2008/10/29 Daryll Strauss <daryll.strauss@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi Folks, > > I had a chance to install F10 Beta on a new laptop a couple weeks back. > Because it was a laptop, I chose the encrypt disk option. I was updating my > system with the latest code as it arrived, usually the same day. Everything > has been great, until today. > > Last night another 50 or so packages updated, and since it included a > kernel, I shut down. This morning when I booted the laptop, it starts up and > shows that it is booting Fedora 9.92. I see the blue/white bar appear and > make progress. > > Normally it would stop shortly after this starts and prompt me for my > password. That never happened. Instead it the blue bar progressed all the > way to the right side of the screen, the Fedora 9.92 text turned white, and > then the it just sat there. > > I tried hitting escape during the process, but that brings up an empty > console with a blinking cursor, but no text. So I don't seem to have any > more diagnostic information available. > > One other caveat in terms of complete disclosure. I was running the nVidia > drivers. With my previous updates that hasn't been an issue. The kernel > updates and I don't get X when the system restarts. I then reinstall the > nVidia package and reboot the system where everything comes up normally. I > don't believe this is related to the problem, but I hate when my customers > leave details out of their requests. Nothing else is particularly unusual > about the system. > > I'm not sure what to try next. If there's more diagnostics I can collect, > let me know. If someone has a suggestion as how to get my laptop back to a > bootable state, that would great. It would be a PITA if I had to reinstall, > but not the end of the world. > > Let me know, > - |Daryll > See this BZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468856 Believe there is an issue with the Rawhide mkinird and encrypted disk partitions. If you have a previous kernel, you should be able to boot with that. BZ describes reverting mkinitrd and rebuilding the initrd, but I suspect a "fix" is in the works. Hope this helps. tom -- Tom London -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
