[KLUG Members] Can't load Linux on my Compaq Preasrio 5340!

Mike Morrett kazoolug at yahoo.ca
Sun Jan 29 19:59:58 EST 2006


I have spent the last three days trying to load SuSE 10.0 on my
Compaq Presario 5340!!

I can load it just fine, but when I login and start poking on
stuff, the system will hang.

If I open a console window and do a bunch of command line stuff
(ls, cd, grep, etc), it works just fine.

BUT, when I grab the window title bar and wiggle the window back
and forth, the screen (the window I'm moving, and everyplace the
window was) looks like I sprinkled white sand everywhere.  After
about a dozen window wiggles, I can't read the contents of the
window.  If I collapse/un-collapse the window, it clears up!  And,
very soon, the system will hang!!

Since the PC has 4M shared video memory of the total 384M
installed, I'm thing Linux isn't calculating the available system
memory correctly.

I have had this PC since 1999...
these work with NO problems: DOS, FreeDOS, W95, W98, NT3.51, NT4.0,
W2K, XP
these all exhibit the exact same problem: SuSE 9.3, SuSE 10.0,
Ubuntu 5.04, Knoppix 4.0.2

I have tried various kernel boot parameters, but no luck.  For
example...
knoppix mem=300M
knoppix vga=normal

Here is my hardware info...

[ Physical Devices ]

    PCI Devices:
      Bus 0, Device 10, Function 0                      ESS
Technology ES1938/ES1941/ES1946 Solo-1(E) AudioDrive
      Bus 0, Device 5, Function 0                       National
Semiconductor DP83815 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
      Bus 0, Device 1, Function 0                       SiS 5595B
PCI-ISA Bridge
      Bus 0, Device 1, Function 1                       SiS 600
Power Management Controller
      Bus 0, Device 1, Function 2                       SiS 7001
PCI-USB Open Host Controller
      Bus 0, Device 0, Function 0                       SiS 85C530
Host-PCI Bridge [A-2]
      Bus 0, Device 2, Function 0                       SiS 86C201
AGP Controller
      Bus 1, Device 0, Function 0                       SiS 86C306
Video Adapter
      Bus 0, Device 0, Function 1                       SiS 961
MuTIOL - IDE Controller

    PnP Devices:
      PNP0303                                           101/102-Key
or MS Natural Keyboard
      PNP0501                                          
16550A-compatible UART Serial Port
      PNP0C08                                           ACPI
Driver/BIOS
      FIXEDBUTTON                                       ACPI Fixed
Feature Button
      AUTHENTICAMD_-_X86_FAMILY_5_MODEL_8               AMD-K6(tm)
3D processor
      PNP0200                                           DMA
Controller
      PNP0700                                           Floppy Disk
Controller
      PNP0F13                                           Logitech
PS/2 Port Mouse
      PNP0C02                                           Motherboard
Resources
      PNP0C04                                           Numeric
Data Processor
      PNP0400                                           Parallel
Port
      PNP0800                                           PC Speaker
      PNP0A03                                           PCI Bus
      PNP0C0C                                           Power
Button
      PNP0000                                          
Programmable Interrupt Controller
      PNP0B00                                           Real-Time
Clock
      PNP0C01                                           System
Board Extension
      PNP0100                                           System
Timer

    LPT PnP Devices:
      MICROSOFTRAWPORT                                  Printer
Port Logical Interface

    USB Devices:
      04B4 0100                                         Generic USB
Hub
      0EA0 2168                                         USB Mass
Storage Device

    Ports:
      COM1                                             
Communications Port (COM1)
      LPT1                                              Printer
Port (LPT1)


[ Device Resources ]

