Re: kernel problems
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Luke Shulenburger wrote:
> I am running potato on an LX and I have recently been having some
> interesting problems. I have upgraded to the 2.2.12 kernel, but the
> computer seems to think that I am still at kernel version 2.2.7. (At
> least that's what /proc/version tells me) I compiled the kernel by hand
> and am sure that milo booted off of it.
MILO didn't use it to boot off of, fyi. /proc/version is always correct.
The way I juggle kernels is to copy the images into / and name them
appropriately (eg. vmlinux.2212.gz, etc). From there, since I have an SX,
I make a new boot selection in AlphaBIOS so that it passes the correct
boot command to MILO (with the correct new kernel image name inserted) and
make it default. Later on, I go back and delete old entries and kernels.
If you don't have the environment stuff set up in AlphaBIOS/ARC, though,
make sure you boot using a milo command like:
boot sdb1:/vmlinux.2212.gz root=/dev/sda1
> I also get this strange error
> whenever I run top:
>
> Warning: /usr/src/linux/System.map not parseable as a System.map
> Warning: /System.map has an incorrect kernel version.
Make sure to copy the System.map file that is built with your kernel to /
or create a softlink to it's real location. Also, make sure that your
version of procps is updated. There was a problem in a previous version
that caused top or ps to display that message all of the time, even if
System.map was up-to-date.
> I originally decided to upgrade the kernel because when I installed the
> oss package to get my sound card (AWE64) working, I was no longer able to
> print. I have checked the io ranges and interrupts that my alphabios
> believes the soundcard and lpt1 are at, and they do not conflict at all.
> Also in this newest kernel I turned off plug and play support because the
> only plug and play card I have is the sound card. I did this to prevent
> the sound card from initializing, but my problem was not solved. Any help
> you might offer would be appreciated. Also, if this is not the proper
> list for this question, please direct me to a more suitable one.
This, I'm stumped on with the current info given. What kind of Alpha do
you run? Also, email me (not the list) a copy of the .config and I might
be able to tell what happened...
C
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