kernel 2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11 compiled from source will not boot‏‏

[Markus Kesaromous]

Dear list,
There is something seriously wrong with this kernel release.
It compiles - but will not boot all the way. It hangs somewhere.
I even tried to boot into single user mode. I never get to the shell
prompt when booting in single user mode, nor to the 
gnome login banner when letting it boot in multiuser mode.
After some 30-45 minutes I  Ctrl-Alt_Del and the kernel
pops the message

Stopping all md devices
..
and the pc reboots.

I did not have this problem with these kernels
2.6.29.6-213.fc11
2.6.29.5-191.fc11

Are there others who have tried to build  2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11
from source rpm and configured the kernel in any way before
building?
Did you see any errors when running make modules_install 
as I did? Did the resulting kernel boot up all the way?

If you need more info, please let me know.

Cheers,

Markus K.

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[Christopher Brown]

2009/8/10 Markus Kesaromous :
> Dear list,
> There is something seriously wrong with this kernel release.
> It compiles - but will not boot all the way. It hangs somewhere.
> I even tried to boot into single user mode. I never get to the shell
> prompt when booting in single user mode, nor to the
> gnome login banner when letting it boot in multiuser mode.
> After some 30-45 minutes I  Ctrl-Alt_Del and the kernel
> pops the message
>
> Stopping all md devices
> ..
> and the pc reboots.
>
> I did not have this problem with these kernels
> 2.6.29.6-213.fc11
> 2.6.29.5-191.fc11
>
> Are there others who have tried to build  2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11
> from source rpm and configured the kernel in any way before
> building?
> Did you see any errors when running make modules_install
> as I did? Did the resulting kernel boot up all the way?
>
> If you need more info, please let me know.

The main piece of information you appear to have missed off is the
modifications you have made in your build. I would suggest the
following for further reading:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems

Regards

[Markus Kesaromous]

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:41:52AM, Christopher Brown wrote:
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:41:52 +0100
> From: [e-mail]
> To: [e-mail]
> CC: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11 compiled from source will not boot‏‏
>
> 2009/8/10 Markus Kesaromous :
> > Dear list,
> > There is something seriously wrong with this kernel release.
> > It compiles - but will not boot all the way. It hangs somewhere.
> > I even tried to boot into single user mode. I never get to the shell
> > prompt when booting in single user mode, nor to the
> > gnome login banner when letting it boot in multiuser mode.
> > After some 30-45 minutes I  Ctrl-Alt_Del and the kernel
> > pops the message
> >
> > Stopping all md devices
> > ..
> > and the pc reboots.
> >
> > I did not have this problem with these kernels
> > 2.6.29.6-213.fc11
> > 2.6.29.5-191.fc11
> >
> > Are there others who have tried to build  2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11
> > from source rpm and configured the kernel in any way before
> > building?
> > Did you see any errors when running make modules_install
> > as I did? Did the resulting kernel boot up all the way?
> >
> > If you need more info, please let me know.
>
> The main piece of information you appear to have missed off is the
> modifications you have made in your build. I would suggest the
> following for further reading:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Christopher Brown

Thank you Christopher. The steps to build the kernel at URL
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel
were exactly what I needed. I was not aware of this document before.

The only thing "extra" I had to do was to untar linux-2.6.29.tar.bz2
and fix drivers/staging/rt2860/config.mk, and then re-tar.

Guess I should have created a patch, and should have added that patch
to the spec file. But, since this is only one-off, I did not see the need for it.
I am sure there will be yet another kernel update for whic I will have to 
repeat this whole process. What a pain in the neck! If I had known that the Atheros 9K series of mini-pci cards were supported natively, I would not  have bought the Ralink 2860 card.

Thanx again for your help.

Cheers,

Markus

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