HowTo: Installing and using KernelCheck

[the8thstar]

Hello,

Will I be able to automount UFS partitions (OpenSolaris) if I upgrade to the latest kernel through KernelCheck?

[ForksHolder]

A question:

Does KernelCheck can auto configure itself or it will can in the next version?

Thanks.

[Brando569]

Hello,

Will I be able to automount UFS partitions (OpenSolaris) if I upgrade to the latest kernel through KernelCheck?

you should be able to as long as the UFS modules are compiled in with the kernel.

A question:

Does KernelCheck can auto configure itself or it will can in the next version?

Thanks.

yes it can, there is an option for this that is usually checked that says "configure kernel manually" and if you want everything to be automatic you just uncheck it. it is highly recommended that you configure the kernel yourself, give it a try :D

[traxk]

RE: KernelCheck HopeStar version 1.14
a- option: "running kernel" doesn`t show rc version
b- no sound although sound device detected (kernel 2.26.26-rc8/2.26-rc9)
c- configuration tab, ALSA marked as module, PCI>IHDA marked as module, CMI8738 selected
d- Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.26-rc9-ultimate root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-rc9-ultimate root=UUID=1e6acda7-9e2b-4af7-a286-840bfa850a79 ro quiet
splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-rc9-ultimate quiet

Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.26-rc8-kernelcheck root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-rc8-kernelcheck root=UUID=1e6acda7-9e2b-4af7-a286-840bfa850a79 ro
quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-rc8-kernelcheck
e- boot-screen shows three progress bars instead of one
f- I am runnig a Dell-Dimension2400/IntelCeleron CPU 2.60GHz dual boot WXP-h/SP3 + Linux-Ubuntu 8.04.1
g- anything ells I can do!?

[master_kernel]

First, let me say this looks like a great piece of work. Add me as a +1 on that score.

However, I have a few (embarrassing) questions concerning the meaning/use of some gui options.

My intention was to compile the 2.6.26 kernel after disabling a truckload of things I do not/will never have use for on this laptop--e.g., LVM, NFS, Acorn support, Touchscreen,...etc). After getting the kernel information updated properly, I set the checkbox to "Confingure the kernel" (or similar), and left configure X unchecked. Invoking "build kernel" started the process, which continued to the point of asking how to handle the grub menu list (that is a separate question, below). After selecting (something) there, the build continued to the end, but without any option to change the kernel configuration (no makemenu appeared). I apparently have a compiled 2.6.25 kernel with all options including a cold fusion powered toilet compiled into the kernel (from a post compile inspection). (ugh)

This begs the question, "did I err in making this menu selection, is the description misleading, or is there some other problem I am not smart enough to see?" Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

As to the grub menu list option, I must admit embarrassment that my best efforts to parse the displayed options to figure out what to choose was utterly depressing. If I want the newly compiled kernel to show up in the list, which is the correct choice? Grub did not update for me, the program crashed, and required a system restart. I can fix this by updating grub manually, but I am curious where my error is.

Apart from the above (and the grub menu thing is probably just me not being able to shift my thinking), I think you are on to one of the biggest advances in usability that we have seen in a long, long, time.

If expecting to trim the fat out of the kernel using this tool is more than it was intended to do, no problem. There is a case to be made for doing it the old-fashioned way.

Again, thanks for any insights. I will slink into lurk mode to preserve what little dignity I have left.


Lenovo 3000/N100 core2duo laptop; intel graphics, sound, and wifi.

These are perfectly valid questions, don't be hard on yourself.
Here are some suggestions/tips:


Configure kernel option manually is automatically selected when KernelCheck starts. This causes a configuration window to appear when it is time to configure the kernel.
Make sure you include your Wireless LAN modules in your kernel, ALSA sound, and the Intel HD audio module
When the dialog in the terminal asks you if you want to replace your GRUB list with the maintainer's version, allow it

[master_kernel]

RE: KernelCheck HopeStar version 1.14
a- option: "running kernel" doesn`t show rc version
b- no sound although sound device detected (kernel 2.26.26-rc8/2.26-rc9)
c- configuration tab, ALSA marked as module, PCI>IHDA marked as module, CMI8738 selected
d- Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.26-rc9-ultimate root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-rc9-ultimate root=UUID=1e6acda7-9e2b-4af7-a286-840bfa850a79 ro quiet
splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-rc9-ultimate quiet

Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.26-rc8-kernelcheck root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-rc8-kernelcheck root=UUID=1e6acda7-9e2b-4af7-a286-840bfa850a79 ro
quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-rc8-kernelcheck
e- boot-screen shows three progress bars instead of one
f- I am runnig a Dell-Dimension2400/IntelCeleron CPU 2.60GHz dual boot WXP-h/SP3 + Linux-Ubuntu 8.04.1
g- anything ells I can do!?
Does this happen when you compile a normal stable kernel as well?

[traxk]

@Master_KernelCheck,
1-RE: My posts #207/209 and #211 (Kernel 2.6.25) No sound...device is busy, invalid argument, audio output unavailable etc.
2-Kernel 2.6.25 stable kernel!?
3-Third attempt after two failures this time using KernelCheck HopeStar version 1.14 Building kernel 2.6.26-rc9 on Fresh install updated OS Ubuntu 8.04.1
4-Dell Pc on-board sound card 'OFF'
5-PCI 'Enabled' (Sweex 5.1 PCI sound card)
6-Sweex 5.1 Works well with WXP-h/3SP and Ubuntu 8.04.1/kernel 2.6.24-19
7-I have done configuration (file saved) as per your advice. (your post 208)
8-Kernel 2.6.26-26-rc9 performs well (besides audio/boot-screen issues)
Traxk

[master_kernel]

@Master_KernelCheck,
1-RE: My posts #207/209 and #211 (Kernel 2.6.25) No sound...device is busy, invalid argument, audio output unavailable etc.
2-Kernel 2.6.25 stable kernel!?
3-Third attempt after two failures this time using KernelCheck HopeStar version 1.14 Building kernel 2.6.26-rc9 on Fresh install updated OS Ubuntu 8.04.1
4-Dell Pc on-board sound card 'OFF'
5-PCI 'Enabled' (Sweex 5.1 PCI sound card)
6-Sweex 5.1 Works well with WXP-h/3SP and Ubuntu 8.04.1/kernel 2.6.24-19
7-I have done configuration (file saved) as per your advice. (your post 208)
8-Kernel 2.6.26-26-rc9 performs well (besides audio/boot-screen issues)
Traxk


I've done some searching around, and the module you need to enable in your kernel is C-Media 8338, 8738, 8768, 8770 (if it is not already enabled)
If that does not solve the problem, try adding the module to every boot sequence
gksudo gedit /etc/modules
Add snd-cmipci to the end of the file (if not already there)
Example:
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

snd-cmipci
As for the boot screen, try removing anything that says vga=XXX in your GRUB menu.lst (/boot/grub/menu.lst)

[traxk]

@Master_Kernel,
(your post #258)
1--have added "snd-cmipci" to /etc/modules...no sound progress
2--re:/boot/grub/menu.lst...have remove "=vga=791"...no difference
3--meanwhile kernel 2.6.24-19 now suffers same sound issues
4--on both kernels ff3 now plays flash-video with sound (You Tube/News sites)
5--media players are striking...(rhythm-box, vlc, mplayer, totem)
6--cmi8338/8738 files in /usr/share/alsa/cards and /proc/asound
7--I think one important file has been removed!?
8--sound was perfect running kernel 2.6.24-16/17/18/19
9--"good sound" on WXP-h/SP3 using same Sweex 5.1 sound card
10-no calammity here I am testing your software "KernelCheck"

Ps.:ALSA/PCI-IHDA and CMI are enabled on configuration tab

[master_kernel]

@Master_Kernel,
(your post #258)
1--have added "snd-cmipci" to /etc/modules...no sound progress
2--re:/boot/grub/menu.lst...have remove "=vga=791"...no difference
3--meanwhile kernel 2.6.24-19 now suffers same sound issues
4--on both kernels ff3 now plays flash-video with sound (You Tube/News sites)
5--media players are striking...(rhythm-box, vlc, mplayer, totem)
6--cmi8338/8738 files in /usr/share/alsa/cards and /proc/asound
7--I think one important file has been removed!?
8--sound was perfect running kernel 2.6.24-16/17/18/19
9--"good sound" on WXP-h/SP3 using same Sweex 5.1 sound card
10-no calammity here I am testing your software "KernelCheck"

Ps.:ALSA/PCI-IHDA and CMI are enabled on configuration tab
Oh, run sudo update-grub to update your menu.lst and make sure it does not re-add a VGA option.

It sounds like a very important sound package has been removed...

[isaacj87]

@master_kernel:

I had a couple questions for you...I was planning on using some of your code to make my own program (more specifically I'm using KernelCheck as a reference/tool/guide to learn from, I'm a noob hobbyist programmer). I fully intended to get credit where it is deserved...Is is okay with you?

With that said, how is KernelCheck able to build the kernel without ever asking the user for the root password?

[chrisblue]

I am having a similar sound problem after compiling a new kernel with KernelCheck 1.1.4.

Originally running Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic however needed to increase the timer rate (so an IR remote would be reliably detected)

Did one compile with the performance patch to Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.25-ultimate, changed the scan rate option and checked the ALSA option in the configuration dialogue and found that there were no sound drivers installed although Ubuntu can at least see the hardware.

chris@dogbox:~$ lspci -v
<<snip>>

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N4-E or A8N-E Mainboard
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at dc00
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Memory at d6003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

Recompiled again with the performance patch but this time with only the scan rate changed iin the config. Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.25.10-ultimate. Again same problem with no sound.

Removed and reinstalled the ALSA drivers with

sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils[SIZE=2]sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utilsAlso tried to compile them from source using module-assistant which seemed to work but still no sound.

Tried a new kernel compile this time with no patches applied and checking all the ALSA options that seemed to relate to my card (ie intelx80 driver) and again everything seems to work fine except no sound - the new scan frequency works great though :)

So as you said it looks like some critical sound files are being missed out somewhere.

Cheers

[larryfroot]

Exactly the same problem here...hopestar used and sound spannered. Have also done all that the previous respondents have with the same unhappy result. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks!

[master_kernel]

@master_kernel:

I had a couple questions for you...I was planning on using some of your code to make my own program (more specifically I'm using KernelCheck as a reference/tool/guide to learn from, I'm a noob hobbyist programmer). I fully intended to get credit where it is deserved...Is is okay with you?

With that said, how is KernelCheck able to build the kernel without ever asking the user for the root password?
Of course you can use my code, thats what GPL is for after all! :)

KernelCheck is started up with a 'gksu' command, which is exactly like running the program as root. (ex: gksu kernelcheck)

When it is not run as root, it pops out an error message.

[master_kernel]

I am having a similar sound problem after compiling a new kernel with KernelCheck 1.1.4.

Originally running Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic however needed to increase the timer rate (so an IR remote would be reliably detected)

Did one compile with the performance patch to Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.25-ultimate, changed the scan rate option and checked the ALSA option in the configuration dialogue and found that there were no sound drivers installed although Ubuntu can at least see the hardware.

chris@dogbox:~$ lspci -v
<<snip>>

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N4-E or A8N-E Mainboard
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at dc00
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Memory at d6003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

Recompiled again with the performance patch but this time with only the scan rate changed iin the config. Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.25.10-ultimate. Again same problem with no sound.

