Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:53:42 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> This may not be related but thought I would mention. For some reason, >> my system will not boot a kernel newer than 3.18.7. I use >> gentoo-sources and generally use make oldconfig. I have also tried the >> new 4.0 kernels as well. They try to boot but don't make it past the >> kernel trying to do its thing. I don't reboot often so I have not had >> the chance to figure out exactly why this is happening. Recently I had >> to start using that pesky init thingy but I don't think that is causing >> the problem. I get a error/panic and then it says it is going to >> reboot in 10 seconds. By the time I figure out where the failure might >> be, it reboots itself. > The reboot after a panic is a kernel option. You can turn it off or > lengthen the delay to give yourself time to read the message. > > The option is CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT. > >
I thought it was a option but couldn't recall what it was called. The biggest thing is I don't reboot very often which makes it harder to diagnose a kernel problem. My biggest reason for a reboot/shutdown, power failure and batteries are getting a bit low. Thanks for the info. I'll go do something about that so that I have it when I reboot several months from now and have forgot all about this problem. lol Dale :-) :-)
