On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:52:20AM -0500, John covici wrote: > on Thursday 02/12/2009 Joost Roeleveld(jo...@antarean.org) wrote > > On Thu, February 12, 2009 3:21 pm, Momesso Andrea wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 02:44:15PM +0100, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > >> On Thu, February 12, 2009 2:26 pm, John covici wrote: > > >> > on Thursday 02/12/2009 Joost Roeleveld(jo...@antarean.org) wrote > > >> > > On Thu, February 12, 2009 2:05 pm, John covici wrote: > > >> > > > on Thursday 02/12/2009 Joost Roeleveld(jo...@antarean.org) wrote > > >> > > > > On Thu, February 12, 2009 10:52 am, John covici wrote: > > >> > > > > > Hi. I just upgraded a gentoo system from about August 2008 > > >> to > > >> > > > current > > >> > > > > > -- including updating baselayout and openrt and now when I > > >> boot > > >> > I > > >> > > > get > > >> > > > > > a series of messages quite early in the boot modprobe: fatal > > >> > /sys is > > >> > > > > > not mounted. Eventually it does boot and all seems to work > > >> with > > >> > the > > >> > > > > > exception of the script for my hsfmodem, but I am curious as > > >> to > > >> > what > > >> > > > > > those message mean and if there is a way to fix them. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > Did you include sysfs support to your kernel and do you have a > > >> > > > directory > > >> > > > > '/sys'? (SYSFS) > > >> > > > > This can be found in: File systems / Pseudo filesystems in the > > >> > kernel > > >> > > > > configuration. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > The '/sys' filesystem is as important as '/proc' these days. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > The plot thickens -- by the time I log in after booting, /sys is > > >> > > > mounted with the correct file system. Still very strange. > > >> > > > > >> > > Hmm... so, something does solve the problem you are seeing at the > > >> > > beginning later on. > > >> > > Did you update all the configuration files (including the ones in > > >> > > /etc/init.d/.. )? > > >> > > It could be that something there is not set correctly. > > >> > > > > >> > > For now, I am assuming the issue is in the boot-sequence/runlevel. > > >> > > > > >> > > Can you check which services are in your boot-runlevel? > > >> > > I have: > > >> > > bootmisc, checkfs, checkroot, clock, consolefone, hostname, > > >> keymaps, > > >> > > localmount, modules, net.lo rmnologin and urandom. > > >> > > Think these are the default ones. > > >> > > > > >> > > Do you use an initrd? If yes, did you update this as well? > > >> > > > >> > I regenerated the initrd, but I am still using 2.6.20 kernel which I > > >> > will update soon, but I wonder if this is the problem -- something > > >> > wrong with the initrd, but regenerating did not fix it. In my boot > > >> > level I have > > >> > bootmisc@ > > >> > consolefont@ > > >> > device-mapper@ > > >> > fsck@ > > >> > hibernate-cleanup@ > > >> > hostname@ > > >> > hwclock@ > > >> > keymaps@ > > >> > localmount@ > > >> > modules@ > > >> > mtab@ > > >> > net.lo@ > > >> > procfs@ > > >> > root@ > > >> > swap@ > > >> > sysctl@ > > >> > termencoding@ > > >> > urandom@ > > >> > in my sysinit I have > > >> > devfs@ > > >> > dmesg@ > > >> > udev@ > > >> > > >> Do you have "device-mapper" in your boot-level? > > >> In that case, you might want to check which init-script mounts the > > >> '/sys' > > >> filesystem as this script requires the /sys filesystem to be mounted. > > >> > > >> May I ask why you have this added as I don't use it with my LVM drives. > > >> > > > > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258442 > > > > Helpful, but only if OP is using module-init-tools 3.6, which is currently > > in unstable for all archs. > > > > John, can you please confirm which 'module-init-tools' version you are > using? > Its 3.6 -- I have gone to complete unstable on that box. >
Until the bug gets fixed, mask current version, do the downgrade, and reboot. The same problem happened this morning to a guy in #gentoo-it on freenode, and was solved this way. ======= TopperH =======
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