Description of problem: - Installed 4, 1GB DIMMS in Dell Precision 450 - Boot with kernel 2.6.6-1.435.2.3smp (or non-SMP) - USB not functional (USB mouse doesn't work) - dmesg shows: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: host controller process error, something bad happened! uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: host controller halted, very bad! - less than 4GB, USB is functional Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): UHCI Driver v2.2 How reproducible: Boot either SMP or UP kernel with 4GB (4-1GB DIMMS tested)
Created attachment 101858 [details] dmesg snip for 4gb USB problem
This sounds like something I'm seeing on a Dell Precision 450 with 4GB of RAM, but I don't remember those exact kernel messages and I need to reinstall FC2 and retest before I can say for certain that it's experiencing this exact bug. BTW, in case something keeps me from testing this in the near future, does using the "mem=" option for the kernel (e.g. "mem=2048m") make the mouse work, or do you have to physically remove memory?
Barry, Yep mem=2048m makes the mouse work and no errors from uhci_hcd. thanks, Mark.
MD5 (kernel-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.no4g4g.i686.rpm) = 745b85de0b392598554773c118c2942e MD5 (kernel-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.no4g4g.src.rpm) = bfb80eafef2953d3918ffc59cf7eadb7 MD5 (kernel-debuginfo-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.no4g4g.i686.rpm) = edfb5e5f3a95237775f8da8627c5658d MD5 (kernel-smp-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.no4g4g.i686.rpm) = 770413051a484891d2c745900e9a94d0 available at: http://math.uci.edu/~bnathan/linux/kernel-no4g4g These kernels have 4g4g disabled in the kernel .config. With these, the USB ports on this Precision 450 work, without having to use mem= to limit memory. I'm guessing now that this issue may be 4g4g-related somehow...
With plain 2.6.6-1.435.2.3smp (i.e. without disabling 4g4g), mem=2596m works, mem=2597m breaks...
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FWIW, this got "fixed" (?) by one of the FC2 update kernels, which disabled 4g4g...