Kernel crash

[Chethiya Ranaweera]

>From: Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>To: Fedora Core <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Kernel crash
>Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:06:43 -0500
>
>On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 15:43 +0000, Chethiya Ranaweera wrote:
> >
> > >From: Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net>
> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> > >To: Fedora Core <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> > >Subject: Re: Kernel crash
> > >Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:40:15 -0500
> > >
> > >On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 05:24 +0000, Chethiya Ranaweera wrote:
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > Hey guys,
> > > > I followed your instructions and made some improvements. But my luck 
>ran
> > >out
> > > > and landed on some other problems. Ok let me explain.
> > > > Like said above I turned off kudzu and rebooted in runlevel 3. Then 
>the
> > > > system got stuck on cups. So I booted my old kernel and turned off 
>cups
> > >also
> > > > and rebooted with the new kernel on runlevel 3. This time it  booted
> > >without
> > > > any problem and gave me the login screen.  But now I can not use my
> > >mouse or
> > > > keyboard. The lights do not show up when I tried to move the mouse 
>or
> > >type
> > > > in. Maybe because I turned off kudzu before. So I can get to login
> > >screen
> > > > w/o any problem and that's just it.... Now what should I do?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >Chethiya,
> > >
> > >How about a complete description of your system, motherboard, disk,
> > >graphics card, memory, etc.  Excuse me if you already did, I did not 
>see
> > >it.
> > >
> > >Are you up to date with the latest packages.  You're not running 
>rawhide
> > >are you?
> > >
> > >In the mean time you can try adding noapic to the kernel command line,
> > >try booting a uniprocessor kernel (if it's a SMP box).
> > >
> > >Bob...
> > >
> > >--
> > Bob,
> > My system is up2date with the latest packages. And here is a description 
>of
> > the system:
> >
> > AMD Athlon 1.4 MHz
> > MSI Mother board/ Nvidia nforce2 chipset
> > 512 MB DDR Ram
> > Geforce Fx 5200 Video card
> > 160 GD Seagate HD
> > Netgear NIC
> > LCD Monitor
> >
> >
>I don't see anything out of the ordinary.  Did you try the noapic
>option?  Also make sure your BIOS is at the latest revision and you are
>not overclocking (too much).
>
>Are there any errors during boot (dmesg| more) or look
>in /var/log/messages.
>
>If you have a USB keyboard and/or mouse, unplug any other USB devices.
>
>Bob...
>
>--
>Yes, it worked. I am so happy to see the new kernel up and running. I typed 
>uname -a and there it is, I can see the new kernel version. Thanks Bob, you 
>were right. I disconnected all USB devices except my mouse and ran the new 
>kernel on level 3. When promped I kept the old configuration of the USB 
>devices and let the system boot. After that I turned off the system, 
>connected all the devices and hit the power button. That's it, it boots 
>smoothly w/o any problem. Had something to do with USB before. Anyways it 
>feels good to be on top of technology and thanks for help everyone.