On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 15:43 +0000, Chethiya Ranaweera wrote: > > >From: Bob Chiodini <rchiodin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: Fedora Core <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: Kernel crash > >Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:40:15 -0500 > > > >On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 05:24 +0000, Chethiya Ranaweera wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey guys, > > > I followed your instructions and made some improvements. But my luck ran > >out > > > and landed on some other problems. Ok let me explain. > > > Like said above I turned off kudzu and rebooted in runlevel 3. Then the > > > system got stuck on cups. So I booted my old kernel and turned off cups > >also > > > and rebooted with the new kernel on runlevel 3. This time it booted > >without > > > any problem and gave me the login screen. But now I can not use my > >mouse or > > > keyboard. The lights do not show up when I tried to move the mouse or > >type > > > in. Maybe because I turned off kudzu before. So I can get to login > >screen > > > w/o any problem and that's just it.... Now what should I do? > > > > > > > >Chethiya, > > > >How about a complete description of your system, motherboard, disk, > >graphics card, memory, etc. Excuse me if you already did, I did not see > >it. > > > >Are you up to date with the latest packages. You're not running rawhide > >are you? > > > >In the mean time you can try adding noapic to the kernel command line, > >try booting a uniprocessor kernel (if it's a SMP box). > > > >Bob... > > > >-- > Bob, > My system is up2date with the latest packages. And here is a description of > the system: > > AMD Athlon 1.4 MHz > MSI Mother board/ Nvidia nforce2 chipset > 512 MB DDR Ram > Geforce Fx 5200 Video card > 160 GD Seagate HD > Netgear NIC > LCD Monitor > > I don't see anything out of the ordinary. Did you try the noapic option? Also make sure your BIOS is at the latest revision and you are not overclocking (too much). Are there any errors during boot (dmesg| more) or look in /var/log/messages. If you have a USB keyboard and/or mouse, unplug any other USB devices. Bob...
