On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 04:56:42PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 12/22/2011 04:46 PM, fred smith wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 08:30:23PM -0700, Corey Henderson wrote: > >> On 12/21/2011 8:23 PM, fred smith wrote: > > <snip> > >> > >> If you come up empty (all the same kernel modules exist in both) then > >> it's likely a bug in some kernel module. The "emergency_shell" part of > >> dracut may be useful in debug this. When you reboot, during the grub > >> menu, add this to the kernel's command line: > >> > >> rdbreak=cmdline > >> > >> During the boot process, you'll get dropped to a command line, and can > >> run some of the basic commands provided intisde the initramfs. > >> > >> If you look at the "init" file inside the initramfs, you can see the > >> different points you'll end up with with different arguments to rdbreak; > >> ie, pre-udev, initqueue, etc. > > > > Having gotten nowhere, so far, I tried the above. I haven't any clue > > what would be helpful to do when it hits a "breakpoint", but I just > > typed "exit" to drop back out of the shell, a couple of times. it > > eventually got to where it said "starting udev" then a few seconds > > later the dump appeard on the screen again. but there seemed to be > > more of it shown so I took a photo of it. If you feel like taking a look > > to see if you can figure it out, you can find it at: > > > > http://users.rcn.com/fredricksmith/dump.jpg > > > > I don't know what any of it means, except that it mentions modprobe, > > and it appears that the stack trace has something to do with sound, > > perhaps modprobe croaks when loading/munging drivers for sound. > > > > If anyone of you can make more sense of it than I, I'd appreciate > > the help. > > There is a new kernel building right now that might > fix something ... though I do not see anything specifically about your cpu. > > Here is the errata link: > > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1849.html > > If everything builds it should be released in a couple of hours. > so it'll show up in a release channel (or CR repo) ? -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------
