Description of problem: All kernels after kernel-2.6.19-1.2914.fc7.i686 (last known working kernel on my system) hang at the "PM: Loading info ... vesafb.0 ..." start-up stage -- system never progresses past this stage. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): I currently have kernel-2.6.20-1.2999.fc7.i686 installed -- it hangs. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install any kernel after kernel-2.6.19-1.2914.fc7.i686 2. Reboot 3. Actual results: Hangs at PM: ... loading ... vesafb.0 Expected results: Successful start up... Additional info: CPU Info - processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 4 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping : 9 cpu MHz : 3000.410 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 6005.73 clflush size : 64 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 4 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping : 9 cpu MHz : 3000.410 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 5999.39 clflush size : 64 MemInfo MemTotal: 1414124 kB MemFree: 492724 kB Buffers: 84908 kB Cached: 548544 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 397828 kB Inactive: 447516 kB HighTotal: 522264 kB HighFree: 1028 kB LowTotal: 891860 kB LowFree: 491696 kB SwapTotal: 1020116 kB SwapFree: 1020116 kB Dirty: 16 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 211832 kB Mapped: 70688 kB Slab: 57732 kB SReclaimable: 36436 kB SUnreclaim: 21296 kB PageTables: 5232 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 1727176 kB Committed_AS: 707788 kB VmallocTotal: 114680 kB VmallocUsed: 3980 kB VmallocChunk: 110440 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 Hugepagesize: 4096 kB
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported against rawhide during the development of a Fedora release that is no longer maintained. In order to refocus our efforts as a project we are flagging all of the open bugs for releases which are no longer maintained. If this bug remains in NEEDINFO thirty (30) days from now, we will automatically close it. If you can reproduce this bug in a maintained Fedora version (7, 8, or rawhide), please change this bug to the respective version and change the status to ASSIGNED. (If you're unable to change the bug's version or status, add a comment to the bug and someone will change it for you.) Thanks for your help, and we apologize again that we haven't handled these issues to this point. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp We will be following the process here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this doesn't happen again.
This bug has been in NEEDINFO for more than 30 days since feedback was first requested. As a result we are closing it. If you can reproduce this bug in the future against a maintained Fedora version please feel free to reopen it against that version. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp