OK I think this may be the point where you bring your machine into the next meeting, if this is not possible then I can give you instructions, but I feel that a kernel patch and recompile is something some of the other members may want to see.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 01/12/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">walt</b> <<a href="mailto:walt@helvatron.co.uk">walt@helvatron.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Neel,<br><br>Right, I have had a hunt around but I am not really sure what I am looking<br>for. I looked up the kernel version of my current system which is<br>opensuse10.3 – 2.6.22.12-0.1 but I just cant tell whether the stuff out
<br>there is right or not. I think I will go for a fresh kernel.<br><br>Can I download the kernel source in its original state from openSUSE, then<br>add the patch into it somewhere and recompile using suse10.2 which is still
<br>running fine? I would need serious help though because, being a linux<br>newbie, I am bound to come unstuck.<br><br>Regards, Walter<br><br>From: <a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk
</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya<br>Sent: 30 November 2007 13:15<br>To: <a href="mailto:watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford@mailman.lug.org.uk
</a><br>Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot<br>sequence.<br><br>Yes you can add in hardware drivers at boot time, this is the job of udev<br>and others. All hardware has a vendor id which can be queried from the
<br>device bus (have a loof as lspci and lsusb to see what i mean). When the<br>kernel sees a device it aquires the vendor/device id pair and check to see<br>if it has been compiled with an appropriate driver, if it fins one it binds
<br>the device to the driver if it does not it consults a set of files to find<br>the driver needed (/lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.*), the kernel then loads<br>the appropriate driver from the file system and binds to it.
<br><br>You can add in drivers yourself via modprobe.conf<br><br>--<br>MCSE is to computers as McDonalds Certified Chef is to fine cuisine.<br>On 30/11/2007, walt <<a href="mailto:walt@helvatron.co.uk">walt@helvatron.co.uk
</a>> wrote:<br>I will do that, thanks.<br><br>One question,I read somewhere that the latestlinux kernels can be<br>assembled at boot time.I have neverfigured out how to that but I think<br>it was in Redhat where some hardware drivers could be added as a script and
<br>would then 'bound in' (or something) as the kernel loads.<br><br>I'll have a look around and see what I can find.<br><br>Walter<br><br>From: <a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk
</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya<br>Sent: 30 November 2007 12:25<br>To: <a href="mailto:watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford@mailman.lug.org.uk
</a><br>Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot<br>sequence.<br><br>It looks like a kernel patch which means you'd have to apply it to the<br>kernel source.<br><br>It might be worth hunting around to find out is the patch has been included
<br>in any kernel versions, then you could find a package for that kernel or<br>start from the already patched source.<br><br>Have a quick hunt for a package first, and if you're unlucky then I could<br>walk you through a kernel compilation.
<br><br>-N<br><br>--<br>MCSE is to computers as McDonalds Certified Chef is to fine cuisine.<br>On 30/11/2007, walt <<a href="mailto:walt@helvatron.co.uk">walt@helvatron.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>Thanks Cliff,I'll check it out.
<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>[mailto: <a href="mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk
</a> ] On Behalf Of Cliff Deamer<br>Sent: 30 November 2007 11:57<br>To: <a href="mailto:watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot<br>
sequence.<br><br>Hi Walt,<br>There is discussion of this at<br><a href="http://communities.vmware.com/thread/106121">http://communities.vmware.com/thread/106121</a> and a suggested solution.<br>Cliff<br><br>On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 10:07 +0000, walt wrote:
<br>> Hi all,<br>><br>> Further to my previous email,I now have an error message:<br>><br>> Comreset failed (errorno 960 or 976)<br>><br>> This is what takes ages, like 2 - 3 minutes, before the system starts
<br>> loading. Can anybody tell me what it means and what to do about it.<br>><br>> Many thanks,Walter<br>><br>><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ---<br>
><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I tried to upgrade Suse 10.2 to 10.3 but that failed so I did a clean,<br>fresh<br>> install with a freshly partitioned harddisk.Suse displays the boot<br>options<br>> screen and then switches to the normal splash screen where you should be
<br>> able to press esc to get to text screen showing you what its doing.<br>><br>> And this is the problem,its sits there for 2 minutes or more and the<br>> keyboard won't respond.Then it finally starts the boot process at which
<br>> point I can press esc to see the progress. Once it starts it behaves<br>> normally but I have to eliminate the long delay before it boots.<br>><br>> Any ideas?I have already removed all peripherals especially usb devices
<br>> but to no avail.<br>><br>> Walter<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Watford mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">Watford@mailman.lug.org.uk
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