Bug 9848 - Kernel panic i586 - Installed from live iso with lilo in vbox ("unable to handle kernel paging request at")
Summary: Kernel panic i586 - Installed from live iso with lilo in vbox ("unable to han...
Status: RESOLVED OLD
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel and Drivers maintainers
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard: 3RC
Keywords: NEEDINFO
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-04-24 12:46 CEST by claire robinson
Modified: 2020-03-25 14:52 CET (History)
5 users (show)

See Also:
Source RPM: kernel, dracut
CVE:
Status comment:

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2013-04-24 12:47 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
screenshot2.png (24.18 KB, image/png)
2013-04-26 18:30 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
kernel panic screen capture (26.54 KB, image/png)
2015-03-31 03:24 CEST, Nic Baxter 		Details
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Description claire robinson 2013-04-24 12:46:49 CEST 
Installed with lilo bootloader (after script failed trying grub 2) from kde 32 livedvd.

On reboot it hangs with black screen very shortly after hitting Go in lilo.

Booting with linux-nonfb shows a kernel panic and backtrace





Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 claire robinson 2013-04-24 12:47:27 CEST 
Created attachment 3805 [details]
screenshot.png
Comment 2 claire robinson 2013-04-24 13:16:14 CEST 
Reproduced in fresh vbox installation (without trying grub 2 first)
Comment 3 claire robinson 2013-04-24 13:39:49 CEST 
Tested several live isos with lilo and all have the same problem.
Comment 4 claire robinson 2013-04-24 13:56:39 CEST 
Testing with kde x86_64 livedvd now and it's booted fine, so could be i586 only.
claire robinson 2013-04-24 14:45:49 CEST

Whiteboard: (none) => 3RC

Comment 5 claire robinson 2013-04-24 14:49:43 CEST 
Tested with 2 64bit livedvd's and both are OK.

Tested again i586 to rule out adding an extra core for 64bit and it still fails so this appears to affect i586 only.

Summary: Kernel panic - Installed from live iso with lilo in vbox => Kernel panic i586 - Installed from live iso with lilo in vbox

Comment 6 Thierry Vignaud 2013-04-26 15:15:22 CEST 
I guess it didn't find its root partition.
Can you provide the whole errors (booting with vga=ask then choosing a big text mode such as 80x60 would help)

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 7 claire robinson 2013-04-26 18:30:51 CEST 
Created attachment 3821 [details]
screenshot2.png

Thanks for the tip Thierry I'll add that to our wiki pages.
Comment 8 Thierry Vignaud 2013-04-26 19:10:53 CEST 
Actually it looks like a real kernel bug

Component: Release (media or process) => RPM Packages
Source RPM: (none) => kernel
Summary: Kernel panic i586 - Installed from live iso with lilo in vbox => Kernel panic i586 - Installed from live iso with lilo in vbox ("unable to handle kernel paging request at")

Thierry Vignaud 2013-04-26 19:10:59 CEST

Attachment 3805 is obsolete: 0 => 1

Comment 9 Thomas Backlund 2013-04-26 19:12:30 CEST 
Yep, I'm working on tracking it down right now

Status: NEW => ASSIGNED

Comment 10 Thomas Backlund 2013-04-27 02:17:07 CEST 
Actually this is a weird one... 

If I install kernel-linus in live mode it works when installed to disk, and I can boot from it.

but if I recreate the initrd for kernel-linus after I have booted into the installed system, the resulting initrd wont boot.

Source RPM: kernel => kernel, dracut
CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 11 Nic Baxter 2015-03-31 02:51:37 CEST 
No comments for over 2 years. Is there a need to keep open. Remember housekeeping.

CC: (none) => nic

Comment 12 Nic Baxter 2015-03-31 03:05:57 CEST 
I'll answer my own question. It is still current. Lilo is still supported isn't it?
Comment 13 Nic Baxter 2015-03-31 03:24:43 CEST 
Created attachment 6164 [details]
kernel panic screen capture

Different to that seen by Claire
Comment 14 Marja Van Waes 2016-08-26 11:42:44 CEST 
Mass-reassigning all bugs with "kernel" in the Source RPM field that are assigned to tmb, to the kernel packagers group, because tmb is currently MIA.

Assignee: tmb => kernel

Comment 15 Lewis Smith 2020-02-05 21:23:37 CET 
Can we close this? It is almost archaic - 5y since the last addition; Lilo + Vbox? Even if the problem is still true, is it actually of real concern?

CC: (none) => lewyssmith

Comment 16 Thierry Vignaud 2020-03-25 14:52:45 CET 
Yeah let's close it

Resolution: (none) => OLD
Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
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