-----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:45 AM To: John Whitmore Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org Subject: Re: Recent Kernels failing to boot?
On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:14:28 +0100, John Whitmore said:
I'm not even sure that this is the correct home for this question but sure it's worth a punt. I'm running OpenSUSE on a netbook and use it to compile and install the latest kernel from Linus's git repo.
OK... So you have a git tree handy already.
A few versions ago I hit a snag in that once installed the new kernel would show up in the grub2 menu but once selected for boot the machine would just go to a blank screen and hang.
So what was the last version that booted OK for you, and what was the first one that failed for you? With that info, you can easily do a 'git bisect' and track down the commit that broke your hardware.
In his original post John said the problem was intermittent:
I'd have to do a hard reset. I can't be specific on which version this started happening on as the problem is intermittent.
Git bisect isn't so helpful in cases like this unfortunately. Jeff Haran