On 28/04/16 22:22, Hans wrote:
On 27/04/16 21:33, J. Roeleveld wrote:
On April 27, 2016 12:59:18 PM GMT+02:00, Hans <li...@c5ace.com> wrote:
Tried to upgrade the kernels of my desktop and notebook fron kernel
4.1.12 upgrade to 4.4.6. Both systems freeze during booting with 4.4.6.
No dmsg, No messages logs. Previous kernel upgrades always worked
smooth
as silk.
Using: OpenRC, eudev, Xfce,
Desktop configration:
Genkernel with /etc/genkernel.conf additional options:
MENUCONFIG="yes"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
MDADM="yes"
MDADM_CONFIG="/etc/mdadm.conf"
DISKLABEL="yes"
KNAME="genkernel-G_ROOT"
Boot: Grub-static
grub.conf:
title PROXY-64 domdadm LABEL=G_ROOT Gentoo Linux 4.4.6-gentoo
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-G_ROOT-x86_64-4.4.6-gentoo net.ifnames=0
root=/dev/ram0 domdadm real_root=LABEL=G_ROOT
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-G_ROOT-x86_64-4.4.6-gentoo
No error reported in genkernel.log
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Notebook configration:
Genkernel with /etc/genkernel.conf additional options:
MENUCONFIG="yes"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
DISKLABEL="yes"
KNAME="genkernel-HP_ROOT"
Boot: Grub-static
grub.conf:
title PROXY-64 domdadm LABEL=HP_ROOT Gentoo Linux 4.4.6-gentoo
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-HP_ROOT-x86_64-4.4.6-gentoo net.ifnames=0
root=/dev/ram0 real_root=LABEL=HP_ROOT
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-HP_ROOT-x86_64-4.4.6-gentoo
No error reported in genkernel.log
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Why are you specifying root=/dev/ram0?
Modern kernels use initramfs and you normally specify the real root
device there.
"root=/dev/ram0" is a leftover from the original installation from a
long time ago. Removing it makes no difference.
Am at the moment making a new test installation in VirtualBox. So far
its working with kernel 4.4.6. If Xfce works tomorrow, it's either a
configuration or driver problem. I will then do a re-install of Gentoo
on my desktop and the notebook using a external drive.
Kernel 4.4.6 as a bug. x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox does not compile.
Reason:
/usr/src/linux-4.4.6-gentoo/include/linux/string.h
'char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new);' causes compile failure.
"new" is a C++ keyword.
Changing tp 'char *strreplace(char *s, char oldstr, char newstr);' fixes
the problem.
