I installed and booted the openSUSE 2.6.34-rc3-git2-0.0.54.65e041f-default kernel without problems. Vanilla 2.6.34-rc3-git2 gave a segfault, so I used the config that came with the openSUSE kernel to rebuild vanilla 2.6.34-rc3-git2, that is now up and running. Attached is a diff of the 2 files. Regards Sid. On 26/03/10 04:16, Sid Boyce wrote: > Problem still exists at 2.6.34-rc2-git2. > Motherboard/CPU/memory has been changed to Asus Crosshair III/AMD > Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor/8GB DDR3. Rebuilt kernel on the new > motherboard. > I notice that a kernel that boots generates far more output than I see > with kernels up to 2.6.34-rc2-git2, tried and rebuilt without netconsole. > > Here is the full output > ======================== > ==== 4 Penguins appear, then the following output and the freeze ==== > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64 > fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device > Initializing Nozomi driver 2.1d (build date: Mar 25 2010 13:37:52) > Non-volatile memory driver 1.3 > Linux agpgart interface v0.103 > Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 8 ports, IRQ sharing disables > Console [netcon0] enabled > netconsole: network logging started > PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > cpuidle: using governor ladder > cpuidle: using governor menu > TCP cubic registered > registered taskstats version 1 > Kmemleak: kernel memory leak detector initialized > Kmemleak: Automatic memory scanning thread started > No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass! > Freeing unused kernel memory: 688K freed > Write Protecting kernel memory read-only data: 6144K > Testing CPA: undo ffffffff81000000 - ffffffff81600000 > Testing CPA: again > Freeing unused kernel memory: 964K freed > Freeing unused kernel memory: 212K freed > init[1] segfault at ffffffff8100eea8 ip ffffffff8100eea8 sp > 00007fff62e804b8 error 15 > kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > Pid: 1,comm: init not tainted 2.6.33-git12-smp #2 > Call Trace: > [] panic+0x73/0xfa > [] do_exit+0x6d/0x713 > [] do_group_exit+0x72/0x9b > [] get_signal_to_deliver+0x356/0x375 > [] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2f/0x34 > [] do_signal+0x6d/0x660 > [] ? printk+0x3c/0x43 > [] ? rdtsc_barrier+0x0/0xc > [] ? printk+0x3c/0x43 > [] ? __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x183/0x1ad > [] ? rdtsc_barrier+0x0/0xc > [] do_notify_resume+0x27/0x69 > [] retint_signal+0x48/0x8c > [] ? rdtsc_barrier+0x0/0xc > Regards > Sid. > -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks