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 Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject: glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1 failed during kernel upgrade[SOLVED] |
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After taking the time to download all of the files for updating the kernel (to 2.6.10-r6 I believe) I've compiled 21 out of the 25 pieces before I came to the following show-stopping error:
| Quote: | make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1/work/glibc-2.3.3/iconv'
make -j2 -C iconvdata subdir_lib
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1/work/glibc-2.3.3/iconvdata'
.././scripts/mkinstalldirs /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1/work/build/iconvdata
make[2]: vfork: Cannot allocate memory
.././scripts/mkinstalldirs /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1/work/build/iconvdata
make[2]: vfork: Cannot allocate memory
.././scripts/mkinstalldirs /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1/work/build/iconvdata
make[2]: vfork: Cannot allocate memory
.././scripts/mkinstalldirs /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1/work/build/iconvdata
make[2]: vfork: Cannot allocate memory
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1/work/glibc-2.3.3/iconvdata'
make[1]: *** [iconvdata/subdir_lib] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1/work/glibc-2.3.3'
make: *** [all] Error 2
!!! ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 690, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.
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I don't know if this is something on my side, a bug, or what. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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moocha
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like an out of memory error. If you have only 128 MB of RAM or less you could try setting MAKEOPTS to -j1 in make.conf, and making sure not to run the emerge while X is running, especially with Gnome or KDE or some other very memory-hungry window manager.
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computer_druid
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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You're right on both counts; I only have 128 MB Ram (desperately need to max out the system with*gasp* 256?!!) and I was running KDE at the time. Usually I don't but it failed before so I figured I'd do it in KDE so I can copy-paste the results.
I'll try modifying the make.conf and check it out.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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For a 128 MB machine it's advisable to not follow the (slightly misleading) advice in the handbook that says to set MAKEOPTS to the number of CPUs + 1. That has the potential to cause big problems on low memory systems, especially when compiling C++ code (the C++ compiler is known to eat a lot of memory, which accidentally makes for a good RAM test too  ). glibc can also cause problems when it gets to the locale building phase (top shows ld.so processes eating lots of memory - that's the locale builder being run explicitely with the newly built runtime linker/loader). So setting MAKEOPTS to -j1 globally is a good idea. Taking it out of make.conf altogether isn't the same since it may get set to -j2 somewhere in the global profile.
If you're not interested in having all locales built (such as the big Asian locales) and want to speed up the build process it's also a good idea to set the userlocales USE flag on glibc (via /etc/portage/package.use) and edit /etc/locales.build to include only the locales you're actually interested in (it's got comments showing the syntax). The next time glibc gets recompiled it will take effect.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:27 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | For a 128 MB machine it's advisable to not follow the (slightly misleading) advice in the handbook that says to set MAKEOPTS to the number of CPUs + 1. |
I remember reading that part in the handbook and I did set it up that way. So I changed it from -j2 to -j1 and closed out all X (KDE) sessions and it compiled without a problem! After that I did (outlined by the Gentoo Linux Kernel Upgrade Guide)
# cd /usr/src
# ln -sfn linux-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
I tried it with genkernel --bootloader=grub all but it kept coming back not accepting the --bootloader command so I just ran through the genkernel all and then had to manually mount the BOOT partition (/dev/hda2) and copy the files from /boot into the mounted /BOOT partition initrd-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6 Aferwhich I went into the /BOOT/grub/grub.conf, copied the existing item for the old kernel anrd pasted it into the list changing the kernel version to the new one, saved it and rebooted.
It worked like a charm! Thanks!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:42 am Post subject: |
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Most welcome, glad I could be of assistance.
Can't really comment on the genkernel issues since I never used it...
Since it's now solved, could you edit the post title and add a [SOLVED] to it?
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