/proc/mtrr does not exist, that's what's causing the install script to die.
It's running as root, and /proc is definately mounted. Here's the output of the commands suggested. bash-2.05b$ ls -l /proc/cpuinfo -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 3 21:49 /proc/cpuinfo bash-2.05b$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 2084.181 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 4154.98 I might try the make mrproper idea from Nick, but that might have to wait until tomorrow. Friends don't let friends drink and compile :o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:15, you wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Hamish McBrearty wrote: >> > Fair enough, I didn't have MTRR support compiled into my kernel >initally. >> > However I've recompiled, and recompiled and recompiled (largely to >get my >> > sound card going) with MTRR enabled but still the error persists. >Looking >> > into the install script it checks for /proc/mtrr and dies when it >fails >> > to find this. Any ideas? >> >> `dmesg` after boot should contain at least a line referring to mtrr >> support, and may contain some sort of error message around it. >> >> Usually, however, if you don't have /proc/mtrr, you don't have MTRR >> support. /proc/mtrr is world-readable on most of the kernels I've used, >so >> user won't matter. > >So lets discover definitively: > >ls -l /proc/cpuinfo >cat /proc/cpuinfo > >and post the results > >-- >C. S. > ------------------------------------------------- Hamish McBrearty MCSE MCSA Network Engineer Rangi Ruru Girls' School 59 Hewitts Road Christchurch NEW ZEALAND Ph 03 355-6099 Fax 03 355-6027 CELL 021 999770 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------
