wierd errors at boot now

gzaector · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 4:13 am Post subject: wierd errors at boot now

ok, so my box got unplugged accidently, so i had to reboot, well when it was rebooting, i noticed that a few modprobe errors came up, and i only have 3 or 4 modules loading at startup... but i checked /var/log/debug and found this

di1bert · l33t Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 963 Location: Oslo, Norway

I got the same thing. Do you find that nothing is wrong though ?
Despite all these errors my system is still running like a dream.

I will let you know if I find anything that fixes the "problem".

Later

:wink:

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gzaector · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:13 pm Post subject:

yea man, it is run just as awsome as usual hehe, its just my boot was pretty much perfect, and i want it back that way, hehe ;-)

di1bert · l33t Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 963 Location: Oslo, Norway

Hehe..I know what you mean...
I think we should watch this thread (https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=40687)...looks like it might be the new devfs ebuild. I guess we will have to wait and see though...

I am using:
[ I] sys-apps/devfsd-1.3.25-r2

*shrug*

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gzaector · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:53 pm Post subject:

di1bert · l33t Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 963 Location: Oslo, Norway

Just did an

ghetto · Guru Joined: 10 Jul 2002 Posts: 369 Location: BC, Canada

Hi,

Im really glad to find this thread, but unfortunately `emerge devfsd` has not solved the problem for me.

I seem to be having the exact same problem that you have described.

Any furthur sudgestions?

Thanks muchly

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NeoCORE · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 1:19 am Post subject:

I am in the same position

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ghetto · Guru Joined: 10 Jul 2002 Posts: 369 Location: BC, Canada

I finally did fix the problem, however it is pretty nasty fix so dont blame me if something terrible happens.

\\First make a copy of your config file.
# mkdir /root/backup
# cp -a /usr/src/linux/.config /root/backup/.config

\\Then do this, but change {linux-kernel-source} to your true kernel sources
# rm -r /usr/src/{linux-kernel-source}

\\Next do this, and again change this to your true {kernel-version-directory)
# rm -r /lib/modules/{kernel-version-directory}

\\Now emerge the kernel you wish to use, I am using gaming-sources
# emerge gaming-sources

\\Copy your config file back to where it belongs
# cp -a /root/backup/.config /usr/src/{gaming-sources-kernel}

\\Then remake your kernel
# cd /usr/src/{gaming-sources-kernel}
# make menuconfig \\make sure everything is ok
# make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install

\\when it is done backup your old kernel then copy the new kernel to boot
# mount /boot
# cp /boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage.old
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage

\\now change the kernel symlink
# rm /usr/src/linux
# ln -s /usr/src/{gaming-kernel-source} /usr/src/linux

\\Now if you wish you may make a few changes to lilo.conf or to grub.conf
\\and then(only if you are using lilo) rerun lilo and make sure it work with no errors

\\Now emerge any extra kernel modules you may need
# emerge alsa-driver
# emerge nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel
# emerge e100
\\etc etc etc.....

\\Re-emerge devfsd
# emerge devfsd

\\Now you can go ahead and reboot.
\\After rebooting, you MAY see the same good old modprobe errors.. DONT WORRY ABOUT IT.

\\If you DO SEE THEM, then do this... and then reboot _again_
# emerge devfsd

**Notes**
Make sure that when you are compiling your kernel that you do not under _any_ circumstances hit ctrl-c ..NEVER EVER DO THAT. If for some reason you have accidently hit ctrl-c while _any_ part of the kernel was in the process of compiling.. then I sudgest removing the kernel sources and the kernel module librarys and re emerging the kernel-sources from scratch and starting the whole process over again.

Also dont be too worried if you get the modprobe errors even after you boot the computer once or twice after trying this hack... the problem only went away after I booted my computer three times.. dont ask me why.. but this is how I got the problem to disappear for me.
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lanius · Retired Dev Joined: 08 Dec 2002 Posts: 160

still the same weird error messages, any suggestions?

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NeoCORE · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 1:52 am Post subject:

Still no luck... tried it several times, wtih several different kernels and configurations... no such luck... any1 find out the cause of this yet? Any1 managed to get a solution... If not... suppose I'll go down to the local farmer and get myself a chicken

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ghetto · Guru Joined: 10 Jul 2002 Posts: 369 Location: BC, Canada

post a bug if your still having difficulty
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NeoCORE · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 12:54 pm Post subject:

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19608
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