[gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Neil Bothwick writes: > On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:03:37 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> > You can find this from /var/log/emerge.log, if the install system has >> > genlop installed, you can get a list with >> > >> > genlop -l -f /chroot/path/var/log/emerge.log >> >> Yeah thanks... I knew that...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-10 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:01:02 -0500 Harry Putnam wrote: > Mike Kazantsev writes: > > > Okay, the syslog is probably not one of them, so /var/log shouldn't be > > too populated, except for rc.log, which should be enabled specifically > > in /etc/rc.conf (w/ baselayout-2) or /etc/conf.d/rc - look

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:03:37 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > > You can find this from /var/log/emerge.log, if the install system has > > genlop installed, you can get a list with > > > > genlop -l -f /chroot/path/var/log/emerge.log > > Yeah thanks... I knew that... what I meant by `difficult to li

[gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Neil Bothwick writes: > On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:50:23 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Mounted the new root and emerged a few things while still chrooted. >> >> It'd be difficult to list quickly since I can't boot it, but the >> highlights are: > > You can find this from /var/log/emerge.log, if th

[gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Mike Kazantsev writes: > Okay, the syslog is probably not one of them, so /var/log shouldn't be > too populated, except for rc.log, which should be enabled specifically > in /etc/rc.conf (w/ baselayout-2) or /etc/conf.d/rc - look for > rc_logger line or something similar with older baselayout. [

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:52:26 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Yes, just the first few `blah [ok]' lines... maybe 3. > > > Assuming that's the scenario, boot with your install media, enter the > > chroot, then take a peek at the logs in /var/log. Hopefully you can > > find > > a hint. > > > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-09 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:52:26 -0500 Harry Putnam wrote: > Roy Wright writes: > > > So you have grub installed, the grub menu appears, you select a boot > > option, boot starts, the usual kernel messages flash by, you get to the > > second part of the boot where the lines look like: > > > > blah

[gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Mark Knecht writes: >> And just incase its something related to the newest kernel I've >> downgraded to 2.6.29-r2 and building from an old .config of 2.6.28. >> (not genkernel on this one) > > I think he was hoping that you would find something in your > chroot/var/log/messages file or something

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-09 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Roy Wright writes: > > [...] > >>> I really have no idea what to change when I boot off the install >>> media. >> >> So you have grub installed, the grub menu appears, you select a boot >> option, boot starts, the usual kernel messages flash by

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-09 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Mark Knecht writes: > >>> I really have no idea what to change when I boot off the install media. >> >> You emerged reiserfsprogs before the machine was up and running. Does >> this somehow imply that you are trying to boot from a Reiser partit

[gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Roy Wright writes: [...] >> I really have no idea what to change when I boot off the install >> media. > > So you have grub installed, the grub menu appears, you select a boot > option, boot starts, the usual kernel messages flash by, you get to the > second part of the boot where the lines look

[gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

2009-06-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Mark Knecht writes: >> I really have no idea what to change when I boot off the install media. > > You emerged reiserfsprogs before the machine was up and running. Does > this somehow imply that you are trying to boot from a Reiser partition > and could that be part of the problem? Yes, as advis