On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 11:51:43AM -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > I have never seen this before with any kernel updates. Currently all > versions 2.6.16 start fine, and the 2.6.17 before 2.7.2174 are OK. > > I am running FC5 on a Dell Latitude D820 that has SATA hard disk that > FC5 treats as scsi, and it also has a CDRom which plugs into a modular > bay. As best I can describe it, this is a USB device, but linux will > treat it either as ide or scsi, depending on whether the parameter > hdc=noprobe is in the kernel start line. > > Now, the problem with kernel-2.6.17-1.2174 (and the kernel-smp version as well) > > The kernel panics and it does not leave behind a log file. But I've > copied down the messages that seem important. > > scsi_mod: Unknown parameter max_scsi_luns > > insmod: error inserting /lib/scsi-mod.ko -1 unknown symbol > (a few more insmod errors concerning scsi) > > Unable to access resume device > > mount: could not find file system > > then the panic happens. > > I don't know what else might be relevant. I'm running the > gnome-power-manager and related updates for hal from the Utopia > website. That's the devel series that Richard Hughes offers. > > I previously had trouble getting a picture card reader to mount in the > scsi subsystem and did put in an option max_scsi_luns in to > modprobe.conf, but when this kernel problem came up, I removed that > option and retried. Same result. Did you rebuild the initrd after removing that option ? (The option isn't needed anymore because kernels since FC3 or so scan all LUNs by default). Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
