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On 07/26/11 01:02, walt wrote: |
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> Hm. Does the second machine have an EFI BIOS too? |
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No, "regular", old-style, bios. |
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> Hm again. I see only 11 possibilities -- that's a binary three. (Thanks |
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> to Neil for that clever idea.) |
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:-) |
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> 1) You failed to notice those same errors the first time you booted the |
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> usb stick. (But something important has changed with your machine |
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> because it won't boot from usb now, but boots the same code from dvd.) |
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The usb mouse worked in the regular ohci/ehci ports for the first boot. |
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Now, after booting the cd, when I put the mouse into the same port(s) I |
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get the same result (i.e. "... device descriptor bla error). |
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> 2) The live cd install disk lacks the correct drivers for your hardware. |
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> (But then how did it boot the first time?) |
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Well, it does contain drivers for ohci/ehci and hid-devices so... |
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> 3) There is some EFI setting that you changed while fiddling with the EFI |
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> GUI menu system. (Is there a way to restore the EFI default settings?) |
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Could be a possibility of course but there's not a whole lot to change |
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in there... Hm... I installed a second nic in the machine into the only |
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pcie x1 slot (next to the graphic card) after booting for the first |
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time. I'm thinking perhaps there might be some conflict... the onboard |
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nic refuses to work properly also (as mentioned in my first mail)... |
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I'll try to put the nic into another slot, but... |
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...here's what lspci -v says about my nic's (but I can't detect anything |
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wrong - IRQs seems ok): |
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(this is the extra card I put in) |
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08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network |
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Connection |
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Subsystem: Intel Corporation Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter |
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Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 |
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Memory at fe3c0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] |
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Memory at fe300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] |
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I/O ports at 9000 [size=32] |
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Memory at fe3e0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] |
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Expansion ROM at fe380000 [disabled] [size=256K] |
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Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 |
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Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ |
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Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 |
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Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=5 Masked- |
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Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting |
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Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-1b-21-ff-ff-ad-78-9d |
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Kernel driver in use: e1000e |
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(this is the onboard nic) |
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09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. |
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RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06) |
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Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8432 |
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Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 76 |
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I/O ports at 8000 [size=256] |
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Memory at d0004000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] |
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Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K] |
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Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 |
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Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ |
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Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01 |
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Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked- |
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Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data |
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Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting |
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Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel |
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Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00 |
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Kernel driver in use: r8169 |
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There's also an (binary) option 100 (i.e. 2^2 = 4): |
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Hardware malfunction. :-( |
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But then again 'tis strange that the usb ports work in the UEFI |
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screen... :-s |
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Thanks for the input, it does help! |
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Best regards |
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Peter K |
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