Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 372431
Kernel hangs on boot up
Last modified: 2008-02-15 21:53:26 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071019 Fedora/2.0.0.8-1.fc7 Firefox/2.0.0.8 Description of problem: the last error displayed was Kernel panic-not syncing: attempted to kill init. keyboard lights were flashing on and off. Nothing had any effect except turning my computer off. Kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 is the only Kernel that works If I were to reboot my computer and not do anything it would lock up, period. If I reboot my computer and choose kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 everything works just fine Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel 2.6.23.1-21.fc7 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install Fedora 7 x86_64 Live DVD 2.run pup 3.reboot computer Actual Results: computer stops responding-keyboard lights flash on and off and I have to use the power button to get any effect at all. Expected Results: should boot up normally Additional info: all kernels since 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 have done this with my computer. Tried to install Fedora 8 x86_64 and got pretty much the same result during the installation process
Can you capture the oops message on the screen by booting in runlevel 3? Also, what kind of machine is it?
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.
Closing as per previous comment. Please re-open if this is still an issue for you.