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 1ORGIA-0007eN-Cv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:06:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F292E0B8F for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:06:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gy0-f181.google.com (mail-gy0-f181.google.com [209.85.160.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6EF2E0855 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:32:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gya1 with SMTP id 1so3539578gya.40 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:32:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YXrhawv4t9qIyamCJCPMApVakn0twj8B7JiizTVKVr4=; b=qE7zjNVBMi5gceusAWlwlKb/xUn7vuQ4znHd0rOgQOI7R4Js4ECnRRlt/GLPFv92Lm ZsvYLqLcyFTh8VPtQ654gmhF0atYm3hf4znu4Ks2d5EMwDfpV6aaoPW7UAih5v4wCFiT Cc9ZSvfsFng+5wgqudPDdmLmURUs0wUavGDG8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=CepsalP8NNg/zddNQqZEb4mG+GEW81W3wDP4T243lnOZSJ91/v5olI1y91z7XWytpJ TTQTwxXxP9oYno9FbXR7ACQB2cIQi3vw1MfLqSP2WpIXwuKPjiu7mBUJ+yKvT3JvPqne J6m/S6JVDGWXwlo4fNtsfRyR81x9552RcAzZo= Received: by 10.101.128.33 with SMTP id f33mr6010200ann.21.1277260343403; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:32:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-95-107-53.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.107.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t2sm38640266ani.18.2010.06.22.19.32.22 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:32:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C217235.70801@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:32:21 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100616 Gentoo/2.0.4-r2 SeaMonkey/2.0.4 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel configuration problem -- genkernel: no irq handler; manual config: root filesystem could not be mounted r/w References: <4C204707.6060201@gmail.com> <4C204E6F.701@gmail.com> <4C20758C.50408@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 1b7c2233-e2f5-4baf-a26d-966ed3640e9f X-Archives-Hash: 7d35c2cbeb9b314f7606ac590c12a403 rocwhite168 wrote: > Dale gmail.com> writes: > > >> I did some googling. Seriously grasping at straws here. Do you have >> SMP enabled? If so, do you really have a multiprocessor or multicore >> machine? I ask beause I did find where someone else had SMP enabled and >> it shouldn't have been. I noticed it shows it is enabled in the config >> you posted earlier. Also, make sure you have the correct CPU selected >> too. I think you do tho from what I saw in the config. Also make sure >> you have the correct partitions in fstab too. I know I'm bad to mix >> those up sometimes or just leave out a "/" mark. >> >> Another thought, are you sure that the drive partitions are sda and not >> hda? I still use the old drivers and mine are hda but some are using >> the new drivers which are sda. Just wanting to make certain. Grasping >> at one more straw. >> >> I'll do some more thinking and put a little more wear and tear on google. >> >> Dale >> >> > Thanks again for your suggestion! I tried to switch off SMP and recompiled the > kernel, but the problem persists. I'm sure I'm using the newer driver so I think > the partitions should be called sda. > > On the other hand, if I can ever succeed in eliminating the irq problem with > genkernel, I would be very happy too! It's really frustrating sometimes... > > Roc > > I'm not sure what else to try at the moment. I see some others have joined in tho so maybe they will have some ideas. As I pointed out to someone in another thread, sometimes genkernel works and sometimes it doesn't. Once you get a working kernel, updating will be easy enough. I'm thinking. Dale :-) :-)