    DMA 02                     Exclusive      Standard floppy disk
controller
    DMA 04                     Exclusive      Direct memory access
controller
    IRQ 00                     Exclusive      System timer
    IRQ 01                     Exclusive      Standard 101/102-Key
or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
    IRQ 04                     Exclusive      Communications Port
(COM1)
    IRQ 05                     Shared         ESS 1969 PCI
AudioDrive (WDM)
    IRQ 05                     Shared         SiS 7001 PCI to USB
Open Host Controller
    IRQ 06                     Exclusive      Standard floppy disk
controller
    IRQ 08                     Exclusive      System CMOS/real time
clock
    IRQ 09                     Shared         Microsoft
ACPI-Compliant System
    IRQ 10                     Shared         NETGEAR FA311 Fast
Ethernet Adapter
    IRQ 12                     Exclusive      PS/2 Compatible Mouse
    IRQ 13                     Exclusive      Numeric data
processor
    IRQ 14                     Exclusive      Primary IDE Channel
    IRQ 15                     Exclusive      Secondary IDE Channel
    Memory 00000000-0009FFFF   Exclusive      System board
    Memory 000A0000-000BFFFF   Shared         PCI bus
    Memory 000A0000-000BFFFF   Shared         SiS 530/620
    Memory 000A0000-000BFFFF   Undetermined   SIS Processor to AGP
Controller
    Memory 000C8000-000DFFFF   Shared         PCI bus
    Memory 000E0000-000FFFFF   Exclusive      System board
    Memory 00100000-17CFFFFF   Exclusive      System board
    Memory 17D00000-27CFFFFF   Exclusive      System board
    Memory 17D00000-FFDFFFFF   Shared         PCI bus
    Memory 40000000-4000FFFF   Exclusive      SiS 530/620
    Memory 40000000-400FFFFF   Exclusive      SIS Processor to AGP
Controller
    Memory 40800000-40FFFFFF   Exclusive      SIS Processor to AGP
Controller
    Memory 40800000-40FFFFFF   Exclusive      SiS 530/620
    Memory 50000000-5FFFFFFF   Exclusive      SIS Processor to AGP
Controller
    Memory FFDFE000-FFDFEFFF   Exclusive      NETGEAR FA311 Fast
Ethernet Adapter
    Memory FFDFF000-FFDFFFFF   Exclusive      SiS 7001 PCI to USB
Open Host Controller
    Memory FFEE0000-FFEFFFFF   Exclusive      System board
    Memory FFF80000-FFFFFFFF   Exclusive      System board
    Port 0000-000F             Exclusive      Direct memory access
controller
    Port 0000-0CF7             Shared         PCI bus
    Port 0010-001F             Exclusive      Motherboard resources
    Port 0020-003F             Exclusive      Programmable
interrupt controller
    Port 0040-0043             Exclusive      System timer
    Port 0050-0052             Exclusive      Motherboard resources
    Port 0060-0060             Exclusive      Standard 101/102-Key
or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
    Port 0061-0061             Exclusive      System speaker
    Port 0064-0064             Exclusive      Standard 101/102-Key
or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
    Port 0070-0071             Exclusive      System CMOS/real time
clock
    Port 0072-0077             Exclusive      Motherboard resources
    Port 0080-008F             Exclusive      Direct memory access
controller
    Port 0090-009F             Exclusive      Motherboard resources
    Port 00A0-00BF             Exclusive      Programmable
interrupt controller
    Port 00C0-00DF             Exclusive      Direct memory access
controller
    Port 00F0-00FF             Exclusive      Numeric data
processor
    Port 0170-0177             Exclusive      Secondary IDE Channel
    Port 01F0-01F7             Exclusive      Primary IDE Channel
    Port 0201-0201             Undetermined   Standard Game Port
    Port 0274-0277             Exclusive      ISAPNP Read Data Port
    Port 0279-0279             Exclusive      ISAPNP Read Data Port
    Port 0370-0371             Exclusive      Motherboard resources
    Port 0376-0376             Exclusive      Secondary IDE Channel
    Port 0378-037F             Exclusive      Printer Port (LPT1)
    Port 03B0-03BB             Shared         SiS 530/620
    Port 03B0-03BB             Undetermined   SIS Processor to AGP
Controller
    Port 03C0-03DF             Shared         SiS 530/620
    Port 03C0-03DF             Undetermined   SIS Processor to AGP
Controller
    Port 03F0-03F5             Exclusive      Standard floppy disk
controller
    Port 03F6-03F6             Exclusive      Primary IDE Channel
    Port 03F7-03F7             Exclusive      Standard floppy disk
controller
    Port 03F8-03FF             Exclusive      Communications Port
(COM1)
    Port 0480-048F             Exclusive      Motherboard resources
    Port 04D0-04D1             Exclusive      Motherboard resources
    Port 0A79-0A79             Exclusive      ISAPNP Read Data Port
    Port 0D00-FFFF             Shared         PCI bus
    Port 1000-107F             Exclusive      SiS 530/620
    Port 1000-1FFF             Exclusive      SIS Processor to AGP
Controller
    Port 2400-243F             Exclusive      ESS 1969 PCI
AudioDrive (WDM)
    Port 2440-244F             Exclusive      SiS PCI IDE
Controller
    Port 2450-245F             Exclusive      ESS 1969 PCI
AudioDrive (WDM)
    Port 2460-246F             Exclusive      ESS 1969 PCI
AudioDrive (WDM)
    Port 2470-2473             Exclusive      ESS 1969 PCI
AudioDrive (WDM)
    Port 2474-2477             Exclusive      ESS 1969 PCI
AudioDrive (WDM)
    Port 3800-381F             Exclusive      Motherboard resources
    Port 8000-804F             Exclusive      Motherboard resources
    Port FE00-FEFF             Exclusive      NETGEAR FA311 Fast
Ethernet Adapter

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