On 05/08/17 09:18, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 08/01/2017 11:17 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Twice now in a month, on booting up my SL 7.3 computer, >> after entering my LUKS passphrase, it freezes >> at "Disabling IRQ 16". <ctrl>alt><f2> doesn't >> do a thing. Everything is frozen. The one fingered >> reset works. >> >> Am I starting to lose my motherboard or is this a "feature" >> of 7.3? >> >> >> Many thanks, >> -T >> > > I tried adding "irqpoll" to my kernel run line (grub.cfg). > > After rebooting, I noticed that right after "Disabling IRQ16", I got an > "irq18 nobody cares (try booting with irqpoll option)". Then it ran for > a bit and OH NO "Kernel panic: CPU 4 PID 0 comm: swapper/4 tainted" and > my keyboard's light started flashing. > > The kernel panic reproduced twice before I removed "irqpoll" and I was > able to boot again. > > Did this tell us something?
Have you looked into the BIOS/UEFI settings in regards to which devices uses IRQ 16 or IRQ 18? What kind of motherboard is it? -- kind regards, David Sommerseth
