I managed to reproduce this on SPARC/karmic, same issue with the machine spontaneously restarting. However, on my machine, I get the following panic after it hangs for ~20 seconds. upstart on SPARC is very unhappy
[ 111.681670] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! [ 111.759719] Call Trace: [ 111.791832] [000000000046298c] find_new_reaper+0x8c/0xa0 [ 111.862993] [0000000000463ea0] forget_original_parent+0x20/0x220 [ 111.943154] [00000000004640a4] exit_notify+0x4/0x180 [ 112.009512] [0000000000464380] do_exit+0x160/0x320 [ 112.073583] [0000000000464564] do_group_exit+0x24/0xc0 [ 112.142247] [000000000046fb88] get_signal_to_deliver+0x268/0x360 [ 112.222434] [0000000000442818] do_signal32+0x18/0x240 [ 112.289950] [000000000042c768] do_signal+0x348/0x5c0 [ 112.356393] [000000000042ca04] do_notify_resume+0x24/0x60 [ 112.428475] [0000000000404aa8] __handle_signal+0xc/0x2c [ 112.498265] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom -- karmic boot hung after /scripts/init-bottom https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430272 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs