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cam0

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Registered: 2010-06-25

Posts: 5

Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

Hi everybody,

it looks like I am having the same problem as this guy.

I got an alix3d3 and lately, the kernel was not able to boot up:

Terminal ready
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:07: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042.
i8042: probe of i8042 failed with error -5
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
registered taskstats version 1
Initalizing network drop monitor service
Freeing unused kernel memory: 408k freed
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.34-ARCH #1
Call Trace:
 [<c12d814e>] ? printk+0x18/0x1a
 [<c12d80c0>] panic+0x4c/0xc2
 [<c1046eba>] do_exit+0x70a/0x780
 [<c10534ed>] ? __sigqueue_free+0x2d/0x30
 [<c1052952>] ? recalc_sigpending+0x12/0x30
 [<c1047149>] do_group_exit+0x39/0xa0
 [<c105617d>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x25d/0x460
 [<c1004150>] ? do_invalid_op+0x0/0xa0
 [<c1002919>] do_signal+0x69/0x870
 [<c1026ea7>] ? do_page_fault+0x1d7/0x3b0
 [<c100b73f>] ? sys_execve+0x3f/0x70
 [<c1026ea7>] ? do_page_fault+0x1d7/0x3b0
 [<c100b73f>] ? sys_execve+0x3f/0x70
 [<c12db5e8>] ? work_notifysig+0x13/0x1b
 [<c1004150>] ? do_invalid_op+0x0/0xa0
 [<c100340d>] do_notify_resume+0x5d/0x70
 [<c12db5e8>] work_notifysig+0x13/0x1b

There is no error message, nothing looks wrong. I reinstalled the whole system on a new Compact Flash, so this is a brand new installation, so cannot "downgrade" the packages.

Thanks for the help,

C0

sisco311

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From: Romania

Registered: 2008-05-23

Posts: 112

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

so cannot "downgrade" the packages.

Why not?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dow … g_Packages
http://arm.konnichi.com/search/
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_panic

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cam0

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Registered: 2010-06-25

Posts: 5

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

Indeed, I can, I downgraded to kernel-2.6.32 after my post, but same crap

tiny

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Registered: 2008-11-10

Posts: 11

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

Indeed, I can, I downgraded to kernel-2.6.32 after my post, but same crap

Same error, same kernel ... installed onto a CF as originator...

Any ideas?

Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.34-ARCH #1

Last edited by tiny (2010-06-30 12:13:52)

cam0

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Registered: 2010-06-25

Posts: 5

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

Sincerely, I don't know. I did not investigate further more and the message is not very verbose. I guess there is a problem with finding the init, so the source might be it is unable to correctly mount the partition for some reason

tiny

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Registered: 2008-11-10

Posts: 11

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

Sincerely, I don't know. I did not investigate further more and the message is not very verbose. I guess there is a problem with finding the init, so the source might be it is unable to correctly mount the partition for some reason

This is totaly f. up. I'm not able to downgrade to due to dependencies. Donwngrading kernel only doesn't work. It's mkinit-vusybox related I'm sure.

tiny

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Registered: 2008-11-10

Posts: 11

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

Ok, I've downgraded to kernel I know works: 2.6.32.3-1 . I've also downgraded to following packages:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29956234 Jan  8 14:20 kernel26-2.6.32.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1069097 Jan  8 14:20 kernel26-firmware-2.6.32.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5249769 Jan  8 14:20 kernel26-headers-2.6.32.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2938227 Jun 19  2009 klibc-1.5.15-3-i686.pkg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    11546 Jun 19  2009 klibc-extras-2.5-4-i686.pkg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    43580 Jun 19  2009 klibc-kbd-1.15.20080312-10-i686.pkg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    40311 Jun 19  2009 klibc-module-init-tools-3.8-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   107244 Jun 19  2009 klibc-udev-141-3-i686.pkg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    16067 Aug  5  2009 mkinitcpio-0.5.26-1-any.pkg.tar.gz

Some of them needed to be forced installed.

Still nothing. Where does a problem arise? This is unacceptable.

schuay

Package Maintainer (PM)

From: Austria

Registered: 2008-08-19

Posts: 564

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

I didn't look up your processor, but maybe these apply?

http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 14462.html
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 14463.html

cam0

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Registered: 2010-06-25

Posts: 5

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

@schuay: for me, it has nothing to do with avrtools.
@tiny: Even downgrading didn't work ? You got that after an upgrade ?

schuay

Package Maintainer (PM)

From: Austria

Registered: 2008-08-19

Posts: 564

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

@schuay: for me, it has nothing to do with avrtools.

The thread is posted isn't about avrtools It's about CPUs with missing instructions, see the bugreport posted in the 2nd link.

Last edited by schuay (2010-06-30 20:50:09)

cam0

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Registered: 2010-06-25

Posts: 5

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

Ok, I was too quick reading the topics. The guy is complaining about a bad opcode, whereas in my case there is nothing really special happening (at least printing). On the alix, there is an AMD Geode processor, so I have to investigate if it could be the same issue.
Also, since *tiny* is having the same troubles with a CF, I am wondering if it is not coming somehow from here. Anyway, I'll play a bit around...

Thanks,

c0

tiny

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Registered: 2008-11-10

Posts: 11

Re: Kernel panic: another one, but on fresh install

@schuay: for me, it has nothing to do with avrtools.
@tiny: Even downgrading didn't work ? You got that after an upgrade ?

No a fresh install. Same procedure as half year ago. Install from existing Arch to a CF.
I downgraded packages in chroot environment, downgraded kernel, patched kernel with
NOPL emulation (worked but got stuck in endless printk() output).

My CPU is Geode LX.