2.6.18.1 linux hangs

[Brian Maly]

rheneus.paul at gmail.com wrote:
> In FC6, some times the linux hangs at bootup after the "Uncompressing 
> linux ..." and before the "Red Hat nash version ..".
>
> It's not happening always, I've enabled kernel debug and loglevel to 
> print more detailed information. If it hangs again, I would attach the 
> detailed log information.
>
> Throw some light on what could be the issue, so that I can debug more 
> on this.
>
> CPU info:
> # cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 14
> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU U2500 @ 1.20GHz
> stepping : 12
> cpu MHz : 1200.000
> cache size : 2048 KB
> physical id : 0
> siblings : 2
> core id : 0
> cpu cores : 2
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 10
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat 
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc pni 
> monitor vmx est tm2 xtpr
> bogomips : 2403.04
>
> processor : 1
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 14
> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU U2500 @ 1.20GHz
> stepping : 12
> cpu MHz : 1200.000
> cache size : 2048 KB
> physical id : 0
> siblings : 2
> core id : 1
> cpu cores : 2
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 10
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat 
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc pni 
> monitor vmx est tm2 xtpr
> bogomips : 2400.22
>
> thanks in advance,
> Antony Rheneus
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There are some known issues with older (i.e. 2.6.18) kernels on Core 2 
Duo based systems. Just update your kernel to a newer version (i.e. >= 
F9 kernel, etc).

Brian