> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:45 AM > To: John Whitmore > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Recent Kernels failing to boot? > > On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:14:28 +0100, John Whitmore said: > > I'm not even sure that this is the correct home for this question but sure > > it's worth a punt. I'm running OpenSUSE on a netbook and use it to compile > > and > > install the latest kernel from Linus's git repo. > > OK... So you have a git tree handy already. > > > A few versions ago I hit a snag in that once installed the new kernel would > > show up in the grub2 menu but once selected for boot the machine would just > > go > > to a blank screen and hang. > > So what was the last version that booted OK for you, and what was the first > one that failed for you? With that info, you can easily do a 'git bisect' and > track down the commit that broke your hardware.
In his original post John said the problem was intermittent: >I'd have to do a hard reset. I can't be specific >on which version this started happening on as the problem is intermittent. Git bisect isn't so helpful in cases like this unfortunately. Jeff Haran _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