Removed and reinstalled the ALSA drivers with

sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils[SIZE=2]sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utilsAlso tried to compile them from source using module-assistant which seemed to work but still no sound.

Tried a new kernel compile this time with no patches applied and checking all the ALSA options that seemed to relate to my card (ie intelx80 driver) and again everything seems to work fine except no sound - the new scan frequency works great though :)

So as you said it looks like some critical sound files are being missed out somewhere.

Cheers
Here's your solution:

At the configuration window for the kernel, under ALSA > PCI Devices you need to enable Intel/SiS/nVidia/AMD/ALi AC97 Controller (shown in the attachment).

Exactly the same problem here...hopestar used and sound spannered. Have also done all that the previous respondents have with the same unhappy result. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks!

Can you post the output of:
lspci -v | grep "Audio"

Master Kernel

[chrisblue]

I'll give that a try tonight when I am back in front of my PC. I would like to get rid of the crappy compiles I have done though. Is that just a matter of deselecting them using the package manager whilst booted up with the last good one, then editing the grub menu to remove those entries?

Also is there any facility in KernelCheck to build using an older kernel?

[master_kernel]

I'll give that a try tonight when I am back in front of my PC. I would like to get rid of the crappy compiles I have done though. Is that just a matter of deselecting them using the package manager whilst booted up with the last good one, then editing the grub menu to remove those entries?

Also is there any facility in KernelCheck to build using an older kernel?
1. All you have to do is remove the packages in Synaptic, then run "sudo update-grub" in a terminal.

2. Sorry, at the moment there is no easy way to build an older kernel in KernelCheck without hacking the program. If you would like to find out how to do this, let me know.

MK

[Blinkiz]

Hacking section sounds interesting. One +1 for that one! :)

[traxk]

@Master_Kernel
1--Thanks to kernel version 2.6.26 I have got sound again on my Pc; even greetings-sound works
2--No Ubuntu boot-screen comes with this final version; black-screen
3--The kernel boots start and runs but screen stays black; grub fails!?
4--I have to manually start the kernel; on boot-menu I select which kernel to start than press 'e'> kernel> 'b'
5--Ubuntu version 8.04.1/2.6.19-
Thanks

[master_kernel]

@Master_Kernel
1--Thanks to kernel version 2.6.26 I have got sound again on my Pc; even greetings-sound works
2--No Ubuntu boot-screen comes with this final version; black-screen
3--The kernel boots start and runs but screen stays black; grub fails!?
4--I have to manually start the kernel; on boot-menu I select which kernel to start than press 'e'> kernel> 'b'
5--Ubuntu version 8.04.1/2.6.19-
Thanks


What do you mean by the bolded line above?
Does the boot screen work right with another kernel? If so make sure you did not enable the boot logo option in the kernel. It is not enabled by default.
Try running 'sudo update-grub' and 'grub-install hd0'


MK

[Blinkiz]

I would like KernelCheck to work with distcc.
distcc only works when running as a user that is not root. KernelCheck is running make-kpkg as root. Anyone has a solution?

[traxk]

@Master_Kernel
re:your post #270,

1--re:item '5' on list post #269...[Issued first week July]>> the Ubuntu OS version 8.04.1 lts with kernel 2.6.19
2--The Ubuntu boot-screen with progress-bar was OK with kernel 2.6.19 but vanished afterwards
3--I haven`t touch the boot-logo option
4--I have run in terminal both commands "sudo update-grub and grub-install hd0" ....no improvement
5--Shut down-screen shows for a short period of time vertical red/white stripes
6--Kernel 2.6.26 feels stable and I will keep-on testing your software
Thanks

[traxk]

@Master_Kernel
re:last post #272
1--first item:sorry for omission...Pls read "kernel 2.6.24-19"
2--Linux image updated today (July 16 2008) to version 2.6.24-19.36
3--The boot-menu is back to normal ('e' and 'b' not any more necessary)
4--No Ubuntu boot-screen at start-up
Thanks

[Totson]

@Master_Kernel
First of all : THANKS FOR THIS NICE PIECE OF SOFTWARE !!!

Just wanted to gice some feedback. Installed the deb package on a striped down version of 8.04.1 running a custom kernel build vith previous kernelcheck on another host. Just wanted to report those 2 small glitches I noticed :

- the deb requests dependance on python2.4, while python (v2.5) is installed. "apt-get -f ..." installs python2.4 and then kernelcheck uses default python anyways ... so now I have python2.4 uselessly installed :-)

- also, python-vte (in ubuntu) is required for kernelcheck to run. Had to install it. So it may be a good idea to put as a dependency to the package.

Thanks again for your excellent tool !!!
Cheers !

[chrisblue]

Here's your solution:

At the configuration window for the kernel, under ALSA > PCI Devices you need to enable Intel/SiS/nVidia/AMD/ALi AC97 Controller (shown in the attachment).



Thanks for this. All worked well. Don't think I am up to hacking KernelCheck to use an older kernel but it would be nice to stay with the same kernel if all you wanted to do was change a few settings and recompile. Maybe a feature for down the track?

Anyway thanks a lot for the utility. It make what looked like a painful task a lot simpler and almost noob friendly :)

Cheers.

[LarryEdwards]

After running KernelCheck my 2.6.26 ultimate system hangs at
Starting up . . .
Decompressing Linux . . . Parsing ELF . . . done
Booting the kernel
[ 0.297095] ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE

If I start up in recovery mode I get to
[ 0.257142] ACPI : Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing



I have a Toshiba laptop A215-S7422 dual booted with Vista. Am running 8.04.1 with 2.6.24-19 kernel and trying to upgrade to 2.6.26 so my Realtek wireless card will work.

I am a weary, but committed newbie.

[onewithnature83]

LarryEdwards,

I have a Toshiba laptop A215-S7422 dual booted with Vista. Am running 8.04.1 with 2.6.24-19 kernel and trying to upgrade to 2.6.26 so my Realtek wireless card will work.

I too have the same wireless chipset. I was told that it would not be untill 2.6.27 would the kernel module be added for the rtl8187b chip=set.

Please share your experience, and results with this Kernel 2.6.26 upgrade goes.

I am also attempting this.

You can find more information on making it work here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/RealtekRTL8187b

you will also find my e-mail there.

I apologize to for the off-topic post.

--TJ onewithnature83

Thank you to the developer and all who made this possible for all of us.

[logos34]

I just used your program. Successful (man it boots like a rocket now!)

One problem though:

I now have a HUGE folder in /usr/src called "linux-2.6.26" of ~2.4 GB!!!

Can I get rid of it?

Edit: also, restricted drivers refuses to show nvidia drivers in use...can't run nvidia-settings. nvidia-xconfig doesn't configure. No change even after installing the nvidia proprietary driver via EnvyNG. (paravirtualization was set 'off' in qconf). But I got xserver to start finally by simply copying my old xorg.conf file and using that

[master_kernel]

I just used your program. Successful (man it boots like a rocket now!)

One problem though:

I now have a HUGE folder in /usr/src called "linux-2.6.26" of ~2.4 GB!!!

Can I get rid of it?

Edit: also, restricted drivers refuses to show nvidia drivers in use...can't run nvidia-settings. nvidia-xconfig doesn't configure. No change even after installing the nvidia proprietary driver via EnvyNG. (paravirtualization was set 'off' in qconf). But I got xserver to start finally by simply copying my old xorg.conf file and using that
You can get rid of that folder.
And which version of the nVidia driver does Envy compile?

[master_kernel]

@Master_Kernel
re:last post #272
1--first item:sorry for omission...Pls read "kernel 2.6.24-19"
2--Linux image updated today (July 16 2008) to version 2.6.24-19.36
3--The boot-menu is back to normal ('e' and 'b' not any more necessary)
4--No Ubuntu boot-screen at start-up
Thanks
Make sure you don't disable anything in the kernel configuration unless you're entirely sure about what it does. Also, make sure your graphics card is selected.

[logos34]

You can get rid of that folder.
And which version of the nVidia driver does Envy compile?

envy has three to choose from, the latest being 173.14.09 (which is what I tried).

It turns out I just needed to point it ('--kernel-source-path=') to the linux-2.6.26 folder rather than the linux-headers folder in /usr/src. I managed to drastically reduce the size of the folder by compiling it manually with the prefix INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 fakeroot make-kpkg...

folder now averages ~500-600 mb, which is more like it

[logos34]

funny, I just installed the latest 2.26.6.1 kernel on my regular ubuntu studio partition, but for the life of me the nvidia driver will not go in--gives me the familiar complaint about the /usr/lib32/libnvidia-173.14.so.1 not being where it should, etc. I uninstalled, then deleted the leftover libnv* files (in tls/ subfolder too). Tried installation a second time but same thing.

I ran into this problem when I was did a test run on another partition but managed after a few tries to get it to install. So I know the 173.14.09.pkg2.run driver works. Why is it fighting me?

[master_kernel]

Thread cleaned up, and added a tutorial for how to install the devel version.
MK

[master_kernel]

Poll added for feature request for Lumen.

[foxy123]

Great programme! Thanks a lot for that. I used to compile kernel manually but it saves a lot of hassle.

The only wee of problem I have is that after compiling a new kernel I cannot launch terminal as it complains something about 'child process' and Thunderbird suddenly freezes taking up 100% of resources. I guess I selected/unselected something wrongly but I do not know what.

[RATM_Owns]

It doesn't have audio support for mine.


Anyways, great app. Keep up the good work.

[of_darkness]

I have tried to purge and reinstall the exmap packages but still it gives this error and kernbel is not bootable

64bit hardy

error message from hopstar

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26.3-ultimate/build M=/usr/src/modules/exmap modules
make[4]: Går till katalogen "/usr/src/linux-2.6.26"
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.o
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c: I funktion "init_module":
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c:510: fel: "proc_root" är odeklarerad (första förekomsten i denna funktion)
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c:510: fel: (Varje odeklarerad identifierare rapporteras bara en gång
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c:510: fel: för varje funktion den finns i.)
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c: I funktion "cleanup_module":
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c:535: fel: "proc_root" är odeklarerad (första förekomsten i denna funktion)
make[5]: *** [/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.o] Fel 1
make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/exmap] Fel 2
make[4]: Lämnar katalogen "/usr/src/linux-2.6.26"
make[3]: *** [kernel_modules] Fel 2
make[3]: Lämnar katalogen "/usr/src/modules/exmap"
make[2]: *** [binary-modules] Fel 2
make[2]: Lämnar katalogen "/usr/src/modules/exmap"
make[1]: *** [kdist_build] Fel 2
make[1]: Lämnar katalogen "/usr/src/modules/exmap"
Module /usr/src/modules/exmap failed.
Hit return to Continue



translation of important swedish words:
odeklarerad=undifined
Fel=error
Lämnar katalogen=leving directory
Går till katalogen=goes to directory

[Mikolaj.Q]

Hi,

Thanks for your great program. I've been using it many times with a full success. But now i have a small problem. I use Kubuntu 8.04.1 and Hopestar from repo didn't work, so i tried experimental version. I downloaded the program from bzr (rev 10). Installation is ok, but i can not launch it.

