serious problem after kernel update

03-11-2007	#1 (permalink)
valemon Linux Engineer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Volos Posts: 914	serious problem after kernel update After a kernel update (automatic, with online update) in my startup options openSUSE 10.2 was missing, I had two more options: Kernel-2.6.18.8-0.1-default and Kernel-2.6.18.8-0.1-default. Aslo I cannot run the gui (after logging in, in text mode when I type "startx" says : Module nvidia not found, Fatal server error :no screens found) Is there a possibility to recover my system? I think it is a kernel problem Please post a solutiom, I hope I haven't f@$%ed my system... __________________ Linux is like a Teepee, No Windows, No Gates, Only Apache Inside! Arch/Moblin Linux user #442041

03-11-2007

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known bug with new SuSE kernel

Quote:

Originally Posted by valemon

After a kernel update (automatic, with online update) in my startup options openSUSE 10.2 was missing, I had two more options: Kernel-2.6.18.8-0.1-default and Kernel-2.6.18.8-0.1-default.

This is a known bug, where the new release affects some users:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=252911

Please note comment #22 From Andreas Jaeger 2007-03-10 12:47:42 MST
"Please investigate and fix this and let's release an update for 10.2!"

03-11-2007	#3 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Hi valemon, nvidia driver must be installed again after every kernel upgrade. boot up in command line mode ( in GRUB screen, select SuSe title. press 3 and press Enter key ), log in as root and open xorg.conf file in vi or nano editor. Code: nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf set Video Card driver to "nv" or "vesa". try "nv" first and if it doesn't work, set driver value to "vesa". Code: Section "Device" identifier "xxxx Video Card" boardname "xxxx" busid "PCI:1:0:0" driver "nv" screen 0 EndSection this will fix Graphics problem temporarily. install Nvidia driver again for best graphics performance. Casper __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

03-11-2007	#4 (permalink)
valemon Linux Engineer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Volos Posts: 914	Thanks for replying @Casper When I try to boot with boot option 3 I get the following output: root (hd0,4) Filesystem type is ext2fs (I got ext3, is this a problem?), partionion type 0x83 kernel /boot/xen.gz 3 [Multiboot-elf, <0x100000:0x7d658:0x489a8>, shtab=0x1c6078,entry=0x100000] module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-xen root=/dev/hda5 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/h da2 splash=silent Error 15 : File not found Press any key to continue... This is really annoying... __________________ Linux is like a Teepee, No Windows, No Gates, Only Apache Inside! Arch/Moblin Linux user #442041

03-11-2007	#5 (permalink)
valemon Linux Engineer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Volos Posts: 914	Anyway does anyone know how to install the previous kernel version? I suppose this is going to solve my problem __________________ Linux is like a Teepee, No Windows, No Gates, Only Apache Inside! Arch/Moblin Linux user #442041

03-11-2007	#6 (permalink)
valemon Linux Engineer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Volos Posts: 914	OK I reinstalled the previous kernel version. The problem now is that in menu.lst in grub I cannot find the failsafe option. Can anyone post what I have to add in order to get the failsafe option in grub? __________________ Linux is like a Teepee, No Windows, No Gates, Only Apache Inside! Arch/Moblin Linux user #442041

03-12-2007

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I cannot find the failsafe option. Can anyone post what I have to add in order to get the failsafe option in grub?

Code:

Failsafe: Kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/xxxx vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3

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