Bug 123265

Summary:	install kernel crashes on Panasonic CF-R1(chipset 440 MX)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Makoto Fujiwara <makoto>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Dave Jones <davej>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	2	CC:	makoto, pfrields
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description Makoto Fujiwara 2004-05-14 23:49:53 UTC

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Description of problem:
On the light weight Note PC, Panasonic CF-R1 (Chip set 440MX), install
kernel crashes.
This machine had several installations, RedHat 7.3, 8.0,9, FC1.
All work fine.

  Starting FC2 test1, I believe, at test 2 and 3 for sure, the 
install kernel won't start. With installation CDROM, it boots
to Boot screen, getting the prompt
----------------
[F1-Main][F2-Options][F3-General][F4-Kernel][F5-Rescue]
boot:
----------------
 Either <return> or linux text<return> will give:
  
Loading vmlinuz...........
Loading initrd.img........
Uncompressing ... 
..
Blackout
..
Reboot.

On the other Celeron Desktop Machine, it boots with
the same CDROM to the installer.

The dmesg with FC1 is placed at
http://www.ki.nu/~makoto/fc/
  13266 Apr  9 11:45 FC1-panasonic-dmesg
   6856 May 12 15:57 FC1-panasonic-dmesg-1

(I don't exactly know the difference of the above two,
but they are dmesg files with different occasions.)

I have also tried the development/rawhide boot.iso:
  MD5 (boot.iso) = 4ec1babe368e78b84309a04ef44e3e7e
  -rw-------  1 makoto  wheel  4153344 May 12 18:23 boot.iso
This gave me very much the same symptom.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Have any Panasonic CF-R1 machine with chipset 440MX
2.boot with FC2T2, FC2T3 or May 12 version of development/rawhide 
boot.iso
3.
    

Actual Results:  it boots
to Boot screen, getting the prompt
----------------
[F1-Main][F2-Options][F3-General][F4-Kernel][F5-Rescue]
boot:
----------------
 Either <return> or linux text<return> will give:
  
Loading vmlinuz...........
Loading initrd.img........
Uncompressing ... 
..
Blackout
..
Reboot.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Makoto Fujiwara 2004-05-16 11:58:00 UTC

The machine is running FC1, so,
I have copied vmlinuz and initd.img from boot.iso (May 12 version) on
my CD-ROM, have /etc/grub.conf lines pointing those two on /,
unplug USB CDROM-drive and reboots.

It works. Installer screen asking language appears.

The problem is probably  on USB/CD-ROM driver related.

Comment 2 Dave Jones 2004-12-07 06:47:12 UTC

still a problem with fc3 / latest 2.6.9 kernel ?

Comment 3 Makoto Fujiwara 2004-12-08 06:31:45 UTC

I have checked the new iso image from 
  http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/3/i386/iso/
  -rw-r--r--  1 makoto  wheel   646987776 Nov  4 16:05 FC3-i386-disc1.iso

and resulted the same symptom.

md5 FC3-i386-disc1.iso 
  MD5 (FC3-i386-disc1.iso) = db8c7254beeb4f6b891d1ed3f689b412

Sorry not for good news:

Comment 4 Dave Jones 2005-04-16 05:28:47 UTC

Fedora Core 2 has now reached end of life, and no further updates will be
provided by Red Hat.  The Fedora legacy project will be producing further kernel
updates for security problems only.

If this bug has not been fixed in the latest Fedora Core 2 update kernel, please
try to reproduce it under Fedora Core 3, and reopen if necessary, changing the
product version accordingly.

Thank you.