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ijanos

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2008-03-30

Posts: 443

2.6.25 only boots with acpi=off [&instructions to downgrade kernel :)]

Hi!

After the latest kernel upgrade, my boot simply stops while the initramfs loading udev.

Running loop udev
Loading udev...

After adding acpi=off to the kernels parameterlist it boots up fine. Except now i dont have cpu freqscaling, which is a thing i would like to have. So should i downgrade the kernel or is there something else I could check around the initramfs? I have no raid,encryt nor lvm.

Last edited by ijanos (2008-05-26 21:53:15)

ijanos

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2008-03-30

Posts: 443

Re: 2.6.25 only boots with acpi=off [&instructions to downgrade kernel :)]

correction: it stops at udev loop only when choosing fallback image.
With the normal initram it stops at here:

hub 4-0:1.0 - USB Hub found
2 ports detected

and wait here for eternity (or at least about 20 minutes i gave him)

downgraded to 2.6.24 and boot is fine.

Ilya

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From: Russia, Saint-Petersburg

Registered: 2007-08-16

Posts: 98

Re: 2.6.25 only boots with acpi=off [&instructions to downgrade kernel :)]

Hm-m... I have lost all my loop devices after last kernel update (bug-report)!

ep2011

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Registered: 2008-02-28

Posts: 66

Re: 2.6.25 only boots with acpi=off [&instructions to downgrade kernel :)]

How do you downgrade the kernel? I have the same problem as Ilya along with other problems, and I would like to downgrade.

Ilya

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From: Russia, Saint-Petersburg

Registered: 2007-08-16

Posts: 98

Re: 2.6.25 only boots with acpi=off [&instructions to downgrade kernel :)]

How do you downgrade the kernel? I have the same problem as Ilya along with other problems, and I would like to downgrade.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrade_packages

ep2011

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Registered: 2008-02-28

Posts: 66

Re: 2.6.25 only boots with acpi=off [&instructions to downgrade kernel :)]

How do you downgrade the kernel? I have the same problem as Ilya along with other problems, and I would like to downgrade.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrade_packages

I followed those instructions, but:

[root@eric-arch eric]# pacman -U kernel26-2.6.24.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
loading package data...
error: 'kernel26-2.6.24.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz': cannot open package file

sorry for basically hijacking this thread...

Ilya

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From: Russia, Saint-Petersburg

Registered: 2007-08-16

Posts: 98

Re: 2.6.25 only boots with acpi=off [&instructions to downgrade kernel :)]

[root@eric-arch eric]# pacman -U kernel26-2.6.24.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
loading package data...
error: 'kernel26-2.6.24.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz': cannot open package file

sorry for basically hijacking this thread...

You trying to install file kernel26-2.6.24.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz from your home directory? Wrong way!
Here kernel26-2.6.24.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz is a package filename, not a package name.
To downgrade package, you must install it from your package cache (if you have it):

[root@eric-arch eric]# pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kernel26-2.6.24.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz

Last edited by Ilya (2008-05-26 19:55:18)

ep2011

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Registered: 2008-02-28

Posts: 66

Re: 2.6.25 only boots with acpi=off [&instructions to downgrade kernel :)]

Ohh, I was confused from the wiki instructions.. Thanks so much