This is console output:

bogdan@icy:~/Pulpit/Nowy katalog_1$ sudo kernelcheck
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/kernelcheck", line 9, in <module>
import KernelCheck.main, os, gtk, sys
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 28, in <module>
import pango
ImportError: No module named pango
bogdan@icy:~/Pulpit/Nowy katalog_1$

What should I install to run the program? I've installed everything from repo with "pango" in name - didn't help. I have no idea what to do.

[master_kernel]

I have tried to purge and reinstall the exmap packages but still it gives this error and kernbel is not bootable

64bit hardy

error message from hopstar

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26.3-ultimate/build M=/usr/src/modules/exmap modules
make[4]: Går till katalogen "/usr/src/linux-2.6.26"
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.o
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c: I funktion "init_module":
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c:510: fel: "proc_root" är odeklarerad (första förekomsten i denna funktion)
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c:510: fel: (Varje odeklarerad identifierare rapporteras bara en gång
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c:510: fel: för varje funktion den finns i.)
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c: I funktion "cleanup_module":
/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.c:535: fel: "proc_root" är odeklarerad (första förekomsten i denna funktion)
make[5]: *** [/usr/src/modules/exmap/exmap.o] Fel 1
make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/exmap] Fel 2
make[4]: Lämnar katalogen "/usr/src/linux-2.6.26"
make[3]: *** [kernel_modules] Fel 2
make[3]: Lämnar katalogen "/usr/src/modules/exmap"
make[2]: *** [binary-modules] Fel 2
make[2]: Lämnar katalogen "/usr/src/modules/exmap"
make[1]: *** [kdist_build] Fel 2
make[1]: Lämnar katalogen "/usr/src/modules/exmap"
Module /usr/src/modules/exmap failed.
Hit return to Continue



translation of important swedish words:
odeklarerad=undifined
Fel=error
Lämnar katalogen=leving directory
Går till katalogen=goes to directory
Try apt-get build-dep PACKAGES.

[master_kernel]

Hi,

Thanks for your great program. I've been using it many times with a full success. But now i have a small problem. I use Kubuntu 8.04.1 and Hopestar from repo didn't work, so i tried experimental version. I downloaded the program from bzr (rev 10). Installation is ok, but i can not launch it.

This is console output:

bogdan@icy:~/Pulpit/Nowy katalog_1$ sudo kernelcheck
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/kernelcheck", line 9, in <module>
import KernelCheck.main, os, gtk, sys
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 28, in <module>
import pango
ImportError: No module named pango
bogdan@icy:~/Pulpit/Nowy katalog_1$

What should I install to run the program? I've installed everything from repo with "pango" in name - didn't help. I have no idea what to do.
Did you install libpango1.0-common?

[of_darkness]

Try apt-get build-dep PACKAGES.

apt-get build-dep exmap exmap-modules-source Läser paketlistor... Färdig Bygger beroendeträd Läser tillståndsinformation... Färdig 0 uppgraderade, 0 nyinstallerade, 0 att ta bort och 267 ej uppgraderade. [ root: /home/blutengel ]# any other ideas?

[Crafty Kisses]

This is awesome, thanks for this!

[Mikolaj.Q]

bogdan@icy:~/Pulpit/Nowy katalog_1$ sudo kernelcheck
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/kernelcheck", line 9, in <module>
import KernelCheck.main, os, gtk, sys
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 28, in <module>
import pango
ImportError: No module named pango
bogdan@icy:~/Pulpit/Nowy katalog_1$

######################

Did you install libpango1.0-common?

#######################

Yes I did, no success.
Good news is, that at least I could launch kernelcheck. It was possible after I've install startupmanager, which has a lot of gnome libs dependencies. Previously i was using ubuntu (gnome) and i had no problems. Unfortunately i don't know which particular package is responsible for my happiness. It would be good to find it out and add this package to lumen dependencies. Thank You for express response, and great job, of course.

[hanzomon4]

How can I use this to install the development branch of the linux kernel like the 2.6.27-rc* kernels?

[hanzomon4]

Nevermind, I see that I just needed to use the dev patch. I wanted the ath9k driver....

[master_kernel]

any other ideas?
Are you using a normal Ubuntu Gnome install?

[master_kernel]

bogdan@icy:~/Pulpit/Nowy katalog_1$ sudo kernelcheck
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/kernelcheck", line 9, in <module>
import KernelCheck.main, os, gtk, sys
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 28, in <module>
import pango
ImportError: No module named pango
bogdan@icy:~/Pulpit/Nowy katalog_1$

######################

Did you install libpango1.0-common?

#######################

Yes I did, no success.
Good news is, that at least I could launch kernelcheck. It was possible after I've install startupmanager, which has a lot of gnome libs dependencies. Previously i was using ubuntu (gnome) and i had no problems. Unfortunately i don't know which particular package is responsible for my happiness. It would be good to find it out and add this package to lumen dependencies. Thank You for express response, and great job, of course.
Thanks, I'll try and hunt down this dependency.

[of_darkness]

Are you using a normal Ubuntu Gnome install?

normal? well im primarly using kde3(kubuntu) but have both installed..

[yosemite610]

I finally got past my alsa-drivers error but I'm noticing the Lumen window is not interactive.

It's stopping with the question: Do you wish to reconfigure the X server now? [Y/n]
But I can't click in or type in the window. Screenshot below.

[banditos]

How can I install RC kernel. For example I have 2.6.26 kernel, your program says that I have the latest version but I want 2.6.27 kernel - is it possible ? Could you answer ?

[risker]

Hey,

i want to try your kernelcheck, but i have to use a proxyserver ... my Env is working correct, but it seems your program doesn't like proxies...is there are way to use it behind a proxyserver?

Best regards,
risker

[master_kernel]

Proxy support will be added in the next version.

[Gary.M]

Is kernelcheck OK with Intrepid?

[killersnowgoon]

hey, ive used kernelcheck many times on a 32bit install of hardy heron and it worked great, but i upgraded to 64bit intrepid, and i can get to configuring the kernel, but once it tries to make it, i get this error:

make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.27'
Makefil:518: /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/xen/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/xen/Makefile'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory 'usr/src/linux-2.6.27/
make: *** [minimul_clean] Error 2

ABORT: stage5 returned exit status 2

any ideas?

[killersnowgoon]

hey, ive used kernelcheck many times on a 32bit install of hardy heron and it worked great, but i upgraded to 64bit intrepid, and i can get to configuring the kernel, but once it tries to make it, i get this error:

make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.27'
Makefil:518: /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/xen/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/xen/Makefile'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory 'usr/src/linux-2.6.27/
make: *** [minimul_clean] Error 2

ABORT: stage5 returned exit status 2

any ideas?

bump

[killersnowgoon]

anyone here?

[andyrogers2008]

Yep I have also got this same problem using Intrepid

andy

[jklasdf]

see bug # 280173 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/280173)

[techmin]

Thi problem is relate to this Debian bug
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=446879

Add --arch=am64 --subarch=x86_64 when calling make-kpkg
or your arch and subarch specify for your architecture

bug on ubuntu launchpad
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kernel-package/+bug/281699

[blazemore]

On the screen of the kernelcheck wizard when you have to click "Get Kernel Information", you've but an apostrophe in posessive "its" when there should be none :)
Easy mistake to make, but makes your app look more polished.

[kevdog]

I used your old version back in Feisty along with your old how to compile that latest kernel guide, way back when. I kind of miss that guide.

Anyway two problems Im having using Intrepid

#1 - The current kernel version, available kernel, and patch information is never displayed. It downloads kernel information, but never displays anything about the currently installed kernel

#2. - I went through compiling a kernel -- changed nothing but kept the defaults -- and the kernel version that was compiled was older than my running version? What??? How did that happen? I'm really confused about that one??

Suggestion
Rather that offering to compile the most recent vanilla kernel (although I don't think this is working), it would be great to offer to compile any kernel version. I'd like to recompile the Feisty generic kernel since it better supported by crappy hardware. It would be great if your program could except any historic kernel version, and also mention as a point of reference what kernel versions were included in Ubuntu's past releases (this would act like a benchmark).

Thanks for your consideration.

[conjunctivitis]

Hello

I am trying to maximize performance for simple internet usage and desktop stuff while minimizing power usage on my Acer Extensa 4420 (AMD Athlon 64 X2). I downloaded and installed your program and started it, but the numerous options scared me off. Where can I find a description of the stuff I can/should change and what should be left alone? Thanks

[conjunctivitis]

hello,

i just tried compiling a kernel with kernelcheck and it closed with an error message as follows
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27.7-ultimate.postinst line 1181.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27.7-ultimate (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.27.7-ultimate
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ABORT: dpkg returned exit status 100

[youngman]

Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27.7-ultimate.postinst line 1181.


Similar here. Solution: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/292606

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-common
(kernel install should complete here)
sudo apt-get install nvidia-common

---

MK - Many thanks for this sweet software!

[blazemore]

youngman you are a genius.
I've been searching for this fix for over a year.

[Arcturus691]

Thi problem is relate to this Debian bug
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=446879

Add --arch=am64 --subarch=x86_64 when calling make-kpkg
or your arch and subarch specify for your architecture

bug on ubuntu launchpad
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kernel-package/+bug/281699

I having the above problem. I can get around it by editing the .config file and changing config_XEN = y to config_XEN = n. What is the consequence of changing config_XEN to N? Also how do you:
Add --arch=am64 --subarch=x86_64 when calling make-kpkg
or your arch and subarch specify for your architecture in KernelCheck?

This is for kernel 2.6.27.10 upgrading from 2.6.27-9-generic
on a AMD Athlon 3800+ 2.4 processor.

[master_kernel]

I having the above problem. I can get around it by editing the .config file and changing config_XEN = y to config_XEN = n. What is the consequence of changing config_XEN to N? Also how do you:
Add --arch=am64 --subarch=x86_64 when calling make-kpkg
or your arch and subarch specify for your architecture in KernelCheck?

This is for kernel 2.6.27.10 upgrading from 2.6.27-9-generic
on a AMD Athlon 3800+ 2.4 processor.
Sorry, I don't know what config_XEN does at all. I'd better brush up on my kernel knowledge.

Future versions should include manual options, but you will have to edit the KC script in the python directory. To locate it try:

$ sudo updatedb
$ locate kscript.sh

[Arcturus691]

Sorry, I don't know what config_XEN does at all. I'd better brush up on my kernel knowledge.

