Description of problem: The kernel (kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5) boot process hangs on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (socket AM2) - Asus M2NPV-VM system. There was a discussion on the kernel mailing list about the problem here: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0607.1/1649.html ... At first, the kernel init hangs after the line: io scheduler cfq registered After I remove the USB Legacy Support in the BIOS, the kernel goes past that line in the init process and hangs in the serial comms init. So I disabled the serial ports in the BIOS and then the kernel hangs on Probing of ide interfaces. Which made me think it's probably not the USB subsystem after all. One thing that's noteworthy is that even with 2.6.15 kernels (which do finish booting), the message: ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC failed. Using local APIC timer interrupts. appears in the kernel message outputs which may or may not be related (APIC). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot up a 2.6.17 kernel on an AMD Athlon X2 - Asus M2NPV-VM system 2. 3. Actual results: System hangs Expected results: System doesn't hang :) Additional info:
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
Unfortunately, I've returned the ASUS mobo and gone back to Gigabyte (which has been a 6 for 6 for me in the last 4 years). I do hope someone picks up from here to test, though.
I tried to install FC6, which has a 2.6.18 kernel. The installation disk kernel won't even boot. Don't know how to get any x86_64 onto this machine at all, only appears usable in 32bit.
I have a computer with the same motherboard, and the problem has been solved in the latest kernel (kernel-2.6.19-1.2911). It is possible to install FC6 on computers with this motherboard by booting the noapic boot parameter.
(this is a mass-close to kernel bugs in NEEDINFO state) As indicated previously there has been no update on the progress of this bug therefore I am closing it as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Please re-open if the issue still occurs for you and I will try to assist in its resolution. Thank you for taking the time to report the initial bug. If you believe that this bug was closed in error, please feel free to reopen this bug.