Re: [Announce] 2.6.29-rc8-rt2

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 12:27 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 12:06 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 19:49 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > * Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Mar 21 10:47:43 localhost kernel: kernel tried to execute NX-protected
> > > > page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
> > > > Mar 21 10:47:43 localhost kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging
> > > > request at f6400800
> > > 
> > > kernel tried to execute some really weird address, probably via a 
> > > function pointer.
> > 
> > Strangely enough rc8-rt1 boots (almost). _Exact_ same build with the
> > exception of the change from rt1 -> rt2. 
> > 
> > Haldaemon does not start on boot (fails), if I login as root and start
> > the haldaemon service manually it starts. And then things seem to work
> > fine (I'm writing this email from that machine). Still investigating...
> 
> First problem was due to old firmware for the iwl3945 hardware. I
> updated to the latest and hal started fine (this is on fc9). 
> 
> Now another one related to xorg/drm...

Scratch that, I had an old version of xorg/drm installed in this
particular machine and the new kernel did not like it. Seems to boot
fine now... sorry for the noise. 

-- Fernando


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