[arch-general] Kernel panic with kernel26 2.6.32.2-2 from [core]

[Heiko Baums]

Am Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:01:26 +0800
schrieb Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee at gmail.com>:

> Seeing as some haven't had the same problem, perhaps some
> investigation into the details of the systems which HAVE problems
> (currently two on this ML thread) would be useful?

but how to investigate? Which information do you need?

These packages were updated during my system update to [testing]:

device-mapper (2.02.53-1 -> 2.02.56-1)
udev (146-2 -> 149-1)
initscripts (2009.08-1 -> 2009.11-1)
iptables (1.4.5-1 -> 1.4.6-1)
klibc (1.5.15-3 -> 1.5.15-4)
klibc-extras (2.5-4 -> 2.5-5)
klibc-kbd (1.15.20080312-10 -> 1.15.1-2)
klibc-module-init-tools (3.8-1 -> 3.8-2)
klibc-udev (141-3 -> 141-4)
mdadm (2.6.9-1 -> 3.1.1-1)
mkinitcpio (0.5.26-1 -> 0.5.26-2)
pcmciautils (015-2 -> 016-1)
pm-utils (1.2.6.1-2 -> 1.2.6.1-3)
xz-utils (4.999.9beta-1 -> 4.999.9beta-2)
zlib (1.2.3.3-3 -> 1.2.3.4-3)

The packages which are involved into the boot process/the initrd need
urgently be moved from [testing] to [core].

I suspect most mkinitcpio but every other package including the device
mapper related packages could also be the reason because I've encrypted
my whole system with dm-crypt/LUKS. The /boot partition is of course
not encrypted.

I'm running a simple x86_64, SATA only system with no esoteric hardware.

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3
RAM: 4 GB DDR2
Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD3450
One 1 TB SATA hard disk
One SATA DVD writer
The SATA controller is completely set to AHCI.

fdisk -l:
/dev/sda5 5476 5480 40131 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 5481 5612 1060258+ 82 Linux Swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 5613 8224 20980858+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 8225 121601 910700721 83 Linux

/etc/crypttab:
swap /dev/sda6 ...
home /dev/sda8 ...

/etc/fstab:
/dev/sda5 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/mapper/swap swap swap sw 0 0
/dev/mapper/root / ext3 defaults,noatime 0 0
/dev/mapper/home /home ext3 defaults,noatime 0 0

/boot/grub/menu.lst:
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz26 cryptdevice=/dev/sda7:root root=/dev/mapper/root ro 5
initrd /kernel26.img

> I've been using [testing], so haven't had problems.

That's obvious. ;-)

Greetings,
Heiko