Bug 1565409

Kernel bug  images, read the filenames

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_hGY7qzj15BOG1hTHNBMzY3eGpNY1E3RDduTVVIY3FqcGU0/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PJjsIaqid_Wqzvr6vIzLY41kPkM70Guj 
Here is the correct link. The one before doesn't work

I tripped the same issue with a MacBook2,1.

Latest kernel version that boots for me is 4.14.18-300.fc27.x86_64

With this kernel version I trip 4 CPU WARNINGS in a row on boot, 1st untainted, 2nd-4th flagged tainted. As a result, abrt doesn't think it is allowed to send any of these in.

1st = drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:1295 assert_plains_disabled+0x130/0x140
2nd = drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:10832 intel_atomic_check+0xf9f/0x1220
3rd = drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:10832 intel_atomic_check+0xf9f/0x1220
4th = drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:915 drm_atomic_helper_update_legacy_modeset_state+0x1ae/0x1c0

I can provide the full dmesg if someone thinks it will be useful.

Debug is a bit painful here as Grub doesn't honor a CTRL key (onboard keyboard or usb attached PC104), so edit of kernel command line isn't possible.

Trying Fedora 28 Workstation ia32 and the installer works fine up till the graphical mode switch done via anaconda. Fedora 28 x86_64 fails earlier as it looks like it tries to use kernel mode set. Due to the above mentioned ignoring CTRL key, Fedora 28 Workstation installers couldn't be debugged further to find out where things are going.

Bug has since been fixed by the kernel devs

Boot still fails with the latest kernel-4.16.12-200.fc27.x86_64.rpm on a black screen with flashing cursor. The screen corruption is gone at least, but this may be because the boot didn't progress that far.

What combination worked for you?

Could you attach a screenshot? It sounds like it is a GRUB issue

Are you trying to boot in legacy mode? I have never had success with legacy mode. Make sure you are booting via EFI

Same issue and steps to reproduce as initial report.

Fedora 27 x86_64 booting EFI, works if kernel 4.14.x or lower is selected. Upgrading to 4.15.x or 4.16.x produces a black screen after grub.

Fedora 28 x86_64 DVDs via EFI do not boot. Considering removing the EFI signatures to force it to boot legacy and see what happens.

Fedora 28 ia32 DVDs via 32bit EFI or Legacy (didn't check) boot through text mode, but fail when switching to graphics.

Based on the messages out of 4.14 boot (All i915 and/or DRM related), and that these kernels default to kernel mode set before displaying text on a graphics screen, there isn't much I can debug here. Trying to edit grub doesn't work because at that stage, the CTRL key is ignored (or remapped to something I cannot figure out). I did try to boot with "nomodeset" but this didn't change the results.

I was using kernel 4.14. The issue still isn’t fixed with anything above that. Reopening

Hi folks,

Your best bet is to bisect the kernel[0] between v4.15 and v4.14 to see where the regression started. It takes a while, but it's very helpful. You can also use some of the troubleshooting steps from [1] to see if you can get more useful information about where the kernel is hanging on boot.

[0] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/quick-docs/en-US/kernel/troubleshooting.html#bisecting-the-kernel
[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/quick-docs/en-US/kernel/troubleshooting.html#boot-failures

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Fedora 27 has now been rebased to 4.17.7-100.fc27.  Please test this kernel update (or newer) and let us know if you issue has been resolved or if it is still present with the newer kernel.

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I'm working on the git bisect to find what caused the original breakage, and found a new one.

4.17.x causes immediate reboots on Macbook2,1 where at least 4.16.x would crash in a way that was potentially diagnoseable.

Trying some of the various vanilla kernel RPM from the instructions as well and will report back as time permits.

Here is where I'm at trying to narrow down the commit triggering the issue.

Last working Koji build : http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1030043 for 4.14.18-300.fc27

Unable to test (deleted) : http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1033940 for 4.15.2-300.fc27

Unable to test (deleted) : http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1043716 for 4.15.2-301.fc27

Non-working (horizontal bars and hang during boot) : https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1044175 with 4.15.3-300.fc27

Reviewing the changes made in the spec outside of the kernel.org sources suggests it isn't likely to be there so I'm going to start trying raw kernel.org sources at 4.14.0 and rolling up from there to see which point release triggered the issue.

Current kernel.org for 4.19-rc2 is back to generating the failure/halt as 4.15.3 above does so that is semi good news I expect.

We apologize for the inconvenience.  There is a large number of bugs to go through and several of them have gone stale.  Due to this, we are doing a mass bug update across all of the Fedora 27 kernel bugs.
 
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Fedora 29 i386 boots with 4.18 without issue.

Fedora 27+ x86_64 does not boot on MacBook2,1 into a kernel >= 4.14.

The Intel Graphics issues I saw no longer appear in 4.18 i386 for Fedora 29.

Outstanding issue with Fedora booting on MacBook2,1 appears to be related to bootloader transition from UEFI 32bit to Linux Kernel 64bit triggering immediate reboots. This happens with Fedora 27 x86_64 using latest kernels, as well as Fedora 29 x86_64 install media.

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