(this question may seem n00b) I noticed you have a /livecd shell string, so, did you chroot correctly? Because I guess when you change the root system this shell changes (but it was quite a long time since I installed my stage1, so, I may be wrong).
On 6/30/05, Jason Castonguay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list members. > > I just joined the list and am looking forward to participating and > learning. I am in the process of installing Gentoo and have run into a > problem that will not go away. I have researched it in the Gentoo forums, > but have not found a definite solution to the problem. I hope that I am > not missing anything because I realize how frustrating it can be to deal > with recurring questions. > > I am running an AMD k6-2 500 MHZ processor on a FIC VA-503+ motherboard. > Initially, I had only 128MB of RAM and was installing the 2005.0 release > of Gentoo following instructions from the verbose handbook. I opted to go > with a stage 1 tarball and was doing fine until the bootstrap process. My > computer chugged away for quite some time and suddenly gave up. Above the > four lines of `!!!' messages, I saw a message indicating that the error > was not software based and was most likely a hardware/OS problem. I went > to the Gentoo forums and tried looking this up and found several different > posts. Unfortunately, I didn't find the forum interface very easy to > navigate, but my search yielded an interesting document: > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-319349.html > > Which gives instructions for performing a stage 1 install using a stage 3 > tarball. I thought, somehow, that since this came up as part of my search > results, I would try this. Furthermore, the reasoning behind it made > sense to me and it sounded like a challenge (I can't resist a good > challenge). However, I am still encountering an error at the point where > I am at section 7.1 Building the Toolkit: GCC 3.3.5 in the document I > referenced above. I have determined that the error occurs quite a ways > into the glibc portion of the `emerge gcc-config glibc binutils gcc' by > running each command separately. > > I investigated further and saw messages from others having similar > problems. Another possible reason for the error is that the system runs > out of memory. However, I have upgraded to 512MB of memory and am still > experiencing the problem. I do have swap space allocated and see it > available when I type `free' but it doesn't seem to be used. I checked > regularly during the emerge process and it was either not used at all or > used very little. > > Here is the last screen at which the error occurs. Unfortunately, I am > not able to scroll back any further due to the limitations of speakup (I > am a blind Linux user and use speakup to get text from the screen spoken). > > _________________________________________________________________ > > e754 -I../sysdeps/generic/elf -I../sysdeps/generic -nostdinc -isystem > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.5/include -isystem /usr/include > -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include ../include/libc-symbols.h -DNOT_IN_libc=1 > -DIS_IN_librt=1 -DBROKEN_THREAD_SIGNALS -o > /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1/work/build-default-i586-pc-linux-gnu-linuxthreads/rt/aio_notify.og > -MD -MP -MF > /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1/work/build-default-i586-pc-linux-gnu-linuxthreads/rt/aio_notify.og.dt > -MT > /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1/work/build-default-i586-pc-linux-gnu-linuxthreads/rt/aio_notify.og > The bug is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem. > make[2]: *** > [/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1/work/build-default-i586-pc-linux-gnu-linuxthreads/rt/lio_listio64.og] > Error 1 > make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1/work/glibc-2.3.4/rt' > make[1]: *** [rt/others] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1/work/glibc-2.3.4' > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > !!! ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1 failed. > !!! Function toolchain-glibc_src_compile, Line 237, Exitcode 2 > !!! (no error message) > !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status > message. > > livecd / # > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Again, this is generally the same error I got when bootstrapping. > > Here is a copy of my make.conf: > > _________________________________________________________________ > > # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically > built this stage > # Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example > > CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=k6-2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" > CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS} > # "x86" refers to the stable software branch > # "~x86" refers to the testing software branch > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" > PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp > PORTDIR=/usr/portage > DISTDIR=${PORTDIR}/distfiles > PKGDIR=${PORTDIR}/packages > PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage > PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage > > GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ ftp://gentoo.risq.qc.ca/ > http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ > ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo"; > SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" > RSYNC_RETRIES="3" > RSYNC_TIMEOUT="180" > MAKEOPTS="-j2" > PORTAGE_NICENESS="3" > AUTOCLEAN="yes" > FEATURES="ccache distlocks sandbox userpriv usersandbox" > CCACHE_SIZE="512M" > RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes > #USE="ithreads nptl accessibility aac aim icq msn yahoo audiofile \ > # bash-completion bzip2 cdparanoia curl curlwrappers doc emacs \ > # encode examples flac flash ftp imap java javascript mad mime \ > # ming mysql mysqli offensive ogg openal pdflib php sasl sox \ > # speex spl usb vorbis win32codecs xml \ > # -apm -emboss -fortran" > USE="nptl" > > _________________________________________________________________ > > I know I am following the instructions to the letter, so I don't believe I > am doing anything wrong. Btw, the commented USE section was something I > used and abandoned. I thought that maybe the number of USE flag had > something to do with the error, but it doesn't appear to. Ah yes, and if > this helps, here is what `uname -a' says: > > Linux livecd 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 #1 SMP Fri Mar 18 17:53:40 UTC 2005 i586 > AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux > > I would appreciate any help that anyone has to offer. If this has been > covered before, please forgive me and point me to the right resources. I > am hoping that I can continue with this interesting installation process > of using a stage 3 tarball for a stage 1 install. Although I barely know > anything about Gentoo, it sounds really awesome. > > I appreciate your time in reading this lengthy, rambly message. :-) > > > Best regards, > > > -- > "Let music echo the thoughts of your soul." > > -- Jason Castonguay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
