I did another full update, which picked up kernel 2.6.15-23-686, so I tried it again. Got a bit further. I booted initially to a console prompt, where I only ran 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' to verify that I was indeed running an SMP kernel (output attached). Then I issued the 'startx' command. This time, I got all the way thru the KDE initialization. I saw the 'KDE is up and running' message just before the central info window disappeared. Konqueror had even loaded this web page, as evidenced by the button-label on the toolbar, but when I went to move the cursor to select that desktop, I found that the system was indeed frozen solid. Is there a way I can turn on some kind of strace or kernel debugging just before I issue the startx command, with its output directed to a serial port where I can capture it on a more stable system?
** Attachment added: "CPUINFO" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3004227/cpuinfo.txt -- Fail to boot smp kernel https://launchpad.net/bugs/24533 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
