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Re: Kernel 2.4.19-pa6 - can't login.



Maybe some kind of SCSI problems ?
What does your boot log says (if you can see it), and does it still boot
and let you enter the system with an older kernel ?

On Friday 30 August 2002 00:30, Richard Nairn wrote:
> You would assume wrong, I have. In /dev/input I have event[0-3], js[0-3],
> mice, and mouse[0-3].
>
> I should have made it a little more clear, I can enter a user name, hit
> enter then it will freeze.  It will never prompt me for a password. If I am
> booting single user mode, it won't get me to the point of putting in a
> password either.
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 11:55:20PM +0200, Helge Deller wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 August 2002 23:22, Richard Nairn wrote:
> > > I just grabbed the precompiled kernel 2.4.19-pa6.  I have a 735/125. I
> > > can get to the login prompt fine, but it will freeze there. I have top
> > > running on one of the VTs and it show's ksoftirqd_CPU0 chewing up some
> > > serious CPU.
> > >
> > > The only other problem that I noticed is that it reports a kernel bug
> > > at slab.c:1130 The SysRq key also dosn't work, it reports an unknown
> > > scancode.
> > >
> > > Any Ideas?
> >
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > I assume you haven't created the /dev/input/* devices as described in the
> > FAQ in entry #12 (http://www.parisc-linux.org/faq/index.html#12)  - e.g.
> > cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV input
> >
> > The hight ksoftirqd_CPU0 usage is normal currently with the HIL drivers.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Helge



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