[hsflinux] Error messages and slow connection on SuSE 9.0

[Dennis Luemkemann]

> this might be because Linux tries to load the modem driver while the
> partition is still in read only mode.

does loading the driver require write access?

> Look in "/var/log/messages" and/or "/var/log/boot" and verify what's before
> and after these errors to get an idea where this happens in the boot
> process. You might be able to find which script to modify this way.

This is before the errors:

dy programmed
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK5] enabled at IRQ 11
PIC: IRQ (11) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (11) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (11) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (11) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (10) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (5) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (3) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (12) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (12) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (10) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (5) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (3) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (3) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (12) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (10) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (5) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (5) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (3) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (12) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (10) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (10) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (5) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (3) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (12) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (3) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (3) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (3) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (3) already programmed
PIC: IRQ (12) already programmed
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: if you experience problems, try using option 'pci=noacpi' or even
'acpi=off'
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16)
apm: overridden by ACPI.
PISCH: Plug In Scheduler Interface (Version 6)
Starting kswapd
bigpage subsystem: allocated 0 bigpages (=0MB).
kinoded started
VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1
aio_setup: num_physpages = 32764
aio_setup: sizeof(struct page) = 48
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xe0818000, size 65536k
vesafb: mode is 1280x1024x16, linelength=2560, pages=50
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:56ae
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0
bootsplash 3.0.9-2003/09/08: looking for picture.... silenjpeg size 30981 bytes,
found (1280x1024, 15663 bytes, v3).
bootsplash: silent jpeg found.
bootsplash: silent jpeg found.
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 148x51
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT
SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 64000K size 1024 blocksize
loop: loaded (max 16 devices)
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
NFORCE2: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:09.0
NFORCE2: chipset revision 162
NFORCE2: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
AMD_IDE: Bios didn't set cable bits corectly. Enabling workaround.
AMD_IDE: PCI device 10de:0065 (nVidia Corporation) (rev a2) UDMA100 controller
on pci00:09.0
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: IC35L120AVV207-0, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue c03eb6c0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
hdc: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R1312, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: host protected area => 1
hda: 241254720 sectors (123522 MB) w/1821KiB Cache, CHS=15017/255/63, UDMA(100)
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
Partition check:
 hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536)
Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
cryptoapi: loaded
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Freeing initrd memory: 292k freed
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
reiserfs: found format "3.6" with standard journal
reiserfs: enabling write barrier flush mode
reiserfs: using ordered data mode
reiserfs: checking transaction log (device ide0(3,3)) ...
for (ide0(3,3))
Using r5 hash to sort names
VFS: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly.
Trying to move old root to /initrd ... failed
Unmounting old root
Trying to free ramdisk memory ... okay
Freeing unused kernel memory: 176k freed
OsFOpen("/etc/hsfmodem/nvm/dynamic/0-PCI-14f1:2f00-1025:8d88/PCI_DEVICE_ID",
"w"): error -30

And this is after:

md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
Adding Swap: 1036184k swap-space (priority 42)
reiserfs: enabling write barrier flush mode
reiserfs: enabling write barrier flush mode
NTFS driver 2.1.4a [Flags: R/O MODULE].
NTFS volume version 3.1.
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
hdc: attached ide-scsi driver.
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
  Vendor: TOSHIBA   Model: DVD-ROM SD-R1312  Rev: 1011
  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
IPsec Security Association Database (SADB): initialized.
IPsec Security Policy Database (SPD): initialized.
IPsec PF_KEY V2: initialized
IPv6 v0.8 (usagi-cvs/IPsec6 based StS) for NET4.0
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4095 buckets, 32760 max) - 304 bytes per conntrack
raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:02.2 to 64
ehci_hcd 00:02.2: PCI device 10de:0068 (nVidia Corporation)
ehci_hcd 00:02.2: irq 11, pci mem e49d0000
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
PCI: 00:02.2 PCI cache line size set incorrectly (0 bytes) by BIOS/FW.
PCI: 00:02.2 PCI cache line size corrected to 64.
ehci_hcd 00:02.2: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Jun-19/2.4
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 6 ports detected
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 14:24:02 Sep 24 2003
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:02.0 to 64
usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe49e3000, IRQ 5
usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.0, PCI device 10de:0067 (nVidia Corporation)
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 3 ports detected
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:02.1 to 64
usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe49e5000, IRQ 12
usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.1, PCI device 10de:0067 (nVidia Corporation)
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 3 ports detected
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:06.0 to 64
intel8x0: clocking to 47452
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
usb.c: registered new driver serial
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic
usbserial.c: USB Serial Driver core v1.4
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
mtrr: 0xd0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xd0000000,0x4000000
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
mtrr: 0xd0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xd0000000,0x4000000