Future versions should include manual options, but you will have to edit the KC script in the python directory. To locate it try:

$ sudo updatedb
$ locate kscript.sh

Thanks for replying. I am not sure what I am doing wrong now. I was able to find the script using the locate command:
~$ locate kscript.sh
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/kscript.sh
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/kscript.sh
/usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck/library/kscript.sh

I gedited the /usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck/library/kscript.sh and modified (mod line in red) as follows:

function stage5 {
cd /usr/src/linux
echo -e "\033[1;31mStage 5/6: Cleaning up for the build"
echo -e "\033[0m"
make-kpkg --arch=am64 --subarch=x86_64 clean
checkretcode stage5
echo ""
exit
}

When I run kernelcheck I get the following error:

Stage 5/6: Cleaning up for the build

exec make -f /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk clean KPKG_ARCH=am64 KPKG_SUBARCH=x86_64
====== making target minimal_clean [new prereqs: ]======
Cleaning.
test ! -f .config || cp -pf .config config.precious
test ! -e stamp-building || rm -f stamp-building
test ! -f Makefile || \
make ARCH=am64 distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.28'
Makefile:518: /usr/src/linux-2.6.28/arch/am64/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-2.6.28/arch/am64/Makefile'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.28'
make: *** [minimal_clean] Error 2

ABORT: stage5 returned exit status 2

Any ideas? Thanks in advance

[edit]
I looked in the below directory and found there is no am64 directory.
Is this the reason for the error?
:/usr/src/linux-2.6.28/arch$ ls
alpha blackfin h8300 m32r mips powerpc sparc x86
arm cris ia64 m68k mn10300 s390 sparc64 xtensa
avr32 frv Kconfig m68knommu parisc sh um

[Frak]

I am a very experienced packager, but on an attempt to reinstall after the first install was whacked caused apt/dpkg to go into a state of paralysis that could only be fixed by an entire reinstall of Ubuntu. Something needs to be addressed if another module package is found on the system. The current non-ability to handle the questioning system is unacceptable. Allow users to manipulate the console messages, they are currently locked behind a nice looking python glass.

Purely unacceptable

[Frak]

Ah, yes, I need to manually fix the missing image problem. Poor program indeed. Were exceptions in kernel compilation never considered at all?

[kevdog]

Frak -- what are your recommending then?

[Frak]

Frak -- what are your recommending then?
Meh, I just blew up in rage. It's more apts fault for being stubborn when it can't find something, even if you tell it to disregard it.

[kevdog]

So is there a workaround?

[Kow]

I should mention that the -K/--kernel-module-only option of the NVIDIA driver installer is broken.... as it is completely ignored:


sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run -K -k 2.6.28-ultimate -n -s


results in:
ERROR: No NVIDIA driver is currently installed; the '--kernel-module-only'
option can only be used to install the NVIDIA kernel module on top of an
existing driver installation.

so I tried --kernel-module-only instead of -K and got the same result. Go nVidia....

EDIT: It seems the 180.17 driver (currently beta) fixes a lot of these issues. Installed fine for me but there are still some outstanding bugs per other forums.

[master_kernel]

Frak, I have sent you this message in an email, but in case you do not receive it, I have copied it below.


I have some questions regarding your posts on my thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6495957&postcount=319
and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6495957&postcount=320

I have discovered from feedback that a package called python-gnome2 is an unlisted dependency. But to which missing image problem are you referring?

Despite this, I am wondering if you have discovered what caused APT to become hell for you. I do realize that the current uninstall script included in KernelCheck is inadequate for stable use, but I cannot understand how APT screwed up if you used it (referring to APT) to uninstall/reinstall KernelCheck.

Also, could you elaborate on how the current questioning system is unacceptable? Are you referring to the radio buttons and checkboxes or the console messages shown in the python script? After all, the user should not need to answer any questions in the console window since there are none. Are you suggesting a "advanced" mode where the program stops after each step to allow to user to add "in-between" steps and also the option to modify each command KernelCheck runs?

Sincerely,
Master Kernel

[Frak]

For the entire situation, I used KernelCheck, compiled a kernel for the second time, without uninstalling it (I just figured it would replace it). Anyways, it came to a point requiring my confirmation over console. I wasn't able to do anything with it, so I closed it. Once I tried to install updates, it alerted me that the image was installed, but there was no file with it, so it was unable to uninstall. Basically, it tried to install, failed, and never cleaned up after itself.

[boob11]

Tnx

[master_kernel]

For the entire situation, I used KernelCheck, compiled a kernel for the second time, without uninstalling it (I just figured it would replace it). Anyways, it came to a point requiring my confirmation over console. I wasn't able to do anything with it, so I closed it. Once I tried to install updates, it alerted me that the image was installed, but there was no file with it, so it was unable to uninstall. Basically, it tried to install, failed, and never cleaned up after itself.
Now I understand. I will add user input support to the next version.

[kevdog]

New feature to compile any new, current, old kernel version implemented yet?

[master_kernel]

New feature to compile any new, current, old kernel version implemented yet?
It's in the alpha version on my machine, but I'm not sure if it's uploaded to Launchpad or not. Lately I haven't had the time to discover the new rules of Sourceforge and Launchpad for uploading files. Plus studying for exams is never fun.

You can try downloading the alpha version off of Launchpad and see if that one works.

[Praxicoide]

A success and a failure for me.

I compiled a Dell Inspiron a few days ago (with the .1 patch) and it worked great (thank you very much).

But I did not have the same luck just now with an old VAIO computer running Xubuntu. Speed improvement is very important in this case, since we're talking about a Duron with 128MB of RAM.

I first tried yesterday with the same 2.6.28.1 stable kernel using your Master Kernel thread. It took a solid seven hours of compiling, during which I got more than a few "non-literal" errors. In the end it never even make a deb. I deleted the downloaded Kernel, patch, directory and linux directory. I created an empty Linux directory again, just in case.

I thought I would try Kernelcheck since it worked so great before. It was a lot faster to compile, but again there were several errors of the same kind. After it was done, I rebooted and right after grub booted, the screen went completely red with white bars. I turned it off and tried again to see if I could get into secure mode, but I got the same thing again. This time I waited and the bars began to move, then the x started. I could log in OK and the desktop loaded, but now all the letters are HUGE!. A line of text takes up a quarter of the screen, even though the icons are fine. I can't even get into a shell promt, because ctrl+alt+F1 takes me to the same red screen from the start.

I would think I messed up some options, if not for all those non-literal errors.

EDIT: Holy crud! I panicked for a minute after booting off 2.6.27.11 since the same problem persists! but now the sound is working and that's when I remembered that Xfce remembers all settings when switching off (grrrr...). So now it appears I have to reset that using cli.

EDIT2: Yup. it was just Xfce. I had to delete the .config/xfce4 and .config/xfce-session directories

[Mikey_S]

For some reason I get:


make[1]: Entering directory 'usr/src/linux-2.6.28'
Makefile: 518: /usr/src/linux-2.6.28/arch/xen/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/src/linux-2.6.28/arch/xen/Makefile'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.28'
make: *** [minimal_clean] Error 2

ABORT: stage5 returned exit status 2

This is after the configuration window comes up...
Any idea what causing this and how to fix this?

I'm currently using linux-2.6.27-9 kernel :)

Thanks

[Praxicoide]

I read about that error here in the thread, so I read about it, didn't take any chances and disabled it. I'm not going to use virtualization anyways, so I don't care if I don't have that, especially since it seems it is no longer supported:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen

Note: This guide is written for Feisty. It is currently not fully compatible with Gutsy, use at your own risk! And it seems Ubuntu has dropped support for Xen dom0 altogether in current and future releases.

Note: If you just want to run a virtual instance of windows, it is recommended to try KVM or VirtualBox instead.

[Arcturus691]

ARCH=am64 is incorrect, I believe it should be ARCH=amd64


When I run kernelcheck I get the following error:

Stage 5/6: Cleaning up for the build

exec make -f /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk clean KPKG_ARCH=am64 KPKG_SUBARCH=x86_64
====== making target minimal_clean [new prereqs: ]======
Cleaning.
test ! -f .config || cp -pf .config config.precious
test ! -e stamp-building || rm -f stamp-building
test ! -f Makefile || \
make ARCH=am64 distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.28'
Makefile:518: /usr/src/linux-2.6.28/arch/am64/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-2.6.28/arch/am64/Makefile'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.28'
make: *** [minimal_clean] Error 2

ABORT: stage5 returned exit status 2

[Arcturus691]

Ok I got past stage 5 only to get an error on stage 6. Seems like it is confused about the version.

Current kernel
uname -a
2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Error Excerpt (see attached file for more info)

====== making target CONFIG-common [new prereqs: testdir]======

====== making target debian/stamp-conf [new prereqs: ]======
The changelog says we are creating 2.6.28.2-ultimate.
However, I thought the version is ..-ultimate
exit 3
make: *** [debian/stamp-conf] Error 3

ABORT: stage6 returned exit status 2

Thanks in advance:)

Edit: Found the same error in ubuntu archives: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-968178.html

Disabling CONFIG_XEN fixes the issue, whether is makes a viable kernel is another question. Correct me if I am wrong but I believe CONFIG_XEN is for virtualization.

[alelinuxbsd]

Thanks master_kernel for your userful program!

This is the first time that i tried to build a new kernel.

Wow!

1) I have a request, could you put a button in order to resume the download if it's stop because of poor adsl lines?

Because of this reason I had to quit and restart the program several times.


2) I have a doubt, I have tried to generate the kernel in a multi-core:
#
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/kscript.sh

CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=10

but during compilation I think it was used only one core or i'm wrong?

[^-Super_Treje-^]

i dont like, because i love the old system of the compiling (some gentoo :D)

[alelinuxbsd]

^-Super_Treje-^ is a bad boy from another forum where i have highlighted your wonderful work.

^-Super_Treje-^ is masochistic. :lolflag:

Nota:
Si discute in italiano, per benino, sul nostro forum. ;)
Poi ti metto allo spiedo.:mrgreen:

[alelinuxbsd]

My custom kernel on Ubuntu Hardy is ok but during the boot i obtain two messages.

One message refers to the lack of AppArmor.

I think it's ok because if i go on the:
download project of AppArmor (http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/?apparmor)
the latest version available (in beta) is on the 2.6.26 kernel while i use the 2.6.28 kernel.

But one an update version of AppArmor is available how can use KernelCheck?

Must I download the source of apparmor or the deb on a new release of ubuntu with the same new kernel that i have installed on my system (2.6.28 )?

But using two different versions of AppArmor on the same system, is there no risk of facing problems?

[sh4d0w808]

Hello master_kernel, very big thanks for this work!

I'd like to recommend to add /home filesystem as temporary work directory if possible.

Regards,
sh4d0w808

[fishb]

Hi,

I've upgraded to Jaunty and my kernelcheck do not work since then. May I know how to solve it?

[deepspring]

Thank you for making this software! it has made compiling kernels much much easier.

A tip:
If you have an Intel Centrino Core Duo (not Core 2 Duo) based Laptop... under the "Processor" types and setting page in KConfig, select the "Pentium M" processor. It will make life easier for you and will give you a nice little kick.

[Hirsch2k]

Kernelcheck does not work any more.

I think it is since kernel.org restructured the code of their site.

Maybe the correspondig lines in the kscript.sh:

DIR=$4
STABLE=$(head -1 $DIR)
STABLE_URL=$(head -2 $DIR | tail -1)
PATCH=$(head -3 $DIR | tail -1)
PATCH_URL=$(head -4 $DIR | tail -1)
ENVY_SUPPORT=$(head -5 $DIR | tail -1)

So kernelcheck gets the wrong URL for the Kernel from kernel.org.
I am not into python, but i think the problem is easy to fix, so maybe someone has an idea how to fix it?

[deepspring]

I'm using the latest development build of KernelCheck and I haven't seen any problems with downloading kernels/patches yet.

[Hirsch2k]

That is strange. In Kernecheck Lumen as well as in Hopestar I get errors. For example, if i click "get kernel information" one long line of html code is displayed for current kernel or kernel patches.
If I want to download the kernel I get errors like "can't resolve hostname href:"

[master_kernel]

Hirsch2k, I'm using KC Hopestar and haven't encountered any errors yet. Have you modified scripts in any way?

