Kernel recompile problems
Posts: 17
Just recompiled my 2.6.15 kernel to add AX25 support as I have several times for previous kernel versions under previous versions of Mepis. But this time while everything seems to go ok, I run into a major problem at boot time. Namely the fact that while I have the new kernel added to menu.lst, when I boot the system and select the new kernel all that happens is that it just reloads the menu. No errors, or anything. Selecting the original kernel works fine. As far as I know I did every thing the same as I have done in the past in terms os compiling the kernel and installing it. Any ideas?
Gale
That was what I thought
Posts: 17
That was what I thought might be the problem. Unfortunately this is the first time I could not just use the sources from kernel.org. Oh well, guess the update for my APRS server box is on hold until I can get a working kernel with ax25.
Gale
Mepis kernel source code not yet released
Posts: 1027
Yes --
your "source code" does not match the Mepis kernel
so there is no guarantee that your hardware will be recognized yet
You can add rootdelay=10 or some other boot parameter to GRUB
or reconfigure and recompile
or (probably best) wait until Mepis releases the source code for the Mepis kernel (-tsc) -- then there's a much better chance the recompile will recognize the hardware in the same way
But check that you typed the GRUB changes correctly and got a clean compile (you probably did)
Of course, maybe not -- kernel panic or disk read error would be more logical if your hardware wasn't being recognized ...
Mike