Re: ...boot problems...

I don't know the exact cause of the XSESSION errors, but you might check
'/etc/rc.conf'.  If there is a line that isn't commented with '#' that
contains XSESSION=[something] I would comment it out.  This raises the
question, are you booting into X?

I expect the network problem is completely unrelated.
I would first ensure that you are using the proper driver for your
network card and that the driver is detecting your card.  If everything
is good the driver should emit some text probably stating the MAC
address or something.  You can check your kernel logs for this text,
posibly in /var/log/kernel/current.  Or use Shift+PageUp to scroll up on
the primary console.

Do you think you selected the right network card when you configured
your kernel?  If you don't know exactly what card to select, you can
take a look at /proc/pci.  If the card is functioning it should show up
there (assuming its a PCI card).


On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 13:23, Michael Teter wrote:
> Howdy.
> 
> I just installed Gentoo on my Dell development
> machine.
> 
> I followed the x86 guide from the Gentoo site.
> 
> A first note, I don't know what the hell I'm doing.  I
> just want to make that clear :)
> 
> On boot I get some errors.
> 
> I see:
> ==================================================
> ( some messages ) 
> 
> * Activating swap...
> Adding Swap: blah blah [ok]
> /sbin/runscript.sh: XSESSION: command not found
> /sbin/runscript.sh: XSESSION: command not found
> /sbin/runscript.sh: XSESSION: command not found
> /sbin/runscript.sh: XSESSION: command not found
> /sbin/runscript.sh: XSESSION: command not found
> * Remounting root filesystem read-only (if necessary)
> [ok]
> * Checking root filesystem...
> fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
> fsck: fsck.xfs: not found
> fsck: Error 2 while executing fsck.xfs for /dev/hda3
> [ok]
> * Remounting root filesystem read/write... [ok]
> * Checking all filesystems...
> fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
> /dev/hda1: clean, 26/26104 files, 8750/104391 blocks
> [ok]
> 
> ( a few more messages )
> 
> /sbin/runscript.sh: XSESSION: command not found
> * Setting hostname to mtdev02... [ok]
> 
> ( more messages, with an occasional XSESSION error as
> listed above )
> 
> * Loading module sg...
> * Failed to load sg [!!]
> 
> * Loading module sr_mod...
> * Failed to load sr_mod [!!]
> 
> ( more XSESSION errors )
> 
> * Bringing lo up... [ok]
> 
> ( several more XSESSION errors )
> 
> ( some success lines, more XSESSION errors )
> 
> * Bringing eth0 up...
> * Failed to bring eth0 up [!!]
> 
> ( a couple more success lines, followed by a final
> XSESSION error )
> 
> ====================================================
> 
> I attempted to follow the install guide completely.  I
> did stage1, 2, and 3.
> 
> The part that I suspect most was my kernel
> configuration.  I added pre-emptable kernel and things
> suggested in the doc.
> 
> I'm particularly confused by the XFS-related errors,
> since I specifically turned XFS off in the kernel, and
> I'm only using ext3 (for /boot) and ReiserFS (for /).
> 
> Any suggestions?  If I'm in really sad shape, tell me
> "go back to RedHat" if that's what I should do.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> 
> 
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