[deepspring]

That is strange. In Kernecheck Lumen as well as in Hopestar I get errors. For example, if i click "get kernel information" one long line of html code is displayed for current kernel or kernel patches.
If I want to download the kernel I get errors like "can't resolve hostname href:"

This may or may not help. Try running KernelCheck from a terminal window and see if any debug info comes up, if it does paste it here (in a post).

Also, running the latest development build of KernelCheck from the Gnome menu doesn't work for me, the program exits automatically after clicking the Apply button. I have to run it from the terminal in order to get it to run properly.

sudo kernelcheck

Try this and see if this works for you.

[Hirsch2k]

I didn't modified scripts. Here is a screenshot of Lumen:
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt98/Hirsch2k/kernelcheck.jpg

and the error i get when kernelcheck tries to download the files:

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt98/Hirsch2k/kernelcheck2.jpg

hope this could help

edit: i get the same errors in hopestar too.

[deepspring]

Ok. Thanks for the screenshots, now I can sort of see what you mean.

It might be better if you pipe the debug data out to a file and attach it to your next post rather than post screenshots.

sudo kernelcheck > debug.txt

Sorry, I know this isn't helping you directly. But, the more debug data we gather, the quicker we can figure out whats going wrong.

[Hirsch2k]

I'm afraid the debug.txt won't be much of a help:

Testing your network connection...
Connection found.

Caching stable webpage from kernel.org
Page successfully cached

Caching stable prepatch webpage from kernel.org
Page successfully cached

Caching stable mm patch webpage from kernel.org
Page successfully cached

Caching stable webpage from kernel.org
Page successfully cached

Unfortunately I cannot copy the contents from the terminal that opens within kernelcheck, so i posted the screenshots.

[deepspring]

Unfortunately I cannot copy the contents from the terminal that opens within kernelcheck, so i posted the screenshots.

Thats a pain in the buttocks. :rolleyes:

Judging by those screenshots you've posted previously. It looks like its dumping the entire cached web page onto the "kscript.sh" shell script command instead of just the URL for the kernel and/or patch.

The "kscript.sh" file appears to be only a shell script that handles the command level stuff like using "wget" to fetch files, unzipping the kernel source, applying the kernel patches, running "make xconfig", etc (?). It doesn't look like there is anything wrong with that.

I'll have a look at the python source. Though I don't know how much help I'll be, I can only read and understand parts of python code, not write it. If I come up with something, I'll post it (doubt it).


-- EDIT 23/03/09 @ 5:15am --

I can't be certain because I can't replicate the problem here... but it looks like it could be any one of three issues. Either:


There are some stale temporary files lurking on your system.
One of the many temporary files created by KernelCheck is being incorrectly parsed or referenced by accident.
A string variable is being set with unparsed raw html data.


You can try cleaning out the "/tmp" folder, specifically any files with names that start with "tmp" (example: "tmpFoNMBa"). See if that helps.

[deepspring]

FEATURE REQUEST

master_kernel,

I love KernelCheck, and I seriously want to help in the improvement of this wonderful application.

Is it possible to add some debug features to the code so we can figure out where things tend to break? :D


-- EDIT 23/03/09 @ 8:21am --

Nevermind, I found the "/var/log/kernelcheck.log" file, but it doesn't have the data I was looking for. I ended up making a simple "kscript.sh" file to capture the data being passed to it from python and dump it to file (doesn't do any of the compiling or anything).

After I've had some sleep, I'll see if can make a debug class and add it to the python scripts.

Let me know if you want me to upload anything I've done.


-- EDIT 23/03/09 @ 2:20pm --

I created a small class for capturing debug information from Variables, Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, etc.

It's fairly easy to implement, just look at the code. Let me know if you need help.

Note: this is the first time I've coded in Python, be gentle.

[Hirsch2k]

Ok, I replaced the original kscript.sh with your version and its output is something like that:

################################################## ##################
DEBUG TEST @ prestage
================================================== ==================

FUNCTION = prestage
CONFIGURE = True
RECONFIGURE = False
DIR = /tmp/tmpCs6g7r


--------------------------------------------------------------------
Contents of: /tmp/tmpCs6g7r


2.6.28
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.28.tar.bz2
2.6.28.8
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.28.8.bz2">2.6.28.8</a></b></td><td>2009-03-17 01:05 UTC</td><td><a href="/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.28.8.tar.bz2">F</a></td><td><a href="/diff/diffview.cgi?file=%2Fpub%2Flinux%2Fkernel%2Fv2.6%2 Fpatch-2.6.28.8.bz2">V</a></td><td><a href="/diff/diffview.cgi?file=%2Fpub%2Flinux%2Fkernel%2Fv2.6%2 Fincr%2Fpatch-2.6.28.7-8.bz2">VI</a></td><td><a href="http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Fstable%2Flinux-2.6.28.y.git;a=summary">C</a></td><td><a href="/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.8">Changelog</a></td></tr></table><hr><p align="center"><a href="/
Normal

So I deleted /tmp/tmpCs6g7r, but another file with the same content is created everytime I run kernelcheck.

I tried to run kcdebug.py with

sudo python kcdebug.py

but it didn't do any output to /var/log

maybe we should wait for master_kernel, he wrote me that he is now 3 weeks away.

[deepspring]

--snip--

It looks like one of the variables in the main program needs fixing. I'll look at source code and see if I can come up with something. I'm fairly new to Python so don't expect anything magic.

The KCDebug.py file needs to implemented in the source code. I put it there for master_kernel's sake, hopefully he can use it to find errors like the one you are experiencing.


-- EDIT 24/03/09 @ 1:00pm --

I don't have a fix for you, because I can't replicate the problem. But what I do have is a pair of modified file (see attached tar file) that outputs some debug information from the program to a file in "/var/log". Before you go and install this file, please note that it is a work progress and may contain bugs of its own.

Save the attached file to your home directories root (ie: "/home/<username>").

Open up a terminal window:

cd /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck
sudo mv main.py main.py-original
sudo mv library/kscript.sh library/kscript.sh-original
sudo tar zxvf ~/kcheck.tar.gz -C .


So what do the new files do...

The version of "kscript.sh" included in the attached tar file doesn't do anything except dump variable data to the log file "/var/log/kscript-debug.log". That means it doesn't download or change anything on the system.

The version of "main.py" included in the attached tar file is fully functional and almost identical to the original with the only change being that it logs certain variables to the log file "/var/log/kernelcheck-debug-(date).log" (replace "(date)" with todays date. ie: "kernelcheck-debug-2009-03-24.log").

Now run KernelCheck again, setting all the required settings, and let KernelCheck do its things. When it is finished, upload the two log files mentioned above so I can look at them and see whats happening.

-- 24/03/2009 @ 4:00pm --

Fixed a small bug in the code. Please try this version.

[Hirsch2k]

First of all, thank you for your friendly and ongoing effort!
Unfortunately I haven't had the time to try your new files until now.
So since it's weekend, I decided to attend to the problem again.

So this morning I visited kernel.org to have a look at what's going on with the new 2.6.29 and also looked at their site code. Remember when I said, the html code of kernel.org was just one long line two weeks ago? Now somehow it's fixed and it looks "normal" (structured) again. So I started kernelcheck and everything works perfectly normal again. Can you believe that??
I don't know what it was, but since you couldn't reproduce the problem and kernelcheck worked fine for you, I think it wasn't a problem with kernel.org.

[Hirsch2k]

Ok, I had another problem. After kernelcheck worked again (that´s what i thought) it messed up my apt completely. So I decided to give 9.04 a try and installed it. I downloaded and installed kernelcheck, but it didn't work. I figured out, that 9.04 uses python 2.6 instead of 2.5. So I replaced the words python2.5/site-packages with python2.6/dist-packages in the python files. And it worked. But now I'm getting the same error again I had at the very beginning (kernelcheck doesn't catch the URLs for kernels correctly). I downloaded the 2.6.29 manually and copied it to /usr/src. Now kernelcheck is compiling and I hope it works. I'll let you know.

[deepspring]

I've actually managed to break my setup with a Ubuntu 9.04 beta upgrade, so I can't look at it until get everything setup again.

[deepspring]

The attached file is for Jaunty users ONLY. Do not use it if you are using an earlier version of Ubuntu.

To install this version:

tar jxvf kernelcheck-1.2.0.tar.bz2
cd kernelcheck-1.2.0
sudo python setup.py install
The only difference between this and the official development/experimental version, is as follows:


Based on KernelCheck 1.2.0 Lumen (the development/experimental version).
Manually changed all base paths in the source code from "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck" to "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/".
Removed some crud from the archive (old files, etc) to make debugging a little easier.

Under Jaunty, the files get installed to the following locations:


/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/*
/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/kernelcheck-testing.egg-info
/usr/local/share/kernelcheck/*
/usr/local/share/applications/kernelcheck.desktop
/usr/local/bin/kernelcheck


-- EDIT 31/03/2009 @ 5:00pm --

Fixed missing file problem.

[deepspring]

But now I'm getting the same error again I had at the very beginning (kernelcheck doesn't catch the URLs for kernels correctly). I downloaded the 2.6.29 manually and copied it to /usr/src. Now kernelcheck is compiling and I hope it works. I'll let you know.
I'm working on a solution, reading and understanding master_kernel's code is taking some time.


-- Edit 30/03/2009 @ 1:10am --

Hirsch2k,

Attached is modified version of KernelCheck 1.2.0 that uses an alternative method to get the latest kernel info. It will only work on Jaunty so I don't recommend trying it on any other version of Ubuntu.

Try this only if you are still having problems with the current version of KernelCheck.


-- EDIT 31/03/2009 @ 5:00pm --

Fixed missing file bug.

[frohike]

I have a problem with the above kernelcheck lumen on ubuntu 9.04 with running kernel 2.6.28-11-generic I get this output in the terminal when trying to use the program. I hope this help you debug it.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/build.py", line 393, in <module>
window = KernelCheck()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/build.py", line 88, in __init__
self.build("call")
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/build.py", line 207, in build
temp_path = build_kernel.build(config, reconfigure, patchtype, data)
NameError: global name 'build_kernel' is not defined

[deepspring]

I have a problem with the above kernelcheck lumen on ubuntu 9.04 with running kernel 2.6.28-11-generic I get this output in the terminal when trying to use the program. I hope this help you debug it.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/build.py", line 393, in <module>
window = KernelCheck()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/build.py", line 88, in __init__
self.build("call")
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/build.py", line 207, in build
temp_path = build_kernel.build(config, reconfigure, patchtype, data)
NameError: global name 'build_kernel' is not defined


Yeah looks like I missed a file in packaging. Try the attached version.

[frohike]

The update works perfect thanks for the fast upgrade :D PS love the hot pink look :)

[deepspring]

Another KernelCheck experimental release is in the works at the moment and should be released as soon as Master Kernel catches up on whats been happening on and off the forum. In the mean time...

A Quick Guide to Uninstalling Kernel Check

The following completely removes all traces of KernelCheck from your system. It is encouraged that you do this before trying a new KernelCheck experimental release.

