On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Harald Hoyer <harald@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Forcey wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I tried to install F8 on one of my servers, but it hangs at "starting > > udev..." when booting. Kernel 2.6.23 for F7 has the same problem. Now > > I'm still running the old 2.6.21-1 kernel, but I'm not comfortable > > with it since there's a nf_conntrack bug. My hardware is listed as > > following: > > > > > > I know this is a common problem with laptops, and I tried a bundle of > > solutions but none worked. Does anyone knows how to workaround this? > > > > Thanks, > > Forcey. > > > > > > Hangs completely, or does it commence after 30s? > It hangs completely. It even does not respond if I press the numlock key. > If the latter, try this build for Fedora 8 (if you are running F8): > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=48328 > > # rpm -Uvh > 'http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/udev/118/2.fc8/i386/udev-118-2.fc8.i386.rpm' > or for x86_64 > # rpm -Uvh > 'http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/udev/118/2.fc8/x86_64/udev-118-2.fc8.x86_64.rpm' > > reboot and add "modprobedebug" to the kernel command line in the grub boot > screen. > > Maybe we can catch a module, which causes udev to hang so long. I tried to dump some debug info, and it appeared to be looping on some rules, but after I disabled the rule it were looping on another.. so finally I gave up :( > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
