Description of problem: I'm running Fedora 17 beta and the install kernel panics on bootup. It panics sometime while it's trying to do hardware initialization. I suspect it's the video card. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): The Fedora 17 x86_64 Beta torrent. Not the Live version. How reproducible: Every time I boot from the install DVD I burned, or from the USB stick I created using the 'dd' method. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Put the disk in 2.Start the computer 3.Wait for awhile or select "Install or upgrade Fedora" Actual results: Waits for a bit, then a kernel panic Expected results: It proceeds on to Anaconda and I get to install Fedora Additional info: I have an Intel Desktop Board model DB67BG and a GeForce GT 430 video card (PCI ID 10de:0de1). I can't really get all the panic information into here, but it looks like it's in the midding of initializing ACPI. It's in acpi_pci_root_init/acpi_bus_register_driver. At the very end it says that RIP is pointing somewhere inside pcie_aspm_init_link_state.
Can you attach a screenshot? (digicam/phone shot is fine, as long as the text is legible.)
Created attachment 586194 [details] A screen capture of the kernel panic This might be a bit larger than you'd like. But the quality is definitely high enough to read. Ignore the white splotchiness, I have a really bad monitor.
Also, RC3 doesn't have this problem. I just tried it.
Beta RC3 or final RC3?
Well, that's a good question. I found it here: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/17.RC3/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-17-x86_64-DVD.iso I suspect it's the final RC3.
Did this wind up getting fixed in F17 final then?
I didn't check. But I strongly suspect so. OTOH, I suspect it was also fixed 'by accident'. This is serious enough it would be nice to know a root cause. Though, of course, there are so many different kinds of motherboards out there that are broken in their own special ways that I don't really know how useful a root cause would actually be.
While I agree knowing root cause would be nice, we just don't have time to dig into something that is fixed already. Unfortunate, but true. I'll close this bug out for now. If this is seen again, we can reopen or report a new bug.
I will try to remember to double check with the release version when I get back to the computer I had this issue with.