This is simply not my day...

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Ok I got the Kernel sources installed. Portage is emerged... Now I'm onto Genkernel, because I already failed at doing it manually yesterday.

merge genkernel

I get an error

Incomplete merge: /var/db/pkg/sys-kerne;/merging-developement-sources-2.6.6

Doesn't actually give me an error, so i ignore it and move on

now

genkernel all

grep: /usr/src/linux/Makefile: No such file or directory
*repaeats this error 3 more times*
*Compiling Linux Kernel .. for x86...

* ERROR: Error: No kernel specified, or file not found!

* -- Grepping log... --

* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; version 3.0.2a
* Compiling Linuc Kernel .. for x86...
* ERROR Error: No kernel config specified, or file not found!

* -- End Log... --

Can anyone help me? I am completely baffled now. This is my 3rd attempt at insalling and I come across problems every time I compile a kernel.

I guess it's aso worth noting tha during Kernel source emerge I got several DMA errors, none of which were reported as critical. The emerge just kept happenning and seemed fully successful in the end.

Earthwings · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 3:59 pm Post subject:

the emerge of the kernel sources was not successful, which is what "incomplete merge" wants to tell you. Thus some files are missing and genkernel craps out. Check the disk (as of the DMA errors) and re-emerge the kernel sources, then try again

MaxDamage · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:00 pm Post subject:

I would suggest checking if the symlink /usr/src/linux is pointing to the correct kernel source.
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supreme_geek_overlord · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:01 pm Post subject:

It seems that your incomplete merge was...well...incomplete. It obviously hasn't make the symlink at /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/linux-2.6.whatever (there are notes about this in the manual config section of the handbook if you noticed them). You might try making the symlink and seeing if it works then, because perhaps the only problem at merge time was in the symlink.

The only problem being the symlink is really rather unlikely, so you will probably still get errors; but you can at least try. Who knows, maybe it is the problem. Otherwise doing so will probably help diagnose the real problem anyway.
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Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Ok i started over yet again... I just have a question. If I do a successful emerge sync, do i have to do an emerge-webrsync? The manual is unclear as to what this does...

Earthwings · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 5:01 pm Post subject:

You don't need emerge-webrsync then, it's only for the special when something like a firewall blocks emerge sync.

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Could that possibly be the root of so many of my problems?

/me continues install

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Alright, i've decided to consult the forums fo every question now because I have realised jsut how much of a n00b I am...

symlink... Hwo should this be setup? Should I follow the manual exactly? The manual seems to bee using the 2.4.25-gentoo kernel or some such, but I downloaded the dev kernel which is 2.6.6 What should I pun in fo this pat of the command?

ln -s linux-?????? linux

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Anybody? I figure it should probably be either

ln -s linux-2.6.6 linux
or
ln -s linux-development-sources-2.6.6 linux

Earthwings · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:52 pm Post subject:

IIRC the former. However, just use tab completion to find out:

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Eh... I put in linux-2.6.6... I couldn't spend 2 hours waiting for someone to reply. I probably killed it again.

Now I have a new problem... After compiling Genkernel I now cannot use emerge. or genkernel for that matter... Thus I a once again stuck

Also when I type in

ls /boot/kernel* /boot/initrd*
I get 2 kernels...
/boot/initrd-2.4.25-gentoo /boot/initrd-2.6.5-gentoo /boot/kernel-2.4.25-gentoo /boot/kernel-2.6.5-gentoo

This tells me 2 things... 1 I didn't use the right name for my symlink
2 My kernel version is diffrent from the one my computer originally told me it was un-tarring.

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Ok i have my commands back, I did a chroot, and I think I'm good to go. Hopefully that didn screw anything up... Probably did, as it seems I'm not meant to be able to install Gentoo...

supreme_geek_overlord · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject:

supreme_geek_overlord · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject:

Okay as far as the two kernels, it looks like you tried to emerge a kernel twice, right? The only problem being, you used different versions, like "gentoo-dev-sources" and "gentoo-sources", am I correct?

(see edit at bottom!!!)

I realize this may be frustrating, but what I would suggest is that you start over again. Now before you flame me, I don't mean start all over again. I just mean delete the files from boot (that are related to the kernel; don't delete like the /boot symlink, etc.), unmerge genkernel, and why don't you unmerge the kernel sources you have, too:

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Thakyou for all your help. All is going very well now. Hopefully I can get this installation over and done with in under 3 days... I kinda want my functionality back.

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

The hits keep coming... I can;t configure modules, as there doesn;t seem to be any...

supreme_geek_overlord · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 2:49 am Post subject:

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

I don't think so... All the Windows filesystems are modularized. I started over with a stage three this time. I figure I've gotten through the first two stages hitch free so why bother waiting them out again

I really didn't optimize anything I just went throught the motions to see what it was like.

So I'm at the genkernel all stage again. we'll see how it pans out this time.

supreme_geek_overlord · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:36 am Post subject:

Oh, okay. Well then what do you mean by "there don't seem to be any"? Are there (I mean, were there, if you are reinstallling again) no *.ko files in /lib/modules/*? Or are there errors when running genkernel? Just thought it might help diagnose the problem if we knew the symptoms (even if the problem it helps with is one that happens later)...
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Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Alright I'm absolutely perfect this time round up until I try to find modules.

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

found it! The -or part of the script was not right or something to that effect. I killed it. now I'm good.

wait, how do I scroll up? The list is longer than the screen....

supreme_geek_overlord · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:51 am Post subject:

Oh, yes. There should have been another -iname switch in front of the -or one and before the '*.o' part...
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Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

How do i scroll up to see all my modules?

supreme_geek_overlord · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:21 am Post subject:

You mean the output of find overflows the screen? Whew, genkernel must make a lot of modules! Anyway you can scroll by redirecting it with a pipe ("|") to less (like this:)

Ahkorishaan · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Once I have the system up I'll remive most of them, and recompile the kernel, but I jsut wanna get the thing into X Windows or at least booting.

Thanks for the scroll thang.