Kernel 2.6.23 doesn't boot

azerty · 2007-10-23 12:00:12

Yesterday at 11 pm I dropped a 'pacman -Syu' to my Arch-Box and apparently everything, Including the latest Kernel26, installed/upgraded fine.

Actually nothing went fine. After restarting my box, selecting the specific Archlinux-Entry in GRUB and booting Archlinux the screen went immediately black. I don't use X.org, so it's not a X related problem.

Just after selecting Archlinux in GRUB, the screen goes black and nothing happens. No error, no message, nothing.
I even don't see the Kernel booting, no Shell etc..

Hopefully you'll be able to give me a hint how to fix this.

Last edited by azerty (2007-10-24 20:18:29)

tomk · 2007-10-23 13:27:07

Does it work with the fallback init image? Does it work if you remove the vga=xxx parameter from the kernel line in grub?

azerty · 2007-10-24 07:14:56

tomk wrote:

Does it work with the fallback init image? Does it work if you remove the vga=xxx parameter from the kernel line in grub?

Sorry, I forgot to name these two.

I also tried fallback and tried booting by removing 'vga=xxx' but sadly none of these works. Yesterday I had a short look to the logs and I couldn't see anything related to my problem. Apparently the computer boots archlinux normally, but just after starting Arch vom GRUB the Screen fades black.

azerty · 2007-10-24 19:22:58

Last thing I did with pacman before the problem occured:

[2007-10-22 23:09] synchronizing package lists
[2007-10-22 23:09] starting full system upgrade
[2007-10-22 23:12] upgraded alsa-lib (1.0.14-5 -> 1.0.15-1)
[2007-10-22 23:12] upgraded ncurses (5.6-3 -> 5.6-4)
[2007-10-22 23:12] upgraded alsa-utils (1.0.14-2 -> 1.0.15-1)
[2007-10-22 23:12] upgraded kbd (1.12-7 -> 1.12.20070827-1)
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>>
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> If you use the LILO bootloader, you should run 'lilo' before rebooting.
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>>
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> ----------------
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2007-10-22 23:13] 
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2007-10-22 23:13] ==> Building image "default"
[2007-10-22 23:13] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.23-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Begin build
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [usbinput]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Generating module dependencies
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2007-10-22 23:13] ==> SUCCESS
[2007-10-22 23:13] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2007-10-22 23:13] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.23-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.d/kernel26-fallback.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Begin build
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [ide]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [usbinput]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [raid]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Generating module dependencies
[2007-10-22 23:13] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2007-10-22 23:13] ==> SUCCESS
[2007-10-22 23:13] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.22.9-1 -> 2.6.23.1-3)
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> Qemu package now provides standard qemu and qemu-kvm.
[2007-10-22 23:13] 
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> PLEASE READ FOR KVM USAGE!
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>>  Load the correct KVM module, you will need a KVM capable CPU!
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>>  Add yourself to the group 'kvm'.
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>>  Use 'qemu-kvm' to use KVM.
[2007-10-22 23:13] 
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> 'qemu-kvm' flexibility:
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>>  You can use the qemu-kvm binary without kvm module:
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>>  - with kqemu module
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>>  - without kqemu module
[2007-10-22 23:13] 
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> PLEASE READ FOR KQEMU USAGE!
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> You need to install the 'kqemu' package for your kernel.
[2007-10-22 23:13] >>> You need to load the module to use qemu with kqemu.
[2007-10-22 23:13] upgraded qemu (0.9.0-10 -> 0.9.0-11)
[2007-10-22 23:16] installed glib-perl (1.160-1)
[2007-10-22 23:16] installed cairo-perl (1.041-1)
[2007-10-22 23:16] installed gtk2-perl (1.160-1)
[2007-10-22 23:16] installed glade-perl (1.006-1)
[2007-10-22 23:16] installed perl-locale-gettext (1.05-2)
[2007-10-22 23:16] installed qemu-launcher (1.7.4-1)
[2007-10-22 23:16] Optional packages for Qemulator:
[2007-10-22 23:16] Tray icon support: 'gnome-python-extras'
[2007-10-22 23:16] installed qemulator (0.5-2)

I looked in the /var/log files and I understood that since my last 'pacman -Syu', the system hasn't booted anymore.
My last 'pacman -Syu' was on 22th of October, but I tried to boot Archlinux several times on 23th, and today.

In conclusion this means, that Archlinux doesn't boot anyways, so where is the problem? GRUB, or it's parameters?
I didn't change anything there, so I think it's this crappy kernel 2.6.23.

Any suggestions how to fix this?

Edit: I currently booted a Debian also installed on the same system and dropped a 'chroot /path/to/mounted/arch/partition /bin/bash'.
I made a 'pacman -Syu' but I always get the following back:

# pacman -S kernel26
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/core//acl-2.2.45-1/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/community//855resolution-0.4-5/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/extra//3ddesktop-0.2.9-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/core//acl-2.2.45-1/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/community//855resolution-0.4-5/depends: No such file or directory
error: 'kernel26': not found in sync db

Last edited by azerty (2007-10-24 19:39:31)

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#1 2007-10-23 12:00:12

Kernel 2.6.23 doesn't boot

#2 2007-10-23 13:27:07

Re: Kernel 2.6.23 doesn't boot

#3 2007-10-24 07:14:56

Re: Kernel 2.6.23 doesn't boot

#4 2007-10-24 19:22:58

Re: Kernel 2.6.23 doesn't boot

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