Description of problem: 2.6.24.4-64 won't boot; 2.6.24.3-50 will. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.24.4-64.fc8 How reproducible: Always Additional info: I've attached my smolt profile (which wouldn't send for some reason). Let me know if I can provide more information.
Created attachment 301442 [details] smolt profile
Could you try a later kernel? http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=46436 Do you have any wireless hardware? I don't see any in your smolt profile.
This *may* be the same issue - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444694
Sorry for taking so long to get back on this one. I have no wireless hardware and all recent builds (2.6.24.3-50 is the latest that works for me) fail to boot. What can I do to help track this down?
You may wish to go into more detail about "fail to boot" -- what is the last thing you see on the monitor?
When I get home tonight, I will tell you :)
It turns out that the kernels newer than 2.6.24.3-50 actually don't allow X to start on my system. If I try to boot without rhgb, I can get as far as runlevel 3. startx after that locks up my system -- no response to keyboard input, no keyboard LEDs toggling, requires hard power cycling it -- which I presume is the same as what's happening when rhgb starts. None of this occurs with 2.6.24.3-50. I'll attach my xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log which has some stuff in it about memory access.
Created attachment 308405 [details] Xorg.0.log
Created attachment 308406 [details] xorg.conf
Try adding this to the kernel boot options in /etc/grub.conf: pci=rom
Does pci=rom work?
Sorry, I didn't get a chance to try it until just now. Yes, pci=rom allows me to get X started with 2.6.24.7-92.fc8. Thanks!
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