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sean_zhang

13th August 2007, 05:59

I downloaded the 2.6.22.2 kernel from www.kernel.org and tried to install it on my system (old kernel is 2.6.12) following the guide on http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_suse, but after when it's done, I got the following messages when my computer restarts.

************************************************** ********
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1310702 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
Checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 2342k freed
apm: BIOS not found
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
audit(1187003001.692.1): initialized
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
io scheduler noop regitered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xf8880000, using 1875k, total 16384k
vesafb: mode is 800x600x16, linelength=1600, pages=16
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:a026
vesafb: pmi:set display start=c00ca0b0, set palette=c00ca16e
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0
Console: switching to color frame buffer device 100x37
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
isapnp: Scanning for pnp cards..
isapnp: no pnp device found
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $ Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
00:09: ttys0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq=4) is a 16550A
Floppy device(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Clocksource tsc unstable (delta=5993995 1181 ns)
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After the message, the system seems hang up.
Can you please tell me what is wrong with my system?
:confused:

My hardware configuration:
Dell notebook D631
(XPress 1270 chipset)

falko

14th August 2007, 13:18

Did you create a ramdisk of your new kernel? What's in /boot/grub/menu.lst?

Did you use the configuration of the old working kernel to compile the new one?

sean_zhang

15th August 2007, 04:43

Here is content of my menu.lst file:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on 一 8月 13 08:07:02 CST 2007
color white/blue black/light-gray

default 2
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/sda6
vga=0x314
resume=/dev/sda5
splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd

title SuSE Test
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.2--smp
root=/dev/sda6
vga=0x314
resume=/dev/sda5
splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.2--smp

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###

title Windows
chainloader (hd0,1)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/sda6
vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3

I did load the old config file that worked with my old kernel file before I compiled the new kernel: config-2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
But I am not sure if the old config file is loaded successfully. No errors or warnings pop up.

sean_zhang

15th August 2007, 04:54

I've got another question:

I also tried to patch my old kernel 2.6.16 using file patch-2.6.22
patch -p1 < patch-2.6.22

But nothing changed after the patch was installed. Why?
Is it possible to upgrade kernel in this way?

falko

16th August 2007, 13:54

sean_zhang

20th August 2007, 05:41

I tried to install the OpenSuSE 10.3 Beta (Kernel version 2.6.22.1) on my notebook yesterday, and I met the following problems:
A. The installation process is quite slow. It spend over 10 min (probably much longer) to detect and active hardwares.
B. The hard disk is not found.

Then I tried to boot SuSE10 w/ the newly installed kernel 2.6.22.2, which is from www.kernel.org, and I found that after 10 (or 20? or even longer) min, the system reports the following messages:
resume device /dev/sda5 not found (ignoring)
waiting for device /dev/sda6 to appear:.........not found--exiting to /bin/sh
sh: no job control in this shell
$
PS: SuSE10 is installed in the partition sda5

I wonder if anybody has met this problem when using kernel 2.6.22.

The hardware configuration of my notebook:
CPU: AMD 64 X2 TL-56
Chipset: AMD XPress 1270
Hard drive: Toshiba SATA 60G
:confused: