From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754439Ab2DYEY2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:24:28 -0400 Received: from smtp.syd.comcen.com.au ([203.23.236.77]:1330 "EHLO smtp.syd.comcen.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753948Ab2DYEY1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:24:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:20:01 +1000 From: Chris Jones To: NeilBrown Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 3.1+ kernels unbootable Message-ID: <20120425142001.2cb7a79e@ubuntu> In-Reply-To: <20120425132122.11280b66@notabene.brown> References: <20120425124925.267056b5@ubuntu> <20120425132122.11280b66@notabene.brown> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.4 (GTK+ 2.22.0; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-comcen-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-comcen-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: chrisjones@spin.net.au Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:21:22 +1000 NeilBrown wrote: > You might like to try > a/ describing your current system in more detail. > b/ describe what actually happens when you try to boot a 3.1+ kernel. > It is rare that absolutely nothing happens. > Also describe the provenance of these 3.1+ kernels (do you compile > yourself, or get them from a distro or....) > > NeilBrown Thanks Neil. I use standard x86_64 Intel CPU system with 2.0GB DDRII RAM on a Gigabyte GA-8VM800PMD-775-RH motherboard. This happens on both Ubuntu and Fedora kernels. And in fact, any kernel 3.1 or above. It's not only very odd, but also very annoying. I get to the boot screen and when I select ENTER to boot into the system, my screen goes black and then the system reboots. It's definitely a kernel issue as anything (as mentioned already) with kernel 3.0 or below works just fine. Regards Chris Jones