Bug 875158 - Kernel panic on boot with kernel 3.6.5-2
Summary: Kernel panic on boot with kernel 3.6.5-2
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-11-09 16:43 UTC by ajs
Modified: 2012-11-09 18:45 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-11-09 18:45:46 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:

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Photo of kernel panic trace (1.95 MB, image/jpeg)
2012-11-09 16:43 UTC, ajs 		no flags Details
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Description ajs 2012-11-09 16:43:46 UTC 
Created attachment 641667 [details]
Photo of kernel panic trace

Description of problem: The latest updated (kernel 3.6.5-2.fc16) will not boot.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

kernel-3.6.5-2.fc16.x86_64

How reproducible:

Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot computer
2. select kernel 3.6.5-2.fc16
3.
  
Actual results:


A kernel panc (see attachment) that mentions smp.c


Expected results:

normal boot


Additional info:

No problems with kernel 3.6.2-1.fc16

My laptop is an HP dv5 running 64-bit Fedora 16

Processor is an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8600
Comment 1 ajs 2012-11-09 18:45:46 UTC 
I found something on the web that implied that the initramfs may not have been generated properly.  I couldn't find any error messages in the yum log, but I went ahead and reinstalled anyway.  This fixed the problem.
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