[Mageia-discuss] Strange behavior after kernel update

Sun Sep 25 10:27:57 CEST 2011

On 25/09/11 02:39, TJ wrote:
+> I'm using the 32-bit version of Mageia with a Sempron 3100+ processor,
+> Asus K8V-MX/S motherboard, 2GB DDR RAM, and an nVidia Geforce 6200 AGP
+> video card. I'm using the latest non-free video card driver amd I also
+> have the vendor's generic for-any-Linux version 4.1.2 of VirtualBox
+> installed.
+>
+> After updating the kernel earlier today, I attempted a reboot. The GUI
+> boot screen came up, and the progress dots showed progress, but it was
+> VERY slow. Not entirely unexpected because the new nVidia and VirtualBox
+> modules had to be installed, but this was far longer than I had ever
+> seen before. Normally I would have used the escape key to go to
+> "verbose" mode to see what was going on, but it didn't function, and the
+> message that I could do so didn't appear.
+>
+> The progress dots eventually showed progress all the way to the end, and
+> then it was "stuck" there. After about three minutes I used the reset
+> button to reboot, using the old kernel. That worked normally. I then
+> shut down and tried the new kernel again, with the same result as before.
+>
+> Another reset, but this time I booted into safe mode. This time the text
+> showed the nVidia and VirtualBox modules being installed, then went to a
+> command line. I issued a "halt" command and started again, once again
+> using the GUI bootscreen. This time, the "Press escape for verbose mode"
+> message showed up, and the boot proceeded completely normally. I haven't
+> tried everything yet, but so far it's working perfectly.
+>
+> I haven't the slightest idea of why this happened, but I thought
+> somebody should know.
+>
+> TJ
+>
+
+You may find mkinitrd was building a new image, which can take a long 
+time, especially when coupled with module rebuilds.
+
+Are there any clues in the dmesg or syslog?
+
+Claire
+