Re: Trouble with pivotroot while installing on 1998 Powerbook G3
On Fri, 30 May 2003, Ted Lemon wrote: > I'm having trouble getting a BootX-loaded kernel to get to the point of > doing an install. I've set up BootX to boot one of the non-BenH > kernels off of the install CD, and I've set it up to install a RAMdisk > image that corresponds to that kernel. The parameters I am passing in > are just what came by default: > There are only 2 install kernels in 9.1. Your output looks like you are using one of the kernels/initrd's for the installed system. The install kernels, initrd are in /boot or in the BootX .sit file: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SOURCES]$ ls /mnt/disk/export/boot/ all-benh.gz all.gz ofboot.b vmlinux* vmlinux-benh* yaboot yaboot.conf yaboot.msg Unless I omitted it, there is also a fairly detailed doc on how to setup BootX for both the install and the installed system in the .sit file: Mandrake_Linux_Install.sit in the BootX folder. If that doc is missing, let me know and I'll have vdanen add it to the errata and I'll put it on my web space. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
Trouble with pivotroot while installing on 1998 Powerbook G3
I'm having trouble getting a BootX-loaded kernel to get to the point of doing an install. I've set up BootX to boot one of the non-BenH kernels off of the install CD, and I've set it up to install a RAMdisk image that corresponds to that kernel. The parameters I am passing in are just what came by default: root=/dev/ram3 ramdisk_size=4 automatic=method:cdrom The linux kernel boots and decompresses the ramdisk, and then it looks like it tries to remount root, and when it does so, it fails, trips over itself, and dies. I don't know what's going on here, but I'm wondering if some kind person could take a look at the boot output and see if it rings a bell. Any clues would be greatly appreciated! [...] RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). Red Hat nash version 3.1.6-mdk starting Loading mesh module mesh: configured for synchronous 5MB/s mesg: performing initial bus reset... ADB keyboard at 2, handler 1 Detected ADB keyboard, type ANSI. input1: ADB HID on ID 2:2.c3 intput2: ADB HID on ID 7:7.1f ADB mouse at 3, handler set to 4 (trackpad) input3: ADB HID on ID 3:3.01 adb: finished probe task... scsi0 : MESH Loading mac53c94 module /lib/mac53c94.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally! Mounting /proc filesystem Creating root device Mounting root filesystem VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev ramdisk(1,3) mount: error 22 mounting ext2 flags (null) well, retrying read-only without any flag VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev ramdisk(1,3). mount: error 22 mounting ext2 pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 Remounting devfs at correct place if necessary Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k init 4k chrp 8k prep Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds..
Memory Leak?
I've been running 9.1 on my G3 powerbook for about three weeks now and seem to be having a problem with a few applications that seem to suck up memory and bring the powerbook to a standstill. Killing the application is the only way of getting the machine back. So far, it's been happening with Mozilla, Sylpheed (Claws) and ayttm. X has also been getting really high in the memory department. Has anyone else experienced this? -- Nick Texidor Technical Director Webbods Pty Ltd eml: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.webbods.com.au tel: 02 4368 6949 mob: 0414 810284 aim: (w) webbod1 (h) texinick yah: (w) webbod1 (h) texinick icq: (w) 398 (h) 173136737 msn: (w) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (h) [EMAIL PROTECTED] jab: (w) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (h) [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Public key: http://texidor.webbods.com.au/nickt_public_key.asc ==
RE: bamboo can't boot
On Fri, 30 May 2003, Alan wrote: > > Thanks you very much, Stew! I didn't even check /BootX directory cos I > thought that's BootX stuff. I thought the doc covered that, but maybe not. > Now the system fires up like a dream(of course other benh-kernel related > files are also installed for its full commissioning. I just used the rpm) > > One more question: what are the main differences between 2.4.21.0-13 and > benh-2.4.20-9? > 2.4.21-13mdk is kernel.org +200 or more mandrake patches *-benh is Ben Herrenschmidt's PPC specific kernel tree. Ben's tuff ends up in kernel.org eventually, but it takes a while, so Ben's tree usually supports the new machines much better. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
RE: bamboo can't boot
