kernel bug in openSUSE 11.1 64 bit

kernel bug in openSUSE 11.1 64 bit

[John Dierks]

Greetings -

I am a newbie and not familiar with the accepted way of posting bugs,
so I am simply sending you a link to the appropriate forum discussion.

I believe we have a kernel bug in the released version of openSUSE 11.1 
(64 bit).

I have confirmed what another user (ansbar) found:  Any attempt to 
install 64 bit
11.1 from DVD or NET media onto a D945GCLF2 platform results in a
kernel oops soon after the version of kernel supplied with the distribution
loads and runs.

As an aside, the platform I attempted to upgrade currently is running 
11.0 (64 bit),
which has been running without any evidence of problems.

I hope the discussion gives you enough info to go on.  If not, feel free to
ask questions.  Here's the link:

    
http://forums.opensuse.org/install-boot-login/402136-kernel-panic-11-1-64bit.html

Thanks,
John Dierks

Re: kernel bug in openSUSE 11.1 64 bit

[Jesper Juhl]

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008, John Dierks wrote:

> Greetings -
> 
> I am a newbie and not familiar with the accepted way of posting bugs,
> so I am simply sending you a link to the appropriate forum discussion.
> 
> I believe we have a kernel bug in the released version of openSUSE 11.1 (64
> bit).
> 
> I have confirmed what another user (ansbar) found:  Any attempt to install 64
> bit
> 11.1 from DVD or NET media onto a D945GCLF2 platform results in a
> kernel oops soon after the version of kernel supplied with the distribution
> loads and runs.
> 
> As an aside, the platform I attempted to upgrade currently is running 11.0 (64
> bit),
> which has been running without any evidence of problems.
> 
> I hope the discussion gives you enough info to go on.  If not, feel free to
> ask questions.  Here's the link:
> 
>    http://forums.opensuse.org/install-boot-login/402136-kernel-panic-11-1-64bit.html
> 

Can you reproduce this with a standard kernel like 2.6.28 from 
http://kernel.org/ ?

Could you post a complete dump of the Oops?

(see REPORTING-BUGS in the kernel source for more useful info to post - 
 http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.28/REPORTING-BUGS)

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Re: kernel bug in openSUSE 11.1 64 bit

[Roland]

Hello John,

do you see any relation to this one ?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/279186

do you use the latest bios for that board?
if not,maybe you could try if that helps ?

regards
Roland




List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    kernel bug in openSUSE 11.1 64 bit
From:       John Dierks <j.dierks () Verizon ! net>
Date:       2008-12-28 22:14:12
Message-ID: 4957FA34.1050501 () Verizon ! net
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Greetings -

I am a newbie and not familiar with the accepted way of posting bugs,
so I am simply sending you a link to the appropriate forum discussion.

I believe we have a kernel bug in the released version of openSUSE 11.1
(64 bit).

I have confirmed what another user (ansbar) found:  Any attempt to
install 64 bit
11.1 from DVD or NET media onto a D945GCLF2 platform results in a
kernel oops soon after the version of kernel supplied with the distribution
loads and runs.

As an aside, the platform I attempted to upgrade currently is running
11.0 (64 bit),
which has been running without any evidence of problems.

I hope the discussion gives you enough info to go on.  If not, feel free to
ask questions.  Here's the link:


http://forums.opensuse.org/install-boot-login/402136-kernel-panic-11-1-64bit.html

Thanks,
John Dierks
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Re: kernel bug in openSUSE 11.1 64 bit

[John Dierks]

Roland -

Your suggestion was the key that solved my problem.

In short, the problem does not appear to be in the openSUSE 11.1
release, but instead in the version of bios I happened to have on
my D945GCLF2 board.  Upgrading from bios version 0099 to 0122
allowed me to do a totally trouble-free upgrade from 11.0 to 11.1 (64 bit).

I have added a closing note to the forum article.

So, thank you (and you also, Jesper) for your helpful suggestions
and have a very Happy New Year!

Sincerely,
John Dierks

Roland wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> do you see any relation to this one ?
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/279186
>
> do you use the latest bios for that board?
> if not,maybe you could try if that helps ?
>
> regards
> Roland
>
>
>
>
> List:       linux-kernel
> Subject:    kernel bug in openSUSE 11.1 64 bit
> From:       John Dierks <j.dierks () Verizon ! net>
> Date:       2008-12-28 22:14:12
> Message-ID: 4957FA34.1050501 () Verizon ! net
> [Download message RAW]
>
> Greetings -
>
> I am a newbie and not familiar with the accepted way of posting bugs,
> so I am simply sending you a link to the appropriate forum discussion.
>
> I believe we have a kernel bug in the released version of openSUSE 11.1
> (64 bit).
>
> I have confirmed what another user (ansbar) found:  Any attempt to
> install 64 bit
> 11.1 from DVD or NET media onto a D945GCLF2 platform results in a
> kernel oops soon after the version of kernel supplied with the 
> distribution
> loads and runs.
>
> As an aside, the platform I attempted to upgrade currently is running
> 11.0 (64 bit),
> which has been running without any evidence of problems.
>
> I hope the discussion gives you enough info to go on.  If not, feel 
> free to
> ask questions.  Here's the link:
>
>
> http://forums.opensuse.org/install-boot-login/402136-kernel-panic-11-1-64bit.html 
>
>
> Thanks,
> John Dierks
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>
>
>
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