For people on ALL VERSIONS OF UBUNTU that installed KernelCheck using the recommended stable install method (the *deb package):


sudo apt-get remove --purge kernelcheck*
For users on K/X/Ubuntu 8.10 and earlier that used either of the advanced install methods...


sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/kernelcheck
sudo rm -rf /var/log/kernelcheck*
sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck*
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/kernelcheck
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/applications/kernelcheck.desktop
For users on K/X/Ubuntu 9.04 and higher that used either of the advanced install methods...


sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/kernelcheck
sudo rm -rf /var/log/kernelcheck*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/kernelcheck
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/applications/kernelcheck.desktop
Future versions of KernelCheck may include an uninstaller.

[master_kernel]

The latest development version is now up for grabs in the BZR repo. Check the changelog for details.

[mcshade]

Thanx!!

[vampirefo]

Anyway to tell kernelcheck to download and compile a different kernel? rather than just the latest, for example 2.6.27 or 2.6.28 instead of 2.6.29

[matmat07]

You need the development version for that

[deepspring]

Anyway to tell kernelcheck to download and compile a different kernel? rather than just the latest, for example 2.6.27 or 2.6.28 instead of 2.6.29
The development version allows you to select an older version of the kernel.

[vampirefo]

OK thanks.

[loomsen]

Hello.


Just noticed this small bug, installing manually makes the app install to
/usr/local/bin/
the menu-launcher created through the installer points to
/usr/bin/
tho, so nothing at all happens if one tries to use it...

[deepspring]

Hello.


Just noticed this small bug, installing manually makes the app install to
/usr/local/bin/
the menu-launcher created through the installer points to
/usr/bin/
tho, so nothing at all happens if one tries to use it...

The bug you've experienced is known and only affects KernelCheck 1.1.4 when it is installed on Ubuntu 9.04.

You need to use the latest development version for Ubuntu 9.04, please remove the version you have installed by following these instructions: HERE (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7028917&postcount=363).

And install the latest development version using the "Advanced/Manual Installation Method (Development)" described: HERE (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3404994&postcount=1).

[loomsen]

Actually, I did both. First using the tar archive, then checking out the bzr branch...

Just wanted to point at...
(I didnt even touch the stable release ^^)

[Beastie Boy]

I can't get KernelCheck to run :( Running in a terminal gives this error:
Testing your network connection...
Connection found.

(kernelcheck:4294): libglade-WARNING **: could not find glade file '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/main.glade'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/kernelcheck", line 21, in <module>
KernelCheck.main.start ()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 757, in start
window = KernelCheck()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 300, in __init__
self.widgets = gtk.glade.XML("/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/main.glade")
RuntimeError: could not create GladeXML object

I have searched this thread for 'Glade' and 'GladeXML', but I can't find any reference to thi problem.
I am running the latest stable release, 1.1.4.

Any ideas? According to Synaptic, I have anything related to Glade installed. This is a fresh installation of Ubuntu 9.04.

Cheers, Beastie.

Edit: I can confirm that the folder KernelCheck does not exist under /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages.

[deepspring]

I can't get KernelCheck to run :( Running in a terminal gives this error:
Testing your network connection...
Connection found.

(kernelcheck:4294): libglade-WARNING **: could not find glade file '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/main.glade'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/kernelcheck", line 21, in <module>
KernelCheck.main.start ()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 757, in start
window = KernelCheck()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 300, in __init__
self.widgets = gtk.glade.XML("/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/main.glade")
RuntimeError: could not create GladeXML objectI have searched this thread for 'Glade' and 'GladeXML', but I can't find any reference to thi problem.
I am running the latest stable release, 1.1.4.

Any ideas? According to Synaptic, I have anything related to Glade installed. This is a fresh installation of Ubuntu 9.04.

Cheers, Beastie.

Edit: I can confirm that the folder KernelCheck does not exist under /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages.


See this post here...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7147973&postcount=371

[Beastie Boy]

Thanks. ;)

[a person]

I am currently getting this when running aptitude:


E: I wasn't able to locate a file for the linux-image-2.6.29.1-ultimate package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. (due to missing arch)


I have suspect to believe kernelcheck had something to do with this. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

I'm on 9.04.

[Aiman]

Ever since i ran Ubuntu hardy i never thought about changing my OS to anything else.
I did run the kernelcheck before and came across a problem,i lost everything related to my setup for some reason,and specially the graphics,im running it on HP pavilion ZD8000 with an ATI x600,which needed custom configure to run compiz with the fglrx driver
when i applied the last kernel update 2.6.29 and restarted,i lost the theme options
I reinstalled all got everything back up and running,maybe even better than before
anyway,i tried giving KernelCheck a try once again,but i came across an error that i didn't get the first time,not sure whats the problem,i checked the statement in the mentioned file,but its there
below is a screen shoot from the error
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6194/erroro.jpg

[deepspring]

Ever since i ran Ubuntu hardy i never thought about changing my OS to anything else.
I did run the kernelcheck before and came across a problem,i lost everything related to my setup for some reason,and specially the graphics,im running it on HP pavilion ZD8000 with an ATI x600,which needed custom configure to run compiz with the fglrx driver
when i applied the last kernel update 2.6.29 and restarted,i lost the theme options
I reinstalled all got everything back up and running,maybe even better than before
anyway,i tried giving KernelCheck a try once again,but i came across an error that i didn't get the first time,not sure whats the problem,i checked the statement in the mentioned file,but its there
below is a screen shoot from the error
-snip-


I'm using ubuntu 9.04, and a lot has been changed since 8.04 came out, so its hard to say for sure. But, it looks like you are missing some dependancies needed to compile the kernel, most probably "kernel-package".

You can try:
sudo apt-get install kernel-packageIf it installs then cool, try re-running KernelCheck.

[jofre]

I have the same problem as Beastie Boy:


sudo kernelcheck

Testing your network connection...
Connection found.

(kernelcheck:11849): libglade-WARNING **: could not find glade file '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/main.glade'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/kernelcheck", line 21, in <module>
KernelCheck.main.start ()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 757, in start
window = KernelCheck()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 300, in __init__
self.widgets = gtk.glade.XML("/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/main.glade")
RuntimeError: could not create GladeXML object


but the solution provided by Deepspring, does not work for me. I still get exactly the same error.

Any ideas?

[deepspring]

I have the same problem as Beastie Boy:


sudo kernelcheck

Testing your network connection...
Connection found.

(kernelcheck:11849): libglade-WARNING **: could not find glade file '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/main.glade'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/kernelcheck", line 21, in <module>
KernelCheck.main.start ()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 757, in start
window = KernelCheck()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck/main.py", line 300, in __init__
self.widgets = gtk.glade.XML("/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/KernelCheck/library/main.glade")
RuntimeError: could not create GladeXML object
but the solution provided by Deepspring, does not work for me. I still get exactly the same error.

Any ideas?

Looks like you're trying to use the stable version on 9.04.

You can't use the stable version (1.1.4) on Ubuntu 9.04, it wont work. You need to use the latest development version (1.2.5).

1. Remove the old version you have installed. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7028917&postcount=363)
2. Follow the instructions to install Kernel Check using the Advanced/Manual Installation Method (Development). (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3404994&postcount=1)

[Aiman]

thanks deepspring
the kernel-package did the trick :)

[jofre]

I apologise, I didn't see:

sudo apt-get remove --purge kernelcheck*


;-)

It seem to work ok.

Thanks,
Jofre

[VastOne]

Running kernelcheck for first time

have purged all am sure I am at the latest dev version.

I get to section 3 and then this happens:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/share/kernelcheck/scripts/build.py", line 168, in close
gtk.main_quit()
RuntimeError: called outside of a mainloop


Appreciate the help

[master_kernel]

Running kernelcheck for first time

have purged all am sure I am at the latest dev version.

I get to section 3 and then this happens:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/share/kernelcheck/scripts/build.py", line 168, in close
gtk.main_quit()
RuntimeError: called outside of a mainloop


Appreciate the help

Make sure the following are installed:

python-gnome2, python-glade2, python-vte

I'm not sure if that is the problem, but I remember back when I used to get those errors. I can't remember what I did though...

[VastOne]

Make sure the following are installed:

python-gnome2, python-glade2, python-vte

I'm not sure if that is the problem, but I remember back when I used to get those errors. I can't remember what I did though...

I solved it...

Turned out to be a space issue. My filesystem was way too small for these ops and I had to enlarge it. Once I did that, the script ran perfectly.

I do have a weird end result though. The script correctly wrote to my menu.lst and in looking at it I see the entries. But on boot, I do not have the new kernel as a choice to boot to.

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.29.4-candela
uuid 428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-candela root=UUID=428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29.4-candela
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.29.4-candela (recovery mode)
uuid 428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-candela root=UUID=428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29.4-candela

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-12-generic
uuid 428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=UUID=428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-12-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=UUID=428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 428ae622-173c-4eb7-a1c1-5958387d6b46
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet


The only options I see are the originals I had starting at 2.6.28.12

When I expanded my root (filesystem) partition. I have a single SATA drive so I created a new ext4 partition and then simply copied and pasted the root to the new partition and gparted expanded it perfectly and I was able to boot fine. I then ran your script and within 30 minutes it was done. The only concern I have is that once it finished and I closed kernelcheck, it's term session did not end with it.

ANy thoughts on why 2.6.29.4 kernel is not displaying as an option?

[VastOne]

FYI I am not the only kernelcheck user with this issue

See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1170161

Thanks

[deepspring]

ANy thoughts on why 2.6.29.4 kernel is not displaying as an option?

I don't know why it isn't showing, but you could try removing and re-installing the 2.6.29.4 kernel and headers. If KernelCheck worked as it should, there should be ".deb" packages for the kernel and headers in "/usr/src/" that you can use to re-install.

[VastOne]

I don't know why it isn't showing, but you could try removing and re-installing the 2.6.29.4 kernel and headers. If KernelCheck worked as it should, there should be ".deb" packages for the kernel and headers in "/usr/src/" that you can use to re-install.

The creation process worked as it should have but now there are at least two users with no capabilities of getting grub to work as it should. In both instances the menu.lst clearly shows the correct 2.6.29-4 instances but they are not making it to grub.

I want to submit a bug report but am not sure what approach to use.

[Makrin]

I sometimes have that problem(kernel doesn't show up in grub) aswell. I usually resolve it by removing the older custom candela kernel. But it looks like you only have one..hmm maybe try removing the oldest generic kernel ?

[VastOne]

I don't know why it isn't showing, but you could try removing and re-installing the 2.6.29.4 kernel and headers. If KernelCheck worked as it should, there should be ".deb" packages for the kernel and headers in "/usr/src/" that you can use to re-install.

I will try this thank you....

[VastOne]

I sometimes have that problem(kernel doesn't show up in grub) aswell. I usually resolve it by removing the older custom candela kernel. But it looks like you only have one..hmm maybe try removing the oldest generic kernel ?

I will also try this thank you.

When you saw this before, did you also see that your menu.lst was properly setup but grub did not display it?

[deepspring]

I don't think it is a bug with KernelCheck, but a bug with the deb install procedure and how it updates grub.

You can try updating grub manually after installing the kernels with:
sudo update-grubThat should fix things by reloading and install the options from menu.lst.

[VastOne]

I don't think it is a bug with KernelCheck, but a bug with the deb install procedure and how it updates grub.

You can try updating grub manually after installing the kernels with:
sudo update-grubThat should fix things by reloading and install the options from menu.lst.

Tried that several times with no results... Thank you though! :D

May have found the culprit at this thread...

Check it out, it is rather intriguing to say the least

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1170161

[VastOne]

My issues are solved....

