Re: Possible bug for Kernel 2.4.3 -> make modules_install

2001-04-08 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Patrick Shirkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am having trouble installing modules. The command hangs at the > following point in the install... > > --- > Finished dependencies of target file `_modinst_post'. > Must remake target `_modinst_post'. > if [ -r System.map ]; the

Re: P4 problem with 2.4.3

2001-04-23 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Michael J Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "wierd, boot kernel (CPU#0) not found in BIOS. " There is also a message do you have SMP or APIC enabled ? -- MandrakeSoft Inc http://www.chmouel.org --Chmouel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the li

Re: P4 problem with 2.4.3

2001-04-23 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Michael J Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I believe APIC is enabled, it does some kind of check for it. Everything > is pretty much default. I read that the APIC can cause interrupt > problems, should I disable it? If so, is that done in the kernel config? yes APIC cause problems for m

Re: i810_audio broken?

2001-04-23 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"Pawel Worach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was using mpg123 (xmms and c/o does exactly the same) > if I run it like this Moby sounds very stupid... :) i got the same problem when using mpg123 compiled with esd on my dell workstation (which has a need to have set explictely to a clocking of 4

Re: finding Tekram SCSI dc395U linux patch driver:

2001-02-15 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Juergen Schoew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > On 15-Feb-01 Thomas Lau wrote: > > hey, I found this driver on mandrake kernel sources, it's ac3, but I > > need ac14 code, also, why still not port this driver into kernel? > > the patch file already released 1 years ago > > Have you checked ht

Re: 2.4.1-pre8/10 klogd taking 100% of CPU time -- bug?

2001-01-23 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Tigran Aivazian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Btw, this only happens on my laptop and not on the desktop. It only > happens _after_ some activity but I have not yet managed to narrow down > exactly what activity. i got the same problems on my desktop machine (Dell P4 which support (broken) APM)

Re: none

2000-11-16 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"Sergey Volkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed the latest kernel ( 2.4.0-test11-pre5 ). On boot with new kernel, system >hangup before booting is completed. > > I don't know where, but I think this occurs when system is attempt to mount >filesystems. do you have devfsd installed i

Re: PROBLEM: Bad PCI detection of a sound card

2000-11-16 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Frederic LESPEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think the problem is due to a bad PCI detection but i let you judge. > Here is a description of the problem : > I'm under X (Xfree 4.0.1). > I switch to a VT (virtual terminal). > I load my sound module (modprobe emu10k1). could you try with the al

Re: Kernel Panic

2000-11-18 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Dave Seff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am not subscribed to this list, so please cc me on > replies. Thanks. I was running mke2fs on an external 17GB SCSI > drive. This started spewing and blasted the 2.2.17mdksmp kernel. could you generate it with ksymoops(include kernel-utils rpm) like ex

Re: Oops on 2.2.18-23 as pppd dial in server

2000-11-25 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Was able to reproduce this Oops, but it took several days. Oops occurs > against 2.2.18-23. I had to copy this info from the console -- the > system was hard hung after the oops and even ksymoops was locked solid. what type of mounted filesystem

Re: Universal debug macros.

2000-11-27 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Something RedHat & co may want to consider doing is providing a basic > kernel and have, as part of the install procedure or later, an > automatic recompile and install kernel procedure. It could be > automated very easily, and on all but the very s

Re: Universal debug macros.

2000-11-27 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Something RedHat & co may want to consider doing is providing a basic > > > kernel and have, as part of the install procedure or later, an > > > automatic recompile and install kernel procedure. It could be > > > automated very easily, and on al

Re: Universal debug macros.

2000-11-27 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's not that slow compared to a whole distro install, although you would > of course want to do it *optionally*. that would be for sure, but keep in mind by experiences most people sent us a /lot/ of bug reports because they don't know how to do

Re: Universal debug macros.

