On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 1:59 PM, fredbezies via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello. > > I'm facing an annoying bug with linux 4.9-1 kernel on my 6 or 7 years > old Toshiba Laptop. When I try to make it boot on with linux 4.9-1 > kernel, it freeze right after loading initramfs. > > 4.8.xx kernel was working flawlessly. My eeePC (nearly 9 years old) > and my desktop computer (which is AMD based) are both starting with > linux 4.9. > > I opened a bug : https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/52246 > > Here is my lspci. If someone can help me finding what is happening, > I'll be very happy : > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory > Controller Hub (rev 07) > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series > Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) > 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset > Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) > 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) > 00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) > 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 > EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio > Controller (rev 03) > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express > Port 1 (rev 03) > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express > Port 2 (rev 03) > 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express > Port 5 (rev 03) > 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) > 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) > 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) > 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) > 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 > EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM > (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03) > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless > Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) Does the fallback boot entry work? Have you tried reinstalling the kernel? I wish arch would (like other distros) keep 2 or three old kernel versions around because it doesn't take any space to do so and works around boot bugs in new kernels. If this is a regression you will have to post dmesg. If you don't see errors/warnings, then kernel developers would usually ask to enable debug flags for printing more information during boot. That said, I have one old machine with a Core2Duo and GM4xx and ever since DRM's atomic modesetting was introduced in 4.2, I can only use 4.1 warning free. Regressions do happen but you had no warnings or errors in 4.8 so yours looks like a different regression.
