process hangs on 13xx smp kernels

[Jonathan Deitch]

Dave Jones wrote:

>On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:59:20PM -0400, Jonathan Deitch wrote:
> > 
> > Ok, this is even stranger.
> > 
> > I installed a STOCK fc3 system.  Same issue.
> > 
> > STOCK fc2 system.  Same issue.
> > 
> > Something inherent to Fedora Core is just plain incompatible with this 
> > motherboard.
> > 
> > It's not just a 2.6.11 or 2.6.9 kernel that's at fault.
> > 
> > Anyone have any ideas as to how, why, or what I can try to make this work?
> > 
> > If not, I'm going to be forced to leave Redhat entirely and go with 
> > another distribution, something I really do not want to do - all my 
> > system configurations are tailored for Fedora.
>
>Can you try this..
>
>boot the SMP kernel up until it hangs. Reboot.
>Boot the UP kernel, and then see if the kernel message from the smp
>kernel are in /var/log/messages  If they are, please send them,
>that may provide clues.
>
>Also, does booting with exec-shield=0 make a difference ?
>
>		Dave
>
>  
>
No kernel messages in /var/log/messages. 

In fact, there's NOTHING in /var/log/messages at all from the smp boot.  
It's as if syslog never ran.

Timestamps jump directly from the non-smp reboot prior to the smp test 
directly to the non-smp startup AFTER the smp test boot.

exec-shield=0 makes no difference at all.

- litz