Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-04 Thread Sian Mountbatten
poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > On Oct 30, 8:10 pm, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > I suspect that my configuration of the kernel is at fault, but where > should I start looking for problems? > > Problem solved by installing wheezy which comes with a 3.0.0 kernel. Thank you all for your time and p

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-04 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:56:46 -0700 (PDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote > in message > <6a9c6581-5fbb-4848-9d92-81bf0dbce...@j36g2000prh.googlegroups.com>: > >> On Oct 31, 7:20 pm, "poenik...@operamail.com" >> wrote: >> > On Oct 31, 12:40 am, Stephen Powell wrote: >> > >

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-04 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:02:56 -0400 (EDT), Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >> Thank you all for your helpful advice and info. >> >> I am giving up on squeeze because I get so many problems with building >> a series 3 kernel. I tried to download a kernel image from wheezy, but

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:02:56 -0400 (EDT), Sian Mountbatten wrote: > > Thank you all for your helpful advice and info. > > I am giving up on squeeze because I get so many problems with building > a series 3 kernel. I tried to download a kernel image from wheezy, but > got problems when I tried to

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:43:12 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: > > But my (single internal) hard disk is always /dev/sda, and my two > external USB disks are always /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc. So what difference > does it make? You mean that *so far* your internal hard disk is always /dev/sda and *s

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-01 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:10:02 +0100, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:46:13 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, >>> such as >>> >>> /dev/hda1 >>>

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-01 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:00:54 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:46:13 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, >>> such as >>> >>> /dev/hda1 /dev/

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:46:13 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, such >> as >> >> /dev/hda1 >> /dev/sda1 > > Why? Two reasons. First, whether an IDE hard disk

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-01 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, such > as > >/dev/hda1 /dev/sda1 Why? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:54:37 -0400 (EDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > > I followed the instructions given in Kernel.htm and built a kernel > from the source tree I had > downloaded from www.kernel.org after issuing make-kpkg debian. I also > patched kernel-package > using the patch file (linu

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:25:04 -0400 (EDT), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> I would recommend using something like "make localmodconfig" to strip >> out drivers your hardware doesn't need. There are many hidden >> dependencies, such as SCSI support, that are not obvious. >> ... > T

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-11-01 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:56:46 -0700 (PDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote in message <6a9c6581-5fbb-4848-9d92-81bf0dbce...@j36g2000prh.googlegroups.com>: > On Oct 31, 7:20 pm, "poenik...@operamail.com" > wrote: > > On Oct 31, 12:40 am, Stephen Powell wrote: > > > Also, I recommend that you read >

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-31 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 31, 7:20 pm, "poenik...@operamail.com" wrote: > On Oct 31, 12:40 am, Stephen Powell wrote: > > Also, I recommend that you read > > >    http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm > > > for a fairly comprehensive tutorial on kernel building in Debian which > > documents many common "gotc

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-31 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 31, 12:40 am, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:24:28 -0400 (EDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > > > I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 fromwww.kernel.org. > > ... > > I then ploughed through all the options, removing modules where I was > > sure I did not have

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-31 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Stephen Powell wrote: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:24:28 -0400 (EDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote: I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 from www.kernel.org. ... I then ploughed through all the options, removing modules where I was sure I did not have the relevant hardware. ... I closed d

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 05:16 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2011-10-30 at 12:40 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > > Here is the screen output for the kernel panic:- > > > > Kernel panic - not syncing

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2011-10-30 at 13:56 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > I use: > make-kpkg --revision 1 --append-to-version -amd64 --initrd kernel_image I run make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd kernel-image kernel-headers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject o

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2011-10-30 at 12:40 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > Here is the screen output for the kernel panic:- > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown- > block(0.0) > Pid:

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:24:28 -0400 (EDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > > I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 from www.kernel.org. > ... > I then ploughed through all the options, removing modules where I was > sure I did not have > the relevant hardware. > ... > I closed down sque

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 30, 8:10 pm, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > > I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 fromwww.kernel.org. > > I then booted to the > > Deiban squeeze partition and as superuser, unpacked the kernel source > > in one of my own > > directories. > > > I ran

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 10/30/2011 1:24 PM, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > What have I done wrong? > > I remember not choosing the option for an initramfs. What would be put > in it if I had > chosen that option? I'd guess you configured your root filesystem (EXT3/4?) as a module instead of building it directly in

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 30, 6:50 pm, "poenik...@operamail.com" wrote: > I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 fromwww.kernel.org. > I then booted to the > Deiban squeeze partition and as superuser, unpacked the kernel source > in one of my own > directories. > > I ran make targets to get what config com

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
poenik...@operamail.com wrote: I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 from www.kernel.org. I then booted to the Deiban squeeze partition and as superuser, unpacked the kernel source in one of my own directories. I ran make targets to get what config commands were available. I installed

creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 from www.kernel.org. I then booted to the Deiban squeeze partition and as superuser, unpacked the kernel source in one of my own directories. I ran make targets to get what config commands were available. I installed qt4-dev files from the Debian sq