Bug 372431

Summary:	Kernel hangs on boot up
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Glenn Sullivan <glenngds>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	7	CC:	chris.brown
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Description Glenn Sullivan 2007-11-09 10:07:43 UTC

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071019 Fedora/2.0.0.8-1.fc7 Firefox/2.0.0.8

Description of problem:
the last error displayed was Kernel panic-not syncing: attempted to kill init.
keyboard lights were flashing on and off.  Nothing had any effect except turning my computer off.


Kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 is the only Kernel that works

If I were to reboot my computer and not do anything it would lock up, period.

If I reboot my computer and choose kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 everything works just fine

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel 2.6.23.1-21.fc7

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1.install Fedora 7 x86_64 Live DVD
2.run pup
3.reboot computer

Actual Results:
computer stops responding-keyboard lights flash on and off and I have to use the power button to get any effect at all.

Expected Results:
should boot up normally

Additional info:
all kernels since 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 have done this with my computer.  Tried to install Fedora 8 x86_64 and got pretty much the same result during the installation process

Comment 1 Chuck Ebbert 2007-11-27 23:03:58 UTC

Can you capture the oops message on the screen by booting in runlevel 3?
Also, what kind of machine is it?

Comment 2 Christopher Brown 2008-01-16 03:36:51 UTC

Hello,

I'm reviewing this bug as part of the kernel bug triage project, an attempt to
isolate current bugs in the Fedora kernel.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage

I am CC'ing myself to this bug and will try and assist you in resolving it if I can.

There hasn't been much activity on this bug for a while. Could you tell me if
you are still having problems with the latest kernel?

If the problem no longer exists then please close this bug or I'll do so in a
few days if there is no additional information lodged.

Comment 3 Christopher Brown 2008-02-16 02:53:26 UTC

Closing as per previous comment. Please re-open if this is still an issue for you.