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Description of problem: After today's yum upgrade on rawhide, fedora keeps restarting each time about ten seconds after login (text or graphical) I don't think it is because from kernel-package (the older ones have *NOW* the same problem), but I do not know what it could be, so I've marked kernel as the component. Actual results: Fedora start up and restarts Expected results: Fedora start up Mar 21 09:13:34 Installed: netpbm-10.47.10-3.fc14.i686 Mar 21 09:13:38 Installed: netpbm-progs-10.47.10-3.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:02:51 Installed: 7:kdegraphics-devel-4.4.1-1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:08 Updated: krb5-libs-1.8-4.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:09 Updated: openssh-5.4p1-3.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:10 Updated: libudev-151-5.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:11 Updated: 32:bind-libs-9.7.0-6.P1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:15 Updated: coreutils-8.4-6.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:15 Updated: coreutils-libs-8.4-6.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:24 Updated: python-2.6.5-1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:25 Updated: python-libs-2.6.5-1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:27 Updated: system-config-printer-libs-1.2.0-4.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:28 Updated: authconfig-6.1.1-1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:31 Updated: udev-151-5.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:32 Updated: openldap-2.4.21-6.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:33 Updated: libcurl-7.20.0-3.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:34 Updated: 12:dhclient-4.1.1-14.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:37 Updated: groff-1.20.1-1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:38 Updated: ntpdate-4.2.6p1-0.1.rc5.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:39 Updated: ntp-4.2.6p1-0.1.rc5.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:41 Updated: man-1.6f-28.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:43 Updated: curl-7.20.0-3.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:43 Updated: system-config-printer-udev-1.2.0-4.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:44 Updated: krb5-workstation-1.8-4.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:45 Updated: 32:bind-utils-9.7.0-6.P1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:46 Updated: libgudev1-151-5.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:47 Updated: openssh-clients-5.4p1-3.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:48 Updated: openssh-server-5.4p1-3.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:48 Updated: openssh-askpass-5.4p1-3.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:50 Updated: krb5-devel-1.8-4.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:51 Updated: 2:vim-minimal-7.2.403-1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:52 Updated: pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-3.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:27:53 Updated: dracut-005-1.fc14.noarch Mar 21 10:27:55 Updated: smolt-1.4.2.2-1.fc14.noarch Mar 21 10:27:55 Updated: smolt-firstboot-1.4.2.2-1.fc14.noarch Mar 21 10:27:56 Updated: authconfig-gtk-6.1.1-1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:28:04 Updated: man-pages-3.24-2.fc14.noarch Mar 21 10:28:07 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.34-0.13.rc1.git1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:28:08 Updated: perf-2.6.34-0.13.rc1.git1.fc14.noarch Mar 21 10:28:33 Installed: kernel-devel-2.6.34-0.13.rc1.git1.fc14.i686 Mar 21 10:28:33 Updated: ca-certificates-2010-4.fc14.noarch Mar 21 10:28:42 Installed: kernel-2.6.34-0.13.rc1.git1.fc14.i686
Mar 21 03:33:02 fedora1 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="4.4.2" x-pid="1485" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] rsyslogd was HUPed, type 'restart'. is the last line in /var/log/messages-20100321 and looks maybe like the problem to me
module iTCO_wdt (Watch dog timer) sets the restart in my system. Blacklisting module iTCO_wdt prevents restarting. kernel kernel-2.6.34-0.13.rc1.git1.fc14.i686 udev udev-151-5.fc14.i686
Blacklisting iTCO_wdt worked for me also
Perhaps it is the same bug as #575417
The same problem keeps happening to me, except that it only waits for about 5 seconds after boot up to restart. Don't know why, but I would like to know how to black list Watchdog to keep it from rebooting my system everytime!
According to Harald, this issue should be resolved in the latest udev. Please retest with the latest udev from rawhide ( >= udev-151-8.fc14) - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=163039
Better yet, please retest according to the procedure noted at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=575417#c13
jordan_ad to get around the problem temporarily so you can update to the latest packages in either rawhide or updates-testing. Do the following: At the grub menu type e to edit the kernel boot line and add the following: rd_blacklist=iTCO_wdt this will tell dracut to add this blacklist temporarily. You should then be able to boot up and update the system. If you are using FC12 the package is in updates-testing (udev-145-19.fc12)
Confirming this is fixed >= udev-151-8.fc14.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 575417 ***