2000-11-27 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm talking about crap like the global compile options (processor, SMP, > etc.) that's could be only for the experienced user and the experienced user can find how to reboot and compile is own kernel (or even to generate a distribution with his pers

[Announce] Kernel-2.4 RPM

2000-12-06 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Hi, I let know to everyone that now standard kernel of cooker is kernel 2.4.x, some things is currently broken but it should be testable. You can download it and test it and let us know which hardware works and which one doen't work anymore to build our hardware database. More info about cooker

Re: Kernel Panic - weird error

2000-11-07 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Sean Middleditch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've installed the Linux-Mandrake 7.2 distro (which uses kernel version > 2.2.17) on a PIII system (Asus motherboard, Award Medallion v6.0 BIOS). > For some reason, neither LILO nor Grub were able to boot off of the > second hard-drive (where Linux i

Re: problems with grow_inodes: inode-max limit reached

2000-11-07 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"Gregory S. Youngblood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem occurs with Mandrake 7.0 and 7.1 with kernels 2.2.14, 2.2.16, > and 2.2.17. These are the secure kernels that Mandrake provides. can you try with a 2.2.17 kernel rpm standard (no smp no secure) ? -- MandrakeSoft Inc

Re: Errors in 2.4-test11 build

2000-11-09 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"J . A . Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Trying to build 2.4.0-test11-pre1 I get the following: > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0-test11/arch/i386/kernel' > kgcc -D__ASSEMBLY__ -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -traditional -c > trampoline.S -o trampoline.o > gcc:

Re: Patch generation

2000-11-09 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Ivan Passos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where in the src tree can I find (or what is) the command to generate a > patch file from two Linux kernel src trees, one being the original and the > other being the newly changed one?? > I've tried 'diff -ruN', but that does diff's on several files that

Re: Errors in 2.4-test11 build

2000-11-09 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"J . A . Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A suggestion. People being able to build kernels with egcs or other version, > would not be this suitable for another entry in /var/lib/rpm/alternatives, > named kgcc, and with priorities gcc-2.91.66, gcc-2.95.2, gcc-2.7.2.3, gcc-2.96 ? this could

Re: bzImage ~ 900K with i386 test11-pre2

2000-11-10 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On x86 machines there is a size limitation on booting. Though I thought > > it was 1024K as the max, 900K should be fine. > No, there isn't. There used to be, but it has been fixed. the main problem is for us distribution if we want to fit this

Re: Patch generation

2000-11-10 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > (I prefer EMACS, which likes to unlink.) > No it doesn't, not always. Your choice: > (setq make-backup-files nil) > (setq backup-by-copying t) i would recommend to use the orig.el[1] from frederic.lepied with Emacs, it save any files before ed

Re: linux-2.4.0-test11-pre2 compilation error: undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks'

2000-11-11 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"reiser.angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > cannot make a success compilation of 2.4.0-test11pre2 with the same > .config than for a successfull 2.4.0-test10 compilation. > Same problem when apply patch-2.4.0test11pre2-ac1 from alan cox > > arch/i386/mm/mm.o: In function `do_page_fault': > arch

Re: latest 2.2.18-X patch?

2000-11-12 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Michael Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where's the best place to get the latest 2.2.18 kernel? ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ala/2.2.18pre/ where * is your country (us, fr, de, etc..) > And does it include the USB backport? yes -- MandrakeSoft Inc

Re: test11pre3: MD module compile fail, sysctl.h again

2000-11-13 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Hans Grobler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > make -C md modules > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0-test11-pre3/drivers/md' > kgcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.0-test11-pre3/include -Wall > -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing > -pipe -march=i686 -D

Re: Kernel 2.4.0-test11 does not build:

2000-12-09 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I HAVE built this kernel for another computer. I was having problems with > this, so I remove the .config, created a new one with "make oldconfig" and the > customised with make xconfig" make mrproper -- MandrakeSoft Inc htt

2.2.18 and aacraid patch

2000-12-11 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
hi, I think you forgot some revert of the aaccraid patch, thing like that : #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID #include "aacraid/include/linit.h" #endif in drivers/scsci/hosts.c make no sense. revert patch attached PS: even if it doen't change anything actually it may help when need to apply the pat

