Hi all,

I compiled kernel 2.6.15 last weekend and some problems occurred during my work
Distribution is Debian Sarge

in /lib modules is as follows


tdebian:/lib/modules/2.6.15-new# ls -l
total 992
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2006-02-05 09:52 build -> /usr/local/src/kernel/linux-2.6.15.1
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2006-02-05 09:53 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 195650 2006-02-05 09:53 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2006-02-05 09:53 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 220991 2006-02-05 09:53 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 813 2006-02-05 09:53 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 394 2006-02-05 09:53 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21025 2006-02-05 09:53 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 175911 2006-02-05 09:53 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96337 2006-02-05 09:53 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 259743 2006-02-05 09:53 modules.usbmap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2006-02-05 09:52 source -> /usr/local/src/kernel/linux-2.6.15.1


when I start new kernel chosing it in grub, after 5 sec I got output like bellow

modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.16-new/modules/dep
No such file or directory
umount: defs: not mounted
pivot-root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console : No such file
Kernel Panic  not syncing: Attemped to kill init

.....I cannot understand what I did wrong

in /boot directory are following folders
tdebian:/boot# ls -l
total 12916
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2006-01-27 23:02 boot.0200
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 308326 2006-01-27 22:29 coffee.bmp
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 55809 2005-05-19 10:38 config-2.6.8-2-386
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2006-01-27 22:29 debian.bmp -> /boot/sarge.bmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 153720 2006-01-27 22:29 debianlilo.bmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-02-05 10:02 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4317184 2006-02-05 09:58 initrd-2.6.15.1-new
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4317184 2006-01-12 20:52 initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23662 2006-01-27 22:29 sarge.bmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24116 2006-01-27 22:29 sid.bmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 698046 2006-02-05 09:57 System.map-2.6.15.1-new
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 865733 2005-05-19 11:26 System.map-2.6.8-2-386
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1157420 2006-02-05 09:56 vmlinuz-2.6.15.1-new
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1097419 2005-05-19 11:25 vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386

for my old kernel (still working ) /lib/modules is as follows
tdebian:/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386# ls -l
total 828
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-01-12 20:52 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-01-12 20:52 initrd
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2006-01-12 20:52 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 138720 2006-01-12 20:35 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2006-01-12 20:35 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 235506 2006-01-12 20:35 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 517 2006-01-12 20:35 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1061 2006-01-12 20:35 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16427 2006-01-12 20:35 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131958 2006-01-12 20:35 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104676 2006-01-12 20:35 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 157116 2006-01-12 20:35 modules.usbmap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 100 2006-01-12 20:52 source -> /home/horms/tmp/debian-kernel-test/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386
-2.6.8/install-386

If somebody know what I did wrong acording to my outputs above, please write it down, I would pritiete that.


Thank you

Do you have udev? If not, apt-get it. Kernels >2.6.12 depend on it. Somehow, the apt dependencies in this area are a bit of a maze

I did not installed udev unfortunately and you think udev will solve this problem?


I will install latest release of udev and try again, but should I install udev before kernel compilation or after kernel compilation....
I mean is it possible to install udev now, without kernel recompilation?

Thank you for your help

Don't remember exactly what I did, sorry According to my dpkg.log, I first installed udev and then the newer kernel image (2.6.12, with apt), but according to apt-cache, udev requires the newer kernel. Like I said, it's a maze
Maybe you should try to first upgrade to the 2.6.12 version (linux-image-2.6.12-you-architecture-here), reboot to that newer kernel, install udev, and after that install the 2.6.15?