New kernel fails miserably on natty

ssc1478 ssc1478 at aim.com
Sun Jul 17 00:15:00 UTC 2011


On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Frank McCormick <beacon at videotron.ca>wrote:
>
>> On 16/07/11 01:29 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Frank McCormick <beacon at videotron.ca
>>> <mailto:beacon at videotron.ca>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    On 16/07/11 01:06 PM, compdoc wrote:
>>>
>>>        *>*2.6.38.10-generic-pae fails as soon as it's selected, by
>>>        restarting
>>>
>>>        the machine at the BIOS
>>>         >power-on self-test, scanning for controllers and hard drives
>>>        etc, with
>>>        no visible error message
>>>         >or indication of failure. The machine is a bit old (2001
>>>        BIOS), but
>>>        this reaction is a bit severe, I think.
>>>         >
>>>         >Anybody else?
>>>
>>
FWIW:
I was using LightDM and it would not work with the new kernel.  I got the
signon box and it would just stop loading as soon as I clicked on a user
name.  I'm using a pae kernel also.  I switched back to gdm and now it
works.  Different symptoms but still a problem with the pae kernel.

Phil
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