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On Friday, April 29, 2016 10:56:28 PM Hans wrote: |
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> On 28/04/16 22:22, Hans wrote: |
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> > On 27/04/16 21:33, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> >> On April 27, 2016 12:59:18 PM GMT+02:00, Hans <linux@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>> Tried to upgrade the kernels of my desktop and notebook fron kernel |
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> >>> 4.1.12 upgrade to 4.4.6. Both systems freeze during booting with 4.4.6. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> No dmsg, No messages logs. Previous kernel upgrades always worked |
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> >>> smooth |
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> >>> as silk. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Using: OpenRC, eudev, Xfce, |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Desktop configration: |
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> >>> Genkernel with /etc/genkernel.conf additional options: |
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> >>> MENUCONFIG="yes" |
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> >>> MAKEOPTS="-j5" |
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> >>> MDADM="yes" |
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> >>> MDADM_CONFIG="/etc/mdadm.conf" |
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> >>> DISKLABEL="yes" |
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> >>> KNAME="genkernel-G_ROOT" |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Boot: Grub-static |
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> >>> grub.conf: |
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> >>> title PROXY-64 domdadm LABEL=G_ROOT Gentoo Linux 4.4.6-gentoo |
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> >>> root (hd0,0) |
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> >>> kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-G_ROOT-x86_64-4.4.6-gentoo net.ifnames=0 |
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> >>> root=/dev/ram0 domdadm real_root=LABEL=G_ROOT |
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> >>> initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-G_ROOT-x86_64-4.4.6-gentoo |
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> >>> |
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> >>> No error reported in genkernel.log |
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> >>> ------------------ |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Notebook configration: |
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> >>> Genkernel with /etc/genkernel.conf additional options: |
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> >>> MENUCONFIG="yes" |
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> >>> MAKEOPTS="-j5" |
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> >>> DISKLABEL="yes" |
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> >>> KNAME="genkernel-HP_ROOT" |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Boot: Grub-static |
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> >>> grub.conf: |
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> >>> title PROXY-64 domdadm LABEL=HP_ROOT Gentoo Linux 4.4.6-gentoo |
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> >>> root (hd0,0) |
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> >>> kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-HP_ROOT-x86_64-4.4.6-gentoo net.ifnames=0 |
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> >>> |
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> >>> root=/dev/ram0 real_root=LABEL=HP_ROOT |
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> >>> initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-HP_ROOT-x86_64-4.4.6-gentoo |
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> >>> |
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> >>> No error reported in genkernel.log |
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> >>> ------------------- |
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> >> |
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> >> Why are you specifying root=/dev/ram0? |
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> >> |
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> >> Modern kernels use initramfs and you normally specify the real root |
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> >> device there. |
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> > |
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> > "root=/dev/ram0" is a leftover from the original installation from a |
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> > long time ago. Removing it makes no difference. |
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> > |
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> > Am at the moment making a new test installation in VirtualBox. So far |
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> > its working with kernel 4.4.6. If Xfce works tomorrow, it's either a |
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> > configuration or driver problem. I will then do a re-install of Gentoo |
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> > on my desktop and the notebook using a external drive. |
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> |
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> Kernel 4.4.6 as a bug. x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox does not compile. |
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> Reason: |
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> /usr/src/linux-4.4.6-gentoo/include/linux/string.h |
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> 'char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new);' causes compile failure. |
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> "new" is a C++ keyword. |
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> Changing tp 'char *strreplace(char *s, char oldstr, char newstr);' fixes |
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> the problem. |
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That's not a bug in the kernel per se, that's a bug in using that kernel |
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header (written in C) in a compiler expecting C++ code. Which would make it a |
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bug in xf86-video-virtualbox for not linking against a C-compiled object file. |
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Granted, it'd be a heck of a lot more convenient if the kernel header files |
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didn't use C++ keywords...but it *is* fundamentally a problem with compiling a |
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source file using the wrong language. Like trying to read something in |
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Portugese, except it was written in Spanish. It might work some of the time, |
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but it'll catch you out eventually. |
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:wq |
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