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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:30:31 +0100 From: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com> To: Steve French <smfrench@...il.com> CC: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, <balbi@...com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <ravindrakumar@...are.com>, <akataria@...are.com> Subject: Re: current mainline doesn't boot on VWware platform Hi! Thanks for forwarding. There is a bug on redhat bugzilla https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155825 that might be related, but from what I can tell, the possible deadlock reported there is only hypothetical. /Thomas On 10/24/2014 06:13 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Hi Steve, > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 09:02:15PM -0500, Steve French wrote: >> Interesting to see that Fedora has similar problems with current >> kernel (I pulled mainline again a few hours ago). >> >> Fedora 20 x86_64 in vmware boots to logon prompt but no mouse, no >> keyboard, system hung. Ctl-alt-f1 doesn't do anything. Even with >> verbose on kernel boot line, the extra debug messages have all been >> cleared by the time the hang occurs so nothing useful displayed. >> >> To be as safe as possible I used their default .config >> /boot/config-3.16.6-200.fc20.x86_64 to do a clean build of mainline. >> Once again, 3.16 and 3.17 work but not current mainline. > Let's add a few VMware people. I am pretty sure they'd be interested in > why it does not work. > > Guys, could you please route as appropriate. > > Thanks. > >> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Steve French <smfrench@...il.com> wrote: >>> Same thing happened after pulling newly updated mainline kernel >>> changes a few minutes ago. >>> >>> Black screen on boot just when you would expect x to be starting. >>> Hung. Ctl-alt-F1 doesn't do anything. >>> >>> arch is x86_64. >>> >>> 3.17.1 works. When I get time I will see if I can figure out more >>> useful info but this looks like a pretty boring setup: >>> >>> sfrench@...ntu:~$ glxinfo | grep -i "vendor" >>> server glx vendor string: SGI >>> client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI >>> OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc. >>> sfrench@...ntu:~$ grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log >>> [ 18.271] (II) LoadModule: "glx" >>> [ 18.288] (II) LoadModule: "vmware" >>> [ 18.352] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting" >>> [ 18.355] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" >>> [ 18.360] (II) LoadModule: "vesa" >>> [ 18.369] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw" >>> [ 18.372] (II) LoadModule: "fb" >>> [ 18.379] (II) LoadModule: "dri2" >>> [ 18.479] (II) LoadModule: "evdev" >>> [ 18.484] (II) LoadModule: "vmmouse" >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Steve French <smfrench@...il.com> wrote: >>>> This is vmware guest >>>> >>>> sfrench@...ntu:~/xfstests$ cat /proc/cpuinfo >>>> processor : 0 >>>> vendor_id : GenuineIntel >>>> cpu family : 6 >>>> model : 70 >>>> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4750HQ CPU @ 2.00GHz >>>> >>>> (and using 64 bit kernel build) ... >>>> >>>> I don't have the Ubuntu config for their mainline kernel test builds >>>> any more (deleted the kernel since it didn't work) but they post their >>>> .config diffs at >>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/daily/current/&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=l5Ago9ekmVFZ3c4M6eauqrJWGwjf6fTb%2BP3CxbBFkVM%3D%0A&m=wp7Vk7bzPRuHbjuXgvt6xD%2F5rYqFnHiHkWIbhmFC%2FM8%3D%0A&s=4e9068baa1dd8756d9843bd41f3568505198d273fe6d15fa2cf666c844f601cf >>>> >>>> I could not get to a console so assumed it died in kernel as x was >>>> coming up. I will have to reinstall current mainline to see if I can >>>> hook up a serial console (I had maximum kernel boot verbose in the >>>> grub.cfg but nothing interesting before the black screen) >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 05:44:02PM -0500, Steve French wrote: >>>>>> Anyone know a workaround for the problem booting current mainline? >>>>>> 3.17 works fine for me, but recent mainline since 3.17 goes to a black >>>>>> screen near the end of boot as X is about to start. >>>>>> >>>>>> I also tried the Ubuntu build of the day (which also is based on >>>>>> current mainline but with the Ubuntu config just in case it was some >>>>>> driver issue) which fails the same way. >>>>> you need to provide more information, here are a few queries which might >>>>> help: >>>>> >>>>> 1. which architecture ? >>>>> 2. Can you get a serial console to get some dmesg output ? >>>>> 3. after screen is black, can you ctrl + alt + F1 and get a console ? >>>>> 4. where's you .config ? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> balbi >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Steve >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Steve >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> >> Steve >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=l5Ago9ekmVFZ3c4M6eauqrJWGwjf6fTb%2BP3CxbBFkVM%3D%0A&m=wp7Vk7bzPRuHbjuXgvt6xD%2F5rYqFnHiHkWIbhmFC%2FM8%3D%0A&s=21dbd5ec2e156ce4853d5ce9152289dc4475e1ea039790635ea0cd635312c820 >> Please read the FAQ at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.tux.org/lkml/&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=l5Ago9ekmVFZ3c4M6eauqrJWGwjf6fTb%2BP3CxbBFkVM%3D%0A&m=wp7Vk7bzPRuHbjuXgvt6xD%2F5rYqFnHiHkWIbhmFC%2FM8%3D%0A&s=154e0c0abab99c1124e5b456fa05bf421d973a3bd69a2e71a3aec89085bf2765 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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