Re: [2.4] lockup on boot with 2.4.26

From: Martin Schlemmer
Date: Sun Jul 04 2004 - 23:12:26 EST


On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 02:28, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 12:15:52AM +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have tried to update my gateway's kernel to 2.4.26 (Been running
> > happily on 2.4.17, but a bit _old_, so finally decided this weekend
> > to try and update it). At boot though it only gets to:
> >
> > --
> > Uncompressing kernel... booting linux...
> > --
> >
> > and then locks hard (the capslock and scroll lock leds lids)
> >
> > Its an old P3 450 on an Asus P2B (BX440 chipset). .config is pretty
> > much the same as for the 2.4.17 kernel.
> >
> > I did have grsecurity initially applied, but I tried on an vanilla
> > kernel as well (besides some netfiler POM patches, but they are all
> > modules). I also tried to disable acpi.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated. .config attached.
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> I do not know the answer for your problem but I'll try to help.
>
> Can you do a binary search and find out which v2.4 kernel stops working?
>
> You can start with 2.4.21, see if that works, if so, try 2.4.23, etc?

Sure, will do and let you know, thanks.


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Martin Schlemmer

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