Re: Not impressed with 2.6.0-test2 so far...

[Neal Lippman <nl@lippman.org>]

On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 22:11, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 09:07:38PM -0400, Neal Lippman wrote:
> > I'm wondering if anyone has gotten 2.6.0-test2 compiled and runnign at
> > all
> 
> Of course; tons of people are running it.  It's what I use for most of
> my daily work.  My laptop, alas, is a little unstable under 2.6, but two
> other computers at work are running fine.
> 
> > and has any pointers?
> 
> It probably won't be possible to do any troubleshooting without more
> detail about your particular situation: exact error messages, hardware
> involved, etc.


Unfortunately, it's a bit hard to provide full details because, as I
outlined above, I cannot even get a system working well enough to log in
and review dmesg.

For the record:
Hardware is: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ on MSI K7T-266Pro motherboard, 512 MB
Mushkin PC2100 DRAM.
	1 WD 80 GB HD, IDE, as hda
	1 Pioneer 106S DVD reader as hdc
	1 HP CDRW as hdd (ide-scsi under 2.4.x)
	Linksys 10/100 ethernet card (tulip driver)
	ATI Radeon 7500 video, AGP
	Creative SB Value sound card (PCI)

Using 2.6.0-test2, I find that with the kernel_image in sarge, I get a
series of "dma errors" on hdc, followed by errors loading module
lvm_mod, followed by a panic after attempting to kill /sbin/init.

With my own complied 2.6.0-test2, I am finally able to boot, but kdm
cannot start. At the login prompt, I cannot log in as the keyboard does
not work. I will review the .config and maybe I made the keyboard a
module and it is not getting loaded.

I d/l'd 2.6.0-test5 from www.kernel.org tonight. That doesn't even
compile, with error:
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x1d553): In function
`register_serial_portandirq`::
 undefined reference to `register_serial`
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x1d6ad): In function `wmave_exit':: undefined
reference to `unregister_serial'

I haven't even begun to look at the source yet to see if I can figure
that one out.

I'd be happy to post my .config files if anyone has the time to look
through them.

Oh yes, I am running sarge. gcc version is 3.3.1 20030626 Debian
prerelease.

nl