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scp93ch
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Location: Southampton, UK
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 Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 4:00 pm Post subject: Gentoo on Sony VAIO PCG-GR414SP |
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Hi,
I have been trying to install Gentoo linux on my Sony VAIO PCG-GR414SP laptop.
First of all I installed it with XFS as the root partition and used the xfs-sources for the kernel.
I customised the kernel (unfortunately I do not know what I selected) and it worked fine.
Today I decided that I would prefer ext3 for the root partition as that would mean I could use the gentoo-sources kernell so I started from scratch. This time the kernel doesn't boot. It gets stuck at a PCI probe and the laptop crashes so badly that I have to take the battery out to reset it. All I can do is manually type in what is on the screen:
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ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCIO] (00:00)
PCI: Probing hardware on bus (00:00)
Unknown bridge resource 2: assuming transparent
ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 28)
PCI: Probinh hardware
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000030
printing eip:
c039d14d
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000
...etc... (apologies if this is the important bit!)
<0>Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
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I then told the BIOS we had no PnP OS - no help.
I booted back into Gentoo using the boot CD and recompiled the kernel with "PNPBIOS support" turned off - again no help.
I expect I have turned something on in my kernel configuration that I shouldn't have but I don't know where to start. If anyone has any bright ideas then I would be glad to hear them!
Here is the output of 'grep -i pci /usr/src/linux/.config' which may be some help?
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CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
# PCI Hotplug Support
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_IBM is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
# CONFIG_MTD_PCI is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
# CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
...skipping...
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
# PCI Hotplug Support
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_IBM is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
# CONFIG_MTD_PCI is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
# CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_GEMTEK_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
...skipping...
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
# PCI Hotplug Support
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_IBM is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
# CONFIG_MTD_PCI is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
# CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_GEMTEK_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
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Thanks!
Stephen Phillips. |
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delta407
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Joined: 23 Apr 2002
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Location: Chicago, IL
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| That seems like a kernel bug. Try again using vanilla-sources. |
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scp93ch
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Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 4
Location: Southampton, UK
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| Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 9:50 am Post subject: Back in with vanilla sources |
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Follwing the advice, I compiled a vanilla kernel (still with quite a few experimental options on) and the kernel boots successfully - thanks.
I just have to work out what exactly was causing the problem now... I'll post any results here.
Stephen. |
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