Newer kernels on thinkpad laptop do not boot

[Ronald Portier]

After upgrading my system to a newer kernel it does not boot. hangs on "Begin: waiting for root file system"

The Kernel that DOES work is: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-8-generic root=/dev/sda1 ro notsc clocksource=hpet

(Yes I edited the option to start from /dev/sda1. Also tried notsc and clocksource=hpet on al kernel versions. But to no avail for the newer versions.)

Version NOT working: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-12-generic root=/dev/sda1 ro notsc clocksource=hpet

Also NOT working: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=/dev/sda1 ro notsc clocksource=hpet

openeyedev@rportier-laptop-01:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

machine is a Lenovo laptop model 3000 N200

A few lines before the system hangs on waiting for root file system I see: marking tsc unstable due to tsc halts in idle. This amazes me, because it seems the notsc option in menu.lst has no effect then?

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in linux.
For future reference you might be interested to know that a lot of applications have bug reporting functionality built in to them. This can be accessed via the Report a Problem option in the Help menu for the application with which you are having an issue. You can learn more about this feature at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Ronald,

What happens if you don't pass any kernel parameters when you try to boot (ie remove the "notsc" and "clocksource=hpet" options).

Also, care to test the latest pre-release for Jaunty 9.04 (currently Alpha 4). It contains a newer 2.6.28 based kernel and it would be good to know if this issue still exists. You should be able to test booting with a LiveCD - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/ . Please let us know your results. Thanks.

[lann (lann)]

Hi

Yes, for me with the new kernel 2.6.28 it's the same thing :

Begin: waiting for root file system

i don't have any hard drive in /dev when i do ls /dev

When i boot in 2.6.27 everything it's fine

my menu.lst and fstab in attachment

thanks

Lann

[lann (lann)]

and the fstab

[Ronald Portier (ronald-portier)]

Hello Leann,

I tested the newer kernel without the boot options and it did not make any
difference.

Coming weekend I will try the Jaunty release. I am presently not at a site
where I can download or burn cd images.

Kind regards,
Ronald

From:
Leann Ogasawara <email address hidden>
To:
<email address hidden>
Date:
23-02-2009 22:45
Subject:
[Bug 330788] Re: Newer kernels on thinkpad laptop do not boot

Hi Ronald,

What happens if you don't pass any kernel parameters when you try to
boot (ie remove the "notsc" and "clocksource=hpet" options).

Also, care to test the latest pre-release for Jaunty 9.04 (currently
Alpha 4). It contains a newer 2.6.28 based kernel and it would be good
to know if this issue still exists. You should be able to test booting
with a LiveCD - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/ . Please let
us know your results. Thanks.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

--
Newer kernels on thinkpad laptop do not boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330788
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

[lann (lann)]

Hello

I burned a LiveCD Jaunty 9.04 Alpha 5 and reboot with the LiveCD :

1/ when i boot with the option "Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer" everything work fine. All the hard disk are OK.
2/ When i boot with the option "Boot from first hard disk", i got the same problem.

Lann

[Ronald Portier (ronald-portier)]

Hello Lean,

I tested with the live CD form Jaunty and then the laptop starts. However
when I use the lice CD for Ubuntu 8.10 the laptop also starts.

When I wait quit a long time on the message that the system is waiting for
the root file system, in the end a message is shown and the system drops
into a really limited shell with a message saying "Gave up waiting for
root device".

So there might be some problem for the newer kernels to communicate with
the hard drive. Which would explain why starting from the live CD goes
without problem.

Is there a way to install the newer jaunty kernel - without doing a full
upgrade to this Alpha OS version now? Then I can test the newer kernel on
the hard drive.

Kind regards,
Ronald

From:
Leann Ogasawara <email address hidden>
To:
<email address hidden>
Date:
23-02-2009 22:45
Subject:
[Bug 330788] Re: Newer kernels on thinkpad laptop do not boot

Hi Ronald,

What happens if you don't pass any kernel parameters when you try to
boot (ie remove the "notsc" and "clocksource=hpet" options).

Also, care to test the latest pre-release for Jaunty 9.04 (currently
Alpha 4). It contains a newer 2.6.28 based kernel and it would be good
to know if this issue still exists. You should be able to test booting
with a LiveCD - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/ . Please let
us know your results. Thanks.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

--
Newer kernels on thinkpad laptop do not boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330788
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

[lann (lann)]

Hello

I removed all the kernel 2.6.28-8 :
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-2.6.28-8 linux-headers-2.6.28-8-generic linux-image-2.6.28-8-generic --purge

reboot the PC

install the kernel 2.6.28-8 :

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.28-8 linux-headers-2.6.28-8-generic linux-image-2.6.28-8-generic

reboot on kernel 2.6.28-8

and everything work fine now.

Lann

[Ronald Portier (ronald-portier)]

Hello,

I added the jaunty repositories to mij sources list.

After sudo aptitude update I found no 2.6.28-8 kernel. But I did find a
2.6.28-1-rt kernel. But only two of the usual three parts:
linux-headers-2.6.28-1-rt
linux-headers-2.6.28-1-rt-generic This one is not present
linux-image-2.6.28-1-rt

Starting from this kernel very soon crashes with 'Kernel Panic - not
synching - attempted to kill init!'

So no solution here...

Where did you get the 2.6.28-8 kernel from?

Kind regards,
Ronald

[Bug 330788] Re: Newer kernels on thinkpad laptop do not boot

lann
to:
ronald
28-02-2009 17:04

Sent by:
<email address hidden>
Please respond to Bug 330788

Hello

I removed all the kernel 2.6.28-8 :
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-2.6.28-8 linux-headers-2.6.28-8-generic
linux-image-2.6.28-8-generic --purge

reboot the PC

install the kernel 2.6.28-8 :

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.28-8 linux-
headers-2.6.28-8-generic linux-image-2.6.28-8-generic

reboot on kernel 2.6.28-8

and everything work fine now.

Lann

--
Newer kernels on thinkpad laptop do not boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330788
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

[lann (lann)]

Hello

my sources.list

Lann

[Alex Denvir (coldfff)]

We are closing this bug report because it has not been updated for some time. Please reopen it if you have more information to submit, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!