I am a new Linux user - so I am lost as to what all this means... However, as I was carefully following the install instructions, I experienced a computer lock-up. As I have no idea what the below means, I took the time to type it all out in hopes that someone can tell me what is wrong. I downloaded stage three (stage3-x86-2005.0.tar.bz2) at: http://prometheus.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo/releases/x86/2005.0/stages/x86/ Afterwards, I did the tar command: "# tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2" As expected, everything started extracting. Upon reaching the line: ".usr/share/automake-1.5/INSTALL" I received the following error(s): Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000001 printing eip: c01332e6 *pde = 00000000 Ooops: 0002 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: floppy rtc evdev tulip parport_pc parport ahci sata_qstor sata_uli sata_sis sata_sx4 sata_nv sata_via sata_svw sata_sil sata_promise libata dm_mirror dm_mod sbp2 ohci1394 ieee1394 sl811_hcd ohci_hcd usb_storage usbhid ehci_hcd usbcore CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[<c01332e6>] Tainted: G S VLI EFLAGS: 00010086 (2.6.11-gentoo-r3) eax: c0398c0c ebx: c0398c0c ecx: c11e9be0 edx: 00000001 esi: c0398980 edi: 0000000a ebp: 00000009 esp: cfec5ebc ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process kswapd0 (pid: 139, threadinfo=cfec4000 task=cfea0590) Stack: 00000020 c1054038 c11701b8 00000000 00000001 c10b1920 c10b1640 c11509a0 c1151c20 c10b2080 c10b2220 c10b22e0 c10b1ec0 c10b1fc0 c10b2020 c10b1b20 c10b1c00 c10b1d00 c10b18a0 0000000d 00000014 c0398980 cfec5f58 c0133a33 Call Trace: [<c0133a33>] [<c0133d94>] [<c0133fb3>] [<c0124e3a>] [<c012433a>] [<c0133eb5>] [<c0100835>] Code: 00 8b 8e 90 02 00 00 8b 41 04 39 d8 74 07 83 e8 18 0f 0d 08 90 f0 0f ba 71 e8 05 19 c0 85 c0 75 02 0f 0b 8b 51 04 8b 01 89 50 04 <89> 02 c7 41 04 00 02 20 00 c7 01 00 01 10 00 f0 ff 41 ec 0f 94 Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. Follow step-by-step (fresh) install instructions. 2. Download Stage 3 3. # tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2 Actual Results: See Details to explain system halt/hang/crash. Expected Results: Should have been able to proceed to installing Portage (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=5#installing_portage). 900 Mhz CPU 256 Memory 80 Gig HD Waiting for reply before continuing.
Are you sure your system has no hardware problems? I suggest you let memtest run 3 times or so to confirm the RAM is ok. (just type memtest at the first Gentoo livecd boot prompt)
Try booting your system with "gentoo nosmp noapic acpi=off" also. It sounds like either a problem with your hardware, or possibly a driver not liking your system. Can you post the results of "lspci" from the Install CD? Kernel guys, would you rather stay on the CC, or should I add you back if we determine it to be a kernel bug that is not fixed in a more recent kernel set?
May as well stay on CC.
No, I am not certain that the hardware is good. I have replaced the video card, the memory chip, and the LAN card on the board in hopes of preventing occasional lock-ups I was having with Windows ME. Directly after replacing the hardware is when I attempted to install Gentoo. I attempted to run "memtest". -/bin/bash: memtst: command not found Results from lspci: --------------- 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) 0000:00:07.1 IDE Interface: Via Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Via Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16) 0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: Via Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16) 0000:00:07.4 Host Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) 0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Netwrok Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11) 0000:00:11.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08) 0000:00:11.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 08) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatable controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS ----------------- At boot promt I used the folowing command: "gentoo nosmp noapic acpi=off" I then used links2 to download the stage 3 again. "# tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2" This time the unpacking stopped at: ./usr/bin/chkdupexe then there were a few "Cannot write: No space left on device" error messages. Do I need to re-do my partitions or something?
(In reply to comment #4) > I attempted to run "memtest". > -/bin/bash: memtst: command not found memtest is run from the boot: prompt before the system boots. > At boot promt I used the folowing command: > "gentoo nosmp noapic acpi=off" > > I then used links2 to download the stage 3 again. > "# tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2" > This time the unpacking stopped at: > ./usr/bin/chkdupexe > then there were a few "Cannot write: No space left on device" error messages. > > Do I need to re-do my partitions or something? It definitely looks like it. /usr usually ends up being at leats a couple GB by the time you're done, so if your /usr isn't on a separate partition, then / needs to be at least that big.
(In reply to comment #5) > > > > Do I need to re-do my partitions or something? > > It definitely looks like it. > > /usr usually ends up being at leats a couple GB by the time you're done, so if > your /usr isn't on a separate partition, then / needs to be at least that big. Well, I did the partitions as described in the install text: Partition Filesystem Size Description /dev/hda1 ext2 32M Boot partition /dev/hda2 (swap) 512M Swap partition /dev/hda3 ext3 Rest of the disk Root partition So which one needs to be diffrent?
I will wait an hour or so to see if anyone has anything to add, then I will use the Maxtor PowerMax utilitiy to erase and start over...
(In reply to comment #4) > I then used links2 to download the stage 3 again. > "# tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2" > This time the unpacking stopped at: > ./usr/bin/chkdupexe > then there were a few "Cannot write: No space left on device" error messages. A common mistake is to extract the tarball without mounting your big disk partition at /mnt/gentoo, or forgetting to "cd /mnt/gentoo" before unpacking the tarball. If you forget either of these steps, it'll start unpacking it into RAM, and obviously it doesn't all fit. Also, the most important thing here is the memtest operation - I'd do that before you try anything else.
(In reply to comment #8) > (In reply to comment #4) > > I then used links2 to download the stage 3 again. > > "# tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2" > > This time the unpacking stopped at: > > ./usr/bin/chkdupexe > > then there were a few "Cannot write: No space left on device" error messages. > > A common mistake is to extract the tarball without mounting your big disk > partition at /mnt/gentoo, or forgetting to "cd /mnt/gentoo" before unpacking the > tarball. If you forget either of these steps, it'll start unpacking it into RAM, > and obviously it doesn't all fit. > > Also, the most important thing here is the memtest operation - I'd do that > before you try anything else. Ok, doing that now.
I ran both of my memory sticks through seperate tests. Both failed - badly. /me heads out to find new hardware. Thanks for the support guys.
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Sorry to hear about your hardware... Good luck!
