Description of problem: beginning with 2.6.16-1.2106_FC6.ppc64 2.6.16-1.2112_FC6.ppc64 2.6.16-1.2114_FC6.ppc64 my powermac g5 dual hangs while booting, 'noapic' 'acpi=off' 'nosoftlockup' = does not help older kernel are ok. booting in runlevel 1 is ok booting in interactive mode without "local" was the solution. the problem was my own rc.local because the sound does not work without this line. ---- modprobe snd_powermac ---- the /var/log/messages after modprobing in runlevel 3, the machine freezes ---- modprobe snd_powermac ---- Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000 Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000383b4 Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000 Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000383b4 Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000 Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000383b4 Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000 Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000383b4 Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000 Apr 3 11:48:32 pmg5 kernel: Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000383b4 Apr 3 11:48:34 pmg5 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000 Apr 3 11:48:34 pmg5 kernel: Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000383b4 -------- Additional info: here are my old /var/log/messages https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187377#c1
2.6.16-1.2118_FC6.ppc64 = freeze 2.6.16-1.2121_FC6.ppc64 = freeze 2.6.16-1.2122_FC6.ppc64 = freeze still no sound and the machine freezes while `modprobe snd-powermac` ciao.
kernel-2.6.16-1.2134_FC6.ppc64 or the latest udev, initscripts, ... updates. the powermac is turning off the machine again while booting, see bug #187377 or the machine is completely freezing short after booting. seldom bootable after updates, not really bluetooth mouse/keyboard, not really sound, X not really useable more russian roulette, ... == after playing several months with rawhide on this powermac the steps are going more backward than forward. i can not see that fc6 or rhel5 could be a real target for me. thanks, "mac os x" and "mac os x server" was my solution for the powermac. closed.