Bug 442469

Summary:	kernel-2.6.24.4-64.fc8 freezes on X init
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Mostafa Afgani <m.afgani>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	8	Keywords:	Reopened
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	2.6.24.5-85.fc8	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Mostafa Afgani 2008-04-14 22:40:56 UTC

Description of problem:
With kernel-2.6.24.4-64.fc8 the machine freezes as soon as the system tries to
initialize X.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.24.4-64.fc8

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update kernel to 2.6.24.4-64.fc8
2. Boot to runlevel 5
3.
  
Actual results:
Machine hangs as soon as it tries to run X

Expected results:
The machine does not hang and X proceeds as normal

Additional info:
The VGA card is a nVidia 8800 GTS 512. If the system is booted directly to
runlevel 3, it behaves normally. However, it hangs as soon as the runlevel is
switched to 5. I have checked /var/log/messages but failed to find anything
interesting. I've also noticed that Xorg.0.log is not created.
kernel-2.6.24.3-50.fc8 works without any problems.

Comment 1 Mostafa Afgani 2008-04-14 22:54:50 UTC

I'd just like to add that this does not appear to be a driver related issue
since the same thing happens with 'nv' and 'vesa'.

Comment 2 Mostafa Afgani 2008-04-24 21:58:42 UTC

Whatever the problem was, it seems to have been resolved in 2.6.24.5-85.fc8 from
updates-testing. Couldn't find anything interesting in the changelog though.

Comment 3 Mostafa Afgani 2008-06-07 08:42:29 UTC

It's back in 2.6.25.4-10.fc8.

Comment 4 Mostafa Afgani 2008-06-15 11:33:52 UTC

Solved in 2.6.25.6-24.fc8.

Comment 5 Bug Zapper 2008-11-26 10:29:41 UTC

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Comment 6 Bug Zapper 2009-01-09 07:46:40 UTC

Fedora 8 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-01-07. Fedora 8 is 
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