Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 51031
first reboot locks at USB init
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:35:31 EDT
Description of Problem: On first reboot after installation, system locks at "Initializing USB controller (usb-uhci):" (no OK or FAILED or anything). Power cycling the system and rebooting succeeds in booting the box, no problems are observed. System is a Dell Latitude C600 laptop. /boot is ext2 on /dev/hda6, / is ext3 on /dev/hda10, both were reformatted in installation process. "Everything" install.
Assigning to kernel.
This defect is considered SHOULD-FIX for Fairfax.
The bug seems not reproducible, but I do not want to give up that easily. I'd like the requestor to take SysRq-P next time it hangs (hopefuly it was not a hard lock). Hot key is documented here: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt Sysctl ought to be enabled: In /etc/sysctl.conf, line "kernel.sysrq = 1".
Hm. I just tried this again and couldn't reproduce the problem either. I reinstalled the machine identically, formatted both partitions again, the whole nine yards. The only differences: I used CDROMs burned from ISO images rather than an NFS install from porkchop, and I made the change to /etc/sysctl.conf to enable SysRq from the installer's tty2 before I booted the new installation for the first time. To be painfully clear, I didn't see the problem or take SysRq-P. Dunno. I *saw* this on my first installs of beta2 and beta3. <shrug>
Yes, like I said - a nasty bug. If it oosed we'd have at least some material for investigation. :(
Another data point. I just did a NFS reinstall with Roswell2 and had the same lockup. Again, after "Initializing USB controller (usb-uhci):"; the cursor was flashing just after the colon on the line. Didn't have SysRq enabled, of course. :( Booted fine after power cycle. If I get the time, I'll try doing some kickstarts with SysRq on in %post and see if I can trip this.
Observed this bug again with Enigma (2.4.7-10). Summary: * The machine froze again at the first boot after install at the same place. I've seen this reproduced each time I've done the first install using NFS and a bootnet.img floppy. * I set SysRq on during the install this time. Tried it after lockup, but got no response from the system. * After power cycle / reboot, system booted fine. SysRq worked, so it was a hard lock in the previous step. * I was able to reproduce the bug this time. I performed a second fresh re-install (bootnet.img/NFS) and got the hard lock at the same spot in the first boot sequence after installation. No response from SysRq. Again, the system booted fine after a power cycle, and subsequent boots also succeeded.
Does RHL 7.3 work?
Apparently, bug staled out? Closing.