Sorry my bad English. sys-apps/memtest86: does not work with LILO. In lilo.conf: image=/boot/memtest86/memtest.bin label=mem86 After attempting to load the message on the display: "Loading mem86" and hangs. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge sys-apps/memtest86 2. Edit lilo.conf 3. Reboot Actual Results: Hangs Expected Results: Run memtest86 $ emerge --info Portage 2.3.3 (python 3.4.5-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, gcc-4.9.4, glibc-2.23-r3, 4.4.39-gentoo-m1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.4.39-gentoo-m1-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_II_X2_250e_Processor-with-gentoo-2.3 KiB Mem: 6106768 total, 1781976 free KiB Swap: 10485692 total, 10474572 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 12:30:01 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p48-r1 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.25.1 p1.1) 2.25.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p48-r1::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.22.3_rc4::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.12::gentoo, 3.4.5::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.7.2::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.3::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.22.4::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r1::gentoo, 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.4::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r2::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.4::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.23-r3::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 x-portage location: /usr/local/portage masters: gentoo priority: 0 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--keep-going=y --quiet-build=y --with-bdeps=y" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/" LANG="ru_RU.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND="lbunzip2 -n2" PORTAGE_BZIP2_COMMAND="lbzip2 -n2" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bindist branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli cracklib crypt cuda cxx dbus dri drm dts dvd dvdr egl encode exif fam firefox flac gdbm gif glamor gtk iconv jpeg jpeg2k ladspa lcms libnotify mad mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mtp multilib musepack ncurses nls nptl nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png popcnt ppds readline sdl seccomp session smp sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssl startup-notification svg tcpd tiff truetype udev unicode upower usb vaapi vdpau vorbis wmf wxwidgets x264 xattr xcb xml xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="3dnow 3dnowext mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4a" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" L10N="ru en" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="ru en" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby21" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vesa" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON $ emerge -pqv sys-apps/memtest86 [ebuild R ] sys-apps/memtest86-3.3 USE="-serial"
After the upgrade to memtest86-4.3.7 still does not work.
I can still reproduce this with current versions: sys-boot/lilo-24.2, sys-apps/memtest86-4.3.7-r2, in a VM. However, memtest86-4.x is quite old. I would not be surprised if it has issues on modern CPUs. Newer memtest86, 9.x, is binary-only (packaged as memtest86-bin), and only supports UEFI, no BIOS support any more - meaning no lilo AFAIK. sys-apps/memtest86+ worked fine for me on the first try. If this still matters to you, I suggest trying memtest86+.
(In reply to globus from comment #1) > After the upgrade to memtest86-4.3.7 still does not work. Have you tried with GRUB or another bootloader on this same hardware? Wondering if it's actually a LILO issue or just memtest doesn't work on this hardware.
(In reply to Ben Kohler from comment #3) > (In reply to globus from comment #1) > > After the upgrade to memtest86-4.3.7 still does not work. > > Have you tried with GRUB or another bootloader on this same hardware? > Wondering if it's actually a LILO issue or just memtest doesn't work on this > hardware. My understanding is it has always been a memtest86 issue, not a LILO one. I gave up on classic memtest86, especially after it went closed-source and swithed to memtest86+, which does work fine with LILO. Likely this can be closed as WONTFIX because memtest86-4.x is no longer worked on, and as another comment states, the current 9.x versions do not support traditional BIOS boot. Might even be worth putting a block in memtest86-bin's ebuild against sys-boot/lilo to avoid this happening in the future.
I wonder if we will eventually need to drop sys-apps/memtest support... other distros are still continuing to patch & maintain memtest86+ but not the original. FYI I have now added checks on memtest+ and memtest86-bin, to warn on possible BIOS/EFI compatibility mismatch. I can do old memtest later.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=9870ac88a4fc63e942ec4544a8cc9ec38b73f399 commit 9870ac88a4fc63e942ec4544a8cc9ec38b73f399 Author: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-04-07 12:26:02 +0000 Commit: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-04-07 12:46:42 +0000 profiles: mask sys-apps/memtest86 for removal Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/502464 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/607494 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/628528 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/750677 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/887003 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/912973 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/920109 Signed-off-by: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b584dd49228a5c8eaa3542d0155350a4f7c02f9c commit b584dd49228a5c8eaa3542d0155350a4f7c02f9c Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-05-08 09:42:35 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-05-08 09:42:35 +0000 sys-apps/memtest86: Remove last-rited pkg Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/502464 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/607494 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/628528 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/750677 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/887003 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/912973 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/920109 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> sys-apps/memtest86/Manifest | 1 - sys-apps/memtest86/files/39_memtest86-r1 | 69 -------------------- .../files/memtest86-4.3.3-build-nopie.patch | 47 ------------- .../memtest86-4.3.7-binutils-2.41-textrels.patch | 31 --------- .../files/memtest86-4.3.7-io-extern-inline.patch | 29 --------- .../memtest86/files/memtest86-4.3.7-no-clean.patch | 16 ----- .../files/memtest86-4.3.7-reboot-def.patch | 13 ---- sys-apps/memtest86/memtest86-4.3.7-r3.ebuild | 76 ---------------------- sys-apps/memtest86/memtest86-4.3.7-r4.ebuild | 76 ---------------------- sys-apps/memtest86/metadata.xml | 11 ---- 10 files changed, 369 deletions(-)
