[gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[Erik]

Now I am trying to install Gentoo on a new system but when try to emerge
gentoo-sources (as I am supposed to), it hangs at "Applying
4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch". This problem is also known as bug #291389.
I see with top in another virtual terminal that rm uses 100% CPU. Is
there any way to continue the installation?

Re: [gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[Willie Wong]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:28:35AM +0100, Penguin Lover Erik squawked:
> Now I am trying to install Gentoo on a new system but when try to emerge
> gentoo-sources (as I am supposed to), it hangs at "Applying
> 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch". This problem is also known as bug #291389.
> I see with top in another virtual terminal that rm uses 100% CPU. Is
> there any way to continue the installation?

Try a different version? There's gotta be some other versions of
gentoo-sources that does not hang at that patch. Else try another
branch of the sources? On my server cum desktop I run hardened, and on
my laptop I just use vanilla. 

Cheers,

W
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Re: [gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[Dale]

Erik wrote:
> Now I am trying to install Gentoo on a new system but when try to emerge
> gentoo-sources (as I am supposed to), it hangs at "Applying
> 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch". This problem is also known as bug #291389.
> I see with top in another virtual terminal that rm uses 100% CPU. Is
> there any way to continue the installation?
>
>   

Maybe try a different version of gentoo-sources? 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[Kyle Adams]

On 12/11/09 16:43, Dale wrote:
> Erik wrote:
>> Now I am trying to install Gentoo on a new system but when try to emerge
>> gentoo-sources (as I am supposed to), it hangs at "Applying
>> 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch". This problem is also known as bug #291389.
>> I see with top in another virtual terminal that rm uses 100% CPU. Is
>> there any way to continue the installation?
>>
>>   
>
> Maybe try a different version of gentoo-sources?
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
Vanilla-sources will solve the problem until boot time, unless you have
ext4 partitions.

Cheers

Kad

Re: [gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[Erik]

Kyle Adams skrev:
> On 12/11/09 16:43, Dale wrote:
>> Erik wrote:
>>> Now I am trying to install Gentoo on a new system but when try to emerge
>>> gentoo-sources (as I am supposed to), it hangs at "Applying
>>> 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch". This problem is also known as bug #291389.
>>> I see with top in another virtual terminal that rm uses 100% CPU. Is
>>> there any way to continue the installation?
>>>
>>>   
>> Maybe try a different version of gentoo-sources?
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
> Vanilla-sources will solve the problem until boot time, unless you have
> ext4 partitions.

I am configuring vanilla-sources right now. But I got a scary security
warning. So the plan is:
 1. Go through make menuconfig.
 2. Make kernel and modules.
 3. Install kernel and modules.
 4. Configure bootloader.
 5. Disconnect ethernet cable.
 6. Boot into new system.
 7. Emerge gentoo-sources (assuming that this actually works better in
the new system, without chroot).
 8. Copy over .config.
 9. Make oldconfig.
10. Make kernel and modules.
11. Install kernel and modules.
12. Configure bootloader (add Gentoo kernel).
13. Boot into the Gentoo kernel.
14. Configure bootloader (remove Vanilla kernel).
15. Remove Vanilla kernel and modules.
16. Unmerge vanilla-sources.
17. Reconnect ethernet cable.


Yes, I created ext4 partitions. Maybe that was stupid. I should have
stuck to ReiserFS 3.6 which has worked so well on the old system for
over 5 years. But at least I made /boot ext2 as usual.

Re: [gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[Willie Wong]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:50:20AM +0100, Penguin Lover Erik squawked:
> I am configuring vanilla-sources right now. But I got a scary security
> warning. So the plan is:

Which security warning are you talking about?

>  5. Disconnect ethernet cable.

Eh, why?

W
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Re: [gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[Erik]

Willie Wong skrev:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:50:20AM +0100, Penguin Lover Erik squawked:
>   
>> I am configuring vanilla-sources right now. But I got a scary security
>> warning. So the plan is:
>>     
>
> Which security warning are you talking about?
>   

grep -r K_SECURITY_UNSUPPORTED
/usr/portage/sys-kernel/vanilla-sources/vanilla-sources-2.6.31.6.ebuild
/usr/portage/eclass

Re: [gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[Erik]

Kyle Adams skrev:
> On 12/11/09 16:43, Dale wrote:
>> Erik wrote:
>>> Now I am trying to install Gentoo on a new system but when try to emerge
>>> gentoo-sources (as I am supposed to), it hangs at "Applying
>>> 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch". This problem is also known as bug #291389.
>>> I see with top in another virtual terminal that rm uses 100% CPU. Is
>>> there any way to continue the installation?
>>>
>>>   
>> Maybe try a different version of gentoo-sources?
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
> Vanilla-sources will solve the problem until boot time, unless you have
> ext4 partitions.

Now I have seen what happens when trying to boot a vanilla kernel with
ext4 partitions:
[    1.558600] VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or unknown-block(8,3)
[    1.558807] Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the
available partitions:
[    1.559061] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs
on unknown-block(8,3)
[    1.559285] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.31.6 #2
[    1.559483] Call Trace:
[    1.559687]  [<ffffffff812a0619>] ? panic+0x86/0x128
[    1.559891]  [<ffffffff8140e123>] ? printk_all_partitions+0x1dc/0x1ee
[    1.560111]  [<ffffffff810962a8>] ? sys_mount+0xba/0xce
[    1.560339]  [<ffffffff813fc461>] ? mount_block_root+0x25e/0x27c
[    1.560543]  [<ffffffff813fc5fa>] ? prepare_namespace+0x12c/0x156
[    1.560746]  [<ffffffff813fbbd6>] ? kernel_init+0x18b/0x19b
[    1.560949]  [<ffffffff8100bdba>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20
[    1.561179]  [<ffffffff8115562f>] ? acpi_tb_verify_table+0x21/0x4f
[    1.561382]  [<ffffffff813fba4b>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x19b
[    1.561583]  [<ffffffff8100bdb0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20

Re: [gentoo-user] While installing Gentoo: emerge gentoo-sources hangs at Applying 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch

[Erik]

Erik skrev:
> Kyle Adams skrev:
>   
>> On 12/11/09 16:43, Dale wrote:
>>     
>>> Erik wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Now I am trying to install Gentoo on a new system but when try to emerge
>>>> gentoo-sources (as I am supposed to), it hangs at "Applying
>>>> 4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch". This problem is also known as bug #291389.
>>>> I see with top in another virtual terminal that rm uses 100% CPU. Is
>>>> there any way to continue the installation?
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>> Maybe try a different version of gentoo-sources?
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> :-)  :-)
>>>       
>> Vanilla-sources will solve the problem until boot time, unless you have
>> ext4 partitions.
>>     
>
> Now I have seen what happens when trying to boot a vanilla kernel with
> ext4 partitions:
> [    1.558600] VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or unknown-block(8,3)
>   

Actually that seems unrelated to vanilla-sources and ext4. I just
compiled SCSI disk support (BLK_DEV_SD) as a yes instead of module. Now
it boots. (This is a "Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller