From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262311AbVAEJ7p (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2005 04:59:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262310AbVAEJ7o (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2005 04:59:44 -0500 Received: from dsl-217-155-115-179.zen.co.uk ([217.155.115.179]:4480 "HELO felix.billp.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262311AbVAEJ7S (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2005 04:59:18 -0500 From: bil@beeb.net Reply-To: bil@beeb.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: problems with 2.6.10 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 09:59:13 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200501050959.14091.bil@beeb.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I've downloaded, configured and compiled 2.6.10 for my IBM Thinkpad A21m. I've installed quite a few kernels over the years, and while not a kernel expert, thought I understood enough to get by. Sadly when I tried to boot up the new kernel I get a few error messages which I can't figure out. Also, once the system is up my keyboard is DEAD. My only option is the power-off button! My 'base' system is Mandrake 10.0. I have been running 2.6.7 with only minor problems (hence the desire to upgrade to 2.6.10). The error messages that I've been able to find in the log are: (I'm including an 'expected' message to indicate roughly the context) Jan 5 08:22:33 felix kernel: Loaded 23850 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.10. Jan 5 08:22:33 felix kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.10. Jan 5 08:22:33 felix kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled. This is right at the start of the log. Not sure if this means that the symbols for the modules are not enabled, as various module-provided functions do seem to be working. I can't run lsmod to check as the keyboard is dead. Jan 5 08:22:33 felix kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev Jan 5 08:22:33 felix kernel: jbd: version magic '2.6.3-7mdk 586 ' should be '2.6.10 PENTIUMIII gcc-3.3' Jan 5 08:22:33 felix kernel: ext3: version magic '2.6.3-7mdk 586 ' should be '2.6.10 PENTIUMIII gcc-3.3' Not sure if these are significant. 2.6.3-7mdk is the original Mandrake 10.0 kernel. Jan 5 08:22:18 felix usb: Initializing USB controller (usb-uhci): succeeded Jan 5 08:22:18 felix mount: mount: fs type usbdevfs not supported by kernel Jan 5 08:22:18 felix usb: Mount USB filesystem failed This worries me - I definitely have usbdevfs marked in the config: # # Miscellaneous USB options # CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH=y # CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS is not set # CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_USB_OTG is not set Despite this, USB seems to be working OK, my mouse is USB and that was responding when X11 had come up. Jan 5 08:22:31 felix ifplugd(eth0)[1716]: Using interface eth0 Jan 5 08:22:31 felix ifplugd(eth0)[1716]: Failed to detect plug status of eth0 Jan 5 08:22:31 felix ifplugd(eth0)[1716]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up'. Jan 5 08:22:31 felix ifplugd(eth0)[1716]: client: xircom_tulip_cb device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. Jan 5 08:22:31 felix ifplugd(eth0)[1716]: Program execution failed, return value is 1. Jan 5 08:22:31 felix ifplugd(eth0)[1716]: Exiting. This is serious! If the ethernet had come up, there was a chance that I could have logged in via ssh to debug further. The ethernet comes up fine under 2.6.7 That's all the error messages that I could find. Everything else seemed to be much as normal. I can live with a few error messages at boot-up provided things continue to work, but a dead keyboard is a major setback. After I rebooted back to 2.6.7 I checked the .config file, and checked to see what modules were around and thought I'd found something - the 'input.ko' module was missing. Checking through using 'make xconfig' I discovered that there was no option for this - it's just displayed as a heading. However, checking the .config file shows CONFIG_INPUT=y so I presume that the 'module' has been compiled into the kernel. I'm not a subscriber to the lkml (too much traffic) so I'd appreciate a direct reply if anyone can help. Many thanks Bill -- +-----------------------------------------------+ | Bill Purvis, thrice-retired software engineer | | e-mail: bil@beeb.net | | web: bil.members.beeb.net | +-----------------------------------------------+