> You could then try to boot with the pci=nomsi boot parameter ... if I boot up passing to the kernel the start up option:
knoppix64 debug pci=nomsi noapic I would get just two lines further bellow: pci 0000:00:01:0: MSI quirk detected; subordinated MSI disabled PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11 PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered and the boot process would stop. > there is a chance that this message is an information message about a step of > the boot procédure that just has been successful and that the problematic > step that freezes your computer is the next one... is there a way for me to know what the next step would be? The kernel boot up logs should be " (do)ing ....", "... ok" I know the boot process is different for each motherboard, a bit of googling gave me: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=47164 [ ...] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11 [ ...] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.1[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [ ...] VIA_IDE 0000:00:11.1: VIA VLink IRQ fixup, from 255 to 11 [ ...] VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later so the problem might be related to the video card? I also found this message at an ubuntu forum: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2202279 Re: New PC, cannot install Ubuntu (pci 0000:00:01.0: MSI quirk detected) Oldfred, I want to thank you for your tireless effort to help me with resolving this issue. I am very grateful that people like you are available to the community to support noobs like myself I am posting this from my new Xubuntu install, so it seems we finally managed to get things working!!! Here is a recap from the steps I took that (I think) lead to the resolution: - (Obviously) go through the posts provided by Oldfred, tried out several options - I found some info pointing towards USB legacy support and MSI quirk - Disabled legacy support in my BIOS - Got that Checking NVRAM error - Reset my CMOS (through the jumper setting described in my motherboard manual) - Disabled legacy support again, checked some other BIOS settings to make sure they are what they were before resetting the CMOS - Set my CD/DVD up as primary boot device (in BIOS) - Used a (X)Ubuntu installation CD instead of a USB (as legacy support is now disabled) - Up till this point I still had that Checking NVRAM error at POST. - Almost went out to buy a new motherboard, gave it one more try by unplugging my USB keyboard and mouse, booting with Xubuntu installation CD (12.04.3 LTS) - BINGO! Installation starts!!! - During installation, plug back in my USB keyboard and mouse - Let it complete - Restart is needed in order to complete installation - Had some more issues after that with keyboard not working in GRUB menu - Somehow magically ended up in my BIOS again (by using the DEL key during boot) - Enabled USB legacy support - Reboot - Finally able to have Xubuntu boot again, login, install latest updates, working instllation! I am hoping that I described all this in enough detail so that it can help others with similar issues. In the end it seems that when you get that MSI quirk error, disabling USB legacy support in your BIOS goes a long way. That Checking NVRAM error is (or looks to be) because you still have USB devices plugged in when USB legacy support is disabled. So resetting the CMOS may not have been necessary after all. I did not have a PS/2 keyboard/mouse available, but probably disabling legacy USB support in the BIOS and using PS/2 keyboard+mouse would have worked directly. ~ but I very much doubt that MSI could be in business requiring so much work for regular folks out there. I will keep a log here about how I solved that problem in order to help people running into the same hurdle lbrtchx
