Re: [expert] Distribution kernel .config
I already had kernel-source-2.2.13-7mdk.i586.rpm installed, but I re-installed it to make sure. I'm able to configure, build and install the kernel just fine but it isn't booting. I've looked for .config files (even using find / -name .config) and this source package doesn't seem to include the .config used to make kernel-2.2.13-7mdk (actually it doesn't include any .config files - one doesn't get created until you make config the first time). However, according to the reply, the sources should have been put in /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES. This directory is empty on my system and everything is in /usr/src/llinux. So, maybe I'm installing the wrong rpm. Any ideas? Alternatively, does anybody have any suggestions on debugging this? I'm a veteran C/C++ programmer so I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty. The messages fly by so fast that I can't see whats going on, and ctrl-s, ctrl-c, ctrl-break etc won't stop it. However, if you stare at it long enough you can pick out something about a modprobe failing, apparently in an infinite loop. I think this is before the file system is mounted, as nothing is written into the logs about this. In fact I suspect it is hanging somewhere in the ide driver. I have tried all the ide-related options including dma/no dma, workarounds for the buggy chipsets etc. It appears my chipset is some PIIX something or other, the motherboard is an Asus P2-99. The default install though is working fine. I'm new to linux and don't understand all the kernel boot options. Is it possible the installer detected some setting on my system and added some parameters to the ide driver? If so how would I know this? Thanks for the help, Eric Solberg I didn't find any info on the newbie list, so pardon the posting here: Are the config files available for the kernels installed with Mandrake 6.1? I've been customizing a kernel and it is crashing, so I'd like to start from a known working config. Is it documented somewhere what features are enabled in the installed kernels? Check your mailbox (or wait for the incoming message). I replied to this question either yesterday morning or evening. It's just a matter of installing the kernel's source package, changing to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCE, and grabbing the configuration files you're interested in.
Re: [expert] Distribution kernel .config
you guys are talking about seperate packages, you refer to the "binary" package (indicated by the i586.rpm) The other package being refered to is the src.rpm and is located in the SRPMS/ directory on the mirrors.. On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Eric Solberg wrote: I already had kernel-source-2.2.13-7mdk.i586.rpm installed, but I re-installed it to make sure. I'm able to configure, build and install the kernel just fine but it isn't booting. I've looked for .config files (even using find / -name .config) and this source package doesn't seem to include the .config used to make kernel-2.2.13-7mdk (actually it doesn't include any .config files - one doesn't get created until you make config the first time). However, according to the reply, the sources should have been put in /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES. This directory is empty on my system and everything is in /usr/src/llinux. So, maybe I'm installing the wrong rpm. Any ideas? Alternatively, does anybody have any suggestions on debugging this? I'm a veteran C/C++ programmer so I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty. The messages fly by so fast that I can't see whats going on, and ctrl-s, ctrl-c, ctrl-break etc won't stop it. However, if you stare at it long enough you can pick out something about a modprobe failing, apparently in an infinite loop. I think this is before the file system is mounted, as nothing is written into the logs about this. In fact I suspect it is hanging somewhere in the ide driver. I have tried all the ide-related options including dma/no dma, workarounds for the buggy chipsets etc. It appears my chipset is some PIIX something or other, the motherboard is an Asus P2-99. The default install though is working fine. I'm new to linux and don't understand all the kernel boot options. Is it possible the installer detected some setting on my system and added some parameters to the ide driver? If so how would I know this? Thanks for the help, Eric Solberg I didn't find any info on the newbie list, so pardon the posting here: Are the config files available for the kernels installed with Mandrake 6.1? I've been customizing a kernel and it is crashing, so I'd like to start from a known working config. Is it documented somewhere what features are enabled in the installed kernels? Check your mailbox (or wait for the incoming message). I replied to this question either yesterday morning or evening. It's just a matter of installing the kernel's source package, changing to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCE, and grabbing the configuration files you're interested in. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[expert] Distribution kernel .config
I didn't find any info on the newbie list, so pardon the posting here: Are the config files available for the kernels installed with Mandrake 6.1? I've been customizing a kernel and it is crashing, so I'd like to start from a known working config. Is it documented somewhere what features are enabled in the installed kernels? When I boot it is going into some kind of infinite loop of modprobe's (probably in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit). I could debug this but I still would rather start with a known working configuration and just make the changes I want to make. Perhaps the problem is I need to disable some of the modprobes in rc.sysinit for features I've turned off in my new kernel (sound for instance). ??? Thanks for the info, Eric Solberg
Re: [expert] Distribution kernel .config
Eric Solberg wrote: I didn't find any info on the newbie list, so pardon the posting here: Are the config files available for the kernels installed with Mandrake 6.1? I've been customizing a kernel and it is crashing, so I'd like to start from a known working config. Is it documented somewhere what features are enabled in the installed kernels? Check your mailbox (or wait for the incoming message). I replied to this question either yesterday morning or evening. It's just a matter of installing the kernel's source package, changing to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCE, and grabbing the configuration files you're interested in. When I boot it is going into some kind of infinite loop of modprobe's (probably in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit). I could debug this but I still would rather start with a known working configuration and just make the changes I want to make. Perhaps the problem is I need to disable some of the modprobes in rc.sysinit for features I've turned off in my new kernel (sound for instance). ??? -- Steve Philp "The Internet is like crack Network Administratorfor smart people..." Advance Packaging Corporation --Arsenio Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
