Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-12 Thread Maurice Batey
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:29:00 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote: It sounds like you don't really have the new packages installed. Oh yes I have! I installed the offered s/w update: glib v2.17 glibc-devel v2.17 meta-task v3 - before re-booting and then running the:

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-12 Thread Maurice Batey
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:03:52 -0600, R James wrote: You should be able to boot the Beta1 installation media and select the Upgrade option. Good idea - thank you - will give that a try. (Have already d/l the DVD.iso.) -- /\/\aurice

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-12 Thread Maurice Batey
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:43:51 +, I wrote: Good idea - thank you - will give that a try. (Have already d/l the DVD.iso.) Damn it, I've just realised that because I had chosen to d/l the 32-bit .iso (havng read of the futility of running 64-bit on a max 2GB machine), I presumably cannot do

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-11 Thread Maurice Batey
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:26:15 +0100, Olivier Blin wrote: You might need to run this command to update initrds: bootloader-config --action rebuild-initrds OK - tried that. Terminal session log can be seen here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10969499/bootloader-rebuild-initrds-log On

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-11 Thread Frank Griffin
On 01/11/2013 01:09 PM, Maurice Batey wrote: (1) Still got kernel panic when booting from normal Mga3 stanza. (2) Can no loonger boot using any of the .img.old initrd's. (They all give Kernel Panic) It sounds like you don't really have the new packages installed. In rebuilding all of your

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-11 Thread R James
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Maurice Batey maur...@bcs.org.uk wrote: Is there any other way of getting back in again? (I had got quite fond of Mga3...) You should be able to boot the Beta1 installation media and select the Upgrade option. It will go really fast because there's really

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-10 Thread Maurice Batey
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:35:41 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote: If this was a previous kernel installed on this partition, then your menu.lst should already have a version-specific entry for it. The thougjht did occur to me also, but the one I tried also gave kernel panic. Perhaps I should have

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-10 Thread Maurice Batey
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:40:25 +0100, eatdirt wrote: Check for typos in the names. For instance you have one above: 3-7-0 instead of 3.7.0. I was careful, but will check again. (The typo may Have been when transcribing into posting to newsgroup on different m/c.) -- /\/\aurice

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-10 Thread Maurice Batey
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:26:04 +, Dick Gevers wrote: If you change menu.lst, you also have to execute /boot/grub/install.sh, else it does not have any effect. My understanding of that aspect of GRUB2 is that one *can* change menu.lst, but if the GRUB2 'config' file is not given the same

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-10 Thread Maurice Batey
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:13:14 +, I wrote: (replaced:) initrd /boot/initrd.imgwith initrd /boot/initrd-3-7-0-desktop-1-mga3.img There were 2 errors there: (1) -mga3 should have been .mga3 (2) .img should have been .img.old (I first tried with the .old affix, but wrongly assumed

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-10 Thread Maurice Batey
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:35:41 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote: your menu.lst should already have a version-specific entry for it. Try booting that directly without modifying anything. I've now tried all the 'mga3' stanzas (3.6.5-1, 3.7.0-1, 3.7.1-1), and they all gave Kernel Panic. --

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-10 Thread Maurice Batey
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:35:41 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote: bug 8614 for all this was just fixed. It says: Fixed with: glibc-2.17-2.mga3 and util-linux-2.22.2-2.mga3 but in my (newly-recovered from Kernel Panic) Mga3-A2, MCC/SW/Update shows the following packages available: glib v2.17

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-10 Thread Olivier Blin
Maurice Batey maur...@bcs.org.uk writes: On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:35:41 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote: bug 8614 for all this was just fixed. It says: Fixed with: glibc-2.17-2.mga3 and util-linux-2.22.2-2.mga3 but in my (newly-recovered from Kernel Panic) Mga3-A2, MCC/SW/Update shows the

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-10 Thread Frank Griffin
On 01/10/2013 03:26 PM, Olivier Blin wrote: You might need to run this command to update initrds: bootloader-config --action rebuild-initrds Or just update to current cauldron, which includes the 3.8 kernel, the installation of which will rebuild the initrd.

