[00:33] <CarlFK> elements: I did that for a few weeks because the intrepid kernel had support for my wifi - worked fine 
[00:33] <CarlFK> finally I just installed intrepid 
[16:45] <Syco54645_AAO> hello, i am having trouble compiling the intrepid git of the kernel.  it is giving me an error that i have pasted here: http://pastebin.ca/1196487  does anyone have any ideas?
[16:49] <CarlFK> Syco54645_AAO: did you see  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild
[16:49] <Syco54645_AAO> CarlFK: i believe so, let me look at it.
[16:51] <Syco54645_AAO> on step 8 i did not use CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=N, but the rest of it i used
[16:51] <Syco54645_AAO> and it did not work
[16:51] <Syco54645_AAO> the .config file that i am using is from 2.6.24.3
[16:52] <CarlFK> you did #5 make oldconfig ?
[16:54] <Syco54645_AAO> yes i did all of the steps up till 8
[16:54] <CarlFK> well, try 8 with the CON thing
[16:54] <Syco54645_AAO> ok
[16:55] <Syco54645_AAO> isnt that just to help with compiling though, to speed it up.  that line would say not to use any
[16:55] <Syco54645_AAO> i believe
[16:56] <CarlFK> good point 
[16:56] <CarlFK> iv compiled kernals, but no expert 
[16:57] <Syco54645_AAO> well we shall see wat happens
[16:57] <Syco54645_AAO> it is odd that it would fail like that though
[16:58] <Syco54645_AAO> well that didnt even start to compile
[16:58] <Syco54645_AAO> lol
[16:58] <CarlFK> you might want to try the .27-3 kernel source deb - which might be different 
[16:58] <CarlFK> that's oss
[16:58] <CarlFK> odd
[16:59] <Syco54645_AAO> i may grab the src deb
[16:59] <Syco54645_AAO> see waht that will do
[17:03] <Syco54645_AAO> well thanks for trying to help
[17:03] <Syco54645_AAO> talking to another one of the kernel team for the aspire one to see what they got
[17:04] <CarlFK> good luck - sorry i wasn't much help :)
[17:05] <Syco54645_AAO> np
[17:05] <Syco54645_AAO> thanks
[17:05] <Syco54645_AAO> looks like we will need the luck, he is having an issue as well
[17:40] <oussema-harbi> hi everyone
[17:41] <oussema-harbi> i ve compiled the linux kernel from 2.6 sources ,but i cant get it to work
[17:41] <oussema-harbi> it loads everything ,but when mounting the rootfs ,it doesnt recognize the partition
[17:42] <oussema-harbi> does anyone have any idea about what am i doing wrong ?
[17:46] <CarlFK> ﻿recognize ?
[17:47] <CarlFK> can you post your kernel/initrd files somewhere I can try them?
[17:47] <oussema-harbi> ok
[17:51] <oussema-harbi> infact i didnt make an intrd 
[17:51] <oussema-harbi> could that be the fault ?
[17:52] <oussema-harbi> because i think mouting the rootfs is done before loading initrd in ram ,no ?
[17:55] <oussema-harbi> they are on http://radestn.homelinux.org/files/
[17:56] <oussema-harbi> soory they are on http://radestn.homelinux.org/drupal/files/
[17:57] <oussema-harbi> so Carl ?
[18:01] <CarlFK> getting...
[18:02] <oussema-harbi> ok
[18:03] <CarlFK> um... shouldn't i see vmlunux and initrd.gz ?
[18:04] <oussema-harbi> isnt lfskernel. ... the equivalent for vmlinux
[18:04] <oussema-harbi> and for the intrd.gz ,i said i didnt update the initramfs
[18:04] <oussema-harbi> may be that's the error
[18:05] <CarlFK> put up what you are using 
[18:07] <oussema-harbi> well now am using windows -the new grub couldn't load the old ubuntu either ,but i can see the files from windows
[18:07] <oussema-harbi> i ll uppload the old ones -the workling ones
[18:07] <CarlFK> where working = ﻿doesnt recognize the partition, right?
[18:09] <oussema-harbi> here is the situation :
[18:09] <oussema-harbi> i have a ubuntu hardy that works fine
[18:09] <oussema-harbi> i tried to compile the kernel on a different partition ,and i updated the grub
[18:10] <oussema-harbi> when rebboted ,the kernel cant mount the partition of the new rootfs -where i put the new kernel
[18:10] <oussema-harbi> and even when i make grub >find /boot/grub/stage1
[18:11] <oussema-harbi> i get (hd0,1) ==> the working ubuntu
[18:11] <oussema-harbi> and (hd0,2) ==> here i put the new kernel ,with a new filesystem
[18:11] <oussema-harbi> so i make root(hd0,1) ,i wanted to recover the old one
[18:12] <oussema-harbi> and i did : grub>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.26.24-generic root=/dev/sda2 ro single
[18:12] <oussema-harbi> but it says /dev/sda2 unrecognized
[18:13] <oussema-harbi> NB: i did grub> setup  after doing (<grub>root(hd0,1) )
[18:13] <oussema-harbi> do you get the situation ?
[18:14] <CarlFK> not exactly - what happened to ﻿initrd.gz ?
[18:14] <CarlFK> something like initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
[18:15] <oussema-harbi> i have initrd.img on / -on the working system root 
[18:15] <oussema-harbi> ohh
[18:15] <oussema-harbi> yes i have initrd.img-2.6.24
[18:15] <oussema-harbi> yes i have initrd.img-2.6.24-generic
[18:16] <CarlFK> are you using it?
