Kernel 3.7 and AMD cpu's

**kurt18947** · December 16th, 2012

Very similar machine to ventrical above - Athlon II X2 with Nvidia 8400GS video. Running a live USB install latest daily. No issues so far except trying the default boot menu choice said I had a corrupt kernel image. Selecting live session booted and functions fine so I'm pretty sure the kernel image is not corrupt

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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 3.7.0-6-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 11 13:13:42 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

**ronacc** · December 16th, 2012

still no joy for me as of todays daily . it dies at the same place as any attempt to boot from the hard disk with any kernel later than 3.5 . Its got to be either my MOBO (gigabyte ) or drive setup ( 2 ide 4 SATA ) .

**andrew.46** · December 16th, 2012

Steady as a rock here...

**lompolo** · December 17th, 2012

Here is some more info about bisecting
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel/GitBisect

Code:

sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get build-dep linux-meta

install git and packages kernel building will need.

Code:

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git

This will load lot of linux sources. If you save it you can update it later with git pull

Code:

cd linux-2.6

2.6 is just a name.

Code:

cp /boot/config-3.5 .config

choose config from working kernel.

Code:

git bisect start v3.6-rc1 v3.5

We want to test what changed between these versions. It will tell how many builds are needed at worst.

BUILD:

Code:

sudo fakeroot make deb-pkg

Code:

sudo dpkg -i ../linux-image-something

Build new kernel. and install it. (the new version of course)

Code:

sudo update-grub

reboot

Go again to linux directory.

Code:

git bisect good

if that was working or

Code:

git bisect bad

if it was bad

Repeat build until ready.

**ronacc** · December 17th, 2012

A couple of days ago I went as far as the first bisect , the resultant kernel failed to boot I may try another bisect starting with that one . The problem I think is in the way the newer kernels handle mixed IDE and sata drives . The boot stalls after attaching the first 2 drives , which I think are the IDE drives , its hard to tell since the kernel calls everything SD(x) . I took the dvd of yesterdays daily which would not boot in my test box and it boots fine in my "work" box which is also AMD 64x2 and nvidia so that isnt the problem allso that box has only sata drives .

**johnnyde94** · December 17th, 2012

Originally Posted by johnnyde94

No luck booting with 3.6-rc1

Kernel 3.6-rc1 broke my CPU

I can put on CPU but when I go to desk top all I see is a black arrow but can got to tty and update

**jppr** · December 18th, 2012

I just tried to install today's Daily-Live, but that is only going to be anything at all. The installation runs just the same notifications of new USB devices than before, and then it freezes. If the problem is not USB 3.7 drivers in the kernel so that where a problem might exist? When the 3.5 kernel works without any problems.

My system is... Asus M2N68-AM PLUS motherboard, AMD Athlon 250 II X 2, 2 x 2 GB Kingston DDR2 and Nvidia 9400 Gt

**zenarcher** · December 18th, 2012

Originally Posted by jppr

I just tried to install today's Daily-Live, but that is only going to be anything at all. The installation runs just the same notifications of new USB devices than before, and then it freezes. If the problem is not USB 3.7 drivers in the kernel so that where a problem might exist? When the 3.5 kernel works without any problems.

My system is... Asus M2N68-AM PLUS motherboard, AMD Athlon 250 II X 2, 2 x 2 GHz Kingston DDR2 and Nvidia 9400 Gt

Exactly the same situation I have with my USB KVM switch....freezes when it gets there while loading. I am also using an AMD X2 processor. No problems at all with kernel 3.5 nor any previous to that.

zenarcher