On 03/08/2010 09:30 AM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > Hello Everyone > The good news is that in my 10+ years using Linux, I am almost certain that > I have never had a kernel that would not boot... > > Last night I ran "yum update" and it pulled in > kernel-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64. When I attempted to boot it, the boot > process seemed to complete, but X never started. > > Since I have never had this problem before, I don't know precisely what > information that you need. > > I am running an NVidia video card, with the proprietary NVidia driver, > installed from RPMFusion. After failing to boot > kernel-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64, I can reboot and choose another kernel and > it boots just fine. > >>From /var/log/messages, this is the closest that I can find to anything > relevant: > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 102 > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [03:00.0] > fault addr 233038000 > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 01] Present bit in > root entry is clear > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: NVRM: Xid (0003:00): 54, CMDre 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000001 > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 202 > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [03:00.0] > fault addr 235833000 > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: DMAR:[fault reason 01] Present bit in > root entry is clear > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: NVRM: Xid (0003:00): 6, PE007e > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: DRHD: handling fault status reg 302 > Mar 8 03:01:56 localhost kernel: NVRM: Xid (0003:00): 6, PE007e > > Again, I can boot fine from every other kernel. I just can't boot from > 2.6.32. > > If all I need to do is try running without the proprietary NVidia driver, > please let me know specifically how to disable that driver the easiest > possible way. Translation: so that I can just boot back into an older > kernel and continue using the proprietary NVidia driver if I decide to do > that. > > Also, not only have I never had a problem with being able to boot a > particular kernel, I have never had any problems with the proprietary > NVidia driver. > > Let me know any additional information that you may need to help me with > this issue. > > Steven P. Ulrick I have a similar problem on my laptop if I have hybrid SLi enabled. Take a look at your BIOS settings and make sure only 1 graphics card is enabled. As you state, booting to an earlier kernel does not have this problem on my laptop either. Hope this helps. JB -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
