Same Problem after reboot everytime I install

Ballerbaer · n00b Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Hi,
I've problems everytime I install gentoo 2006.1 with the 2.6.18 kernel. Never had those before with an older version ( 2005.1 I think, lost the cd so I don't know :cry:

).
Now I've already installed the whole system 4 times but I always get that error at reboot. I have no idea what's wrong.
After I select gentoo at grub there comes that message:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject:

Ballerbaer,

Welcome to gentoo.

Theres no errors in your post, only informational messages. There may be a hint of a problem in this line

Ballerbaer · n00b Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Hi, thanks for the fast answer.

With 'the kernel options I use are ones which i set before at 2.6.17' I meant I use similar options as in 2.6.17.
I make menuconfig at new kernel as normal and set all settings in the menu.
So I build a completely new kernel.

My old kernel is deleted. Sorry for my bad english.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject:

Ballerbaer,

Your English is fine. I was really clutching at straws because there is no error in your original post.

What happens next ?
Does the system hang or boot to a prompt ?

Is there a kernel panic or some other error message ?
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Ballerbaer · n00b Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

No it stops at that point and nothing more happens.

So, i only see that message I posted.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject:

Ballerbaer,

That makes it really difficult to diagnose because the kernel console output is not synchronised with what its actually doing.

I'll guess that you don't have a real time clock card in your computer, so the driver

Ballerbaer · n00b Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Hi again,

ok i gave it a try. I have turned off the himem support ( I have 1,5GB thats why it was turned on, i used the 4GB option ).
But what makes me very confused is that the RTC Clock driver is turned off in my kernel and was all the time. ( Searched at
Device Drivers --> Real Time Clock --> RTC class ).

Now I got the same message but without the line with the himem. The line with Real Time CLock driver.. is still there.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject:

Ballerbaer,

Start chopping things out of your kernel that are not needed for booting.

If you post the lspci output and your kernel .config file, I'll look it over
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erik258 · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:26 am Post subject:

Ballerbaer · n00b Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Ok, new day new try.
I removed all unnecessary options in the kernel ( like Network-Card drivers etc. ).
I set the RTC options as erik posted.
Too I set back the himem support to 4GB.

Same Problem at all. Perhaps I should try an older kernel version :?:

I will post you my lspci output and my .config file:

lspci:

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject:

You might want to try booting with a couple of different kernel options, to see if it gets you further in the boot process.

I would try either one or the other or both together

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject:

Ballerbaer,

You are missing the hardware driver for your hard drive. You need these settings (ICH4 and ICH5 are the same.)
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y is not for you.

I would have expected your system to die with a kernel panic ... unknown-block (0,0) messsage, not just hang.

You don't have a CONFIG_E100=y, rather you have a

Ballerbaer · n00b Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Hi,

I tried both of your solutions. Set the Hard-drive settings neddySeagoon posted,
Disabled CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX
Disabled Ethernet 100 support.
Enabled Marvel Yukon support again.
Disabled CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS and CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX.
Disabled the radeonfb support
Disabled acpi completely ( sure its a good idea? )

-> Still don't work.

Yes I have an Intel Pentium 4. /proc/cpuinfo says Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz.
The CM8738 driver was turned on before.

Thanks for this hints anyway.

erik258 · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject:

take a pic of the screen?
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject:

erik258,

... but only after you have a kernel that mounts root, so modules can be read.

Ballerbaer,

You don't have a non standard partition scheme do you?
Get the bzImage file from here Its for a P3 on an Intel chipset motherboard. It should boot to a prompt on your system but it will give you lots of errors about missing modules.

I'be not set up apache to serve files with names beginning with a dot, which is a bit of a shame because it stops you getting the .config
No initrd is needed, just a section in grub.conf like this.

Ballerbaer · n00b Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Got it working

Disabling the support for framebuffer devices completely did it for me.

I posted the whole screen output before erik.

Thank you all for the whole great help you gave me.
You guys are real smart

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject:

Ballerbaer,

Well done. If you really want framebuffer support, vesa-tng or vesa should be safe.
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