Common Errors

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Error Reference

This is a reference collection of common errors. Please do not post questions here - the wiki is not monitored for inquiries. Take questions to the forum where the community offers help. Finally, do your research: use Google and read the man pages.

When you share your knowledge, please:

  1. Categorize your error according to its place in the startup process (bootloader, boot, run, specific program/process).
  2. Describe the error output and/or symptoms
  3. Briefly describe your setup (especially if it's off the beaten path)
  4. Describe a reason for the error (if you don't know, try to figure it out!)
  5. Describe a solution, or describe the error as trivial or safe to ignore, etc.
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Boot

Error: Block-Major-2
Reason: DSL could not find a floppy Drive
Solution: Safe to ignore/Add a floppy drive to your system
Setup: Gateway Solo 1150, HD install, DSL 2.4

Error: sr0- CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST
Reason: No cd in cdrom 1 while trying to search for a file there.
Solution: Add norestore (or restore=xxx) to append line/Safe to ignore.
Setup: Gateway Solo 1150, HD install, DSL 2.4

Error: APCI could not be enabled
Reason: PC lacks APCI or APCI Disabled
Solution: Safe to ignore if you lack/don't need APCI
Setup: Gateway Solo 1150, HD install, DSL 2.4

Error: kmod- failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno=2
Reason: Unknown (Believe to be lack of actuall scsi controller)
Solution: Safe to ignore??
Setup: Gateway Solo 1150, HD install, DSL 2.4

Error: Spurious 8259a interrupt- IRQ7
Reason: Varies widely. Not a problem if it seldom occurs and if there are no other symptoms. Literally means an interrupt was requested but not handled. If you wouldn't have noticed anything without this message (sound works, video works?), then the interrupt could not have been that important.
Solution: Usually safe to ignore
Setup: Gateway Solo 1150, HD install, DSL 2.4

Error: Bad EIP Value
Reason: Advanced Config and Power Interface is incompatible
Solution: boot with "dsl acpi=off"
Setup: Some Dell Laptops, E.g. models D610 or D620, DSL 2.4

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Run:

Computer Explosion: it blew up my computer...
I dont know how to fix that, try not to use it on a LMAO computer.
Error: sr0- CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST cdrom- open failed
Reason: No cd in cdrom 1 while trying to search for a file there.
Solution: Safe to ignore.
Note: sr0 can also be sr1/sr2/srx depending on number of cdroms in your system. Setup: Gateway Solo 1150, HD install, DSL 2.4

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