1.4rc3 kernel emerge problem

ixion · l33t Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Posts: 708

Well, I started a fresh 1.4rc3 install today. All went exceptionally smooth until the kernel emerge. I did 'emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources' and it seemed to go through the process fine until this:

*
* You have just installed a specialized,
* high performance patchset of the linux kernel.
* If there are problems with it, please report them
* by assigning bugs on bugs.gentoo.org to
* lostlogic@gentoo.org
* <--- this is a yellow asterisk, whereas the others are green

it is just stuck here. I can jump between console windows and probably login, but what has happened? What can I do to remedy this? Do I have to go through an install all over again??

arkepp · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 5:29 am Post subject:

I don't know the answer, but just to calm you down: no, you won't have to go through the entire process again. If you have turned the machine off in the meantime you will need to get back into the right environment though (mount, chroot and source profile).

If you are waiting for an answer here you may as well check the online package database if you have the most recent kernel, if not emerge rsync and then emerge gentoo-sources again. Alternatively, try merging the vanilla-sources

slow · n00b Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 7

im having the same problem

guess ill have to give the vanilla sources a try :cry:

nexist · n00b Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 55 Location: Portland, OR

I received this error also.
_________________
Nexist
nexist@comcast.net

ixion · l33t Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Posts: 708

well, I just did a Ctrl+C, and went ahead with the kernel config... it seems ok so far, but I will see in the morning.. I'm calling it a night..

morrian · n00b Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 21

I had this same problem, CTRL-C'ed out of it, and everything is fine. It seemed as though logger was stuck doing something. (Trying to log where it couldn't perhaps?) I didn't really worry about it enough to look into it, and I've rebooted into my newly built kernel with no problems.

However, this yellow asterisk/pausing thing happened again for me when I tried to re-emerge everything (since, for some reason, I lost my CFLAGS and therefore my cpu optimizations) and it got to unpacking perl. Only this time ctrl-c didn't do anything. I had to reboot.

Makido · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 8:39 am Post subject:

Hi,

i have the same problem with perl !

Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 4) sys-devel/libperl-5.8.0 to /
>>> md5 ;-)

perl-5.8.0.tar.gz
* <- yellow star

.... after this , I can got to bed, the server doesnt make anything!

the mdm5 sums I have checked and they are correct

please help

Attila · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 93

Hiho,

Try

Attila · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 93

An addition to my last post:

After emerge portage, don't forget etc-update !

Atti

d_low · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 10

i had the same problem when emerging the gentoo sources. I did ctrl-c and everything went fine from there. It appears to be a minor bug in rc3.
_________________
By the time you get through reading this you will realize how pointless it is.

Attila · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 93

Hmm,

I had the problem with rc2 ! And after "emerge portage" "etc-update" "emerge gentoo-sources" works fine !

Atti

Blahbbs · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2002 Posts: 42

I encountered the "yellow star" problem, too. The instructions above to emerge portage, etc-update, emerge sync, emerge gentoo-sources worked for me.

Thanks!

jlambert · n00b Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 32

I did emerge portage and all that and still got it. but I just Ctrl+C'd my way to the console and continued on my way. Been compiling KDE for 5hrs now...fun!