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Kobboi
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 Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject: Hang on "Waiting for uevents to be processed" |
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I have installed a system like I have done many times. The same installation procedure even works on multiple systems. On one of them however, booting hangs at "Waiting for uevents to be processed". I guess this is not enough to know what issue I'm exactly facing. If not, how can I acquire more specific information?
Is it possible that it's in fact the next step, i.e. after the uevents, that causes the hang? |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I can stop the problem by removing a certain PCI card. Hard to check for patches if I don't have any more information. Kernel and initramfs are generic x86 genkernel generated 2.6.25-gentoo-r7. The minimal installCD with its 2.6.24 kernel boots fine with the PCI card in place. I have encountered a hardware hang with genkernel generated stuff before ( https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239474 ). Is my problem possibly only linked to using genkernel generation, or is it more likely a general kernel issue? |
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Kobboi
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Mods: maybe move this to Kernel and Hardware? |
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pappy_mcfae
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If the problem goes away when you pull that card, then that card is bad. If you'd like to not use genkernel, you can check out my kernel seeds. All you do is add your devices to the seed, compile, and you're ready to go.
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Kobboi
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:26 am Post subject: |
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| Well, with that card in place at the time, the machine was running(!) some Debian before. |
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pappy_mcfae
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Then you have a messed up driver, or a conflict, or both. You can copy the .config from Debian, and use it with Gentoo. If that's what makes it work, then that's what has to be done.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| What exactly is processing of uevents? Does it load modules? |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Also, is there a way to make it more verbose? |
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pappy_mcfae
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| Kobboi wrote: | | What exactly is processing of uevents? Does it load modules? |
To the best of my knowledge, it more or less takes a look at what devices were started, and then populates /dev with what it finds. If I'm wrong, I'll be corrected, but I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with loading modules. Just enter man udev, and you will get some answers you seek.
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