Description of problem: During boot on my IBM X40 laptop, the installer hangs at "running /sbin/loader", and goes no further for several minutes. During this time, console 3 lists a number of modules loaded, and several inserted, ending with /tmp/loop.ko. Console 4 has normal looking kernel messages ending with: <4>loader used greatest stack depth: 2296 bytes left <6>loop: module loaded After several minutes, the installation process continues. dmesg reports "Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -139639622012 ns) " after "loop: module loaded". If I boot the system with the kernel option "clocksource=acpi_pm", I don't have this problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.23-0.214.rc8.git2.fc8 How reproducible: Always
Created attachment 216831 [details] dmesg output after waiting for bad clock source
*** Bug 322411 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 321621 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Hello, I'm reviewing this bug as part of the kernel bug triage project, an attempt to isolate current bugs in the Fedora kernel. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage I am CC'ing myself to this bug and will try and assist you in resolving it if I can. There hasn't been much activity on this bug for a while. Could you tell me if you are still having problems with the latest kernel? If the problem no longer exists then please close this bug or I'll do so in a few days if there is no additional information lodged.
I *think* this was resolved before the final F8 release. If it comes up when I test F9, I'll reopen this bug.
Please do Gordon. I'm closing WORKSFORME at the moment - you can also test with a 2.6.24-based kernel from rawhide if you wish.
Please, don't shoot the messenger, but I was just hit by this when I booted with Fedora 9 Alpha 1 DVD. Symptoms are exactly the same as in Comment 1 and in my earlier report in Bug 322411. Strangely enough, there has been no such problems with any Fedora 8 kernels after its installation.
Oh, well, I can't reopen this bug. I'll reopen my earlier Bug 322411 instead, then.
Re-opening per comment #8, changing version to rawhide
I'm happy to inform that this bug is not present in Fedora 9 Beta!
Awesome! I'll go ahead and close this bug then.