1363739444 J * derjohn_mob ~aj@85.182.152.178 1363743253 J * Seattle ~chatzilla@c-24-34-74-228.hsd1.ma.comcast.net 1363743264 M * Seattle Hi All - am trying to compile kernel (http://linux-vserver.org/Installation_on_Linux_2.6). Have gotten through step "make && make modules_install". Seemed to run...am on to step "you have to copy the kernel image to your /boot partition and configure your boot loader." but can't find new kernel image...where would this process put it? Is it possible that while things seemed to run, it... 1363743266 M * Seattle ...didn't work? 1363744614 M * Bertl no, the kernel is there, it is located in arch/x86/boot 1363744638 M * Bertl usually you can install it with 'make install' (similar to make modules_install) 1363744651 Q * nlm Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363744674 Q * derjohn_mob Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363745165 J * derjohn_mob ~aj@85.182.152.178 1363747858 Q * clopez Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363748114 J * clopez ~clopez@108.30.165.83.dynamic.mundo-r.com 1363750884 Q * derjohn_mob Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363752450 J * derjohn_mob ~aj@85.182.152.178 1363753069 Q * derjohn_mob Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363756213 J * derjohn_mob ~aj@d141166.adsl.hansenet.de 1363759753 Q * clopez Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363761114 J * nerdpunk ~user@2001:470:50b6:0:4061:c227:9583:c5a9 1363761123 Q * distemper Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363761719 Q * derjohn_mob Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363761842 M * Bertl off to bed now ... have a good one everyone! 1363761852 N * Bertl Bertl_zZ 1363762077 J * Ghislain ~aqueos@adsl1.aqueos.com 1363762820 J * derjohn_mob ~aj@87.253.171.208 1363768788 J * thierryp ~thierry@home.parmentelat.net 1363770761 J * _WildPikachu_ ~nkukard@196-210-204-27.dynamic.isadsl.co.za 1363770891 Q * nkukard_ Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363771341 J * Walex ~Walex@94.197.190.194.threembb.co.uk 1363774340 J * mekt ~mekt@0001b319.user.oftc.net 1363775904 Q * jrklein_ Read error: Operation timed out 1363775947 J * jrklein ~osx@proxy.dnihost.net 1363776476 M * mekt Are Linux features needed for VServer now in the linux-stable branch? 1363776636 M * Seattle Thanks Bertl - can't find it (does arch/x86/boot mean the /boot for my setup?)...think it's there somewhere....tried a reboot, but only have original 2.6.32-5-686. Sorry, stumped 1363776796 M * Seattle mekt - hi - my understanding is that the versions of the kernel and util-vserver where ancient when did straight forward install for debian 6 1363776855 M * daniel_hozac mekt: no, but more and more is getting added. 1363776999 M * Seattle I ran vserver-info, and that's what Bertl thought... 1363777031 M * Seattle would be happy to skip compiling if I could.. 1363777234 M * mekt Thanks for the info. Presently i am running a 3.9 Linux with completely custom configuration. I shall watch the patches at linux-vserver.org/Downloads . 1363777260 M * daniel_hozac 3.9 certainly isn't in linux-stable :) 1363777272 M * mekt as RC2. 1363777279 M * mekt which is. 1363777299 M * Seattle Sorry - didn't mean to interrupt thread... 1363777342 M * mekt Seattle: multiple concurrent threads is usual on IRC. 1363777398 Q * ircuser-1 Read error: Operation timed out 1363777424 M * Seattle OK 1363777450 Q * mekt 1363778002 J * clopez ~clopez@fanzine.igalia.com 1363778762 J * nlm ~nlm@host187.190-228-227.telecom.net.ar 1363778869 M * Seattle Wanted to post again...new to trying to get through compile process. Got through "make && make modules_install" and things seemed to compile (didn't see errors). Trying to do "copy the kernel image to your /boot partition and configure your boot loader" but can't find kernel image. Where would this process put it? Think I'm doing something dumb... 1363778959 N * quasisan1 quasisane 1363778972 M * Seattle Suggestion it's in "arch/x86/boot" - would guess that means /boot for my dist ... think I only see original initrd, vmlinuz, and system.map there....again, new to this so am fumbling... 