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Cain n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 3:23 pm Post subject: after 1.4 install kernel panic |
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Hi,
I have a spare machine here that I just installed Gentoo 1.4 on from scratch. The specs of the computer are the following:
ABIT LX6 motherboard, (440LX chipset)
Pentium II 333 CPU
384MB RAM
HDA: 8.4 GB Deskstar IDE
HDB: Toshiba CDROM IDE
HDC: 6.4 GB Quantum Fireball IDE
Matrox Millenium II video card
linksys LNE100 NIC
The error I'm getting on reboot is this:
----Detected usb-storage hardware
kernel panic: attempted to kill init!
No other errors are reported prior to this. I used genkernel to configure the kernel and set up LILO for boot.
Ideas?
Thanks for reading this far. |
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Ben2040 Guru
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 445 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Do you have a USB storage device?
Ben |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Cain n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 4:29 pm Post subject: reply: no usb devices at all |
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strangely, i don't even have a USB device hooked up at this point. |
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Cain n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 4:46 pm Post subject: something I tried (failed) |
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I chrooted back in after booting from CD#1 and ran the following:
rc-update del hotplug default
That failed to produce a fix. Although, since I'm a n00b, i could have messed up, but it did indicate that the hotplug had been removed from default so I think it worked, but it still failed. |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think it's related to the USB thing. I believe this has something to do with /dev/initctl when changing runtime modes.
Chroot back in with the cd and try:
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mknod /dev/initctl p
chmod 600 /dev/initctl
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Cain n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:20 pm Post subject: No luck with that |
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that didn't work either. Is there a way for me to tell it to not initialize any USB at all, perhaps I can get around this...it's not like I use USB all that much anyways. |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Now try "init 6" while chrooted. You should get an error, right?
This isn't related to USB, I'm 99% sure. |
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Cain n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:59 pm Post subject: yep, got an error |
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The error I got with init 6 was:
init: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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You're in the exact same boat as me, friend. Let's hope this gets resolved. |
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Cain n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:53 pm Post subject: remove USB? |
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Could the situation be fixed by removing USB support from the kernel? |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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I really don't think so. Init changes runlevels, and USB has nothing to do with runlevels. |
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pilgrimm n00b
Joined: 23 Aug 2003 Posts: 28 Location: Galesburg, Illinois, USA
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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i've gotten the same exact error.
i've tried installing from the stage1,2, and 3 tarballs and i get the same error everytime. |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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pilgrimm wrote: | i've gotten the same exact error.
i've tried installing from the stage1,2, and 3 tarballs and i get the same error everytime. |
This sure is the pits. I guess I'll go try a stage 3 now and see if that works.
What bootloader are you guys using? Maybe that's what it is--I'm using LILO. |
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pilgrimm n00b
Joined: 23 Aug 2003 Posts: 28 Location: Galesburg, Illinois, USA
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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pengo wrote: | pilgrimm wrote: | i've gotten the same exact error.
i've tried installing from the stage1,2, and 3 tarballs and i get the same error everytime. |
This sure is the pits. I guess I'll go try a stage 3 now and see if that works.
What bootloader are you guys using? Maybe that's what it is--I'm using LILO. |
i'm using LILO as well. |
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cyrillic Watchman
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 7313 Location: Groton, Massachusetts USA
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Do any of you have ACPI enabled in your kernel ? Maybe your hardware doesn't like it. Try passing "acpi=off" to the kernel when you boot. |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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cyrillic wrote: | Do any of you have ACPI enabled in your kernel ? Maybe your hardware doesn't like it. Try passing "acpi=off" to the kernel when you boot. |
How would I go about doing this? I'm a Linux noob. |
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pilgrimm n00b
Joined: 23 Aug 2003 Posts: 28 Location: Galesburg, Illinois, USA
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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cyrillic wrote: | Do any of you have ACPI enabled in your kernel ? Maybe your hardware doesn't like it. Try passing "acpi=off" to the kernel when you boot. |
didn't fix it. |
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Cain n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 12:49 am Post subject: my config |
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I'm using LILO and a stage 3 setup. I tried acpi=off and that failed...perhaps I'm doing it wrong? |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 12:49 am Post subject: |
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I'm going to go reinstall from a stage 3 tarball and maybe try GRUB. |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 3:01 am Post subject: |
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Kickass!
Apparently using genkernel made the problem. I forgot to enable DevFS support, but I think once I do that my system will be 100% operational! Now to sit through the hellish GUI emerge... |
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pilgrimm n00b
Joined: 23 Aug 2003 Posts: 28 Location: Galesburg, Illinois, USA
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 7:25 am Post subject: |
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yeah, i neglected to use genkernel this time and compiled the kernel by hand. success.
genkernel has now found its way onto my enemies list. |
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Cain n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:02 pm Post subject: what I'm up to |
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I'm going to try running genkernel again. Should that fail I'll email one of the developers with a question on it. If it was just my system that was ubar then I could accept that "it's just me" but since there's more than just me involved then something is going on--just don't know what that something is yet... |
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Cain n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 7:43 pm Post subject: failed |
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I'm off to email the wizards... |
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pengo n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 53
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Do not use genkernel! Just compile it yourself--It's really not that hard and it takes less time than genkernel, and it will solve your problem. |
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