process hangs on 13xx smp kernels

[Dave Jones]

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