Bug 478893

Summary: Fedora 10 hangs on initial boot - "Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle"
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Vitaliy Yermolenko <vitaliyy>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 10CC: fdc, frankly3d, kernel-maint
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Description Flags
dmesg log after using "acpi=off" boot option
none
dmidecode log after using "acpi=off" boot option
none
lspci -vv log after using "acpi=off" boot option
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Boot screen hangs
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Could it be useful? none

Description Vitaliy Yermolenko 2009-01-05 21:22:05 UTC
Description of problem:
Fedora 10 installation (from DVD) on MSI EX400X laptop hangs on the initial boot screen right after "Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle" line - see "boot_hangs.jpg" attached. Extra "acpi=off" boot option helps in this situation.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Linux: Fedora 10 (Cambridge)
Kernel: 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. "Install of Upgrade" option during Fedora 10 installation.
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Actual results:
Installation hangs, laptop heats.

Expected results:
First installation screen should be loaded.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Vitaliy Yermolenko 2009-01-05 21:23:47 UTC
Created attachment 328229 [details]
dmesg log after using "acpi=off" boot option

Comment 2 Vitaliy Yermolenko 2009-01-05 21:25:02 UTC
Created attachment 328230 [details]
dmidecode log after using "acpi=off" boot option

Comment 3 Vitaliy Yermolenko 2009-01-05 21:26:00 UTC
Created attachment 328231 [details]
lspci -vv log after using "acpi=off" boot option

Comment 4 Vitaliy Yermolenko 2009-01-05 21:27:56 UTC
Created attachment 328233 [details]
Boot screen hangs

Comment 5 Vitaliy Yermolenko 2009-01-05 21:30:23 UTC
Created attachment 328235 [details]
Could it be useful?

Comment 6 François Cami 2009-02-06 00:42:19 UTC
Vitaliy,
Does 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10 fix the problem ?

Comment 7 Frank Murphy 2009-04-02 16:49:56 UTC
Have same problem on F11 Beta,
while trying to load livecd-XFCE
gets no further.

Comment 8 Vitaliy Yermolenko 2009-04-05 08:35:59 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> Vitaliy,
> Does 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10 fix the problem ?  

Currently I'm using "lightweighted" (i. e. recompiled by myself with avoided useless modules) 2.6.28 kernel, and now I do not need extra "acpi=off" boot option anymore - hope it helps.

Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2009-11-18 12:42:52 UTC
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Comment 10 Bug Zapper 2009-12-18 07:30:20 UTC
Fedora 10 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-12-17. Fedora 10 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
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