From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3yVN-0004Y9-Cc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:32:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D67FA1C05D; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:31:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vx0-f181.google.com (mail-vx0-f181.google.com [209.85.220.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CA381C05D for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:31:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxb39 with SMTP id 39so2313221vxb.40 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:31:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=F9jYmIOgeEH0RjzfiiH9VO0t34dhjorChDOcqls0TeU=; b=xux1oBsTPJmZ6CMPnrFvQnoZdjQQO/rx6Qbz4FD7kv+5ilxRIEGzL7PYB/bJ3J0Npb 0NOULi8SyVQ0EORrnXj0XcZp5q+0HTSiVvrblTCIGH/yQ7vh+BfA4Vhl0PzYLMdFrpyc pASVX/QZw+kj0IffpRCEh7IZycKFEl3CZ+8bc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; b=Q/tJoqbvCEYO5QdPns4kgkbqF6Gg28V0s/GOJkQqM8/4sTvg3qts+NZ94zoQG1FYyA y7z394Jh7HOSWwJkAt7mCWznRWpb8wrW6pLsy9tzTjb0nEuBKzYM1USpg2NjfLYKqjdC vHj1k5eZ6YE0/luoi0mFN7zYxl2y/BXOLy6YU= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.97.165 with SMTP id eb5mr4304172vdb.298.1301265112110; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Sender: cjosephsonful@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.167.66 with HTTP; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:31:52 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: V2mmKTC-zaI6lmOhAYKFbehS2kQ Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-catalyst] LiveCD: Unpacking Firmware From: Colleen Josephson To: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307d0408c415fe049f7e6455 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 44174c3d564579328235cc2f2897a3e4 --20cf307d0408c415fe049f7e6455 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I had a question related to the amd64 minimal livecd. What exactly is happening at the "Unpacking firmware" stage of the boot process? Is there a way to find out exactly what firmware is being loaded? Or a way to boot without loading the firmware? Why? It is a somewhat strange reason. I am having issues with a high-pitched hum coming from the audio jacks (occurs on both MB sound and a creative sound card) I have a very nice sound system (a sound board, studio monitors...I am an audio hobbyist), and no other system has these problems, so I am relatively sure that it is not the speakers/cables. I have been booting from the liveCD, and I have pinpointed the point at which the hum starts to something near the *Unpacking firmware stage. I realize this is somewhat esoteric, but it renders my system almost useless, and would greatly appreciate any input. I did interactive mode. The interactive mode only prompts for some of the items. Among the items it does not prompt for is the firmware unpacking. It just goes and does it. -- Colleen Josephson Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class of 2013 --20cf307d0408c415fe049f7e6455 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 I had a question related to the amd64 minimal livecd.

What exactly is happening at the "Unpacking firmware" stage of the boot process?
Is there a way to find out exactly what firmware is being loaded? Or a way to boot without loading the firmware?

Why? It is a somewhat strange reason. I am having issues with a high-pitched hum coming from the audio jacks (occurs on both MB sound and a creative sound card)
I have a very nice sound system (a sound board, studio monitors...I am an audio hobbyist), and no other system has these problems, so I am relatively sure that it is not the speakers/cables.

I have been booting from the liveCD, and I have pinpointed the point at which the hum starts to something near the *Unpacking firmware stage.
I realize this is somewhat esoteric, but it renders my system almost useless, and would greatly appreciate any input.

I did interactive mode. The interactive mode only prompts for some of the items. Among the items it does not prompt for is the firmware unpacking. It just goes and does it.

--
Colleen Josephson
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Class of 2013
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