1363781135 Q * Seattle Remote host closed the connection 1363781230 J * ircuser-1 ~ircuser-1@35.222-62-69.ftth.swbr.surewest.net 1363781491 Q * wmp Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363781508 J * wmp ~wmp@2001:41d0:1:8616::1 1363783206 Q * Walex 1363783274 Q * thierryp Remote host closed the connection 1363786346 Q * Aiken Remote host closed the connection 1363786500 N * Bertl_zZ Bertl 1363786512 M * Bertl morning folks! 1363788101 Q * eyck Server closed connection 1363788103 J * eyck ~eyck@nat08.nowanet.pl 1363789396 Q * wmp Remote host closed the connection 1363789535 Q * aurel42 Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363789776 J * Walex ~Walex@92.41.246.162.threembb.co.uk 1363790554 Q * clopez Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363792267 J * wmp ~wmp@2001:41d0:1:8616::1 1363795246 M * Bertl off for now ... bbl 1363795250 N * Bertl bertl_oO 1363795254 N * bertl_oO Bertl_oO 1363798728 J * clopez ~clopez@108.30.165.83.dynamic.mundo-r.com 1363799024 Q * Romster Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363799397 J * WiuEmPe ~wmp-freen@62.244.149.110 1363799843 J * thierryp ~thierry@home.parmentelat.net 1363800007 Q * mnemoc Server closed connection 1363800088 J * mnemoc ~amery@geeks.cl 1363800534 Q * clopez Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363800804 Q * derjohn_mob Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363806103 J * Seattle ~chatzilla@c-24-34-74-228.hsd1.ma.comcast.net 1363806173 Q * Seattle 1363806186 J * Seattle ~chatzilla@c-24-34-74-228.hsd1.ma.comcast.net 1363806193 J * ksn ~ksn@00019501.user.oftc.net 1363806269 M * Seattle Hi All - I'm working on compiling kernel for Debian 6, am getting kernel panic, was hoping to review steps I've taken and see where I'm going wrong (am I using the wrong versions or incompatible versions?): 1363806270 M * Seattle - fresh install (debian squeeze) 1363806272 M * Seattle - mkdir ~/src 1363806274 M * Seattle - cd ~/src 1363806275 M * Seattle - wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.6.11.tar.xz (to pull down 3.6.11 kernel) 1363806277 M * Seattle - tar -xJf linux-3.6.11.tar.xz 1363806278 M * Seattle - copied contents of "vs2.3.4.6" from http://linux-vserver.org/Downloads, and created file in ~/src called "patch-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6.diff" and pasted contents into it. 1363806299 M * Seattle cp -la linux-3.6.11 linux-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6 -cd linux-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6 -cat ../patch-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6.diff | patch -p1 -copied "config-2.6.32-5-686" from /boot to ~/src/linux-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6 and rename file as ".config" -installed build-essential and ncurses-dev libncurses-dev libncurses5-dev -from ~/src/linux-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6, ran menuconfig -took all the defaults for Linux Vserver... 1363806301 M * Seattle ...configuration options -from ~/src/linux-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6, ran "make" -from ~/src/linux-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6, make install -ran update-grub 1363806320 M * Seattle The compile seems to complete succesully, and in /boot "config-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6", "System.map-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6" and "vmlinuz-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6" are added. 1363806393 M * Seattle Upon reboot, I select vmlinuz-3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6 but end up in kernel panic. Thoughts on what I'm doing wrong? 1363806849 J * FireEgl ~FireEgl@173-25-83-57.client.mchsi.com 1363806865 M * Bertl_oO could be a bunch of things, please upload the bootup log somewhere 1363806905 M * Seattle OK - is there a link you'd prefer (I think there's on off of the site...)