I had two drives with the same uuid

Thanks to all and especially Unutbu for the help and solution

[VastOne]

Just want to give a shout out and huge thank you for kernelcheck.

On my first try at a kernel build, I ran into some big setup issues on my side, but once they were solved, the kernelcheck script ran perfectly and I am now running 2.6.29.4 kernel.

I never had to tweak a thing, nVidia installed perfectly and it all took about 22 minutes!

Thankee Sai's!

:D

[Greenwidth]

Hi
Just finished my first kernel compile and got dpkg quit error 100 (?) at 90%+, but everything seems to work fine except, just after GRUB I get:

[ 0.890497] cpufreq: No nForce2 chipset.

And then it continues to boot normally, it is quite correct, I don't have nForce2 chipset, I have nForce 680i SLI..

Is it anything to worry about?

[master_kernel]

Hi
Just finished my first kernel compile and got dpkg quit error 100 (?) at 90%+, but everything seems to work fine except, just after GRUB I get:

[ 0.890497] cpufreq: No nForce2 chipset.

And then it continues to boot normally, it is quite correct, I don't have nForce2 chipset, I have nForce 680i SLI..

Is it anything to worry about?
Shouldn't be. As long as after dpkg quit you made sure you ran dpkg --configure -a.

EDIT: and dpkg finished successfully.

[Greenwidth]

Sadly it was a problem..
I obviously set something bad in the configure kernel options, some reading up in order I think.
Any suggested reading?
Thanks.

[master_kernel]

Sadly it was a problem..
I obviously set something bad in the configure kernel options, some reading up in order I think.
Any suggested reading?
Thanks.
Check this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6777898&postcount=21

Also look at the thread if you have > 1 CPU (or CPU core).

[master_kernel]

Release deadline for Lumen: June 22, 2009.

[steffan72]

can you post the url for the experimental version for use with jaunty please

Cheers

Stef

[deepspring]

can you post the url for the experimental version for use with jaunty please

Cheers

Stef

Do you mean the development version (Lumen) or the experimental branch?

I suggest you follow the instructions in the first post of this thread for installing the development version (Lumen) instead.

The experimental branch is under constant development, so it may contain some major bugs. All of our brain storming work is done in the experimental branch. It is only available via bazaar (bzr).

If you really want the experimental branch, open a terminal window up and fire these commands:

sudo apt-get install bzr
bzr branch lp:~team-kcheck/kernelcheck/experimental
cd experimental
sudo python setup.py install
Don't expect any help if you encounter any bugs with this version. Chances are the bugs are be deliberate inclusions for debugging and testing purposes.

Edit: To remove the experimental version, open a terminal window and fire these commands:

sudo rm -rf /var/log/kernelcheck*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/kernelcheck
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/KernelCheck*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/kernelcheck
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/applications/kernelcheck.desktop
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/pixmaps/kernelcheckicon.png

[steffan72]

got it

i did find it in the end and have compiled the new kernel but it didn't install the nvidia graphics drivers. doesn't seem to want to install them through the hardware drivers section either

any thoughts

[master_kernel]

got it

i did find it in the end and have compiled the new kernel but it didn't install the nvidia graphics drivers. doesn't seem to want to install them through the hardware drivers section either

any thoughts
You probably encountered this error:
Your /etc/rc.local file is temporarily being moved to install
the nVidia driver on reboot. It will be run as normal on reboot.
Please boot into the new kernel at the GRUB menu.

Press ENTER to acknowledge these instructions.
/usr/local/share/kernelcheck/scripts/kscript.sh: line 313: [185.18.14: command not found

I'm looking into it right now.

Edit: If that was the case, you need to move /etc/rc.local.backup-kernelcheck to /etc/rc.local ASAP in order to prevent your computer from getting stuck in an nVidia-installation loop when it reboots.

[steffan72]

actually i am getting a different error to that

it comes up with an error saying failure to load nvidia module then it tells me x is already running on monitor 0 and wants me to run in low or default graphics mode on monitor 1. This isw all happening before it loads up the gui

[deepspring]

actually i am getting a different error to that

it comes up with an error saying failure to load nvidia module then it tells me x is already running on monitor 0 and wants me to run in low or default graphics mode on monitor 1. This isw all happening before it loads up the gui
You need to reconfigure X server so it uses one of the fail safe drivers instead.

Restart the computer, when it gets to the "Loading grub" message, press the ESC key. You should be presented with a list of kernels to boot from, select the first "(recovery mode)" option and hit ENTER.

The machine should be booting into Recovery Mode at this point, when it is finished you should be presented with a menu, scroll down and select the "xfix" option and hit ENTER. When that completes, you should be returned to the menu, press the TAB key until "CANCEL" is selected and hit ENTER.

The computer should startup as normal.

Once you are back in Gnome, use the System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers applet to install the nVidia drivers.

[vampirefo]

kernelcheck 1.2.5 is crashing as soon as apply tab is pressed, kernelcheck will work if ran in terminal as root.

Any ideal what's causing kernelcheck to close when the apply tab is pressed?

issue has been fixed thanks.

[master_kernel]

This would have been bug 387426:https://bugs.launchpad.net/kernelcheck/+bug/387426

[djamu]

Thx for this app.

just a few suggestions since one can't use the nvidia 180 driver without a patch. ( and the kernelcheck nvidia installer is / was broken )...
I had quite a hard time fixing some issues

My suggestions > wouldn't it be wise to include an unistaller ( purge ) for any nvidia related packages prior to compiling a new driver.
Purging everything nvidia related prior to manually compile the 185 driver not only fixed the driver issue itself, but strangely enough also fixed a mounting issue ( fstab trying to mount a couple of shares before all NIC's where up )

to resume > here's what I did ( as root ) after compiling the 2.6.30 kernel
stopping the X server prior to following steps is important > CTRL+ALT+F1 > login > /etc/init.d/gdm stop


Ctrl+Alt+F1
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
apt-get purge nvidia*
reboot

/etc/init.d/gdm stop
cd /tmp
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/185.18.14/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run
reboot


I did enable 32 bit compatibility mode for any 32 bit app that might need it.

64bit kernel on
> i7 965
> Asrock Supercomputer X58
> 12GB OCZ @ 1600
> 295GTX

[master_kernel]

Thx for this app.

just a few suggestions since one can't use the nvidia 180 driver without a patch. ( and the kernelcheck nvidia installer is / was broken )...
I had quite a hard time fixing some issues

My suggestions > wouldn't it be wise to include an unistaller ( purge ) for any nvidia related packages prior to compiling a new driver.
Purging everything nvidia related prior to manually compile the 185 driver not only fixed the driver issue itself, but strangely enough also fixed a mounting issue ( fstab trying to mount a couple of shares before all NIC's where up )

to resume > here's what I did ( as root ) after compiling the 2.6.30 kernel
stopping the X server prior to following steps is important > CTRL+ALT+F1 > login > /etc/init.d/gdm stop


Ctrl+Alt+F1
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
apt-get purge nvidia*
reboot

/etc/init.d/gdm stop
cd /tmp
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/185.18.14/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run
reboot


I did enable 32 bit compatibility mode for any 32 bit app that might need it.

64bit kernel on
> i7 965
> Asrock Supercomputer X58
> 12GB OCZ @ 1600
> 295GTX
This is already integrated into the latest development version, becoming stable by June 22.

Thanks for the feedback,
MK

[makno]

I'm facing a different problem here, been wrestling with kernel for like a week now and still nothing so i bumped into kernelcheck and remembered i used it before and gave it a shot. Kernel 2.6.30 seems to have compiled properly so i saved added into lilo.conf and done /sbin/lilo. If i restart the server with 2.6.30 it hangs, i can see throught vKVM that it loads fine and i get to the login phase but apart from that i can't ping the machine or ssh into it. Any idea what it could be?

[djamu]

...snipsnip..
Kernel 2.6.30 seems to have compiled properly so i saved added into lilo.conf and done /sbin/lilo. If i restart the server with 2.6.30 it hangs,

to my knowledge LILO is deprecated. Development is halted, home page is down, start using GRUB

i can see throught vKVM that it loads fine and i get to the login phase but apart from that i can't ping the machine or ssh into it. Any idea what it could be?

Login? I suppose you mean a bash shell login ?

for starters: try in a terminal
sudo ifconfig
this should reveal your current IP ( if any )
look for anything following eth0 / eth1 etc...
( should state > inet addr xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx )

if not then
2 options.

1. either your network is set to use dhcp without a dhcp server on the network ( is this a desktop system ? do you know anything of networking ? more info is required )

2. kernel didn't load your drivers
check lspci do >
sudo lspci
and check if an ethernet controller recognized
sudo lspci -v
reveals more info and displays what driver is loaded for each device.
sudo lspci -vv
even more


sudo lsmod
displays all drivers in use


dump all results here

[MaCk-]

i'm stuck using kernelcheck because i can't install libqt3-mt-dev

this is the error:

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libqt3-mt-dev: Depends: libglu1-mesa-dev but it is not going to be installed or
libglu-dev
E: Broken packages


I have googled for hours but can't find a solution.
Anyone here??

[deepspring]

i'm stuck using kernelcheck because i can't install libqt3-mt-dev

this is the error:

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libqt3-mt-dev: Depends: libglu1-mesa-dev but it is not going to be installed or
libglu-dev
E: Broken packages
I have googled for hours but can't find a solution.
Anyone here??
What version of Ubuntu are you running?

Do you have the Pre-released and Unsupported Updates options enabled on the Update tab in the Software Sources applet?

[MaCk-]

Jaunty 9.04, I dont have pre-released and unsupported uncommented in my sources.list

But I have found the solution, sudo aptitude -f dist-upgrade seemed to do the trick for me.

mark@d830:~/$ uname -a
Linux d830 2.6.30-candela #1 SMP Tue Jun 23 10:50:17 CEST 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

thanks to kernelcheck!

[benphane]

KernelCheck installed and running using this thread. Thanks.

I had set KernelCheck aside when an attempt using a "How-to" focusing solely on the tar file, fizzled.

Is it sacrilegious to inquire as to the reason for the AutoKernel forking?

I'm very happy with KernelCheck in my Kubuntu 9.04 environment.

[master_kernel]

KernelCheck installed and running using this thread. Thanks.

I had set KernelCheck aside when an attempt using a "How-to" focusing solely on the tar file, fizzled.

Is it sacrilegious to inquire as to the reason for the AutoKernel forking?

I'm very happy with KernelCheck in my Kubuntu 9.04 environment.
Autokernel seemed dead when I found it, so I just decided to fork it into an entirely new project.

[benphane]

Autokernel seemed dead when I found it, so I just decided to fork it into an entirely new project.

So often is the case but I'm grateful for the work that was done and, very grateful that you have continued. Without KernelCheck, it would probably have been several more years before I would be up to such.

I would not have been surprised and, would have been willing to have dealt with a steeper curve. So far, smooth sailing and, better, more stable performance than the previous kernel.

Thank you very much.

[master_kernel]

So often is the case but I'm grateful for the work that was done and, very grateful that you have continued. Without KernelCheck, it would probably have been several more years before I would be up to such.

I would not have been surprised and, would have been willing to have dealt with a steeper curve. So far, smooth sailing and, better, more stable performance than the previous kernel.

