On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Brian Fahrlander wrote: > > So like everyone else I'm updating the home system here with > whatever the repos have available. Fairly vanilla hardware, working for > years, and I don't mess with it much, either. > > One day 'yum update' offers me kernel-2.6.6-1.435. I reboot to it, > expecting to have to mess with the Nvidia drivers, but I never get that > far- instant reboot. No text, no explanation, just BEEP! and I see the > BIOS re-init. Very funny. > > So I stay with the old kernel, kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2. A couple of > days or weeks go by. > > Today I was offered kernel-2.6.8-1.521. Instant reboot. > > This is no longer a fluke; this is a trend. > > Questions: > > 1. Is anyone ELSE having this glaring problem? > > 2. What can I do to learn why *I* am having it? > > 3. Is this thing going to keep happening? Does it work if you go back to a previous kernel? (They should still be on the list.) If it does not work with that either, you may have a hardware problem. Memtest86 is your friend at that point.
