Error after compile 3.4.4 Kernel
 

Good night Folks.

I am newbie in Linux, I using more or less 4 months Slackware. I've learned something trying to get this system to my own taste.

I decided to compile the kernel 3.4.4, to learn and to see whether it is more easy to set the network, memory and video devices in a more modern computer that I'm hoping to get in thursday.
So I am practicing in the old one.

The question is, after compile, configure the kernel, make the modules, changes in /boot and update lilo, comes the reboot, everything runs fine until at
one point just before the up the network card, the screen changes to a higher resolution and freezes stoping the load process.

I think it's something with the video settings because when I installed Slack on the 1st try, and put the resolution higher than 600x480
to text mode, I had the same trouble.

Is that so?

My lilo is configured to vga = normal, and the same happens in any other resolution. But anyway I'm guessing.

It would be some setting in the kernel?

thank you

Alchemikos

You could be experiencing a modesetting issue with the kernel driver for your video card.

There is an option for the kernel to disable modesetting upon boot. Research it and try and see if it clears up your problem.

Also, please post your system specs as well.

Hello ReaperX7

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Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz

bash-4.1# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:0a.0 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem (rev 04)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01)

bash-4.1# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5000
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-via
Kernel modules: via-agp

00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Kernel modules: via-agp

00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: dc000000-ddffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dbffffff
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:0a.0 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: Motorola Device 3020
Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 18
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VM400AM(F) Motherboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 9400 [size=8]
I/O ports at 9800 [size=4]
I/O ports at 9c00 [size=8]
I/O ports at a000 [size=4]
I/O ports at a400 [size=16]
I/O ports at a800 [size=256]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: sata_via

00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
I/O ports at ac00 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pata_via

00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
I/O ports at b000 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
I/O ports at b400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
I/O ports at b800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
I/O ports at bc00 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
Memory at de001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VT600 Motherboard
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Kernel modules: i2c-viapro

00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device a004
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 22
I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: VIA 82xx Audio
Kernel modules: snd-via82xx

00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device e000
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 23
I/O ports at c400 [size=256]
Memory at de002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: via-rhine
Kernel modules: via-rhine

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device d000
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at dd000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [70] AGP version 3.0
Kernel driver in use: viafb
Kernel modules: viafb

bash-4.1# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 6
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 2999.752
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 6
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm
bogomips : 5999.50
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 6
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 2999.752
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 6
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm
bogomips : 5999.19
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

I'll looking for the modesetting

Thanks for now

Alchemikos

If you can edit your lilo.conf, include the following append statement in the section for that kernel image:
not sure that will help, but on some video hardware it has helped me prevent issues with the kernel framebuffer.

As you enter LILO, hit Tab to get a LILO command line. Then boot Linux with the 'nomodeset' option to prevent kernel mode-setting on all video drivers. You should be able to get back to a 80x24 terminal login, from there you can further investigate.

Hello

I tried first the lilo methods and the problem persists.

To disable the mode setting, must I disable the viafb module ? Cause that's my card...

Googling i found just about disable i915.

Hell Yeah!
 

The trouble was fixed!

I started from the beginning again all the procedure, in the make menuconfig I unchecked every module in the frame buffer section, and the DLM at File System section (other error).

Now I running 3.4.4 kernel in my pretty Slack, all is working fine.

Thank you all guys! Meeting the answers together!

Now I'll looking for the XFCE 4.10 :)

Alchemikos