Re: Fedora 12: Cannot boot with kernel-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64 (WORKAROUND)

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> On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 03:30 -0600, 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.
 
> I also had this issue, found a report that is you add
> 
> iommu=soft
> 
> to the kernel line in the menu.lst 
> 
> EXAMPLE:
> title Fedora (2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64)
> 	root (hd0,0)
> 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64 ro  
root=UUID=a729b820-4928-4823-ba21-d4233410109c quiet vga=794 selinux=0 
iommu=soft
> 	initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64.img
> 
> 
> It worked for me.

Hello Brian
Works for me also :)  The question arises, what has changed with the 2.6.32 
kernel (the kernel update that I JUST installed has the same issue) that 
causes this issue?

Steven P. Ulrick
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