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-09 Thread Maurice Batey
On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:35:30 +, I wrote: Anyone know of a fix for the above, please? Is there really no way of rescuing my updated MGA3-cauldron installation from the Kernel Panic showstopper? -- /\/\aurice

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-09 Thread Colin Guthrie
'Twas brillig, and Maurice Batey at 09/01/13 13:00 did gyre and gimble: Is there really no way of rescuing my updated MGA3-cauldron installation from the Kernel Panic showstopper? There are many ways... If you are lucky you will have *.old initrds so just edit your grub prompt to use

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-09 Thread Maurice Batey
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:21:06 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: If you are lucky you will have *.old initrds so just edit your grub prompt to use initrd.img.old rather than initrd.img (via text mode in grub) Where are such initrd.img.old files found? (No such files anywhere in its menu.lst.) --

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-09 Thread EatDirt
On 09/01/13 16:24, Maurice Batey wrote: On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:21:06 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: If you are lucky you will have *.old initrds so just edit your grub prompt to use initrd.img.old rather than initrd.img (via text mode in grub) Where are such initrd.img.old files found? We

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-09 Thread Maurice Batey
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:34:45 +0100, EatDirt wrote: initrd-3.6.5-tmb-desktop-3.mga3.img and I have also the kernel vmlinuz-3.6.5-tmb-desktop-3.mga3 OK - found /boot/initrd-3-7-0-desktop-1-mga3.img and /boot/vmlinuz-3.7-0-desktop-1.mga3 (The latest (panicky) kernel is

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-09 Thread Dick Gevers
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:13:14 +, Maurice Batey wrote about Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c: and - in menu.lst - replaced: But although a reboot starts well, after 6 lines the action *hangs* at the 'initrd' line. If you change menu.lst, you also have

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-09 Thread Frank Griffin
On 01/09/2013 02:26 PM, Dick Gevers wrote: On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:13:14 +, Maurice Batey wrote about Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c: and - in menu.lst - replaced: But although a reboot starts well, after 6 lines the action *hangs* at the 'initrd

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-09 Thread eatdirt
On 09/01/13 20:13, Maurice Batey wrote: and - in menu.lst - replaced: /boot/vmlinuzwith /boot/vmlinuz-3.7-0-desktop-1.mga3 and initrd /boot/initrd.imgwith initrd /boot/initrd-3-7-0-desktop-1-mga3.img in a clone of the 'official' (but kernel panic) stanza. But although a

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-09 Thread Guillaume Rousse
Le 09/01/2013 20:26, Dick Gevers a écrit : On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:13:14 +, Maurice Batey wrote about Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c: and - in menu.lst - replaced: But although a reboot starts well, after 6 lines the action *hangs* at the 'initrd

[Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-08 Thread Maurice Batey
Trying Mageia-3-Alpha2 on a Samsung NC110 netbook and enjoying it, I today did a 720+ file s/w update. Result: When rebooting: Kernel panic - not syncing Attempted to kill init! exitcode = 0x0100 Pid: 1, comm: init not tainted 3.7.1-desktop-1.mga3 #1 I can access its root

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-08 Thread Sandro CAZZANIGA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 08/01/2013 17:35, Maurice Batey a écrit : Trying Mageia-3-Alpha2 on a Samsung NC110 netbook and enjoying it, I today did a 720+ file s/w update. Result: When rebooting: Kernel panic - not syncing Attempted to kill init! exitcode =

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-08 Thread Claire Robinson
On 08/01/13 16:53, Maurice Batey wrote: On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:35:30 +, I wrote: Anyone know of a fix for the above, The Mageia-3-Alpha2 menu.lst is: timeout 10 color black/cyan yellow/cyan gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu default 3 title Mageia-3-Alpha2 kernel

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-08 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 17:41 +, Claire Robinson wrote: It's actually Cauldron you're running Maurice. This issue is known, see the ML thread 'Boot borked cause procfs :((' from earlier today. It's also in the 3.0 beta DVD, as I reported yesterday. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead,

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-08 Thread Claire Robinson
On 08/01/13 17:45, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 17:41 +, Claire Robinson wrote: It's actually Cauldron you're running Maurice. This issue is known, see the ML thread 'Boot borked cause procfs :((' from earlier today. It's also in the 3.0 beta DVD, as I reported yesterday.

Re: [Mageia-dev] Kernel Panic after latest Mageia-3-Alpha2 s/w update c

2013-01-08 Thread Maurice Batey
On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:41:22 +, Claire Robinson wrote: see the ML thread 'Boot borked cause procfs :((' No - can't see that in here... -- /\/\aurice