[18:16] <oussema-harbi> am checking
[18:16] <oussema-harbi> here is my menu.lst
[18:16] <oussema-harbi> #Begin /boot/grub/menu.lst
[18:16] <oussema-harbi> #By default boot the first menu entry
[18:16] <oussema-harbi> default 0
[18:16] <oussema-harbi> #Allow 30 seconds before booting the default
[18:16] <oussema-harbi> timeout 30
[18:16] <oussema-harbi> Use prettier colors
[18:16] <oussema-harbi> color green/black light-green/black
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> #The first entry is for LFS
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> title LFS 6.3
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> root (hd0,2)
[18:17] <CarlFK> make 
[18:17] <CarlFK> it
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.22.5 root=/dev/sda3
[18:17] <CarlFK> stop
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> #The original Working system for backup
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> title Ubuntu Hardy
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> root (hd0,1)
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic 
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> root=UUID=dd3c2ea0-b194-4e4e-b4c1-3f4a1dec9a33 ro quiet splash
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux 
[18:17] <CarlFK> clsoe the chat window 
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> OS
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> # on /dev/sda1
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> title           Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> root            (hd0,0)
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> savedefault
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> makeactive
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> chainloader     +1
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> stop what ?
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> why ?
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> am i flooding ?
[18:17] <CarlFK> yes
[18:17] <oussema-harbi> ok 
[18:18] <CarlFK> oh boy.
[18:18] <oussema-harbi> is it ok ,now ?
[18:18] <CarlFK> yeah - use a paste bin 
[18:18] <oussema-harbi> i dont know how to do it
[18:18] <oussema-harbi> i ll put it on the address i gave you
[18:19] <CarlFK> http://dpaste.com/
[18:19] <CarlFK> hit that, paste, hit "Paste it", cut/paste the resuling url here
[18:19] <oussema-harbi> http://dpaste.com/76491/
[18:20] <oussema-harbi> i tried replacing root=UUID=dd3c2ea0-b194-4e4e-b4c1-3f4a1dec9a3 with root=/dev/sda2 ,but didnt work
[18:20] <CarlFK> you probably need a initrd, unless you complied in the fs drivers 
[18:21] <oussema-harbi> in that case why i sdint work with ubuntu too ?
[18:21] <CarlFK> huh?
[18:22] <oussema-harbi> i tried loading the second option (working ubuntu ..) but the kernel says unable to find device /dev/sda2
[18:26] <oussema-harbi> i upload the old working kernel and initrd
[18:26] <CarlFK> put those 2 files on your site
[18:26] <CarlFK> good :)
[18:26] <oussema-harbi> do you want the old device map?
[18:27] <oussema-harbi> it's there too
[18:28] <CarlFK> nope
[18:29] <oussema-harbi> ok now
[18:33] <oussema-harbi> are you trying to boot from those files ?
[18:33] <CarlFK> http://dev.personnelware.com/carl/a/qemu1.png 
[18:33] <CarlFK> thats what I get with lfskernel-2.6.22.5
[18:34] <oussema-harbi> yes except the block is(0,0)
[18:35] <CarlFK> oh right - i forgot  root=/dev/sda3 - jsut to be sure ill try that 
[18:35] <oussema-harbi> ok
[18:35] <CarlFK> although it is pretty clear you need the fs drivers
[18:35] <oussema-harbi> do you know what 's that EDD error ?
[18:35] <oussema-harbi> wait ill google on it
[18:37] <CarlFK> you get nothing after "available partitions: " right? 
[18:37] <oussema-harbi> yes
[18:37] <oussema-harbi> i got nothing
[18:38] <CarlFK> yeah - thats cuz you don't have any drivers - which are typically in ﻿initrd 
[18:40] <oussema-harbi> ok i ll update initramfs and try again 
[18:40] <CarlFK> ﻿initrd is a ram disk that the kernel knows how to read - the drivers could also be included in the kernel, but that makes it bigger and stuff (exactly why ﻿initrd is used gets complicated.)
[18:40] <CarlFK> also, you can use qemu to test 
[18:40] <oussema-harbi> i guess intirrd is a minimal ramfs ,that the kernel uses to load and mount the original one
[18:40] <oussema-harbi> am i right ?
[18:41] <CarlFK> right
[18:41] <oussema-harbi> am on windows right now*i just have virtualbox
[18:41] <oussema-harbi> i ll boot on grub
[18:41] <oussema-harbi> and try to recover the old one
[18:41] <CarlFK> juser@dhcp85:~/a/radestn$ qemu -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic -initrd initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic hda.qcow2 
[18:41] <oussema-harbi> and then chroot and update initramfs
[18:42] <CarlFK> little easier than having to get the files in/out of the VM disk 
[18:42] <oussema-harbi> yeah
[18:42] <CarlFK> i think ﻿virtualbox might be based on qemu, so you may already have qemu 
[18:43] <oussema-harbi> virtualbox is not done with qt
[18:43] <oussema-harbi> so they are not really the same
[18:43] <oussema-harbi> anyway ,i ll reboot
[18:43] <oussema-harbi> and try to recover
[18:43] <oussema-harbi> Thank you very much for your help :-)
[18:43] <oussema-harbi> have a good day / nice dreams :-)
[18:44] <CarlFK> good luck 
[18:44] <oussema-harbi> Thank you :-)
[18:49] <_ruben> hmm .. cant seem to find any more indepth info on how to build source package for use with module-assistant, other than /usr/share/doc/module-assistant/HOWTO-DEVEL.gz