? 1363806961 M * Bertl_oO doesn't matter, whatever works for you is fine 1363806977 M * Bertl_oO (you can use paste.linux-vserver.org) 1363807017 M * Seattle Thanks Bertl - I'm not sure Debian has a boot log - let me research...hang on... 1363807032 M * Bertl_oO the messages you get when booting the new kernel 1363807040 N * Bertl_oO Bertl 1363807073 M * Bertl record them (best done via serial console) and upload them somewhere so that I can take a look at it 1363807234 M * Seattle Not sure serial console is option, but think I can enable boot logging. Let me try that and will come back in a bit... 1363807398 Q * Seattle Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.90 [Iceweasel 3.5.16/20121207230533] 1363808365 J * clopez ~clopez@108.30.165.83.dynamic.mundo-r.com 1363808951 Q * ksn Quit: WeeChat 0.3.8 1363809171 J * bonbons ~bonbons@2001:a18:209:1001:9989:94af:87ff:846 1363809413 Q * clopez Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363809669 Q * WiuEmPe Quit: Konversation terminated! 1363809950 J * Romster ~romster@202.168.100.149.dynamic.rev.eftel.com 1363810335 J * Aiken ~Aiken@2001:44b8:2168:1000:21f:d0ff:fed6:d63f 1363810461 Q * Romster Read error: Operation timed out 1363810484 J * Romster ~romster@202.168.100.149.dynamic.rev.eftel.com 1363810734 J * Seattle ~chatzilla@c-24-34-74-228.hsd1.ma.comcast.net 1363810852 M * Seattle Hi All - am working on compiling new kernel/vserver patch. Trying to get logs, but appears that boot log in debian is overwritten at each boot and logs not generated (Bertl suggested serial console...saw something on net about netconsole...may need to resort to these but look like are a challenge in and of themselves). Have hand typed what I see on the screen...not sure this helps... 1363810883 M * Seattle Early console in decompress_kernel 1363810884 M * Seattle Decompressing linux....Parsing ELF...done. 1363810884 M * Seattle Booting the kernel. 1363810884 M * Seattle [ 1.024148] Kernel panic - not syncing : VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) 1363810884 M * Seattle [ 1.024203] Pid: 1, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.6.11-vs2.3.4.6 #2 1363810884 M * Seattle [ 1.024.2501] Call Trace: 1363810886 M * Seattle [ xxxxx] [] ? panic+0x80/0x170 1363810886 M * Seattle [ xxxxx] [] ? mount_block_root_0x1df/0x200\ 1363810903 M * Seattle [ xxxxx] [] ? do_signal_0x88/0x4ab\ 1363810903 M * Seattle [ xxxxx] [] ? mount_root+0x30/0x4d\ 1363810903 M * Seattle [ xxxxx] [] ? prepare_namespace+0x10e/0x13e\ 1363810903 M * Seattle [ xxxxx] [] ? kernel_init+0x17d/0x189\ 1363810903 M * Seattle [ xxxxx] [] ? repair_env_string+0x4f/0x4f\ 1363810904 M * Seattle [ xxxxx] [] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0xd} 1363810907 M * Bertl (please use paste.linux-vserver.org for everything longer than 3 lines) 1363810985 M * Bertl also, what I see so far, the root device cannot be mounted, to diagnose this further, I need the output of a verbose bootup 1363811026 M * Bertl most likely, the bootloader adds 'quiet' to the kernel command line (try to remove that in grub/lilo) 1363811079 M * Seattle OK..thanks..hang on 1363811111 M * Bertl chances are good, you are missing a driver or a module is not loaded/available in the initramfs 1363811264 Q * m_ueberall Server closed connection 1363811281 J * m_ueberall dircproxy4@2a01:4f8:100:80e3:0:bc28:af65:5 1363811606 Q * Romster Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363812136 Q * Seattle Remote host closed the connection 1363813041 J * Seattle ~chatzilla@c-24-34-74-228.hsd1.ma.comcast.net 1363813107 M * Seattle Hi All - have been trying to upgrade kernel, getting panics, and can't seem to find (short of serial console) to get boot log to work (it either overwrites or can't find messages that seem relevant). Am going to try this all on another machine... 