Thanks you very much, Stew! I didn't even check /BootX directory cos I thought that's BootX stuff. Now the system fires up like a dream(of course other benh-kernel related files are also installed for its full commissioning. I just used the rpm) One more question: what are the main differences between 2.4.21.0-13 and benh-2.4.20-9? Thanks again! Alan --Original Message- -From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stew Benedict -Sent: Wednesday, 28 May 2003 8:09 PM -To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Subject: Re: bamboo can't boot - - - -On Wed, 28 May 2003, Alan Lu wrote: - -> I tried with BenH kernel but it came up with other errors: -> -> -> /lib/ext3.o:unresolved symbol journal_stop_R669a54f1 -> Error: /bin/insmod exited abnormally! -> mounting /proc filesystem -> creating root device -> Mounting root filesystem with flags noatime -> mount: error 19 mounting ext3 flags noatime -> well, retrying without the option flags -> mount: error 19 mounting ext3 -> well, retrying read-only without any flag -> mount: error 19 mounting ext3 -> pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 -> Remounting devfs at correct place if necessary -> Freeing unused kernel memory: 168k init 8k chrp 8k prep -> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. -> <0> Rebooting in 180 seconds.. -> - -Something's not right there. I and many others have been using the benh -kernel I built and I know I'm using ext3. - -> I guess the kernel just doesn't match the installed libs. Or -should I use -> something like initrd-benh.img together the kernel? But I couldn't find -> it on the CD. -> - -Huh? Not the CD, but the tree that it was made from: - [EMAIL PROTECTED] stew]$ ls /mnt/disk/export/BootX/*benh* -/mnt/disk/export/BootX/initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.ext2 -/mnt/disk/export/BootX/initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.ext3 -/mnt/disk/export/BootX/initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.jfs -/mnt/disk/export/BootX/initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.rfs -/mnt/disk/export/BootX/initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.xfs -/mnt/disk/export/BootX/vmlinuz-2.4.20-benh-9mdk* - -Sounds like you're mixing and matching kernels and initrds. They must -come from the same source. - --- -Stew Benedict - --- -MandrakeSoft -PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 -IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc -Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2 - -
pbbutonsd 0.5.3a and pbbcmd 0.5.3
pbbuttonsd-0.5.3a is a new version of pbbuttonsd and should fix some issues some people have been having with it. pbbcmd-0.5.3 is a new package... Allows you to control pbbuttonsd from the command line. Both packages can be downloaded from my tree at: http://mirror.brain.org/linux/breser/ppc/9.1/ -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org "What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but that from now on I can no longer believe you." -- Nietzsche
Re: some quirks with pbbuttonsd, pmud, trackpad & mouse button emulation
On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 01:45:01PM -0500, Isaac wrote: > 2. > After waking from sleep, the mouse button emulation *sometimes* > has to be manually turned back on. And the 'trackpad notap' > command sometimes must be re-issued. The tap behavior is so > irritating I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would > want it turned on (please enlighten me if anyone knows a > reason), so maybe this needs to be off by default in the next > MDK... a slight touch is read as a tap, and you end up making > lots of mouse clicks you really don't mean to. Not sure about the mouse emulation issue. But I believe I have a fix for the tap issue. First of all don't use trackpad notap. Rather set your trackpad setting in /etc/pbbuttonsd.conf. pbbuttonsd didnt' used to restore it properly afterwaking but it does appear to now. Try the newer version of pbbuttonsd that's on my private tree: http://mirror.brain.org/linux/breser/ppc/9.1/RPMS/pbbuttonsd-0.5.3a-1mdk.ppc.rpm Hopefully this will resolve your issue... -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org "What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but that from now on I can no longer believe you." -- Nietzsche
Re: 2.4 benh - patches
On Thu, 29 May 2003, Alexander Klosch wrote: > ola, > > I'm updating to latest benh (2.4.20-benh-10). and i want to use the supermount > patch. (peoples.mandrakesoft.com/~quintela/supermount/2.4.20-2) but some patches > fail. does anyone have a link to a matching patch? > I do. Actually, the benh10 kernel with supermount and some other stuff is on mandrake-club. I do not really have a place to mirror it, but I suppose I could turn it to done so that it will appear on public mirrors. Actually, I planned to make the benh kernel rpms a bit more like the default rpms (with a kernel-source for instance). But it seems that many PPC fixes made it into main kernel. So perhaps benh can be dropped again? What does everybody think? d.
Re: 2.4 benh - patches
On Thu, 29 May 2003, Alexander Klosch wrote: > ola, > > I'm updating to latest benh (2.4.20-benh-10). and i want to use the supermount > patch. (peoples.mandrakesoft.com/~quintela/supermount/2.4.20-2) but some patches > fail. does anyone have a link to a matching patch? > > regards > kloschi > You might want to look at my or danny's benh srpm. Mine is at: http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/cooker-ppc/ or http://peoples.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/cooker-ppc/ (they are movin servers around) -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
eMac
Does 9.1 work on the eMac? Any special install instructions? Thanks, Jeff
2.4 benh - patches
ola, I'm updating to latest benh (2.4.20-benh-10). and i want to use the supermount patch. (peoples.mandrakesoft.com/~quintela/supermount/2.4.20-2) but some patches fail. does anyone have a link to a matching patch? regards kloschi
