Re: [gentoo-user] Problem upgrading kernel from 2.6.25.1to 2.6.26_rc1
On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:54:09 +0200 Marko Kocić wrote: 2008/5/14 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Marko Kocić wrote: Perhaps the output of dmesg and the relevant bits of messages from the init process will be required here Yes, I'll have to digg more to fix this. I just hoped that there is some easy/fast solution that I didn't know of :( It is going to be a fun week ;(, hopefully not the weekend ;) Here's my advice: start over :-) Using a .24 config works to build .25 - I have done it, so I think something just went bellyup on yours. It worked for me too. I had similar problem when upgrading from 25 to 25.1, but it seems like it was enough to fast scan through menus in menuconfig, change nothing, just save config, and rebuild. [Error decoding BASE64] Given the old and new .config files you can diff them to see what's different. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem upgrading kernel from 2.6.25.1to 2.6.26_rc1
On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Marko Kocić wrote: Is it a known issue with 2.6.26-rc1 kernel? How could I painlessly migrate configuration from old 2.6.25 kernel to 2.6.26 without need for complete reconfiguration? make menuconfig always keeped current config before, did it change recently? It didn't change that I know of, but one can never tell. I suppose step 1 is to check what changed. So, either: run make oldconfig or run make menuconfig and rapidly flip through all the screens looking for entries that end with [NEW] If that doesn't sort stuff out, then you will probably have to inspect the area where you have missing modules more closely and read the help pages. What are these missing modules? Often it's a case of a replacement has a different name, like the b43legacy for Broadcom wireless now has an entirely new b43 intended to replace b43legacy -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem upgrading kernel from 2.6.25.1to 2.6.26_rc1
On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Marko Kocić wrote: It might be the case. I don't currently have access to my home laptop, but there were lots of modules that are missing. Alsa and iptables failed to start after reboot and I ended up in console screen which is small and in the center of the screen. Sounds like you have a lot more going on that one or two modules not loading :-) You do have module support in that kernel right? Perhaps the output of dmesg and the relevant bits of messages from the init process will be required here -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem upgrading kernel from 2.6.25.1to 2.6.26_rc1
2008/5/14 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Marko Kocić wrote: Is it a known issue with 2.6.26-rc1 kernel? How could I painlessly migrate configuration from old 2.6.25 kernel to 2.6.26 without need for complete reconfiguration? make menuconfig always keeped current config before, did it change recently? It didn't change that I know of, but one can never tell. I suppose step 1 is to check what changed. So, either: run make oldconfig or run make menuconfig and rapidly flip through all the screens looking for entries that end with [NEW] Did that, but I probably missed to reenable something ;) It was a long time since the last time I had to configure kernel from scratch, so it is hard to remember everything. If that doesn't sort stuff out, then you will probably have to inspect the area where you have missing modules more closely and read the help pages. What are these missing modules? Often it's a case of a replacement has a different name, like the b43legacy for Broadcom wireless now has an entirely new b43 intended to replace b43legacy It might be the case. I don't currently have access to my home laptop, but there were lots of modules that are missing. Alsa and iptables failed to start after reboot and I ended up in console screen which is small and in the center of the screen. Thanks, Marko
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem upgrading kernel from 2.6.25.1to 2.6.26_rc1
2008/5/14 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Marko Kocić wrote: It might be the case. I don't currently have access to my home laptop, but there were lots of modules that are missing. Alsa and iptables failed to start after reboot and I ended up in console screen which is small and in the center of the screen. Sounds like you have a lot more going on that one or two modules not loading :-) You do have module support in that kernel right? Yes. For some reason it was reset to N, so I had to set it again. Some modules build and install ok (eg. agpgart) Perhaps the output of dmesg and the relevant bits of messages from the init process will be required here Yes, I'll have to digg more to fix this. I just hoped that there is some easy/fast solution that I didn't know of :( It is going to be a fun week ;(, hopefully not the weekend ;) Thanks for your help
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem upgrading kernel from 2.6.25.1to 2.6.26_rc1
On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Marko Kocić wrote: Perhaps the output of dmesg and the relevant bits of messages from the init process will be required here Yes, I'll have to digg more to fix this. I just hoped that there is some easy/fast solution that I didn't know of :( It is going to be a fun week ;(, hopefully not the weekend ;) Here's my advice: start over :-) Using a .24 config works to build .25 - I have done it, so I think something just went bellyup on yours. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem upgrading kernel from 2.6.25.1to 2.6.26_rc1
2008/5/14 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Marko Kocić wrote:
Perhaps the output of dmesg and the relevant bits of messages from
the init process will be required here
Yes, I'll have to digg more to fix this. I just hoped that there is
some easy/fast
solution that I didn't know of :(
It is going to be a fun week ;(, hopefully not the weekend ;)
Here's my advice:
start over :-)
Using a .24 config works to build .25 - I have done it, so I think
something just went bellyup on yours.
It worked for me too. I had similar problem when upgrading from 25 to 25.1,
but it seems like it was enough to fast scan through menus in menuconfig,
change nothing, just save config, and rebuild.
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