F11 - vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586 does not boot

[Markus Kesaromous]

> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:45:50 +0200
> From: rolf.offermanns at gmx.net
> To: fedora-kernel-list at redhat.com
> CC: schaiba at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: F11 - vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586 does not boot
> 
> Aioanei Rares wrote:
>> On 08/28/2009 03:34 PM, Rolf Offermanns wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I recently updatet my kernel first to vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586
>>> and then to vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586 and neither of them
>>> bootet on my system.
>>>
>>> Currently I am back to vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.i586 which runs
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> My kernel commandline looks like this: "rhgb quiet nomodeset" (mode
>>> setting never worked right for me).
>>>
>>> The only thing I get to see when booting one of the not working kernels
>>> is the output of the usb probing with my mouse being the last device
>>> found. After this the system just does nothing. It does not hang
>>> completely though since I am able to reboot with ctrl-alt-delete. If I
>>> press those keys, the kernel prints "md: stopping all devices" (or
>>> something very similar) and reboots.
> [...]
>> Try removing your USB mouse and see if it boots.
> 
> Nope, that didn't change anything. Any other ideas. What can I do to
> track this down?
> 
> -Rolf

You are having exactly the same problem I had with 2.6.3x kernels
which obtained from the development tree, and compiled on F11.

I never was able to get to the bottom of it.


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