Latest kernel issues.

[Zack Cerza]

darrell pfeifer wrote:
> On 4/17/07, John DeDourek <dedourek at unb.ca> wrote:
>> David Hunter wrote:
>> > I´ve updated to the latest kernel version in rawhide
>> > (kernel-2.6.20-1.3071.fc7) on a Celeron 500Mhz machine, also have the
>> > kernel version (kernel-2.6.20-1.3066.fc7) installed. The newer kernel
>> > fails to boot as there is a message to the effect of no int found or
>> > something similar, the oldereer kernel boots the system ok, although
>> > alot of the services fail to start. Any workarounds or fixes?
>> >
>> > --
>> > David Hunter
>> I have this problem with an IBM Thinkpad T42.  See my recent
>> posts on fedora-list (search for dedourek at unb.ca).  It appears
>> that the kernel cannot access the disks on some machines.  Best
>> current guess is that it may be related to moving the necessary
>> drivers from being built-in to the kernel to being loaded
>> as modules.  But this is NOT YET CONFIRMED.
>>
>
> My newbie nephew was having the 'no init' problem when upgrading from
> a stock fc6. Prior to the 3071 kernel upgrade yesterday I had him turn
> selinux off. His subsequent 3071 boot was successful.
Looks like https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236282 
which was an anaconda bug. Should be fixed now for new installs. For old 
installs, run:

fixfiles restore /boot

as root.


>
> His system-config-wireless-gui failed because it was unable to import
> the gnome library, which is also  a bit suspicious.
>
> If you haven't already done so, you might want to try turning selinux
> off, at least during the yum kernel upgrade.
>
> darrell
>