Here's a HOWTO some of you might find useful. I've not put it up as a Step because it is already hosted elsewhere and the editors have agreed that externally maintained material does not belong on the SxS. Nevertheless, you might find this useful, so I've passed it along.
Enjoy, Kurt ----- Forwarded message from Song Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > From: Song Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:12:14 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [Mini-HOWTO]How to bring up kernel 2.6.0-test1 on Redhat 9.0 > > Mini HOWTO > > How to build and bring up 2.6.0-test1 on Redhat 9.0 > > (http://www.ags.uci.edu/~songw/kernel2.6-rh90-howto.txt) > > (Hardware: Dell Dimension 8200 - Pentium 4 2.53GHZ, 1GB DDR memory, > 120G EIDE harddrive, and nVidia Geforce4 video card. PS2 mouse > and keyboard connected a IOGEAR Miniview SE KVM switch. There > is a Philips DVD+RW drive. > > Software: new Redhat 9.0 with everything installed.) > > I run into several problems when I was trying to bring up > 2.6.0-test1 kernel on Redhat 9.0. I think they're common and I'd like > to put them together and share with other people who are > willing to help test and improve 2.6.0-test1 kernel. > > 1. Problems and Solutions > After I downloaded 2.6.0-test1 kernel tarball, I used > 'make menuconfig' to create my own configuration file. > After adding several configuration items. I successully > built the kernel and modules using 'make bzImage;make modules'. > (It turns out single 'make' will do the same thing.) Note > 'make dep' is not necessary anymore. > Then I used 'make modules_install;make install' to install > modules and the kernel itself. Problems showed up from > this point... > > (1) A lot of unresolved symbol when installing kernel modules. > > Solution: Kernel moduler loader has to be updated. > Use the new module-init-tools-0.9.12.tar.bz2 > from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules > > After updating the tool, 'make modules_install' worked fine. > Now it's the time to boot the new kernel! > > (2) The second problem kicked in. The kernel doesn't boot! > It hangs there after printing "OK. booting the kernel..." > > Solution: By default, the display is not enabled. (Weird!!!) > So use 'make menuconfig' to enable them. > > Go to 'Character devices', enable 'Virtual Terminal' > and 'Support for console on virtual terminal', then > go to 'Graphics support', at the bottom, you'll see > 'Console display driver support --->', enter into it > and enable 'VGA text console'. Because of the dependency, > you have to enable 'Virtual Terminal' first in order > to see 'Console display driver support --->'. > > As a result > > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_VT=y > CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y > > Rebuild the kernel, then boot, aha! The kernel is booting > and printing out messages! > > (3) The third problem arrived then > The kernel cannot mount the root file system! > > My root partition is formated as ext3 and I did enable > Ext3 file system support. I checked /etc/lilo.conf, > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test1 > label=2.6.0-test1 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.0-test1.img > read-only > append="hdc=ide-scsi root=LABEL=/1" > > Solution: I found that the kernel has not enabled IDE-SCSI emulation. > Go to "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support", then > "IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices", enable > <*> Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support > <*> Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support > <*> Include IDE/ATAPI FLOPPY support > <M> SCSI emulation support > > Rebuild the kernel and reboot, now we're finally up and running > and got into the X-Window! > > (4) However, here is the fourth problem: No keyboard and mouse! > > Solution: I found under "Input device support", by default, > > Input devices (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...) is shown as module <M> > also "AT keyboard support" is shown as module <M>. > I changed the two options to be statically linked with the kernel <*> > > After rebooting the machine, I still got no keyboard and mouse. > Then I consulted the post-halloween document > (http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt), > and found that since I'm using a KVM switch, I need to add > "psmouse_noext" option to the kernel, so I added it to /etc/lilo.conf as > > append="hdc=ide-scsi root=LABEL=/1 psmouse_noext" > > After rebooting, I got the mouse showing up, although it moves > too fast. However, the keyboard still does not work. > > So I took out the KVM switch and connected my keyboard and mouse > directly to the PC, all right, everything worked fine! > > This ends my try to bring up 2.6.0-test1 on Redhat 9.0. In summary, > it's still not quite streightforward. I suggest > > (1) In kernel config, it is better to set up the basic stuff like > display, keyboard and mouse with the correct settings so that > testers can get on track without these unnessary troubles. > > (2) KVM switch support needs more work. > > Hope this could help other guys get started more quickly. > > -Song > > (http://www.ags.uci.edu/~songw/kernel2.6-rh90-howto.txt) > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. -- Redd Foxx _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
