On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:54:34 +1000 Daniel Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12 Jul 2005, Benedek Frank wrote: > > I was using 2.6.11 kernel on my Vaio Picturebook, and I had some > > outstanding issues with ACPI, so I wanted to install the 2.6.12 > > kernel. As I didnt find a debian specific 2.6.12 kernel, I grabbed > > the one from Kernel.org, the latest stable one. I compiled it, and > > before compiling, I imported the already working config file of my > > 2.6.11 compile. I quickly double checked that all entries are > > correct, and I compiled. The machine boots, just incredibly slowly. > > Unbelievable slowly. The 2.6.11 is slow also, compare to 2.4 kernels > > on this laptop, but still it is done in 1min40secs. BUt the 2.6.12 > > is 4min5secs. Why would that be? There are no errors, etc. Just > > really slow booting. Does all the same, just slowly. > > Are you using udev? You need the latest udev packages, as I > understand it, or the thing has to time out *every* transaction on the > .12 kernels. This is caused by an upstream API change. > > udev from unstable should correct this, as I understand it. > > Otherwise, can you tell us *where* in the boot process things are > slow? Hi The first 10 or so seconds go fine and when it comes to modules it gets slow. And yes, I am not using UDEV, as I wanted to eliminate as many packages as possible, so that I can get the fastest possible working mode. If UDEV is in fact necessary, I will install and check. Thanks Benedek > > Regards, > Daniel > -- > Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include > subroutines); seek it everywhere. > -- Alan J. Perlis, _Epigrams in Programming_ (September, 1982) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
