Kernel 2.6.15-5, udev and Inspiron 6000

[Derek Broughton]

Derek Broughton wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>> I upgraded the kernel last week.  Big mistake.
>> 
>> 2.6.15 came with new initramfs-tools and udev (sans hotplug).  This
>> coombination made my previous kernel (2.6.12-9) unworkable (because it
>> seems to need hotplug).
>> 
>> However, 2.6.15 has trouble with my SATA drive:
>> 
>>   ata: 0x1F0 IDE port busy
> 
> Too bad nobody seems to know anything about this.
> 
> I actually _once_ got it to boot 2.6.15-5 and everything worked great -
> except suspend, unfortunately, or I wouldn't have needed to reboot since.
> 
> 2.6.15-7 has replaced 2.6.15-5, and udev has been upgraded to
> 077-0ubuntu4, which has a changelog notice indicating that it needed to
> wait longer for
> SATA hardware.  Now the boot process goes further, but eventually panics.
> 
> Any suggestions for getting it to recognize the SATA drives?  As it is,
> I'm without wireless, external keyboard or mouse, until I get a working
> 2.6.15 kernel or downgrade udev to work with 2.6.12 again.

For anybody else with an Inspiron 6000, the problems are fixed at 2.6.15-8
and udev 077-0ubuntu5 (at least that it boots and recognizes the Intel
wireless - haven't tried USB, but since that worked if I could boot
2.6.15-5, I expect it's fine).
-- 
derek