[SOLVED] 2.6.24-21 upgrade failure

[flash19]

Ok, I upgraded a while ago to the latest kernel (2.6.24-21) And my computer won't boot into it. It just hangs on the boot screen. If I Use recovery mode I get:
==============
Bug: soft lockup-CPU#0 Stuck for 11s! [Modprobe:1466]

Pid: 1466, Comm: Modprobe Tainted :G D (2.6.24-21 generic #1)
Eip: 0060: [<co31c3f7>] Eflags:00000286 CPU:0
Eip is at _Spin_lock + 0x7/0x10


Then there is a bunch more junk that I didn't feel like copying :)


I am using the -19 kernel right now, and wonder if I could just skip 21 and get 8.10? Is that possible? Otherwise tell me how to uninstall 21 and I'll see what I can do from there.

[lptr]

Good morning,


...
I am using the -19 kernel right now, and wonder if I could just skip 21 and get 8.10? Is that possible? Otherwise tell me how to uninstall 21 and I'll see what I can do from there.

In your case I would suggest to modify Grubs menu.lst as suggested here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5975048&postcount=22

rob*

[alexcckll]

Folks, a few of us are trying to get a wide view of this issue.. please oculd you join us on this thread - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=948584&page=13

We're trying to get what would be termed a Master Call (in corporate IT terms) raised.

[flash19]

Re: 2.6.24-21 upgrade fails
I edited the text file at
/boot/grub/menu.lst

and commented out the lines that refer to the new kernel 2.6.24-21-generic, leaving the file as before with
2.6.24-21-generic

I did not uninstall the new kernel.

What I want to know is will I run into problems if I continue with the old kernel? Is it important to change to the new kernel?

(It didn't work for me, but I didn't begin the long process of figuring out why.)

Is he saying to remove all references to the -21? "leaving the file as before with
2.6.24-19-generic"


alexcckll, Do you want my complete post above dumped into the other thread?

[alexcckll]

Is he saying to remove all references to the -21? "leaving the file as before with
2.6.24-19-generic"


alexcckll, Do you want my complete post above dumped into the other thread?
Would be good...
Could you also chuck in more detail about your machine? Say - make, model, output from lspci etc?

[flash19]

I solved my problems by going to 8.10 everything is working fine so far! Thanks alexcckll for trying to help!