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Kernel Compilation Problem
by justin domingue 23 May '10

23 May '10

Hi, I'm starting with CRUX Linux and like it pretty much from what I've seen (especially philosophy). My problem is that I've never compiled my kernel, so I don't know what to put and my system would not boot because of that (well I think... I get this error : VFS : Unable to mount root fs on block () ). So i wanted to know if I could copy the CD kernel image... Would everything be okay if I was to do that? Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ 10 000 $ de magasinage avec Hotmail. Inscrivez-vous! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729720

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Re: kernel compilation problem
by Hazel Russman 23 May '10

23 May '10

> Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 12:41:34 -0300 > From: justin domingue <justin.domingue(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: Kernel Compilation Problem > To: CRUX mailing list <crux(a)lists.crux.nu> > Message-ID: <COL104-W283791566B523A77AD44EEE8E50(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hi, > > I'm starting with CRUX Linux and like it pretty much from what I've seen (especially philosophy). > > My problem is that I've never compiled my kernel, so I don't know what to put and my system would not boot because of that (well I think... I get this error : VFS : Unable to mount root fs on block () ). > So i wanted to know if I could copy the CD kernel image... Would everything be okay if I was to do that? > > Thanks. > > There are three things you need to have compiled right into your kernel, i.e. not as modules: 1) The correct driver for the type of hard drive you are using - SATA/PATA will work for both sata and ide drives, the old IDE driver for traditional ide drives only. 2) A driver for the filesystem of your root partition - ext2, ext3, reiserfs or whatever you're using. 3) A driver for the hard drive controller on your motherboard; I think most of these are included by default. You also need to use the correct designation for your root partition in lilo or grub, and in /etc/fstab. For the IDE driver, use hd*, for the new SATA/PATA driver, use sd*. And make full use of kernel help; it's the best computerised help system ever designed. -- Hazel Russman <hazel_russman(a)yahoo.co.uk>

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Re: problem with xorg-server-1.8.1
by Hazel Russman 22 May '10

22 May '10

> Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 14:07:47 -0700 (PDT) > From: Michael Norris <miken08003(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Problem with xorg-server-1.8.1 > To: Crux <crux(a)lists.crux.nu> > Message-ID: <299368.71700.qm(a)web120518.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Hazel, > > I had the same problem and was able to fix it by adding the following line to my xorg.conf file. > > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" > EndSection > > > I also found a second way to fix the problem. I needed to have hal running and enable input events in my kernel .config (and recompile the kernel). I hope this helps. > > Mike Thanks, Mike. Your xorg.conf modification did the trick. I have disallowed both AutoAddDevices and AllowEmptyInput and the new server now works perfectly. I really don't want to complicate Crux's beautiful simplicity with all that hal stuff; I chose Crux to get away from that sort of thing. -- Hazel Russman <hazel_russman(a)yahoo.co.uk>

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Re: Problem with xorg-server-1.8.1
by Yahoo 22 May '10

22 May '10

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Problem with xorg-server-1.8.1
by Hazel Russman 21 May '10

21 May '10

After upgrading xorg-server from 1.7.6 to 1.8.1, I was not able to get my input devices (mouse and keyboard) recognised. The intel video driver worked after being rebuilt against the new server, but rebuilding the input device drivers had no effect. I have now restored the old version and its drivers and everything works normally. -- Hazel Russman <hazel_russman(a)yahoo.co.uk>

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xorg-xf86-input-evdev: 2.4.0 doesn't compile
by Bernd Eggink 16 May '10

16 May '10

Two problems here: 1. Pkgfile misses the dependency xorg-util-macros. 2. Configure says: ... checking if XINPUT is defined... no checking for XORG... configure: error: Package requirements (xorg- server xproto ) were not met: No package 'xorg-server' found ... This is nonsense; I'm doing this under X, and package xorg-server _is_ installed. Complete output is attached. Regards, Bernd -- Bernd Eggink http://sudrala.de

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<linux/config.h> missing
by parijat chauhan 15 May '10

15 May '10

hi guys, i am trying to compile affix bluetooth stack over linux 2.6.30.10 kernel (available with crus 2.6). so basically , i followed recommendations from affix homepage to recompile kernel.but when i tried to compile affix-kernel , error occured because it failed to find <linux/config.h> header. i looked into /usr/include/linux direcory but it was nowhere. anyone have any idea wheather newer kernel have this header or not. one question more . are all packages available in crux are compatible with 2.4 kernel also or not? Regards Parijat Chauhan

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bluez problem.
by parijat chauhan 13 May '10