Re: PROBLEM: cdrom doesnt work anymore with 2.4

2000-12-12 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Matthias Czapla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. > > I have a quite old cdrom drive, called Cyberdrive 240D. With linux 2.2.17 > it worked with soemtimes odd behavior, but it worked. > With 2.4.0-test11 I can mount cdroms in it but if I want to access it (eg. if you use the kernel-rpm you repo

Re: Linus's include file strategy redux

2000-12-15 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"LA Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've seen this setup on RH, SuSE and Mandrake systems. I thought > this was somehow normal practice? it's done for us till the 7.2 but next version we gonna to switch to a different headers directory like Debian/RH does... -- MandrakeSoft Inc

Re: What is up with Redhat 7.0?

2000-10-01 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2.2.18pre12 (coming to a kernel archive near you in 2 or 3 minutes) now > knows about both kgcc and gcc272 (RH and Debian) automatically thanks to > Arjan. fyi you can compile with egcs with using "gcc -V`egcs-version`" for mandrake when you have the egcs p

Re: What is up with Redhat 7.0?

2000-10-02 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you want mandrake builds to auto detect the compiler and use that one then > can you send me a diff Actually for 7.2 i change our egcs package to add a kgcc script (which call gcc with the egcs compiler) to be compatible with your last changes on 2.2.18

Re: Kernel 2.2.18 and GCC versions

2000-10-13 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"J . A . Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a little problem when compiling new kernels. I run Mandrake 7.1 > with many many updates (its almost 7.2beta). install the last egcs package from 7.2b and compile with kgcc (will be autodetect by the kernel). -- MandrakeSoft Inc

Re: [PATCH] aicasm db3 fiasco

2001-03-10 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
FAVRE Gregoire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > thanks for your answer, I cannot apply your patch, don't know why, but > readind it I think it won't change anything for me: I have db3 (I have a > Mandrake...). on which version ? it works fine for me. -- MandrakeSoft Inc http:/

Re: 2.4.1-pre8/10 klogd taking 100% of CPU time -- bug?

2001-01-23 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Tigran Aivazian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > i got the same problems on my desktop machine (Dell P4 which support > > (broken) APM) and not on my laptop :\ > > I forgot top say that my laptop is identified (by DMI) as: my laptop is an HP, look like a Dell problem i got the same BIOS also th

Re: 2.4.1-pre8/10 klogd taking 100% of CPU time -- bug?

2001-01-23 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As far as the klogd problem is concerned, see > > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0101.1/1053.html > > for a probable solution. it look like it fixes the problem for me, thanks. -- MandrakeSoft Inc http://www

Re: 2.4.1-pre8/10 klogd taking 100% of CPU time -- bug?

2001-01-23 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Tigran Aivazian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, it works, but one should NOT forget to rename /sbin/syslogd -> > syslogd.old and klogd likewise because the new versions install themselves was not a problem for RPM since i did a RPM with the patch : --=-=-= From: Chmouel B

Re: Running "make install" runs lilo on my Athlon but not my Pentium II.

2001-01-26 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Miles Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes. The script exists on both machines, but I think you have > nailed the problem. The working machine is running RedHat 6.2 plus > a 2.4.0+ kernel. The other (the Athlon) is running Mandrake 7.2 plus > a 2.4.0+ kernel. On the working machine, the ins

Re: Knowing what options a kernel was compiled with

2001-01-28 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"Matthew Pitts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Some distributions DO include the config. It may be located > in the /boot dir with a name CONFIG-2.2.10 or similar. I > know that Caldera 2.3 shiped that way(2.4 may also). If you > have the install CDROM, the kernel source install may have > it (e.g

Re: 2.4.4 breaks dhcpcd with Realtek 8139

2001-04-30 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Garett Spencley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Michael F Gordon wrote: > > > dhcpcd stops working if I install 2.4.4. Replacing the 2.4.4 version of > > 8139too.c with the 2.4.3 version and leaving everything else exactly > > the same gets things working again. Configuring

Re: >2G Files

2001-05-02 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Bill Wendling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > Question: Does Linux support >2G files and, if so, how do I implement > this? check this page : http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html > > Thanks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of