Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a Gentoo Expert in NYC?
One way to fix that would be to boot a livecd, chroot, build and install another kernel. Why does not the old kernel boot? regards, Dmitry On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:07 AM, David Kuhl dhkuhl1...@gmail.com wrote: I need a Gentoo Expert to take a look at this. Are there any in NYC around West 72nd? I've got to get this laptop working. After following the recomendations on building the latest kernel I don't have a system anymore. Everything on my LVM2 partitions are gone or at least not working. I added genkernel ~amd64 to the portage/package.keywords as suggested to get the latest genkernel to build . . . which it did. Now the kernel (3.3.8) which was suppose to fix the xorg-server problem destroyed the system, I can't boot to the old kernel either it's the same thing. This is getting worse. How can I fix this? Is there anyone near by? Thanks.
Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a Gentoo Expert in NYC?
hey, it sounds like a list of troubles, not a single problem. i wonder: is there any data on the notebook that needs saving? is starting from scratch an option? best, sebastian
Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a Gentoo Expert in NYC?
David Kuhl writes: I need a Gentoo Expert to take a look at this. Are there any in NYC around West 72nd? I've got to get this laptop working. After following the recomendations on building the latest kernel I don't have a system anymore. Everything on my LVM2 partitions are gone or at least not working. Use a live-cd (I recommend systemrescuecd), and see what the lvscan oer lvdisplay command gives. Does it still find the LVMs? Then your data should be okay. You may need to enter 'vgchange -a y' to make them active. Then try to mount the partititions. pvscan / pvdisplay and vgscan / vgdisplay also give some information. I added genkernel ~amd64 to the portage/package.keywords as suggested to get the latest genkernel to build . . . which it did. Now the kernel (3.3.8) which was suppose to fix the xorg-server problem destroyed the system, I can't boot to the old kernel either it's the same thing. This is getting worse. How can I fix this? Is there anyone near by? Thanks. What exactly happens? Do you have a separate /usr? I assume you only see the root partitition, and most services do not start because of missing partitions? Do you get a rescue shell only? Does lvscan work there? Maybe vgchange -a y and exit will continue the boot process? Give us some information on what exactly happens, and we'll try to help you. I can imagine how you feel, I've been there, too. If you cannot open your partitions even from a live-cd, maybe someone will allow you to log in to his system via ssh -L :1234:localhost:22 user@host, and the helping person could then log into your system with ssh -p 1234 localhost and have a look. I'd do this, but here it's time to get some sleep now, so I can't help at the moment. Wonko
[gentoo-user] Is there a Gentoo Expert in NYC?
I need a Gentoo Expert to take a look at this. Are there any in NYC around West 72nd? I've got to get this laptop working. After following the recomendations on building the latest kernel I don't have a system anymore. Everything on my LVM2 partitions are gone or at least not working. I added genkernel ~amd64 to the portage/package.keywords as suggested to get the latest genkernel to build . . . which it did. Now the kernel (3.3.8) which was suppose to fix the xorg-server problem destroyed the system, I can't boot to the old kernel either it's the same thing. This is getting worse. How can I fix this? Is there anyone near by? Thanks.
