[SOLVED! THANK YOU!] chroot: FATAL: kernel too old.

codergeek42 · Last edited by codergeek42 on Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:36 am; edited 1 time in total

Umm...don't ask me why (I don't even know why...it just felt good at the time), but I did "emerge -C pam-login" and now I can't login anymore...as root or as my user. So I go to boot form the Gentoo LiveCD and follow the instructions to chroot into /dev/hda3 in order to emerge it again. so I mount it, etc. and then type

codergeek42 · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:30 am Post subject:

Forgot to add that I am typing this from booting into the SuSE LiveCD .
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kiezpro · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:35 am Post subject:

That's a tricky one... I checked which files are installed with pam-login, and it seems like the only crucial ones are /etc/login.defs and /bin/login. You should be able to copy both from the Gentoo CD, boot from your harddrive and then re-emerge pam-login. Good luck!

codergeek42 · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:39 am Post subject:

Hmmm...I'll try that. Thanx.
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RaaR · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 125

I may be reaching here but there's no harm in asking:

Does your system have a nptl glibc? If that is the case, bash won't work if you boot with a 2.4 kernel (hence the "kernel too old" error). Try booting with the Knoppix26 kernel and check if that solves the problem.

Good luck!

codergeek42 · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:31 am Post subject:

codergeek42 · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:22 am Post subject:

IT WORKED!!!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU!!!

Alright. Copying /bin/login from the LiveCD and using the SMP kernel worked and I was able to chroot and re-emerge pam-login.
And I can login normally and stuff now.

If either of you are ever around the Anaheim area, stop by and let me buy you a few rounds of non-alcholic beverages.
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blue.sca · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:14 am Post subject:

hehe, i had the exact same problem, used the cruft script to remove my /etc/pam.d/* :) (bad thing btw, dont trust this).
i just copied over the files in /etc/pam.d/* on the livecd and could reboot and login, to re-emerge pam-login...
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kiezpro · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:51 am Post subject:

Well, I live about 6500 miles away from Anaheim, so it's not too often on my way :-)
Glad I could help though!