On 01/28/2010 11:34 AM, Tony Molloy wrote:
> On Thursday 28 January 2010 09:45:44 Harald Hoyer wrote:
>> On 01/28/2010 10:36 AM, Tony Molloy wrote:
>>> On Thursday 28 January 2010 09:07:13 Harald Hoyer wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Tony Molloy<tony.mol...@ul.ie> wrote:
>>>>> When I boot I get as far as the cursor flashing on the top left hand
>>>>> corner of the screen and then the following error.
>>>>>
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>> File ""/init", line 157 in<module>
>>>>> if __name__=='__main__': main()
>>>>> File "/init",line 129, in main
>>>>> xo_ver=get_xo_version()
>>>>> File :/init", line 84, in get_xo_version
>>>>> raise Exception("Not an XO laptop?")
>>>>> Exception: Not an XO laptop?
>>>>> Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init.
>>>>> [drm:drm_fb_helper_panic] *ERROR* panic occurred, switching back to
>>>>> text console
>>>>>
>>>>> I've got this on several Dell machines, Latitude C660 D830. Precision
>>>>> Workstation 670
>>>>
>>>> what is the output of:
>>>>
>>>> # rpm -qf /usr/share/dracut/modules.d/* | sort -u
>>>>
>>>> ?
>>>
>>> dracut-002-13.4.git8f397a9b.fc12.noarch
>>> dracut-modules-olpc-0.3.2-1.fc12.i686
>>
>> Do you have an olpc XO Laptop? If not, why did you install this package?
>> This is most likely the source of the:
>
> No this is a Dell Precision Desktop. I don't remember specifically installing
> the dracut-olpc rpm. However I removed it and still the same result
>
>> >>> File :/init", line 84, in get_xo_version
>> >>> raise Exception("Not an XO laptop?")
>> >>> Exception: Not an XO laptop?
>> >>> Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init.
>>>
>>> dracut-network-002-13.4.git8f397a9b.fc12.noarch
>>> kexec-tools-2.0.0-28.fc12.i686
>>
>> Do you need kexec-tools?
>>
> No probably installed when I installed all the system-config rpms. Removed it
> also but still the same result.
>
> I get the flashing cursor in the top left hand of th screen. Then I get a
> message "Hello (deployment people of the ) world" and then I get the traceback
> error.
>
> As this is only a test box I might do a reinstall and see what differences
> there is in the installed rpms.
>
> The real strange thing is that nobody else seems to be having this error and
> it started with the christmas day update to the kernel
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
>
Did you recreate the initramfs after removing the packages?
If not, then do:
# dracut -f /boot/initramfs-<kernel version>.img <kernel version>
with <kernel version> == the kernel version of the faulty booting kernel
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