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new2arch

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Registered: 2008-02-25

Posts: 235

[solved] Kernel 2.6.25.10-1 upgrade issues

Hi,

Upgraded to the newest kernel    2.6.25.10-1, but during 'begin build' session I got these errors:

"Error, module pata, amd, ata, generic, sata, nv not found"

Strangely enough, rebooting went fine except for getting broken letters/gibberish while loading the modules (followed by a bunch of "OK"s), and the system is up and running.

I downgraded the kernel by referring Pacman -U to my local cache but I get the same errors during the build BUT pacman.log doesn't show the errors:

[2008-07-05 11:50] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2008-07-05 11:50] ==> Building image "default"
[2008-07-05 11:50] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.25-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Begin build
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Generating module dependencies
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2008-07-05 11:50] ==> SUCCESS
[2008-07-05 11:50] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2008-07-05 11:50] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.25-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Begin build
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Generating module dependencies
[2008-07-05 11:50] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2008-07-05 11:50] ==> SUCCESS
[2008-07-05 11:50] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.25.10-1 -> 2.6.25.6-1)

Anyone else experiencing similar problems?

[Edit] lsmod reveals this:

"libata                142096  4 sata_nv,pata_amd,pata_acpi,ahci" , if this is relevant.

So as I understand it the modules are loaded correctly (since I can boot) but something happened during the build. Also, if it's worth mentioning it, I believe the fonts/text are somewhat brighter during the boot after the kernel upgrade (and downgrade).

Last edited by new2arch (2008-07-05 15:37:18)

new2arch

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Registered: 2008-02-25

Posts: 235

Re: [solved] Kernel 2.6.25.10-1 upgrade issues

Tried commenting out the 'modules' section in mkinitcpio.conf and regenerate the file but with no effect. Even tried uninstalling the kernel and reinstall it. I didn't encounter the error messages about missing the modules since they were commented out in mkinitcpio.conf but I'm still getting these broken letters during boot:

http://tinyurl.com/6crofe

Any idea? Other than that the system seems to be working fine as usual.

Last edited by new2arch (2008-07-05 13:36:28)

DonVla

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From: Bonn, Germany

Registered: 2007-06-07

Posts: 997

Re: [solved] Kernel 2.6.25.10-1 upgrade issues

perhaps you set wrong CONSOLEFONT and/or CONSOLEMAP in /etc/rc.conf?
does the system work at all? in your picture it seems to boot (so far).

new2arch

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Registered: 2008-02-25

Posts: 235

Re: [solved] Kernel 2.6.25.10-1 upgrade issues

perhaps you set wrong CONSOLEFONT and/or CONSOLEMAP in /etc/rc.conf?
does the system work at all? in your picture it seems to boot (so far).

I didn't touch my rc.conf:

LOCALE="en_US.utf8 en_US"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Canada/Pacific"
KEYMAP="sv-latin1"
CONSOLEFONT="Agafari-12"
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

But wouldn't all text/lines during boot become scrambled if it were related to the console font? The system boots fine and I haven't encountered any problems so far.

Last edited by new2arch (2008-07-05 13:49:05)

DonVla

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From: Bonn, Germany

Registered: 2007-06-07

Posts: 997

Re: [solved] Kernel 2.6.25.10-1 upgrade issues

perhaps you set wrong CONSOLEFONT and/or CONSOLEMAP in /etc/rc.conf?
does the system work at all? in your picture it seems to boot (so far).

I didn't touch my rc.conf:

CONSOLEFONT="Agafari-12"

???
comment it out and set "CONSOLEFONT="

Last edited by DonVla (2008-07-05 14:39:07)

new2arch

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Registered: 2008-02-25

Posts: 235

Re: [solved] Kernel 2.6.25.10-1 upgrade issues

perhaps you set wrong CONSOLEFONT and/or CONSOLEMAP in /etc/rc.conf?
does the system work at all? in your picture it seems to boot (so far).

I didn't touch my rc.conf:

CONSOLEFONT="Agafari-12"

???
comment it out and set "CONSOLEFONT="

I wanna give you a hug. It worked. Thanks.
I recall setting Agafari-12 as the console font when installing Arch but that was months ago and ever since then my rc.conf has been left untouched.

And I guess my problems with kernel modules have been remedied since it seems they aren't needed if you use udev.