On Feb 14, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Michael Haberler <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > Am 14.02.2013 um 16:16 schrieb Tom Easterday: > >>> fetch and install the required packages >>> >>> The instructions for installing the Xenomai kernel are at >>> XenomaiKernelPackages . >>> >> >> I must say I preferred what was there yesterday. For one, the instructions >> were MUCH more clear. And 2 they worked, unlike these. I tried to install >> this a system today. Networking is broken and I have a bizarre pattern of >> dots across the top of the machine. It also takes a VERY long time to >> shutdown (1 minute or so) for some reason. It spews several pages of >> FFFFFFF's across the screen at boot, not sure what that one is about but not >> a biggie.... > > I have verified the instructions beforehand by installing this kernel for > lucid, precise and squeeze before John sent the announcement. > > The suggestion that downloading this kernel package somehow wipes your grub > configuration is a bit hard to follow; in any case you should have a default > kernel which you can select via grub.
I didn't say it wipes my grub configuration, I am just saying that the grub selection menu no longer comes up during boot. I don't know how to get it back. This was a fresh install on a new (different) disk so nothing was there before. > The log shows one attempt where the downloader obviously forgot the step > 'CODENAME=$(lsb_release -cs); echo $CODENAME' as per instructions. Please let > me know the IP address (range) you connected from to verify if this could > have been the cause. I definitely did CODENAME=$(lsb_release -cs); echo $CODENAME and it returned "precise". My address should be 107.5.93.X. > >> The networking issue could be related to this: RealTek r8168 NIC chipset >> problems > > Please boot into the non-Xenomai kernel (I do not know what you are running > as you did not tell), and install the r1868 kmod as described on the wiki > page. Then boot into the Xenomai kernel. Since I have the very same problem > with an r8168, I can tell that this procedure works. Is there an easy way to either force the grub menu to come up at boot, or tell it to use a different kernel on next boot....? Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
