I have one system that fails to boot any 6.8 kernel. The failure is
that the boot sequence halts with a single message on the console:
Booting `Fedora Linux (6.8.9-200.fc39.x86_64) 39 (KDE Plasma)'
and the console cursor simply blinks two blank lines down from this
message.
The last kernel that will boot on this system is
6.8.10-300.fc40.x86_64. I have two other Fedora systems that do not
have any problem booting the 6.8 kernels. This leads me to believe
that something on this particular system is causing the problem.
Any ideas?
garry@vfr$ sudo dmidecode -t system
[sudo] password for garry:
# dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Precision Tower 3420
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: HQ83ND2
UUID: 4c4c4544-0051-3810-8033-c8c04f4e4432
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: 06C7
Family: Precision
Handle 0x0005, DMI type 12, 5 bytes
System Configuration Options
Option 1: Default string
Handle 0x0006, DMI type 15, 35 bytes
System Event Log
Area Length: 4 bytes
Header Start Offset: 0x0000
Header Length: 2 bytes
Data Start Offset: 0x0002
Access Method: Indexed I/O, one 16-bit index port, one 8-bit data port
Access Address: Index 0x046A, Data 0x046C
Status: Invalid, Not Full
Change Token: 0x00000000
Header Format: No Header
Supported Log Type Descriptors: 6
Descriptor 1: End of log
Data Format 1: OEM-specific
Descriptor 2: End of log
Data Format 2: OEM-specific
Descriptor 3: End of log
Data Format 3: OEM-specific
Descriptor 4: End of log
Data Format 4: OEM-specific
Descriptor 5: End of log
Data Format 5: OEM-specific
Descriptor 6: End of log
Data Format 6: OEM-specific
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected
garry@vfr$ sudo dmidecode -t bios
# dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Inc.
Version: 2.15.0
Release Date: 03/25/2020
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 16 MB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Function key-initiated network boot is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 2.15
Handle 0xF032, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
Language Description Format: Long
Installable Languages: 2
en|US|iso8859-1
<BAD INDEX>
Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1
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Garry T. Williams
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