[1.] One line summary of the problem: [Medion P8610] 13.10: Kernel panic - not syncing (on system start) [2.] Full description of the problem/report: While booting linux crashes with the message "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempt to kill init! exitcode=0x00000009". In a bisect (done by Joseph Salisbury [joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]) it was tested and this bug seems to be introduced either by commit 76a6225bf0b64572251a8c27d33e84afac6af713 Author: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Mar 8 09:23:16 2013 +0000 ACPICA: Split object conversion functions to a new file or commit d5a36100f62fa6db5541344e08b361b34e9114c5 Author: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Mar 8 09:23:03 2013 +0000 ACPICA: Add mechanism for early object repairs on a per-name basis [3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): kernel, Ubuntu, ACPICA [4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): --> unable to boot therefore impossible to get [5.] No Oops.. message [6.] Beyond skill level [7.] Environment --> unable to boot therefore impossible to execute the command [7.1.] Software: --> unable to boot therefore impossible to get [7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo): --> unable to boot therefore impossible to get anything useful [7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): --> unable to boot therefore impossible to get anything useful [7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) --> unable to boot therefore impossible to get anything useful [7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) --> unable to boot therefore impossible to get anything useful [7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) --> unable to boot therefore impossible to get anything useful [7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem (please look in /proc and include all information that you think to be relevant): --> unable to boot therefore impossible to get anything useful [X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1242938 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html