Re: CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED

[Micha <michf@post.tau.ac.il>]

On 03/12/2009 16:00, ghammar@sv-phoenix.com wrote:
> I was fixing a problem with my root login and Orbit/Gnome. One of the
> things that was recommended was to do
>
> apt-get upgrade && apt-get update
>
> Somehow in the process of doing that, there were some changes to the
> kernel. Now when I try to boot, I get the message "... update kernel or
> disable CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPECATED...". I went into /boot and edited
> config_2.6.26_2-amd64 and changed the "y" to "n" for both
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED and CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2, but the error
> message remains. I can boot into single user mode and access the system,
> but I can't do a complete system boot. It hangs on the CPUFreq part. I
> would like to get my laptop back without completely rebuilding the OS.
>
> Any suggestions?

The config file in /boot tells you what options the kernel was configered with, 
it doesn't affect the installed kernel.

You need to recompile your kernel with those options or install an upgraded 
kernel (don't know what debian uses at the moment, been using custom kernels for 
several years now)

> Giff