FS#49975 - [linux-grsec] System hangs on boot

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Muharem Hrnjadovic (al_maisan) - Wednesday, 06 July 2016, 21:02 GMT
Last edited by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 02:24 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Architecture All
Severity Critical
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
My laptop (a Lenovo X230) hangs when booting this kernel, reliably i.e. every time.

Additional info:
$ pacman -Qi linux-grsec
Name : linux-grsec
Version : 4.5.7.201606302132-1
Description : The Linux kernel and modules with grsecurity/PaX patches
Architecture : x86_64

Steps to reproduce:
Install the package and boot the grsec kernel
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Closed by  Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 02:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Muharem Hrnjadovic (al_maisan) - Wednesday, 06 July 2016, 21:06 GMT
See also https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/arch-linux-grsec-isnt-booting.386938/
Comment by Muharem Hrnjadovic (al_maisan) - Wednesday, 06 July 2016, 21:07 GMT
I am also observing this: "when persistent logging is enabled, I don't get a single message"
Comment by Muharem Hrnjadovic (al_maisan) - Wednesday, 06 July 2016, 21:15 GMT
Downgraded to previous version:

$ uname -a
Linux meyyens 4.5.7.201606280009-1-grsec #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 28 12:55:44 EDT 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Comment by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Thursday, 07 July 2016, 04:19 GMT
Please try 4.6.3.201607051723-1.

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