13 May '10

hi guys, i am in problem that i want to use (i have to) gprs over my mobile phone using bluetooth. but i dont know how to authenticate connection between phone and bluez without gnome-bluetooth-applet. i installed bluez 2.25 version from source, and than tried to use bluepin utility which give error that pygtk module not found. what should i do now?? Regards, Parijat Chauhan

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Re: CRUX Digest, Vol 68, Issue 3
by parijat chauhan 12 May '10

12 May '10

thanks Fredrik and Danny. the problem is solved now. now i got why crux is different from the mob of distros. now with my custom kernel my machine boots in just 8 second.no need of initrd etc, just support for existing hardware only. thanks && regards parijat chauhan On 5/10/10, crux-request(a)lists.crux.nu <crux-request(a)lists.crux.nu> wrote: > Send CRUX mailing list submissions to > crux(a)lists.crux.nu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > crux-request(a)lists.crux.nu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > crux-owner(a)lists.crux.nu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of CRUX digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: CRUX Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2 (parijat chauhan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 21:18:13 +0530 > From: parijat chauhan <santirana2010(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: CRUX Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2 > To: crux(a)lists.crux.nu > Message-ID: > <m2hc0422451005090848tfbf49688x2b6772baf03d3348(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > my hdd controller is supported by both as IDE and SATA. > at live cd if booted using libata option, it find disk as /dev/sda > otherwise /dev/hda. > i installed it on /dev/sda2, then compiled kernel and i think IDE > driver is already compiled in kernel monolithicly and not as module. > kernel boot line is > /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 > i also tried root=/dev/hda2 and root=8:2 also. > > On 5/8/10, crux-request(a)lists.crux.nu <crux-request(a)lists.crux.nu> wrote: >> Send CRUX mailing list submissions to >> crux(a)lists.crux.nu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> crux-request(a)lists.crux.nu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> crux-owner(a)lists.crux.nu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of CRUX digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. kernel configuraton (parijat chauhan) >> 2. Re: kernel configuraton (Fredrik Rinnestam) >> 3. Re: kernel configuration (Danny Rawlins) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 20:08:17 +0530 >> From: parijat chauhan <santirana2010(a)gmail.com> >> Subject: kernel configuraton >> To: crux(a)lists.crux.nu >> Message-ID: >> <n2mc0422451005070738oc9539e9dm22a213f5ed724b0e(a)mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> hi guys. >> >> i am having compaq nx6120 laptop with intel 82801FBM ata controller. >> i am not new to linux but when i compiled kernel on crux, it doesn't work. >> actually it is hdd controller , that kernel fail to identify. i have >> compiled with libata support. >> and passed argument combined_mode=libata to linux kernel. >> i want to know that what configuration i should change so that it can >> identify controller properly. >> and >> >> Thanks & Regards >> Parijat Chauhan >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 19:24:53 +0200 >> From: Fredrik Rinnestam <fredrik(a)rinnestam.se> >> Subject: Re: kernel configuraton >> To: crux(a)lists.crux.nu >> Message-ID: <20100507172453.GA11226(a)zoidberg.obra.se> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 08:08:17PM +0530, parijat chauhan wrote: >>> hi guys. >>> >>> i am having compaq nx6120 laptop with intel 82801FBM ata controller. >>> i am not new to linux but when i compiled kernel on crux, it doesn't >>> work. >>> actually it is hdd controller , that kernel fail to identify. i have >>> compiled with libata support. >>> and passed argument combined_mode=libata to linux kernel. >>> i want to know that what configuration i should change so that it can >>> identify controller properly. >>> and >>> >> >> I dont know the hardware personally but according to my quick google >> search CONFIG_ATA_PIIX needs to be built into the kernel. is it (not as >> a module)? What kid of drive is it connected to? ide or sata? >> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_82801FBM >> >> -- >> >> /Fredrik Rinnestam >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 11:33:56 +1000 >> From: Danny Rawlins <monster.romster(a)gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: kernel configuration >> To: crux(a)lists.crux.nu >> Message-ID: <4BE4BF84.303(a)gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Fredrik Rinnestam wrote: >>> On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 08:08:17PM +0530, parijat chauhan wrote: >>> >>>> hi guys. >>>> >>>> i am having compaq nx6120 laptop with intel 82801FBM ata controller. >>>> i am not new to linux but when i compiled kernel on crux, it doesn't >>>> work. >>>> actually it is hdd controller , that kernel fail to identify. i have >>>> compiled with libata support. >>>> and passed argument combined_mode=libata to linux kernel. >>>> i want to know that what configuration i should change so that it can >>>> identify controller properly. >>>> and >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I dont know the hardware personally but according to my quick google >>> search CONFIG_ATA_PIIX needs to be built into the kernel. is it (not as >>> a module)? What kid of drive is it connected to? ide or sata? >>> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_82801FBM >>> >>> >> Boot off a live cd and run "lspci -k" be sure you compile that in as [*] >> as Fredrik mentioned. Also you must have the file system compiled in >> too. And make sure your pointing your boot loader to the correct root >> file system. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CRUX mailing list >> CRUX(a)lists.crux.nu >> http://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux >> >> End of CRUX Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2 >> *********************************** >> > > > -- > Parijat Chauhan > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CRUX mailing list > CRUX(a)lists.crux.nu > http://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux > > End of CRUX Digest, Vol 68, Issue 3 > *********************************** > -- Parijat Chauhan

