Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 425767
2.6.23.* kernel causes hang during starting udev
Last modified: 2008-06-16 22:56:00 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.10) Gecko/20071128 Fedora/2.0.0.10-2.fc7 Firefox/2.0.0.10 Description of problem: On installing any kernel with the architecture 2.6.23.* my compaq nx9010 notebook refuses to boot. In particular, it "hangs" at the "Starting udev" stage of the boot process. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.23.8-34.fc7 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Ensure 2.6.23.* kernel is installed. 2. Boot laptop 3. Laptop will "hang" while "starting udev" is displayed. Actual Results: Notebook refuses to boot. Expected Results: Notebook should boot successfully. Additional info: This problem occurs on all kernels beginning with 2.6.23.* Here is the output of /sbin/lspci: [tony@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M] (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M] 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] 00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller 00:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 00:0b.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) 00:0b.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) 00:0b.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) 00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) 00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4) 00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M Here is the output of my /sbin/lsmod: [tony@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by vfat 16193 1 fat 53341 1 vfat usb_storage 77313 1 autofs4 24773 2 hidp 26689 2 rfcomm 44377 0 l2cap 30401 10 hidp,rfcomm bluetooth 57893 5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap sunrpc 161981 1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 7104 0 nf_conntrack_ipv4 15049 2 ipt_REJECT 8641 2 iptable_filter 7105 1 ip_tables 16517 1 iptable_filter nf_conntrack_ipv6 23505 2 xt_state 6593 4 nf_conntrack 63049 4 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state nfnetlink 9945 3 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_conntrack xt_tcpudp 7233 8 ip6t_REJECT 9537 2 ip6table_filter 6849 1 ip6_tables 17669 1 ip6table_filter x_tables 18629 6 ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip6t_REJECT,ip6_tables dm_mirror 25153 0 dm_multipath 21961 0 dm_mod 57089 2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath video 20937 0 sbs 22729 0 button 12113 0 dock 13921 0 battery 14149 0 ac 9285 0 radeon 116961 3 drm 80085 4 radeon ipv6 277957 22 nf_conntrack_ipv6,ip6t_REJECT snd_ali5451 25933 2 snd_ac97_codec 96613 1 snd_ali5451 ac97_bus 6465 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_seq_dummy 7877 0 snd_seq_oss 33473 0 snd_seq_midi_event 11073 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 50609 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 11981 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 43457 0 snd_mixer_oss 19521 2 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 74949 3 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss i2c_ali1535 10821 0 ssb 35269 0 parport_pc 30821 0 i2c_ali15x3 11589 0 firewire_ohci 20801 0 snd_timer 24901 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm floppy 58661 0 parport 38281 1 parport_pc snd 53317 11 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer firewire_core 43137 1 firewire_ohci i2c_core 27841 2 i2c_ali1535,i2c_ali15x3 soundcore 11681 2 snd bcm43xx 420705 0 ieee80211softmac 35393 1 bcm43xx natsemi 31521 0 snd_page_alloc 14281 1 snd_pcm crc_itu_t 6337 1 firewire_core ieee80211 35593 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac ieee80211_crypt 10049 1 ieee80211 sr_mod 20837 0 sg 37469 0 cdrom 37089 1 sr_mod joydev 13825 0 ata_generic 11589 0 pata_ali 14529 3 libata 118321 2 ata_generic,pata_ali sd_mod 31297 6 scsi_mod 140749 5 usb_storage,sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod ext3 125641 2 jbd 59881 1 ext3 mbcache 12485 1 ext3 ehci_hcd 35405 0 ohci_hcd 23877 0 uhci_hcd 27089 0 If there is any further information you require, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Try the workarounds from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems Also, this bug may be fixed in kernel 2.6.23.10-51.fc7 which will go into testing soon.
Hi Chuck, Thanks for the link and the information regarding the new kernel. I am currently on holidays and won't get an opportunity to try the problems listed in the link until late January. I will update this bug at the earliest opportunity ... stay tuned. Thanks again. TC
Hi Chuck, Am just wanting to let you know I have tried most of the things on the "common problems" section, but all seem to be to no avail. I have since tried to update my kernel to: kernel-2.6.23.12-52.fc7, but this does not work. So, I am still currently using kernel-2.6.22.9-91.fc7. If there is anything I can do to help you with this bug just let me know. Cheers, TC
Just thought I would add that I have also tried the workarounds suggested at the following website: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-171295.html Neither of these suggestions, (1 - adding the acpi commands to the boot options & 2 - disabling the b43 modules in modprobe) worked successfully. When trying option (2) the system still hung without warning at the "starting udev" prompt. When trying option (1) & (2) the still hung at this point but also produced the following error message: Disabling IRQ#10 Just thought I should make mention in case it helps. Thank you for your assistance. Cheers, TC
Hi, Am just wanting to let you know I have finally got the chance to update my kernel to: kernel-2.6.23.15-80.fc7 But unfortuantely, my system still hangs at the "Starting udev" phase when booting. I am a little bit hesitant with regards to doing a fresh-install of F8 as I believe (and please correct me if I am wrong) the default kernel is of architecture 2.6.23.*, so going by my machine's past habits it will load and then refuse to boot leaving me with an unworkable system and having to reload F7 from scratch ... definitely not a fun prospect. If there's anything I can do to help this case in its progress, just ask. Thanks again. All the best. Cheers, Tony Crouch
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