Kernel 2.6.12-1.1387 hang up at "setting up hostname"

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Alan Cox wrote:

> On Sad, 2005-07-16 at 15:43 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>> So I think this IS a kernel issue and it is a kernel issue with some
>>> certain CDROM formats?
>>
>> Sorry to be rude, but why not take the CD out while booting?
>
> There is indeed a kernel bug in the FC4 kernel with certain kinds of
> error handling. I am 100% certain of this because its my bug 8(. The fix
> is in testing, in the mean time install without the audio CD and upgrade
> once the new kernel is pushed
>
> "We apologise for the inconvenience"
>
> Alan

Would it account for

Jul 17 17:26:24 localhost hidups[2046]: Unhandled event: 0x8500d1 (1)
Jul 17 17:26:24 localhost hidups[2046]: Unhandled event: 0x850043 (0)
Jul 17 17:26:24 localhost hidups[2046]: Unhandled event: 0x85004b (0)
Jul 17 17:26:24 localhost hidups[2046]: Unhandled event: 0x840065 (0)
Jul 17 17:26:24 localhost hidups[2046]: Ignoring x86 page event 0xff860060 (8)
Jul 17 17:26:24 localhost hidups[2046]: Signal 15: exiting

every 5 seconds from the nut-2.0.1-1 hidups USB UPS driver?  Or is that 
more likely to be a nut bug?

Guess I'll find out...

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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