On 7/4/2014 12:43 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > I downloaded the Live DVD for CentOS-6.5 and burned a DVD-R using a CentOS-6.5 > desktop. To test the validity of the new DVD I then rebooted the same desktop > using the same Live DVD. No matter which Live DVD boot option I choose I see > this after the splash screen completes the Circle (sounds like a good title > for a novel). > > <--- > > Kernel panic - Not syncing - Attempting to kill init! > Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 # 1 > > call trace > [<ffffffff815271fa>] ? Panic+0xa7/0x16f > [<ffffffff81077622>] ? do_exit+0x862/0x870 > [<ffffffff8118a865>] ? fput+0x25/0x30 > [<ffffffff81077688>] ? do_group_exit+0x58/0xd0 > [<ffffffff81077717>] ? sys_exit_group+0x17/0x020 > [<ffffffff81006072>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x16 > > dkm_kms_helper panic occurred, switching back to text console > > ---> > > The very last line appears for each boot choice saving only the text mode > boot. In that case the line is absent but the rest of the output remains > unchanged. > > An extract of the system specifications rendered by lshw: > > <--- > description: Desktop Computer > width: 64 bits > capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall64 vsyscall32 > configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop > uuid=B4CDC46C-7E7A-11DE-87DF-0011D8A408ED > *-core > description: Motherboard > product: DG43GT > vendor: Intel Corporation > physical id: 0 > version: AAE62768-300 > serial: BTGT931003W4 > slot: To be filled by O.E.M. > *-firmware > description: BIOS > vendor: Intel Corp. > physical id: 0 > version: GTG4310H.86A.0019.2009.0625.1334 (06/25/2009) > size: 64KiB > capacity: 960KiB > capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect > socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 > int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video > acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification > *-cpu > description: CPU > product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz > vendor: Intel Corp. > physical id: 4 > bus info: cpu at 0 > version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz > serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > slot: PROCESSOR > size: 2666MHz > capacity: 4GHz > width: 64 bits > clock: 333MHz > capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 > apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse > sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs > bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 > cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority > *-cache:0 > description: L1 cache > physical id: 5 > slot: L1-Cache > size: 32KiB > capacity: 32KiB > capabilities: internal write-back data > *-cache:1 > description: L2 cache > physical id: 6 > slot: L2-Cache > size: 2MiB > capacity: 2MiB > capabilities: internal varies unified > *-memory > description: System Memory > physical id: 2b > slot: System board or motherboard > size: 16GiB > *-bank:0 > description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns) > product: PartNum0 > vendor: Manufacturer0 > physical id: 0 > serial: SerNum0 > slot: CHANNEL_A > size: 4GiB > width: 64 bits > clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) > *-bank:1 > ---> > > > Help??? > I saw the same issues with my machine and never sorted it out (I just went back to my 5.10 media and installed that instead). I had a thought that I had burned a dual layer DVD, then tried to read in on a single layer drive, but I never verified this as the problem. -chuck -- ACCEL Services, Inc.| Specialists in Gravity, Magnetics | (713)993-0671 ph. | and Integrated Interpretation | (713)993-0608 fax 448 W. 19th St. #325| Since 1992 | (713)306-5794 cell Houston, TX, 77008 | Chuck Campbell | campbell at accelinc.com | President & Senior Geoscientist | "Integration means more than having all the maps at the same scale!"