(usagi-users 03730) Re: Problems with USAGI kernel

hi tim,

this is a long shot, but you might consider a path like ours.
that is, we are not using the usagi kernel so i am ignoring that part of 
the pkg
initially.

my suggestion is, fetch the kernel.org version of the usagi kernel and 
build that
without any usagi interaction. that should result in  a kernel you can 
build and boot.

then using that as a template, you can compare that to your current 
failing kernel
and maybe the issue will pop out? i suggest a start by comparing the 
resulting
.config file from the kernel.org and the .config generated by the usagi 
kernel
instructions...

hth, jackc...



Tim McFadden wrote:
> Dear USAGI folk,
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> GRUB prints out its info from grub/menu.lst correctly, then comes the 
> uncompress, then boot, then nothing.
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> I've done many make xconfig's, the last using a different computer, 
> with slightly different peripherals.
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> Vz.:
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> make mrproper
> make xconfig (or make gconfig)
> make
> make modules
> make modules_install
> make install
> mkinitrd
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> I do get errors about non-existent intermediate files and lack of 
> dependencies for drivers in mkinitrd, but no absolute failures.
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> I've worked with kernel code before, so if anyone has suggestions 
> about what to look for, I could try patches.
> It could be something messy, like hardware the kernel isn't prepared 
> for. The newer commodity PCs have new hardware attached.
>
> Tx,
> tim
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> jackc wrote:
>> working with the same tarball, i got your results.
>> my local guru said i had not done the make menuconfig step and
>> stuff was missing from the resulting build.
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>> did you do the make menuconfig step?
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>> just a wag, hth, jackc...
>>
>> Tim McFadden wrote:
>>> Dear Folks,
>>>
>>> After successfully making a bootable kernel 2.6.12 from USAGI on 
>>> SUSE Linux 10.0, I am having trouble with the
>>> 2.6.16 and 2.6.12  versions on SUSE 10.1.
>>>
>>> I am specifically using usagi-linux26-s20060904.tar.bz2.
>>>
>>> GRUB gets to the correct kernel, but then all I get when booting is 
>>> a blank screen.
>>> Are there specific modules needed?
>>>
>>> Any assistance will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Tim McFadden
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