Don't boot with kernel 2.6.31

[chepioq]

Hi...
I have installed fedora rawhide on a test partition, and after the update (I have disable all F11 repo and enable rawhide repo + rpm-fusion free and nonfree rawhide) when I want to boot on a 2.6.31 kernel, I see the progression bar, but after nothing appear...
I test with 2.6.31-0.76.rc3.git4.fc12.x86_64 and 2.6.31-0.81.rc3.git4.fc12.x86_64 kernel for same result.
After reboot my laptop, I boot on my F11, mount ./ of rawhide to see the log, but there are no log in /var/log for time when I want booting on 2.6.31 kernel...
On /boot partition of rawhide I see a strange thing:
config-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64 is a "type Document texte brut" , and i can boot on this
but
config-2.6.31-0.76.rc3.git4.fc12.x86_64 and config-2.6.31-0.81.rc3.git4.fc12.x86_64 are noted as
Type: sous-titre MPSub
and I am not able to change that...
Do you know what's happen?

[Robert2]

"type Document texte brut" translates to "Document type plain text" which is ok, but "Type: sous-titre MPSub" translates to "Type: subtitle MPSub" which seems strange and might indicate the file is corrupted. In any case these particular files are not used in any way for booting, they are simply backup copies of the kernel build config files. But if one of them is corrupt it might indicate other files are corrupt.

All I can say is that I can boot a 2.6.31 kernel, and have done so on at least two different machines, both 32 and 64bit. My systems are currently running 2.6.31-0.86.rc3.git5.fc12

[chepioq]

I install the 2.6.31-0.86.rc3.git5.fc12 kernel by koji for same result, and with this kernel I have no progress bar...
You say that also some files are corrupted, but this kernel are the official kernel from update fedora rawhide...
And because I have no log when I attempt booting on that kernel, I don't know where is the problem...

[Demz]

your not using the 2.6.31 kernel for F11 are you?

[chepioq]

No for F11 I use a 2.6.29 kernel

[chepioq]

Hi...
For test I remove the 2.6.31 kernel and I install 2.6.30-6.fc12.x86_64 from koji;
And with this kernel I boot.
What are the difference between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31 ?

[Demz]

Hi...
For test I remove the 2.6.31 kernel and I install 2.6.30-6.fc12.x86_64 from koji;
And with this kernel I boot.
What are the difference between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31 ?
look at the changelog @ www.kernel.org would help

[chepioq]

I test 2.6.31-2 kernel, a,d I have same issue: that don't boot....
I take two photos of that boot (because I have no log for this 2.6.31-2 boot)

photo1: photo of boot: http://pix.toile-libre.org/?img=1252817142.jpg

photo2: photo when I do CTRL+ALT+DEL for re-boot: http://pix.toile-libre.org/?img=1252818460.jpg

I don't know what I can do...

[chepioq]

YOUPPPPYYYYY....
I boot on a 2.6.31 kernel... (2.6.31-12)
I just add "acpi=off" on boot and that work...

[alphonsebrown]

I have the same issue, it does boot with acpi=off but system becomes not responding at some point.

I am currently using F11 kernel with Rawhide so that it's stable though I lost sound with it :D Any suggestions?

Should I install 2.6.30 as well?

[Demz]

I have the same issue, it does boot with acpi=off but system becomes not responding at some point.

I am currently using F11 kernel with Rawhide so that it's stable though I lost sound with it :D Any suggestions?

Should I install 2.6.30 as well?
when you say rawhide? are you using the F12 rawhide 2.6.31 kernel in F11?

[alphonsebrown]

when you say rawhide? are you using the F12 rawhide 2.6.31 kernel in F11?

I updated to fedora to rawhide, then with acpi=off system is stable for a couple of minutes. Then I just tried to boot with my old kernel available in grub and it's really stable now, just lost sound and intel wireless. Haven't researched about the wireless issue though it was ok in F11 out-of-the-box. Sound works with kernel-2.6.31X

kernel-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64 - only kernel I can use so far with Rawhide, no need for acpi=off as well
kernel-2.6.31-40.fc12.x86_64 - system hangs completely at some point - either before Gnome or after it is loaded etc.
kernel-2.6.31.1-48.fc12.x86_64 - no noticable improvement over 2.6.31-40.

Really any comments would be greatly appreciated!

[Demz]

are you dual booting between F11 an F12? to get wireless working your gonna have to download ndiswrapper an build it yourself as F12 is still Alpha/Beta RPMFusion wont provide the wireless drivers as there are to many kernel updates.

[alphonsebrown]

thanks for the tip :) I upgraded the repo to rawhide though my old kernel is available as well not sure how that works as it says f11 in it :D but I am running it right now stable...

for completeness:

title Fedora (2.6.31.1-48.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.1-48.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_fbi-lv_root SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us acpi=off
initrd /initramfs-2.6.31.1-48.fc12.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.31-40.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31-40.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_fbi-lv_root SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us acpi=off
initrd /initramfs-2.6.31-40.fc12.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_fbi-lv_root
initrd /initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64.img
title Vista Premium x86
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

[chepioq]

Hi...
I post this bug in kernel.org and after doing a git-bisect, I find the bad commit.
kernel.org made a patch, and with that, I can boot with 2.6.31 kernel without "acpi=off" option.
See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14129 for more info.

[AdamW]

Nice work!

[Zanpactou]

Please Keep out this ext4 file system - please check it better.
You don't have to use ext4. It works for me. At least you have found something that works for you.
As the old saying goes :
If it ain't broke; don't fix it.