From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81FF61381FA for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 12:56:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D5F11E0AD6; Wed, 21 May 2014 12:56:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (ns1.bonedaddy.net [70.91.141.202]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE488E0A82 for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 12:56:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (ns1.bonedaddy.net [192.168.1.4]) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.8/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s4LCugwh009192 for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 08:56:42 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 08:56:42 -0400 From: Todd Goodman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 boots only older kernel Message-ID: <20140521125642.GJ24951@ns1.bonedaddy.net> References: <537AAFC6.4070003@tampabay.rr.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <537AAFC6.4070003@tampabay.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: 32091f9a-9c9b-468c-a0a7-504ab98e472a X-Archives-Hash: dcfe930ff9883ea2ec98326a0610ab48 * wireless@tampabay.rr.com [140519 21:25]: [SNIP] > It never tries to boot. Grub just sits there withe phrase (did not copy > it down) where it says what version it will boot on the screen > and it does nothing (locked up?) I have to or push > a manual reset. It never tries to load the kernel. Does not matter if > I try a 3.13.7 or 3.14.x, I've rebuilt them quite a few times and did > all the grub2 steps, but none of the newer kernels will boot. > > Nothing was done to the bios. The only change was to get rid of ATI > Frame buffer support as suggested upon a recent update: > > * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... > * CONFIG_FB_RADEON: should not be set. But it is. > * Please check to make sure these options are set correctly. > * Failure to do so may cause unexpected problems. > > > > > James I've had problems like this with grub2 when it was trying to retain the graphics mode (sorry, I don't remember the line in grub.cfg since I've since removed it.) I usually find grub problems by entering the grub command line and typing the commands in the menuentry from /boot/grub/grub.cfg that doesn't work one at a time. Todd