk does not exist
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> sudo fdisk -l
root’s password:
sudo: fdisk: command not found
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> fdisk -l
Absolute path to ‘fdisk’ is ‘/sbin/fdisk’, so running it may require superuser privileges (eg. root).
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> su
Password:
su: incorrect password
Zlap@linux-l7rf:~> su
Password:
linux-l7rf:/home/Zlap # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x03936c9c

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3886 31214263+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 3887 19457 125074057+ f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 3887 4148 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 4149 6759 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 6760 19457 101996653+ 83 Linux
linux-l7rf:/home/Zlap #

here you go… thanks… hopefully we can fix the only thing stopping me from enjoying linux to its full potential.

DenverD · June 19, 2010, 4:01pm

ZlapX wrote:
> i forgot to say eventually it will load it normal with no problems like
> nothing never happened.

did you do this http://tinyurl.com/yajm2aq before install attempt?

ZlapX · June 20, 2010, 2:51am

No i did not, i started the installation as i have done these things numerous times, i assure you as it has been stated before that this has no effect on booting especially when I have numerous operating systems, and once again this has no effect on BIOS.

But somehow everytime I run linux this happens, never when i run windows.:’(

ken_yap · June 20, 2010, 3:24am

Have you done a memtest on your RAM? Linux is good at picking up dodgy RAM.

ZlapX · June 20, 2010, 3:50am

how would i go about doing that?

ken_yap · June 20, 2010, 4:09am

It’s an option on the CD or DVD at the splash screen. You’ll need several hours to do a thorough test.