Thanks, that was indeed the issue.<br>
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I found that in menu.lst you can specify the options "kopt=..." and
then run update-grub. I imagine this will preserve the kernel options
when the kernel image is updated.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">'Forum Post</b> <<a href="mailto:ulist@gs1.ubuntuforums.org">ulist@gs1.ubuntuforums.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>Parijat Mishra Wrote:<br>> Hello all,<br>><br>> I am running Hoary with latest updates on a Dell Latitude C640 for some
<br>> time<br>> now. Yesterday I installed the linux-image-2.6.11-0.2 package to<br>> replace the<br>> 2.6.10-5 kernel I had. I also have a 2.6.11-custom kernel compiled from<br>> (ubuntu) sources.<br>><br>
> Now, when I boot up the system using the 2.6.11-02 kernel, all is fine,<br>> until I log into GNOME (using GDM). The login process starts normally<br>> with<br>> the splash screen, etc. Then the default background, and two blank
<br>> panels<br>> appear at the top and bottom of the screen. At this point the desktop<br>> freezes: keyboard. mouse etc. do nothing visible. I can't ssh into my<br>> machnie either. Neither can I switch VTs. Perhaps the kernel has gone
<br>> for<br>> lunch?<br>><br>> This does not happen when I use my custom 2.6.11 kernel. Neither was<br>> this<br>> the case with the 2.6.10 kernels (ubuntu images and my custom kernels).<br>><br>> I would like to investigate the crash a little bit more and dig out the
<br>> cause. How could I get started?<br>><br>> --<br>> ubuntu-users mailing list<br>> ubuntu-users (AT) lists (DOT) <a href="http://ubuntu.com">ubuntu.com</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br>there is a bug in the 2.6.11 kernel with inotify i can't rember the<br>command to disable it but im sure you can find an answer by searching<br>the ubuntuforum there is several posts listed about it.
<br><br>edit: i figured that my solution wasn't so helpful because i just told<br>the cause and not the solution so here it is at the grub menu press c<br>so you enter a boot command and enter this<br><br>Code:<br>--------------------
<br> noinotify<br>--------------------<br> to make it perminate by adding it to the /boot/grub/menu.lst file with<br>sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add the noinotify option like this<br><br>Code:<br>--------------------
<br> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-k7
root=/dev/hdb2 ro quiet splash noinotify<br>--------------------<br> save the file and reboot that should fix it.<br><br><br>--<br>codejunkie<br><br>--<br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br>