Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config strangeness
> However, if I start with the .config which workd, and "make xconfig" > and select "Supported processor types" under "Processor type and > features" and then unselect "Support Intel Pprocessors" (I have a > Ryzen) and save the config, it decreases the size of .config from 169K > to under 13K, losing almost every setting in the file. > Checking my systems, .config is 131k (AMD system, so CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL is not set) and an Intel system is 116k. Try following the same procedure using make menuconfig instead of make xconfig and see what happens.
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd crashes when I try to mount a USB drive
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 9:59 AM Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > Hi, > since the upgrade from systemd-242-r6 to systemd-243_rc1 I cannot mount > my (external) USB drive any more. > I get > kernel: sd 10:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through > kernel: sde: sde1 sde2 sde3 sde4 sde5 sde6 sde7 > kernel: systemd-udevd[480887]: > Assertion 'key' failed at src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c:34, > function device_add_property(). Aborting. > > The strange thing is, I don't use systemd on start-up (I'm using > openrc) but I have systemd installed here. > This configuration has been working for a very long time. > > Many thanks for a hint, > Helmut A failed assertion almost always means there is a programming error in the software. Please report the issue to the systemd developers. https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd crashes when I try to mount a USB drive
On Thursday, 1 August 2019 20:29:08 BST Jack wrote: > On 2019.08.01 09:59, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > Hi, > > since the upgrade from systemd-242-r6 to systemd-243_rc1 I cannot > > mount my (external) USB drive any more. > > I get > > kernel: sd 10:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through > > kernel: sde: sde1 sde2 sde3 sde4 sde5 sde6 sde7 > > kernel: systemd-udevd[480887]: > > Assertion 'key' failed at > > src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c:34, > > function device_add_property(). Aborting. > > > > The strange thing is, I don't use systemd on start-up (I'm using > > openrc) but I have systemd installed here. > > This configuration has been working for a very long time. > > > > Many thanks for a hint, > > Helmut > > Helmut, > > You say you don't use systemd on start-up, but is any of it running > when you get this error? If you aren't using it at start-up, I wonder > what the implcations are of having it installed - where might it have > insinuated itself, so it gets called instead of something else you > might have expected. > > Next time you get the error, can you do "ps auxf" to see if you can > tell what processes called systemd-udevd? > > Jack Could it be the systemd upgrade you refer to interfered with any udev rules you had set up to deal with your external drive, or in any case changes in udev rules are no longer agreeable with your external device? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd crashes when I try to mount a USB drive
On 2019.08.01 09:59, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, since the upgrade from systemd-242-r6 to systemd-243_rc1 I cannot mount my (external) USB drive any more. I get kernel: sd 10:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through kernel: sde: sde1 sde2 sde3 sde4 sde5 sde6 sde7 kernel: systemd-udevd[480887]: Assertion 'key' failed at src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c:34, function device_add_property(). Aborting. The strange thing is, I don't use systemd on start-up (I'm using openrc) but I have systemd installed here. This configuration has been working for a very long time. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Helmut, You say you don't use systemd on start-up, but is any of it running when you get this error? If you aren't using it at start-up, I wonder what the implcations are of having it installed - where might it have insinuated itself, so it gets called instead of something else you might have expected. Next time you get the error, can you do "ps auxf" to see if you can tell what processes called systemd-udevd? Jack
[gentoo-user] systemd crashes when I try to mount a USB drive
Hi, since the upgrade from systemd-242-r6 to systemd-243_rc1 I cannot mount my (external) USB drive any more. I get kernel: sd 10:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through kernel: sde: sde1 sde2 sde3 sde4 sde5 sde6 sde7 kernel: systemd-udevd[480887]: Assertion 'key' failed at src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c:34, function device_add_property(). Aborting. The strange thing is, I don't use systemd on start-up (I'm using openrc) but I have systemd installed here. This configuration has been working for a very long time. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config strangeness
On Wednesday, 31 July 2019 23:31:20 BST Jack wrote: > I just built a new PC, and I'm having a problem getting it to boot with > a custom configured kernel (gentoo-sources-5.2.4.) If I start with a > blank config and work through "make xconfig" the resulting kernel and > initramfs (genkernel) doesn't boot (just hangs after loading > initramfs.) Does it spit out any errors on the console? > So, starting with the config from the running kernel from > the live install medium, running make oldconfig then genkernel, it > boots fine. I assume my problem is removing something important while > trying to remove all the unnecessary options for supporting hardware > I'll never use. > > However, if I start with the .config which workd, and "make xconfig" > and select "Supported processor types" under "Processor type and > features" and then unselect "Support Intel Pprocessors" (I have a > Ryzen) and save the config, it decreases the size of .config from 169K > to under 13K, losing almost every setting in the file. Hmm ... this sound too light for a desktop kernel. I have done the same, stripping out anything not relevant or wanted on my laptop's AMD kernel and this is what I get: $ ls -la /usr/src/linux/.config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106014 Jul 31 17:13 /usr/src/linux/.config However, I use menuconfig almost exclusively, but this should not make any difference. Did you diff the old and new .config files? [1] > Even stranger, if I look at "Local version - append to kernel release:" > it still shows the value I had previously set - but that setting > CONFIG_LOCALVERSION is NOT in .config. If I close the tool and start > it again, that setting is now missing and it looks like all settings > have been reset to the clean starting defaults (i.e., many say "(NEW)" > > Am I missing something here, or might this really be a bug in "make > xconfig" ? Have you checked the /usr/src/linux symlink is pointing to the correct kernel sources directory? What you describing is akin to you working on the wrong .config file. > Can anyone else replicate this? While I don't think it's related to my > problem getting a non-booting kernel, it certainly has me confused. > > Thanks for helping me confirm what's left of my sanity. > > Jack I don't have time to replicate it this morning, but in case you're missing some simple step in your procedure, try this: cd /usr/src ls -la check the linux symlink is pointing to the desired kernel sources directory. If not remove it and re-set it either manually, or by using 'eselect kernel'. Then copy the running config to the symlinked linux directory, overwriting the sources' config file with its default settings. zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/linux/.config Now you can go into the linux directory and modify its config: cd linux make xconfig When you're done tweaking things make sure you save your changes before you make clean && make && make modules_install && make install The last bit copies over the kernel for you to /boot if you don't want to do this manually or use your own naming convention. For more details have a look here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Configuration HTH. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
