Re: One should be patient with root.bin and modules.dep

2002-01-07 Thread Erik Andersen
On Mon Jan 07, 2002 at 10:58:28AM +, Richard Hirst wrote: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 03:08:42AM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote: > > to console. If people want to see what the kernel has to say, > > (like that module foo didn't load) they can visit the syslog > > output on another VT, > > ... but

Re: One should be patient with root.bin and modules.dep

2002-01-07 Thread Shaul Karl
> On Sun Jan 06, 2002 at 02:58:53PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > When using the latest root.bin that I could find (18-dec-2001) the > > > screen get flooded with messages about modprobe not being able to read > > > the modules.dep. Altough it

Re: One should be patient with root.bin and modules.dep

2002-01-07 Thread Richard Hirst
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 03:08:42AM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote: > to console. If people want to see what the kernel has to say, > (like that module foo didn't load) they can visit the syslog > output on another VT, ... but not if running on serial console. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: One should be patient with root.bin and modules.dep

2002-01-07 Thread Erik Andersen
On Mon Jan 07, 2002 at 01:19:42AM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > How about adding this to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/main.c > > > > - /* Downgrade kernel verbosity */ > > - klogctl(8, NULL, 4); > > + /* Don't let the kernel printk stuf

Re: One should be patient with root.bin and modules.dep

2002-01-06 Thread Erik Andersen
On Sun Jan 06, 2002 at 02:58:53PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > When using the latest root.bin that I could find (18-dec-2001) the > > screen get flooded with messages about modprobe not being able to read > > the modules.dep. Altough it is able to r

Re: One should be patient with root.bin and modules.dep

2002-01-06 Thread Philip Blundell
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adam Di Carlo writes: >Well, you're english is a little bit shakey, but I know the issue you >are taking about. These messages IIRC are caused by kmod (the kernel >module loader) not being happy. We try to force it to shut up and >work-around but ... Could we ju

One should be patient with root.bin and modules.dep

2002-01-06 Thread Shaul Karl
When using the latest root.bin that I could find (18-dec-2001) the screen get flooded with messages about modprobe not being able to read the modules.dep. Altough it is able to recover and continue the installation process one should be patient in order for this to happen. -- Shaul Karl