1363813114 M * Seattle Thanks....will post back... 1363813420 J * hijacker_ ~hijacker@cable-84-43-134-121.mnet.bg 1363814433 Q * Seattle Read error: Operation timed out 1363815462 Q * hijacker_ Quit: Leaving 1363816824 Q * bonbons Quit: Leaving 1363818147 Q * Walex 1363819326 J * WiuEmPe ~wmp-freen@62.244.149.110 1363819330 M * WiuEmPe hello 1363819354 M * WiuEmPe i have problem, after install newest vsrver i cant boot on normal kernel 1363819391 M * WiuEmPe and server with vserver kernel has crashs 1363819423 J * Romster ~romster@202.168.100.149.dynamic.rev.eftel.com 1363821208 Q * Romster Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363821226 Q * thierryp Remote host closed the connection 1363822065 J * Romster ~romster@202.168.100.149.dynamic.rev.eftel.com 1363822121 M * Bertl WiuEmPe: why can't you boot a normal kernel? 1363822132 M * WiuEmPe nvm ;) 1363822153 M * Bertl okay, and in what way does the Linux-VServer crash? 1363822167 M * WiuEmPe i dont know 1363822178 M * Bertl what message do you get? 1363822180 M * WiuEmPe after few hours server dont response 1363822192 M * WiuEmPe i havent message, i havent kvm :/ 1363822217 M * Bertl okay, so after a few hours, the host is unreachable or unresponsive? 1363822344 M * WiuEmPe emmm, i dont understand ;) dont ping, ssh dont listing and i must make restart 1363822374 M * Bertl I mean, your only connection to the host (the physical machine) is via network, yes? 1363822414 M * WiuEmPe yes 1363822440 M * Bertl so, you do not know if the kernel has a problem or if you just lose network connectivity, yes? 1363822507 M * WiuEmPe Bertl: kernel problem 1363822515 M * Bertl how do you know? 1363822529 M * WiuEmPe technics in DC can only reboot server becouse dont response 1363822557 M * Bertl okay, so they did access the console? 1363822595 J * clopez ~clopez@108.30.165.83.dynamic.mundo-r.com 1363822597 M * Bertl and we are talking about 3.7.10-vs2.3.5.6 yes? 1363822619 M * WiuEmPe yes 1363822635 M * WiuEmPe and on 3.4.4 i have this same 1363822648 M * WiuEmPe on 2.6.38 work good over 24h 1363822668 M * Bertl 3.4.4 means 3.4.4 + Linux-VServer or 3.4.4 mainline unpatched? 1363822710 M * WiuEmPe 3.4.4 with vserver 1363822743 M * Bertl okay, and there is no kernel panic on the console? 1363822769 M * Bertl because kernel lockups are usually detected by the kernel and logged 1363822780 M * Bertl (unless they are hardware issues) 1363822783 M * WiuEmPe Bertl: display is dark 1363822795 M * WiuEmPe in logs i have nothing 1363822818 M * Bertl well, that's not unexpected, it would require a serial console to get more information 1363822840 M * Bertl did you try to run an unpatched kernel, same version, same config on that machine? 1363822896 M * WiuEmPe Bertl: now i run 3.2.0-39 from ubuntu repos 1363822939 M * Bertl I'd suggest to get a 3.7.10 kernel, no Linux-VServer patch, with the same config you used for the 3.7.10-vs2.3.5.6 one 1363822974 M * Bertl and run that for at least 24 hours to see if that is fine 1363823014 M * WiuEmPe Bertl: heh, my user want work server :D 1363823087 M * Bertl that's up to you, I'm just suggesting options 1363823129 M * WiuEmPe yes, i understand ;) 1363823148 M * WiuEmPe Bertl: but in this server i have problem with xen too 1363823162 M * WiuEmPe booting on xen tell me that i have broken discs 1363823163 M * Bertl I presume it is a hardware issue 1363823193 M * WiuEmPe but i have raid1 and this is very oddly for raid1 1363823203 M * WiuEmPe and work good on normaln kernel 1363823210 M * WiuEmPe without xen 1363823331 Q * Romster Ping timeout: 480 seconds 1363823390 Q * Ghislain Quit: Leaving. 1363823419 M * WiuEmPe Bertl: maybe vserver has problems with 64GB ram? 1363823511 M * Bertl I don't think so, we do not modify the memory management 1363823518 M * WiuEmPe ok 1363823532 M * Bertl and I know a few sites where 64GB+ is no problem 1363823629 M * Bertl a good indication for a hardware issue is that even ping fails, because usually when the kernel panics, ping still works, as it is answered in the interrupt handler 1363823634 M * WiuEmPe new version has root with context 0 - nice ;) 1363823816 Q * imachine Remote host closed the connection