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oliver
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:34 pm Post subject: new kernel boot failure |
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I thought I'd try the 2.6 test-1 kernel (I don't think there are any acpi patches for 2.6 test-2 kernel) but when I boot, I see the following:
Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel
Then nothing... just a blank screen.
Any ideas what I missed? |
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scriptkiddie
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| did you copy over System.map to /boot? |
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oliver
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| oubipaws wrote: | | did you copy over System.map to /boot? |
nope... didn't know I had to. My /boot never had a System.map to begin with though. |
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scriptkiddie
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| you need to copy over that... then try booting into it |
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oliver
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| oubipaws wrote: | | you need to copy over that... then try booting into it |
copied System.map from /usr/src/linux to /boot but I still get the same problem |
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scriptkiddie
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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you compiled everything properly and all that?
what bootloader? I had problems with grub and kernel 2.6 |
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oliver
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| oubipaws wrote: | you compiled everything properly and all that?
what bootloader? I had problems with grub and kernel 2.6 |
the compilation had no errors... I used
make && make modules_install
then mounted boot and copied bzImage over.
I am using grub... maybe I'll change to lilo and see if it fixes things
thanks for your help |
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funkmankey
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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you don't need System.map for 2.6 ...I am using grub and 2.6.0-test2-mm2, and did not need it. hm, maybe ppl using vmlinuz still need it? I am using bzImage.
you should check some of the other 2.6 threads for info on config options that you do need, e.g. sysfs, devptsfs, etc.
also make sure that you enabled the correct options for console... |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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oliver,
You are missing make dep and make modules from your kernel build.
After make menuconfig you need
make dep
make bzimage
make modules
make modules_install
System.map is used for debugging -you don't need it.
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scriptkiddie
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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wow.. my computer would not boot without the system.map  |
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funkmankey
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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actually, oliver is doing the right thing with
| Code: | | #make && make modules_install |
...2.6 does not build quite the same as 2.4 did. just "make", by default builds bzImage and modules. and "make dep" is no longer needed. |
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scriptkiddie
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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all I do is
make && make modules_install && cp System.map /boot
everything works fine that way for me |
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funkmankey
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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I can definitely remember a time where I had to have System.map or it would not boot, but that was a while back when I was using 2.2 and vmlinuz ;-] maybe had something to do with mkinitrd and loading modules thru ramdisk, darned if I can remember.
one time I tried "make install" with 2.6, 'cause I read that it makes nicely named bzImage files and copies to /boot ...apparently it expects lilo, since it didn't work well at all for me ;-] BUT, I did notice that it copies System.map (which I promptly deleted, hehe) and a couple other things to /boot as well. |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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oliver, do this: | Code: | | ebuild /usr/portage/sys-kernel/development-sources/development-sources-2.6.0_beta1.ebuild postinst |
and try what it says in the 2nd paragraph.
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scriptkiddie
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| what does it say? I'm on a win box at work |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | * Please note that ptyfs support has been removed from devfs
* in the later 2.5.x kernels, and you have to compile it in now,
* or else you will get errors when trying to open a pty.
* The option is File systems->Pseudo filesystems->/dev/pts
* filesystem.
* Also, note that you must compile in support for
* input devices (Input device support->Input devices),
* the virtual terminal (Character Devices->Virtual terminal),
* vga_console (Graphics Support->Console...->VGA text console)
* and the vt_console (Character Devices->Support for console...).
* Otherwise, you will get the dreaded "Uncompressing the Kernel"
* error.
* Consult http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt
* for more info about the development series. |
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oliver
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Wedge_ wrote: | oliver, do this: | Code: | | ebuild /usr/portage/sys-kernel/development-sources/development-sources-2.6.0_beta1.ebuild postinst |
and try what it says in the 2nd paragraph. |
yes... that was it. Thanks so much for everyone's help |
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nevynxxx
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Wedge_ wrote: | | Code: | * Please note that ptyfs support has been removed from devfs
* in the later 2.5.x kernels, and you have to compile it in now,
* or else you will get errors when trying to open a pty.
* The option is File systems->Pseudo filesystems->/dev/pts
* filesystem.
* Also, note that you must compile in support for
* input devices (Input device support->Input devices),
* the virtual terminal (Character Devices->Virtual terminal),
* vga_console (Graphics Support->Console...->VGA text console)
* and the vt_console (Character Devices->Support for console...).
* Otherwise, you will get the dreaded "Uncompressing the Kernel"
* error.
* Consult http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt
* for more info about the development series. |
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I can't find virtual terminal and vt console, in menuconfig for development-sources, is it just me being thick or have they moved? when i build a kernel like this i get to decompressing the kernel then get my bios screen in all pretty colours! not useful. and by the way....what doe the --- entries denote?
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jaska
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| --- Entries mean submenu in the kernel config menu. |
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