From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N2LbB-0000ec-2j for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:10:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A68DE07CF; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:10:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC343E07CF for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:10:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from majikthise (majikthise.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C37C34FC609 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:10:41 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:10:33 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff Message-ID: <20091026091033.1e847792@majikthise> In-Reply-To: References: <20091024084452.79c2f94c@majikthise> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3cvs8 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/kZcPsWOcCAuI.w38jkfo4wZ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: fb016f2a-e88a-4797-830a-f7b369a41cdf X-Archives-Hash: 90f8ae6c47d7187d175f993f16498a73 --Sig_/kZcPsWOcCAuI.w38jkfo4wZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:52:26 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > Could be over-zealous whittling. Why not use the Live DVD .config > > unchanged? =20 >=20 > I assumed there was no need for a 1001 modules for hardware i don't > have. That's a correct assumption. The assumption about which options you don't need may not have been so correct. It's safer to start with a bloated but working kernel and whittle it down gradually. --=20 Neil Bothwick Aibohphobia: an irrational fear of palindromes. --Sig_/kZcPsWOcCAuI.w38jkfo4wZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkrlZ48ACgkQum4al0N1GQPemwCeOdCRsqrV1loTyO1siLFnCnDt n5cAnRBd5BDknMf/i/PI74ypaN0CKP+e =TskW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/kZcPsWOcCAuI.w38jkfo4wZ--