Bug#748574: 3.14.1 does not boot on Dell server

2014-05-21 Thread John Bleichert



On 05/21/2014 04:16 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
snip

I'm not sure, but that looks like it's failing to mount the root, as if
the boot loader was not loading an initrd.

Anyway, from your later message on debian-user
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/05/msg01438.html it seems
that the problem you had is fixed and is not related to this bug report.

Ben.



Yes - sorry for the static, and good luck!

John


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org



Bug#748574: 3.14.1 does not boot on Dell server

2014-05-20 Thread John Bleichert



On 05/18/2014 09:25 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
snip


Please test whether the attached patch fixes this, following the
instructions at
http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official

Ben.



/boot had become a mess with on me so I cleaned it out and re-installed 
the linux-image-3.14-1-amd64 package with aptitude and wouldn't you know 
it - everything seems to work fine now. The only thing that has changed 
since I installed (and then purged) this package is the BIOS update.


Sorry if this confuses things. Someone on debian-users suggested that 
perhaps initrd.img wasn't getting constructed correctly.


John

--
---
John Bleichert-syb...@earthlink.net
The heat from below can burn your eyes out!


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org



Bug#748574: 3.14.1 does not boot on Dell server

2014-05-19 Thread John Bleichert

On 05/19/2014 10:52 AM, John Bleichert wrote:


Ben,

I patched, built and installed the kernel and it still crashes. I am
attaching the call trace to this message again. If I can get you any
more info please let me know.



Please note that, having noticed I was a bit out of date, I flashed my 
BIOS to the current level release by Gigabyte but the result with 3.14 
is still the same.


--
---
John Bleichert-syb...@earthlink.net
The heat from below can burn your eyes out!


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org



Bug#748574: 3.14.1 does not boot on Dell server

2014-05-18 Thread John Bleichert



On 05/18/2014 06:32 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:

On Sun, 2014-05-18 at 17:29 +0200, Erwan David wrote:

Package: src:linux
Version: 3.14.4-1
Severity: critical

When trying to boot 3.14.1 It stops at the first line booting the
kernel, no other message, even when trying to start without quiet.

[...]

Please try adding the kernel parameter 'earlyprintk=vga' to make it log
to the screen earlier.

Ben.



I did that but no way to save it. It's a Call Trace, ending with the 
instruction pointer RIP 0x0. I took a picture of the screen if it would 
help...


--
---
John Bleichert-syb...@earthlink.net
The heat from below can burn your eyes out!


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org