New kernel won't boot

[Frank McCormick]

On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:41:19 -0800
NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 03/02/2011 07:24 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
> > On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:08:00 -0800
> > NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 03/02/2011 06:49 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > Upgraded Maverick tonight...among the pieces upgraded was
> >> > the kernel. Attempting to boot with it leaves me at the
> >> > CLI logon prompt on tty 8. Switching to tty 7 shows the
> >> > boot process apparently never completed with the last
> >> > line being a microcode update.
> >> > 
> >> > Anyone else experiencing these sort of problems.
> >> > 
> >> > I am back on 2.6.35-27-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 22 20:25:29 UTC
> >> > 2011
> >> 
> >> If you mean the kernel from the 'Proposed' repository;
> >> 
> >> working for me (both 32bit and 64bit):
> >> $ uname -a
> >>  2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 14:40:58 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
> >> 
> >> $ uname -a
> >> Linux gg-laptop 2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 14:39:03 UTC
> >> 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >> 
> >> Perhaps you can provide a little more detail?
> >> 
> > 
> > No need..I don't think.
> 
> So, *specifically* which kernel are you having problems with?

2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 14:40:58 UTC 2011

I have switched back to the "nouveau" driver for now...until
I feel like tackling recompiling the new module. Besides I
don't really need 3d accel.
-- 
Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca>