Do you have enabled "Hyper Threading" in BIOS, Pls, specify your system. if so turn it off in BIOS and then try booting - : ) Kumara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chethiya Ranaweera" <ckranaweera@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 10:19 PM Subject: Re: Kernel crash > > > >From: Bob Chiodini <rchiodin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: Kernel crash > >Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:33:56 -0500 > > > >On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 13:14 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 18:07 +0000, Chethiya Ranaweera wrote: > > > > > > > > sorry about that. I am new to this mail group and this is the first > >time I > > > > am asking for help. So what I understand from this is following: > > > > Even though I can boot my old kernel w/o any problem, after upgrading > >the > > > > kernel to the latest stable version I may have problems if I don't > >have the > > > > latest nvidia drivers. Right? > > > > > > > > > > > No. YOU said that you suspected nvidia. Indeed it is a frequent problem. > > > I am simply suggesting that you make a change to xorg.conf that will > > > take you all of 30 seconds (nvidia to nv). If the new kernel then boots, > > > then we know that the problem is the nvidia driver. If, not then it is > > > ruled out. With all due respect, this "test" would take considerably > > > less time than what has been consumed by this colloquy. > > > > > > Just to be clear, xorg.conf is located in /etc/X11. Change this: > > > > > > Section "Device" > > > Identifier "Videocard0" > > > Driver "nvidia" > > > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > > > > > > To this: > > > > > > Section "Device" > > > Identifier "Videocard0" > > > Driver "nv" > > > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > > > > > > Then see if your new kernel is still DOA. > > > -- > > > > > > Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence > > > Fight Spam: http://tqmcube.com/rbldnsd.htm > > > > > > >Does your system boot in runlevel 3? Or without the rhgb and quiet > >options on the command line. > > > > >Bob... > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > When I removed rhgb and quiet from grub.conf there was some improvement. > This time it booted further and stopped at "Checking for New Hardware" and > then froze. What could be the problem now? Does Nvidia issue still exisit or > not? > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
