[PlanetCCRMA] Kernel 2.4.20-4.ll.acpi(smp) panic!

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> Just the first time here to report the following.
> 
> On 2003-04-02 00:00 GMT, I've managed to complete that major repository 
> update, by installing planetccrma-core-smp. That was after the apt version 
> upgrade, configuration and repository update.
> 
> I ended up installing the new 2.4.20-4.ll.acpismp kernel and respective alsa 
> driver modules, along with other alsa stuff as well.
> 
> My problem is, the new kernel (either up or smp) gets sistematically stuck 
> at boot with a unpleasant kernel panic, somewhere on sched.c:577 (if I 
> remember well), just about when "Mounting local file systems" message is 
> issued.
> 
> The machine is a dual PIII@1GHz, w/512MB RAM, 2x120GB HDD IDE, where the 
> previous kernel 2.4.19-1.llsmp always ran very well, and still is in fact.

Could you try to boot disabling acpi? That is the only major change in
what is included in the kernel. Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and the end of
the "kernel /boot/vmlinuz..." lines that correspond to 2.4.20 add the
"acpi=off" option. 

If this is still a problem you could stay in 2.4.19 untill there is a
newer kernel. In that case I will build matching drivers so that you can
use the latest alsa. 

-- Fernando