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From: Colleen Josephson <cjoseph@mit.edu>
To: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-catalyst] Re: LiveCD: Unpacking Firmware
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:00:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimVu0HMvQepWyU-hAUULEeu1FXD7n8ToLVnakHC@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik23XC6LG_1LeKO+jCEoHBDKj0+XEnqWdj1+jNP@mail.gmail.com>

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Update: it seems hotplug/coldplug is the culprit.

If I disable everything, there is no hum. If I re-enable coldplug
(COLDPLUG="yes"), then the hum re-appear.

What about coldplug could be causing problems? Where should I go from here
to solve this problem?

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Colleen Josephson <cjoseph@mit.edu> wrote:

> 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
>



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

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-28  0:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-27 22:31 [gentoo-catalyst] LiveCD: Unpacking Firmware Colleen Josephson
2011-03-28  0:00 ` Colleen Josephson [this message]
2011-03-28  0:13   ` [gentoo-catalyst] " Mike Frysinger
2011-03-28 13:40 ` [gentoo-catalyst] " Peter Stuge
2011-03-28 16:17   ` Colleen Josephson
2011-03-28 17:05     ` Mike Frysinger
2011-03-28 17:10     ` Peter Stuge
2011-03-28 17:25       ` Colleen Josephson
2011-03-28 17:38         ` Mike Frysinger
2011-05-02 19:18           ` [gentoo-catalyst] unsubscribe Guy Harrison

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