Thomas, could it be same as https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80645 again?
-----Original Message----- From: Dmitry Torokhov [mailto:dmitry.torok...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 9:14 AM To: Steve French Cc: ba...@ti.com; LKML; Ravindra Kumar; Thomas Hellstrom; Alok Kataria Subject: Re: current mainline doesn't boot on VWware platform Hi Steve, On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 09:02:15PM -0500, Steve French wrote: > Interesting to see that Fedora has similar problems with current > kernel (I pulled mainline again a few hours ago). > > Fedora 20 x86_64 in vmware boots to logon prompt but no mouse, no > keyboard, system hung. Ctl-alt-f1 doesn't do anything. Even with > verbose on kernel boot line, the extra debug messages have all been > cleared by the time the hang occurs so nothing useful displayed. > > To be as safe as possible I used their default .config > /boot/config-3.16.6-200.fc20.x86_64 to do a clean build of mainline. > Once again, 3.16 and 3.17 work but not current mainline. Let's add a few VMware people. I am pretty sure they'd be interested in why it does not work. Guys, could you please route as appropriate. Thanks. > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Steve French <smfre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Same thing happened after pulling newly updated mainline kernel > > changes a few minutes ago. > > > > Black screen on boot just when you would expect x to be starting. > > Hung. Ctl-alt-F1 doesn't do anything. > > > > arch is x86_64. > > > > 3.17.1 works. When I get time I will see if I can figure out more > > useful info but this looks like a pretty boring setup: > > > > sfrench@ubuntu:~$ glxinfo | grep -i "vendor" > > server glx vendor string: SGI > > client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI OpenGL vendor string: > > VMware, Inc. > > sfrench@ubuntu:~$ grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > [ 18.271] (II) LoadModule: "glx" > > [ 18.288] (II) LoadModule: "vmware" > > [ 18.352] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting" > > [ 18.355] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" > > [ 18.360] (II) LoadModule: "vesa" > > [ 18.369] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw" > > [ 18.372] (II) LoadModule: "fb" > > [ 18.379] (II) LoadModule: "dri2" > > [ 18.479] (II) LoadModule: "evdev" > > [ 18.484] (II) LoadModule: "vmmouse" > > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Steve French <smfre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is vmware guest > >> > >> sfrench@ubuntu:~/xfstests$ cat /proc/cpuinfo > >> processor : 0 > >> vendor_id : GenuineIntel > >> cpu family : 6 > >> model : 70 > >> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4750HQ CPU @ 2.00GHz > >> > >> (and using 64 bit kernel build) ... > >> > >> I don't have the Ubuntu config for their mainline kernel test > >> builds any more (deleted the kernel since it didn't work) but they > >> post their .config diffs at > >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://kernel.ubuntu.com > >> /~kernel-ppa/mainline/daily/current/&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D% > >> 3D%0A&r=oGRqRJb%2BhkJPg50%2BV8ZXHpwGAxAMbFoFF8Oa3SfNFqg%3D%0A&m=KT3 > >> nd2WvOtmE3TxnuxeU7ySPrD7G91YtKCITDaK7aC0%3D%0A&s=84cc4ce1780ae7d054 > >> e8d381139ece045075711529a3f3a8a1b7080c86d56324 > >> > >> I could not get to a console so assumed it died in kernel as x was > >> coming up. I will have to reinstall current mainline to see if I > >> can hook up a serial console (I had maximum kernel boot verbose in > >> the grub.cfg but nothing interesting before the black screen) > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Felipe Balbi <ba...@ti.com> wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 05:44:02PM -0500, Steve French wrote: > >>>> Anyone know a workaround for the problem booting current mainline? > >>>> 3.17 works fine for me, but recent mainline since 3.17 goes to a > >>>> black screen near the end of boot as X is about to start. > >>>> > >>>> I also tried the Ubuntu build of the day (which also is based on > >>>> current mainline but with the Ubuntu config just in case it was > >>>> some driver issue) which fails the same way. > >>> > >>> you need to provide more information, here are a few queries which > >>> might > >>> help: > >>> > >>> 1. which architecture ? > >>> 2. Can you get a serial console to get some dmesg output ? > >>> 3. after screen is black, can you ctrl + alt + F1 and get a console ? > >>> 4. where's you .config ? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> balbi > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Steve > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > > > Steve > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Steve > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://vger.kernel.org/majo > rdomo-info.html&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=oGRqRJb%2BhkJPg5 > 0%2BV8ZXHpwGAxAMbFoFF8Oa3SfNFqg%3D%0A&m=KT3nd2WvOtmE3TxnuxeU7ySPrD7G91 > YtKCITDaK7aC0%3D%0A&s=f6dee438ce2574b1716d6a58b14eb1caba3359030b6078f4 > 4b03085dcee6e646 Please read the FAQ at > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.tux.org/lkml/&k= > oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=oGRqRJb%2BhkJPg50%2BV8ZXHpwGAxAMbF > oFF8Oa3SfNFqg%3D%0A&m=KT3nd2WvOtmE3TxnuxeU7ySPrD7G91YtKCITDaK7aC0%3D%0 > A&s=5dd0796c72e00951cd35629a25ba29a57334984e4e164fd69c9052abe8380319 -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
