Kernel update yesterday now having problems

[jludwig]

On Tuesday 20 June 2006 2:17 pm, S.W. Bobcat wrote:
> Just for fun if you did and install rather than an update, drop by to the
> 2.6.15 kernel at boot time and see if everything works fine; then do the
> same with the 2.6.16 series.  I have had problems with the 2.6.16 series --
> like you -- but everything runs fine under the 2.6.15 series.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bob
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I have had problems with the 2.6.16-1.2115_FC4 kernel myself and know that 
with my system it is the kernel package and drivers (probably sound) that is 
causing the issue.
There is also a weirdness with my cdrom drive and the kernel device mapper.
>From dmesg after a clean boot and empty cdrom;

device-mapper: 4.5.0-ioctl (2005-10-04) initialised: dm-devel at redhat.com
hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: command error: error=0x50 { LastFailedSense=0x05 }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
--> and so on---->
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 749952
hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: command error: error=0x50 { LastFailedSense=0x05 }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
--> and so on

John