Ubuntu 9.04 Kernel Panic Problem
Posted by Pramod on May 23, 2009
Great, I finally got my Ubuntu 9.04 up and running.
Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop
I am an Ubuntu user and I make sure that I always have the latest version installed on my computer.
However luck was not by my side during the latest release of Ubuntu – 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
After having installed Ubuntu while starting the new system the computer froze with Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs blinking. I was really disappointed… I felt like crippled since i perform most of my productive tasks on Ubuntu… 
I made a lot of researches in order to solve the problem, tried removing and reinstalling it, tried installing the nVidia drivers still nothing worked. Then and angel smiled at me… 
I came across this forum which gave me my life saving answer…
So here is the explanation about the Kernel panic:
The default kernel installed on Ubuntu 9.04 is the 2.6.28-11 version which for some unknown reason was not compatible with my hardware configuration… (well that’s an assumption since it was working fine on other computers according to the other Ubuntu users)
I then read the forum post and chose the Optimal way (Part C with reference to the forum post) to repair the kernel panic problem.
The solution was to install the latest version of Kernel released for 9.04 but it seems it is not yet available on the repositories (Version 2.6.29-3)
Since my gnome desktop was not reliable i had to log on using recovery mode and chose the netroot option.
I then downloaded the three packages for i386 system:
$ wget -c http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.29.3/linux-headers-2.6.29-02062903-generic_2.6.29-02062903_i386.deb
$ wget -c http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.29.3/linux-headers-2.6.29-02062903_2.6.29-02062903_all.deb
$ wget -c http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.29.3/linux-image-2.6.29-02062903-generic_2.6.29-02062903_i386.deb
I then installed the downloaded packages using dpkg:
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.29-02062903-generic_2.6.29-02062903_i386.deb linux-headers-2.6.29-02062903_2.6.29-02062903_all.deb linux-image-2.6.29-02062903-generic_2.6.29-02062903_i386.deb
After installation I restarted the computer on the new Kernel and it now works really great…
I am currently publishing this post from my Ubuntu 9.04… 
Rite$h said
My unofficial Ubuntu troubleshooter
but I knw who to contact in case of probs with Linux 
Well no Linux OS on my PC for the time being, just bought a new HD and installed XP Sp3, old one burnt
Pramod said
Which Hard Disk u bought????
Rite$h said
Fink mark Hitachi, SATA of course, avan la ti IDE
Sandip said
HI thr
I am having the same problem, 9.04 freezes at the login screen, i tried the steps u suggested based on the link given here, but that did not work, its still doing the same thing.
I am seeing that when I reboot, it gives an error: [some no.] no nForce request.
then the login screen comes, and it hangs thr.
I am having a lenovo, core2duo.
Sandip
Pramod said
The problem also happens with wireless adapters… Can you try to install “fw-cutter” and see? it was one solution in this link in case you have a Broadcom Wireless adapter. Hope it works…