Description of problem: I have just updated my system ( Dell Optiplex GC270 - http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=492900d9-5ee0-441c-9792-fc2ecc86aa5d ) to the newest kernel form rawhide and the system freezes during startup at binging eth0 stage. Keyboard and mouse doesn't respond only caps-lock and sroll lock lights are flashing. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.21-1.3149.fc7 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Update to kernel-2.6.21-1.3149.fc7 2. Reboot Additional info: The system works ok with earlier kernels (3142 and below)
The problem still exists in build 3163.
I have a similar problem with latest kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7. System hangs with caps lock on at the stage "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel". In previous versions i had no freezes at boot time. System dell d620 laptop: http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=dac1bfb6-b841-4744-953e-14593c289da3
The issue has been solved for me in kernel-2.6.21-1.3189.fc7
The Dell bug is 241249 Thanks for the update Dawid, I'll close this out.