On Wednesday 22 July 2009, Matthias Klose wrote: > On 21.07.2009 07:23, Wolfgang Walter wrote: > > Package: binutils > > Version: 2.19.51.20090714-1 > > > >> There were no error messages or anything from the kernel; just the > >> spontaneous reboot or hang. No configuration kernel configuration > >> changes either; the only difference in a working test case and a > >> non-working test case was building with different versions of binutils. > >> > >> There's nothing special about the PC that had the problem booting the > >> kernel. It's an old machine that has never had problems with Linux. > > > > I can confirm that. I had to downgrade binutils to build a working 2.6.30.2 > > (or 2.6.30.1). > > > > In LKML other people also tracked down non-booting 2.6.30.x to be caused by > > the actual binutils package in sid. > > I can't see this kind of report for current Fedora and Ubuntu, which are both > based to a subset of the hjl's binutils patches (the Debian package is pure > upstream without these patches applied). As a quick check, please could you > recheck with the package found here: > > http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/amd64/binutils/download > http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/i386/binutils/download > >
No difference: neither 2.6.30.2 nor 2.6.30.1 work. Regards, -- Wolfgang Walter Studentenwerk München Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
