Re: help with kernel 2.5.69
On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 03:01, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 07:51, Rob Weir wrote:
> > On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 01:24:13PM -0700, Gerry J wrote:
> > > I'm trying to compile kernel 2.5.69 from the
> > > kernel-source-2.5.69 package and using the
> > > kernel-package system to do it. It compiles, but when
> > > I try to install the kernel and it runs depmod, I get
> > > several "Unresolved symbols in
> > > /lib/modules/2.5.69/kernel..." messages and these two
> > > messages:
> > >
> > > cpio: /etc/modprobe.conf: No such file or directory
> > > cpio: /lib/modules/modprobe.conf: No such file or
> > > directory
> >
> > The module loading system has changed. Install module-init-tools.
> >
> > > If I ignore this and try to boot from the new kernel
> > > anyway, lilo says it is booting the kernel image, but
> > > then nothing else happens. No messages from the
> > > kernel.
> >
> > Did you include TTY and/or VGA console support?
> >
> > > I am using gcc-2.95 (also tried 3.2) and I compile it
> >
> > Both should work.
> >
> > > with the --initrd option since this seems to be
> > > recommended for debian kernel source packages. I also
> > > have the proper initrd option in my lilo.conf. My
> > > system is up to date with the testing distribution.
> >
> > Using a initrd is pointless if you're building your own kernel. Debian
> > only uses it for it's kernel-images so absolutely everything (including
> > essential stuff like your IDE driver and the ext2 driver) can be built
> > as modules. If you're building your own kernel, then just include this
> > essential stuff *in* your kernel.
> >
> > > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > 2.5 is still heavily under development, and you're going to get burnt if
> > you don't read lkml or at least Kernel Traffic (http://kt.zork.net/).
>
> Extending on that, last I had heard (not Hurd) about Linux 2.5, IDE was
> still not complete, and had been largely rewritten from scratch at
> certain points, and it is still listed on the TODO list as needing work.
> If you have IDE drives, that should be a show stopper for general use
> itself.
I've been using 2.5.50-69 for quite while now on an ide based system
(Asus L3800 to be pecise) and while the earlier kernels where a little
problematic from about 2.5.60 they have been great, they are stable and
perform well, sound works, acpi works. The pre-emptive kernel works a
treat and given that I develop in Java on this machine the new threading
stuff is a real bonus.
Oh just to add I haven't used the kernel-package system I just download
the patches and do it by hand.
rgh
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