On Thursday 28 January 2010 10:38:24 Harald Hoyer wrote:
> On 01/28/2010 11:34 AM, Tony Molloy wrote:
> > On Thursday 28 January 2010 09:45:44 Harald Hoyer wrote:
> >> On 01/28/2010 10:36 AM, Tony Molloy wrote:
> >>> On Thursday 28 January 2010 09:07:13 Harald Hoyer wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Tony Molloy<tony.molloy@xxxxx>
wrote:
> >>>>> When I boot I get as far as the cursor flashing on the top left hand
> >>>>> corner of the screen and then the following error.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>>>> File ""/init", line 157 in<module>
> >>>>> if __name__=='__main__': main()
> >>>>> File "/init",line 129, in main
> >>>>> xo_ver=get_xo_version()
> >>>>> File :/init", line 84, in get_xo_version
> >>>>> raise Exception("Not an XO laptop?")
> >>>>> Exception: Not an XO laptop?
> >>>>> Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init.
> >>>>> [drm:drm_fb_helper_panic] *ERROR* panic occurred, switching back to
> >>>>> text console
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've got this on several Dell machines, Latitude C660 D830. Precision
> >>>>> Workstation 670
> >>>>
> >>>> what is the output of:
> >>>>
> >>>> # rpm -qf /usr/share/dracut/modules.d/* | sort -u
> >>>>
> >>>> ?
> >>>
> >>> dracut-002-13.4.git8f397a9b.fc12.noarch
> >>> dracut-modules-olpc-0.3.2-1.fc12.i686
> >>
> >> Do you have an olpc XO Laptop? If not, why did you install this package?
> >> This is most likely the source of the:
> >
> > No this is a Dell Precision Desktop. I don't remember specifically
> > installing the dracut-olpc rpm. However I removed it and still the same
> > result
> >
> >> >>> File :/init", line 84, in get_xo_version
> >> >>> raise Exception("Not an XO laptop?")
> >> >>> Exception: Not an XO laptop?
> >> >>> Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init.
> >>>
> >>> dracut-network-002-13.4.git8f397a9b.fc12.noarch
> >>> kexec-tools-2.0.0-28.fc12.i686
> >>
> >> Do you need kexec-tools?
> >
> > No probably installed when I installed all the system-config rpms.
> > Removed it also but still the same result.
> >
> > I get the flashing cursor in the top left hand of th screen. Then I get a
> > message "Hello (deployment people of the ) world" and then I get the
> > traceback error.
> >
> > As this is only a test box I might do a reinstall and see what
> > differences there is in the installed rpms.
> >
> > The real strange thing is that nobody else seems to be having this error
> > and it started with the christmas day update to the kernel
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tony
>
> Did you recreate the initramfs after removing the packages?
> If not, then do:
>
> # dracut -f /boot/initramfs-<kernel version>.img <kernel version>
>
> with <kernel version> == the kernel version of the faulty booting kernel
>
Tried
# dracut -f /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686.PAE.img \
2.6.31.12-174.2.3
and it worked -)
Much watch that olpc rpms in future.
Thank You.
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