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Re: CRUX Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2
by parijat chauhan 09 May '10

09 May '10

my hdd controller is supported by both as IDE and SATA. at live cd if booted using libata option, it find disk as /dev/sda otherwise /dev/hda. i installed it on /dev/sda2, then compiled kernel and i think IDE driver is already compiled in kernel monolithicly and not as module. kernel boot line is /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 i also tried root=/dev/hda2 and root=8:2 also. On 5/8/10, crux-request(a)lists.crux.nu <crux-request(a)lists.crux.nu> wrote: > Send CRUX mailing list submissions to > crux(a)lists.crux.nu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > crux-request(a)lists.crux.nu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > crux-owner(a)lists.crux.nu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of CRUX digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. kernel configuraton (parijat chauhan) > 2. Re: kernel configuraton (Fredrik Rinnestam) > 3. Re: kernel configuration (Danny Rawlins) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 20:08:17 +0530 > From: parijat chauhan <santirana2010(a)gmail.com> > Subject: kernel configuraton > To: crux(a)lists.crux.nu > Message-ID: > <n2mc0422451005070738oc9539e9dm22a213f5ed724b0e(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > hi guys. > > i am having compaq nx6120 laptop with intel 82801FBM ata controller. > i am not new to linux but when i compiled kernel on crux, it doesn't work. > actually it is hdd controller , that kernel fail to identify. i have > compiled with libata support. > and passed argument combined_mode=libata to linux kernel. > i want to know that what configuration i should change so that it can > identify controller properly. > and > > Thanks & Regards > Parijat Chauhan > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 19:24:53 +0200 > From: Fredrik Rinnestam <fredrik(a)rinnestam.se> > Subject: Re: kernel configuraton > To: crux(a)lists.crux.nu > Message-ID: <20100507172453.GA11226(a)zoidberg.obra.se> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 08:08:17PM +0530, parijat chauhan wrote: >> hi guys. >> >> i am having compaq nx6120 laptop with intel 82801FBM ata controller. >> i am not new to linux but when i compiled kernel on crux, it doesn't work. >> actually it is hdd controller , that kernel fail to identify. i have >> compiled with libata support. >> and passed argument combined_mode=libata to linux kernel. >> i want to know that what configuration i should change so that it can >> identify controller properly. >> and >> > > I dont know the hardware personally but according to my quick google > search CONFIG_ATA_PIIX needs to be built into the kernel. is it (not as > a module)? What kid of drive is it connected to? ide or sata? > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_82801FBM > > -- > > /Fredrik Rinnestam > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 11:33:56 +1000 > From: Danny Rawlins <monster.romster(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: kernel configuration > To: crux(a)lists.crux.nu > Message-ID: <4BE4BF84.303(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Fredrik Rinnestam wrote: >> On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 08:08:17PM +0530, parijat chauhan wrote: >> >>> hi guys. >>> >>> i am having compaq nx6120 laptop with intel 82801FBM ata controller. >>> i am not new to linux but when i compiled kernel on crux, it doesn't >>> work. >>> actually it is hdd controller , that kernel fail to identify. i have >>> compiled with libata support. >>> and passed argument combined_mode=libata to linux kernel. >>> i want to know that what configuration i should change so that it can >>> identify controller properly. >>> and >>> >>> >> >> I dont know the hardware personally but according to my quick google >> search CONFIG_ATA_PIIX needs to be built into the kernel. is it (not as >> a module)? What kid of drive is it connected to? ide or sata? >> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_82801FBM >> >> > Boot off a live cd and run "lspci -k" be sure you compile that in as [*] > as Fredrik mentioned. Also you must have the file system compiled in > too. And make sure your pointing your boot loader to the correct root > file system. > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CRUX mailing list > CRUX(a)lists.crux.nu > http://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux > > End of CRUX Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2 > *********************************** > -- Parijat Chauhan

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