From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCEC11381FA for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 01:24:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34D0AE0AFA; Tue, 20 May 2014 01:24:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.229]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25E83E0A70 for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 01:24:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [71.40.157.251] ([71.40.157.251:41334] helo=[192.168.2.52]) by cdptpa-oedge02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id 48/E5-06231-1DEAA735; Tue, 20 May 2014 01:24:33 +0000 Message-ID: <537AAFC6.4070003@tampabay.rr.com> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 20:28:38 -0500 From: wireless@tampabay.rr.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 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] grub2 boots only older kernel References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.130:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Archives-Salt: b4bf400f-02ce-4764-bdc6-bfce1c6e1dfb X-Archives-Hash: 6d52633bbc30b88da80e458448cbedff On 05/19/14 19:00, wraeth wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 20/05/14 05:26, James wrote: >> Hello, > > Greetings :-) > >> I even copied of the .config file from 3.13.6 to 3.14.4, answered the >> questions and issued: > > By "answered the questions" can I assume this to mean `make oldconfig`? > >> make && make modules_install cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage >> /boot/kernel-3.14.4-gentoo cp System.map /boot/System.map-3.14.4-gentoo cp >> .config /boot/config-3.14.4-gentoo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg > > This looks fine. > >> GRUB_DEFAULT=kernel-3.14.4-gentoo GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=3 GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 >> GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768 GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true > > This also looks fine > >> I need ideas as where to look, what to fix to get a newer kernel booting >> from grub2. Not any changes since 3.13 series was first used: (3.13.1) >> Note this problem started with kernel 3.13.7-gentoo and has persisted >> through 3.14.4. I have even diff the .config files [1] > > For anyone to give you a useful answer, we would need more detailed > information about your specific issue - for example: > > - - how far through the boot process does the "broken" kernel get? > - - Are there any error messages or stack traces? > - - Is there any display at all? > - - What is the kernel cmdline used to boot the kernel? > - - Do you use an initramfs? It never tries to boot. Grub just sits there withe phrase (did not copy it down) where it says what version it will boot on the screen and it does nothing (locked up?) I have to or push a manual reset. It never tries to load the kernel. Does not matter if I try a 3.13.7 or 3.14.x, I've rebuilt them quite a few times and did all the grub2 steps, but none of the newer kernels will boot. Nothing was done to the bios. The only change was to get rid of ATI Frame buffer support as suggested upon a recent update: * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... * CONFIG_FB_RADEON: should not be set. But it is. * Please check to make sure these options are set correctly. * Failure to do so may cause unexpected problems. James