Sorry for the delay, I am rather busy at the moment. On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 04:14:05PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:07:15 +0200, Lars Skovlund wrote: > > > When upgrading kernel series 3.1.0 to series 3.2.0, suddenly my system > > won't boot. It hangs with the message > > > > Waiting for /dev to be fully populated > > But the old working kernel is still available for you boot with, right?
Yes. In fact, I'm using it right now. > > > I read the manual and found out how to drop into the initramfs debug > > shell, but I am unsure how to proceed from here. I guess the problem > > could be a faulty driver that I need to disable, but I know of no > > (efficient) way to find out which one. Ideally, I would load one driver > > at a time, and see when the problem occurs. > > > > Can anyone help? Or am I completely off track with this problem? > > Can you take a snapshot of the screen and upload somewhere? Maybe there > is additional info alongside the "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated" > message that can provide any insightful information about the source of > the problem. I realize this complicates matters a lot, but the exact crash points are different each time. So I need to somehow get the log information out in text format and put it somewhere. I had the idea of getting udev to spit out copious amounts of debug information. The interesting thing is when I do this, 3.1.x seems to get stuck for a while waiting for timeouts. It does, however, still boot - unlike 3.2.x. Any ideas as to how I can get the information out without resorting to screendumps? > > I am running the latest packages in both kernel series, and the 3.1 > > series does not have the problem. > > Are you using any special kernel module that may require to be re- > compiled (as for example, the VGA driver) or any special module for the > hard disk controller? My list of loaded modules follows (taken from 3.1.x). I have had some complaints about missing wifi firmware for a while (this is a desktop box, so I don't care about it) even though I have both linux-firmware-(non)free packages installed. Your help is very much appreciated. /Lars Module Size Used by snd_hrtimer 12604 1 acpi_cpufreq 12935 1 mperf 12453 1 acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_conservative 13147 0 cpufreq_powersave 12454 0 cpufreq_userspace 12576 0 cpufreq_stats 12866 0 parport_pc 22364 0 ppdev 12763 0 lp 17149 0 parport 31858 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp bnep 17567 2 rfcomm 33622 0 bluetooth 119290 10 bnep,rfcomm binfmt_misc 12957 1 fuse 61981 1 nfsd 259717 2 nfs 312135 0 lockd 67328 2 nfsd,nfs fscache 36739 1 nfs auth_rpcgss 37143 2 nfsd,nfs nfs_acl 12511 2 nfsd,nfs sunrpc 173516 6 nfsd,nfs,lockd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl ext2 59191 1 loop 22597 0 snd_hda_codec_hdmi 26548 4 arc4 12458 2 snd_hda_codec_idt 53748 1 rt2800pci 13908 0 rt2800lib 43568 1 rt2800pci snd_hda_intel 26182 1 snd_hda_codec 72920 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13186 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss 41081 0 snd_mixer_oss 17916 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 63744 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss evdev 17562 4 crc_ccitt 12347 1 rt2800lib rt2x00pci 12847 1 rt2800pci rt2x00lib 38202 3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci nouveau 521365 2 joydev 17266 0 snd_seq_midi 12848 0 mac80211 183047 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib snd_rawmidi 23060 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 13316 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 45093 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event cfg80211 132703 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211 psmouse 55543 0 pcspkr 12579 0 i2c_i801 16870 0 snd_timer 22917 3 snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm,snd_seq serio_raw 12850 0 snd_seq_device 13176 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq iTCO_wdt 17081 0 iTCO_vendor_support 12704 1 iTCO_wdt rfkill 19012 3 bluetooth,cfg80211 snd 52798 15 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device eeprom_93cx6 12455 1 rt2800pci ttm 48725 1 nouveau drm_kms_helper 27227 1 nouveau drm 167371 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper i2c_algo_bit 12841 1 nouveau i2c_core 23876 5 nouveau,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit soundcore 13065 1 snd snd_page_alloc 13003 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm mxm_wmi 12473 1 nouveau wmi 13243 1 mxm_wmi video 17628 1 nouveau button 12937 1 nouveau processor 27949 1 acpi_cpufreq thermal_sys 18040 2 video,processor ext4 312988 4 mbcache 13065 2 ext2,ext4 jbd2 62015 1 ext4 crc16 12343 2 bluetooth,ext4 usb_storage 43919 0 uas 13296 0 usbhid 36379 0 hid 77192 1 usbhid sr_mod 21899 0 cdrom 35401 1 sr_mod sd_mod 36136 6 crc_t10dif 12348 1 sd_mod ahci 24997 5 libahci 22860 1 ahci libata 140545 2 ahci,libahci scsi_mod 162376 5 usb_storage,uas,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata xhci_hcd 64215 0 r8169 42391 0 mii 12675 1 r8169 ehci_hcd 40215 0 usbcore 124095 6 usb_storage,uas,usbhid,xhci_hcd,ehci_hcd > > Some hints for debugging this can be found here: > > http://wiki.debian.org/InitramfsDebug > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jkvdcd$hqr$1...@dough.gmane.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120404191921.ga3...@starfish.lan
