On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 11:46 -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote: > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Pedro Francisco > <pedrogfrancisco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Jurgen Kramer <gtmkramer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> I am getting frequent kernel panics when shutting down my laptop. It is > >>> running the latest F17 with all updates. > >>> > >>> Last messages before the panic are: > >>> > >>> Cannot finalize remaining file system and devices, giving up. > >>> Succesfully changed into root pivot. > >>> /shutdown: line 12: /lib/dracut-lib.sh: No such file ore directory > >>> [ kernel panic ] > >>> > >>> Any ideas what's wrong here? My other F17 test rig does not exhibit this > >>> problem. > >> > >> Best guess: > >> > >> Sounds like the system is switching back to the initramfs during > >> shutdown (normal), and then something is messed up in there and causing > >> dracut to abort. Since dracut is PID 1 at that point, the kernel is > >> unhappy because there is no init process. > >> > >> Why your initramfs is messed up would be the thing to chase. > > > > I believe I had that issue when I booted F17 using the F16 kernel. You don't > > happen to have updated using the non-supported method ( > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum ) do you? > > Hey, don't blame yum upgrading, if you use the F17 kernel, it's fine. :) > > -J > > > Just a theory, though :) > > > > -- Nah, this is on a cleanly installed F17 rc/beta updated with all the updates. Maybe I'll try a fresh install with F17 TC3 to see if that resolves my problem. Thanks for the suggestions. Jurgen -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test