Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 374381
kernel crash during fedora 8 upgrade on hp nx6125
Last modified: 2008-06-18 18:36:15 EDT
Description of problem: hi, after some google search i found out how to get through the dependencies resolution after 26% (remove dbus, expat and avahi) i able to ugrade 3 of my workstations to f8. the problem comes when i try to upgrade my hp nx6125 laptop which has exactly the same packages installed as my workstations and works with fedora 7 (i386 and still would like to use i386). after another few google i found these: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3277 http://www.clasohm.com/blog/one-entry?entry_id=14560 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=119426 i exactly has the same syndrome with f8 upgrade from dvd ie. it'e terrible slow (10-100 times!!!). if i gives the noapic nolapic kernel option for the installer it's use the normal speed, but kernel crash when start /sbin/loader. so my question is there any solution for this? is it a kernel bug or is there any solution to be able to upgrade to f8 and use it in an acceptable speed? anyways if i do live yum upgrade (ie. not boot from dvd) the the new kernel will run with the same speed after reboot? since in this case i rather wait for an updated kernel. or it's not a kernel related problem? thanks in advance. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 while the previous version with f7 kernel-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 has no such problem. How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
and here is the solution: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=53094&highlight=nx6125 The only way to find out without installing Ubuntu 32bit is to use an Ubuntu (32-bit) LIVECD and to try to prompt one (and ONLY 1 PER TIME) of the following options at boot: 1) noapic nolapic OR 2) noapic acpi=noirq OR 3) noapic acpi=off OR 4) noapictimer OR 5) noapictimer irqpoll
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. Live Yum upgrades are not recommended as per: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq and if you are having issues then I would recommend using the DVD to upgrade. 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.
the problem still exists, the only solution what i find is: noapic nolapic kernel option. and in this case i can boot, but i don't think this can be a final solution.
please close this bug since it's been already solved in f9