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On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org> wrote:
>  Sorry, I've had a busy week and didn't have time to respond!
>

Not a problem. I've been busy myself.

<SNIP>
>>> Now, try fsck.ext3 again. Does it work?
>>>
>> Worked fine. fsck.ext3 said it was clean
>>
>
> Cool, so now we know that fsck is fine.
>

Good.

<SNIP>
> Okay, so we fixed the first thing. That's good. :) Can you attach your
> whole kernel config? I'm wondering if maybe udev isn't running properly
> due to a misconfiguration.
>
> -Joe

Attached unless GMail does something to it.

Thanks,
Mark

>> Okay, so we fixed the first thing. That's good. :) Can you attach your
>> whole kernel config? I'm wondering if maybe udev isn't running properly
>> due to a misconfiguration.
>>
>> -Joe
> Attached unless GMail does something to it.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark

Another busy week, but I think we might have your answer.

Disable these options in your kernel config, recompile and give it a try:
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y

I think these options interfere with udev.
-Joe

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>>> Okay, so we fixed the first thing. That's good. :) Can you attach your
>>> whole kernel config? I'm wondering if maybe udev isn't running properly
>>> due to a misconfiguration.
>>>
>>> -Joe
>> Attached unless GMail does something to it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>
> Another busy week, but I think we might have your answer.
>
> Disable these options in your kernel config, recompile and give it a try:
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y
>
> I think these options interfere with udev.
> -Joe

Thank you Joe. For the first time in a couple of months the machine just booted.

Note that I didn't easily find CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED in make
menuconfig so I only disabled CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 which was
enough to allow it to boot.

I took a quick look at the PPC install guide and frankly I don't see
instructions there to disable this option, although I have done this
on other machines. Is it just me or are the instructions actually not
in the kernel config section. If they are truly missing then it would
be great if someone could update that.

Anyway, it seems completely unreasonable for me, after all this, to
just say thanks for the help. It doesn't begin to represent how
appreciative I am of the time you spent looking into this with me. I
really am indebted.

Cheers,
Mark

On 10/07/10 14:29, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>> Okay, so we fixed the first thing. That's good. :) Can you attach your
>>>> whole kernel config? I'm wondering if maybe udev isn't running properly
>>>> due to a misconfiguration.
>>>>
>>>> -Joe
>>> Attached unless GMail does something to it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mark
>> Another busy week, but I think we might have your answer.
>>
>> Disable these options in your kernel config, recompile and give it a try:
>> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
>> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y
>>
>> I think these options interfere with udev.
>> -Joe
> Thank you Joe. For the first time in a couple of months the machine just booted.
>
> Note that I didn't easily find CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED in make
> menuconfig so I only disabled CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 which was
> enough to allow it to boot.
>
> I took a quick look at the PPC install guide and frankly I don't see
> instructions there to disable this option, although I have done this
> on other machines. Is it just me or are the instructions actually not
> in the kernel config section. If they are truly missing then it would
> be great if someone could update that.
>
> Anyway, it seems completely unreasonable for me, after all this, to
> just say thanks for the help. It doesn't begin to represent how
> appreciative I am of the time you spent looking into this with me. I
> really am indebted.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>
No problem! I'm glad it's working. The documentation has not been
updated recently, and it's on my list of things to do. Unfortunately, so
are a lot of other things. :) I've added it to my documentation fix it
list, I'll make sure to get this added to the documentation as soon as I
find some free time.

Most people aren't hit by the bug because when udev is installed, it
warns that these options will cause problems. You got lucky I guess! :)

Glad you stuck with it!
-Joe