Re: Kernel 2.6.2

From: rowan[i hate spammers] (_at_rownetco.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 17:43:11 GMT

Keith Clark wrote:
> "rowan[i hate spammers]" <"rowan[i hate spammers]"@rownetco.com> wrote in
> message news:I0sVb.33721$WY4.8501802@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>
>>Keith Clark wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"rowan[i hate spammers]" <"rowan[i hate spammers]"@rownetco.com> wrote
>
> in
>
>>>message news:XWiVb.24310$WY4.6423555@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Keith Clark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Eggert Ehmke wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>rowan[i hate spammers] wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I had been struggling with making/booting the 2.6.2 kernel on my dual
>>>>>>>Pentium
>>>>>>>Pro Intel PR440FX mobo running SuSE Pro 9. This mobo has built-in
>>>
>>>SCSI,
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>Ethernet, Crystal sound and USB. When I selected the 2.6.2 kernel
>
> from
>
>>>>>>>the GRUB
>>>>>>>menu the screen would just go black, absolutely nothing, not even a
>>>>>>>cursor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Check your frame buffer configuration.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Maybe the SuSE kernel works better. I prefer the original kernels from
>>>>>>kernel.org. After setting up the frame buffer, it works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Eggert
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you mean setting frame buffer so that you get the nice graphical
>
> Suse
>
>>>>>boot-up screen?
>>>>>
>>>>>What settings for the frame buffer did you use for that? I didn't get
>>>
>>>that to
>>>
>>>
>>>>>work with the 2,6 series kernel (not a showstopper, but it was cool).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No, not a nice SuSE graphical boot up. NOTHING, black nothingness until
>>>
>>>the KDE
>>>
>>>
>>>>GUI kicked in well into the boot process.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Yeah, I've seen this.
>>>
>>>There's some setting in the kernel that I haven't figured out either,
>
> that
>
>>>Suse's graphical boot process needs.
>>>
>>>Anyway you can at least get a text-screen during boot.
>>>
>>>I'll bet you used YAST to configure the settings for the 2.6 kernel,
>
> yes?
>
>>>And you copied all the kernel options from the standard boot, yes?
>>>
>>>Make a backup of your menu.lst file and then edit out the options
>>>("hdc=ide-scsi hdclun=0 splash=silent showopts" etc - eliminate those on
>>>your 2.6 kernel line and you should get a normal text mode boot).
>>>
>>>
>>
>>No, I did not use YaST to configure the settings for the 2.6 kernel, I
>
> made
>
>>xconfig and built the make bzImage.
>>
>>I removed the parameters from the 2.6.2 menu.lst line and now get text
>
> during
>
>>boot and have text consoles when pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 - F6. I now see
>
> that SSH,
>
>>MySQL, Hotplug and audio all have problems. I'll start with those then
>
> dig
>
>>deeper into 2.6.2.
>>
>>Thanks for your suggestion.
>>
>
>
>
> If you look in YAST and find the tool for editing your /etc/sysconfig files,
> you'll find an entry somewhere (I forget exactly where) for "parallel
> execution" of boot processes. If you disable this you'll find you have fewer
> errors reported.
>
> In my own case, the errors I get are random, abd appear to be bogus because
> there are times that "networking", "DHCP", etc all are rported as "failed",
> yet I can get my email, browse the other computers on my home network, surf
> the web, etc with no problems.
>
> So anyway verify that the errors you're seeing at boot are legit before you
> dig too deep. I'd like to see the "failed" messages go away, but as long
> as -for me- they're "cosmetic only", I'm not spending any more cycles on
> them.
>
> I don't know if I posted this link in this thread or not, if I did, forgive
> me, but this article is really good. I printed it to save...
>
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3855888078.html
>
>
> Good luck,
> Keith
>
>
Thanks Keith. I was surprised when SSH and MySQL were working after they were
reported as having failed on boot. I'll find the parallel execution setting and
start tweeking there.

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