Thank you very much.
Thanks, but I don't deserve all the credit. deepspring has been a huge help in structuring and optimizing speed. Just wait until the next version - so far it's blowing Lumen away as far as graphics are concerned, and hopefully also performance-wise since we're restructuring it and optimizing the code base. Look for pause/resume buttons in the next version so you can suspend/hibernate safely while compiling a kernel.

[benphane]

Thanks, but I don't deserve all the credit. deepspring has been a huge help in structuring and optimizing speed. Just wait until the next version - so far it's blowing Lumen away as far as graphics are concerned, and hopefully also performance-wise since we're restructuring it and optimizing the code base. Look for pause/resume buttons in the next version so you can suspend/hibernate safely while compiling a kernel.

My thanks to deepsprings. Didn't even consider suspend/hibernate. Being my first time, I basically watched the process fairly closely while doing other things. Suspend/hibernate safely will be great because -- well because.=D> Now I know I might should worry, I look forward to being able to go out for coffee and, not worry.

[VastOne]

Using kernelcheck on last 3 attempts to get to 2.6.30.1 on 3 different machines I have successfully built the kernel but he nVidia drivers have killed it and I have had to completely re-install.

Any reasons as to why? And if I elect to not use the nVidia drivers with the install, will 2.6.30.1 use any default drivers once installed?

[VastOne]

Using kernelcheck on last 3 attempts to get to 2.6.30.1 on 3 different machines I have successfully built the kernel but he nVidia drivers have killed it and I have had to completely re-install.

Any reasons as to why? And if I elect to not use the nVidia drivers with the install, will 2.6.30.1 use any default drivers once installed?

I answered the last question by installing 2.6.30.1 without the nVidia driver option and I got a black screen after the "you need to correct the X display" upon boot up

So, is 2.6.30.1 broken for all nVIdia?

[master_kernel]

I answered the last question by installing 2.6.30.1 without the nVidia driver option and I got a black screen after the "you need to correct the X display" upon boot up

So, is 2.6.30.1 broken for all nVIdia?
I'm compiling now...

[master_kernel]

My install went flawlessly. Are you using the nVidia option in KC or repo drivers on your own?

[VastOne]

My install went flawlessly. Are you using the nVidia option in KC or repo drivers on your own?

Using what KC provides... Which nVidia driver is it that KC uses? 180.60?

I am now doing a new KC build without changing anything on the options just doing what KC wants adding nothing manually.

Will let you know the results as it is compiling now

[VastOne]

Using what KC provides... Which nVidia driver is it that KC uses? 180.60?

I am now doing a new KC build without changing anything on the options just doing what KC wants adding nothing manually.

Will let you know the results as it is compiling now

Still the same thing...No loading of nVidia into the kernel

It also does not update the menu.lst as I had to add the new kernel to the grub menu

I installed Kernelcheck via the bzr method....Is that the 1.2.5 version?

[master_kernel]

Still the same thing...No loading of nVidia into the kernel

It also does not update the menu.lst as I had to add the new kernel to the grub menu

I installed Kernelcheck via the bzr method....Is that the 1.2.5 version?
The development branch is, not experimental. KC uses whatever the latest stable one is on nVidia.com. Try uninstalling the binary nVidia driver. You should have a copy of the .run file in /usr/src so you can use the --uninstall option. Then install the kernel, run dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, reboot into 30.1 and install the binary nVidia driver.

[VastOne]

The development branch is, not experimental. KC uses whatever the latest stable one is on nVidia.com. Try uninstalling the binary nVidia driver. You should have a copy of the .run file in /usr/src so you can use the --uninstall option. Then install the kernel, run dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, reboot into 30.1 and install the binary nVidia driver.

Is there a wayI can tell kernelcheck to use 30.0

[VastOne]

The development branch is, not experimental. KC uses whatever the latest stable one is on nVidia.com. Try uninstalling the binary nVidia driver. You should have a copy of the .run file in /usr/src so you can use the --uninstall option. Then install the kernel, run dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, reboot into 30.1 and install the binary nVidia driver.

I am using the proprietary drivers (180.44) in this 2.6.28-13-generic build. If I disable (deactivate)it, is that the same as the --uninstall option?

I do not have a .run file in my /usr/scr dir

[VastOne]

The development branch is, not experimental. KC uses whatever the latest stable one is on nVidia.com. Try uninstalling the binary nVidia driver. You should have a copy of the .run file in /usr/src so you can use the --uninstall option. Then install the kernel, run dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, reboot into 30.1 and install the binary nVidia driver.

OK, this worked and I am now in 30.1

What method of installation and version would you suggest for the binary nVidia driver?

[master_kernel]

Use the .run file in /usr/src.
Make sure the path exists.

sh /usr/src/nvidia-driver -a -q --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30.1-candela

EDIT: you should have the run file if you ever checked the nVidia option in KC. If not, go download the latest one from nVidia.

[VastOne]

Got it all squared away....

Thanks for your help!

[master_kernel]

Anytime. I just don't understand why KC didn't remove all the nVidia stuff when you checked the option. Guess I got some bug work to do.

[VastOne]

Use the .run file in /usr/src.
Make sure the path exists.

sh /usr/src/nvidia-driver -a -q --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30.1-candela

EDIT: you should have the run file if you ever checked the nVidia option in KC. If not, go download the latest one from nVidia.

I did use the nVidia option and the .run file was not there.

I ended up using the deb and ppa that brought me to 185.14

Also, as I noted, kernelcheck did not update menu.lst but I did see in the script that it would not do it because it was seen as a reinstall of the same kernel. This is fine as I added my own, but it might want to give the option to update the menu.lst no matter what and avoid conflict/confusion

Thanks!

[VastOne]

Anytime. I just don't understand why KC didn't remove all the nVidia stuff when you checked the option. Guess I got some bug work to do.

Let me know if I can assist in any way...

I have several test machines at your disosal

[master_kernel]

Thanks, I'll be putting together a completely revamped script next week, and I'll need some testing help since my co-developer has other obligations coming up.

[MadCow108]

this is a really great tool thanks.

But it should not automatically download and install the newest nvidia driver 185 if you check the nvidia option. It is also not mentioned which driver it is going to load.
I just clicked the option in good hope but ended up with the wrong driver and had to change the link in /usr/src by hand to the 96 drivers.


btw the 96.43.11 drivers need a patch to run with the 2.6.30.1 kernel (haven't tested the 96.43.13 yet):
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=133990

[VastOne]

this is a really great tool thanks.

But it should not automatically download and install the newest nvidia driver 185 if you check the nvidia option. It is also not mentioned which driver it is going to load.
I just clicked the option in good hope but ended up with the wrong driver and had to change the link in /usr/src by hand to the 96 drivers.


btw the 96 drivers need a patch to run with the 2.6.30.1 kernel:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=133990

Which driver is the "wrong driver" that it picked up?

[MadCow108]

it loaded a 185 driver
I need a 96 legacy driver for my old card.

(btw I just saw there's a new 96 driver available so my note with the patch only aplies to the old 96.43.11 driver.)

[VastOne]

it loaded a 185 driver
I need a 96 legacy driver for my old card.

(btw I just saw there's a new 96 driver available so my note with the patch only aplies to the old 96.43.11 driver.)

I am pretty sure the script is only setup to get the latest stable drivers from the nVidia site. I think it would be near impossible for it to do a hal scan to determine what you and every other user would need for a driver, but I will let the author speak to that...

[MadCow108]

Of course it would be to much work to check which card a user has.
But it would be nice if you could choose your driver in the wizard when you activate the nvidia option. Similar to how you choose your kernel patch. (there also are only 3 types of nvidia drivers anyway)
The automatic removal of the old driver and installation on reboot is a nice feature which should also be available for older (nvidia)cards (well it is but currently it requires some additional user action before rebooting).

At least it should say which driver version it will download and try to install in the summary page (maybe I also just overlooked it :/ ).

[master_kernel]

Of course it would be to much work to check which card a user has.
But it would be nice if you could choose your driver in the wizard when you activate the nvidia option. Similar to how you choose your kernel patch. (there also are only 3 types of nvidia drivers anyway)
The automatic removal of the old driver and installation on reboot is a nice feature which should also be available for older (nvidia)cards (well it is but currently it requires some additional user action before rebooting).

At least it should say which driver version it will download and try to install in the summary page (maybe I also just overlooked it :/ ).
I may add support for legacy in the next version. But it does say which version it will install, only it shows in the terminal right before the run package is downloaded.

[MadCow108]

great thanks.

I saw it in the terminal and did correct it but I didn't know until that step whats going to happen. It should be stated before the program starts running.

[BlackNinjaVirus]

Can I save a kernelcheck kernel and implant it into a Debian Testing CD with a iwl4965 wireless driver installed?

I like straight Debian, but the kernels don't supprt booting off EXT4 like Ubuntu does, so I will always have Ubuntu, but Debian is stable enough for my Graduate Degree laptop.

[Clintonostra]

Running Jaunty and KDE4.2
I have kernelcheck 1.2.5-3 deb installed.
I have checked your thread and google but can't find a solution for the following message:
Need to install python bindings for libvte

Your help appreciated.
Jack

[master_kernel]

Can I save a kernelcheck kernel and implant it into a Debian Testing CD with a iwl4965 wireless driver installed?

I like straight Debian, but the kernels don't supprt booting off EXT4 like Ubuntu does, so I will always have Ubuntu, but Debian is stable enough for my Graduate Degree laptop.
I don't see why not.

[master_kernel]

Running Jaunty and KDE4.2
I have kernelcheck 1.2.5-3 deb installed.
I have checked your thread and google but can't find a solution for the following message:
Need to install python bindings for libvte

Your help appreciated.
Jack
sudo apt-get install python-vte

[Clintonostra]

sudo apt-get install python-vte

Have python-vte-1:0.20.0-Oubuntu2(AMD64) installed. Received the same message when trying to run kernelckeck:Need to install python bindings for libvte
Jack

[mathyou]

10char

[xenogia]

I can't use Kernelcheck due to QT3 dependencies, using gnome.. it wont install them because of the following:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libglu1-mesa-dev: Depends: libglu1-mesa (= 7.4-0ubuntu3.1) but 7.4-0ubuntu3.2 is to be installed

[master_kernel]

Dependency hell. It's a Ubuntu repo problem. Try getting the package again, and if it doesn't work, file a bug for libglu1-mesa-dev in Launchpad.

EDIT: I just saw you solved this problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1239739&highlight=kernelcheck

[Synchro]

I used kernelcheck a while ago to upgrade a kernel on an Ubuntu 8.10 server in order to work around a RAID problem on some particular hardware. Since then I've had an ongoing problem that aptitude clearly has no idea what kernelcheck did, so is stuck offering me upgrades to older kernels. How can I get kernelcheck's kernel to sync with apt?

I used kernelcheck 1.1.4 at the time, but I notice that I can't run the latest version on 8.10 because of a python-central dependency.

[FlekkeN]

Hi!

In the program i can't find any info how much disk space it use for compiling a kernel. I think this should be included. Nice program though, keep it going!

[xir_]

just trying out your program, very nice.

would it be possible to give a better progress bar, perhaps by having it monitor the folder letter the compiler is running in. e.g when in a top level folder starting with a 1% and when in a folder starting with z at 99%?

I'm not sure if this is already taken care of but my config file hadn't specified cpu type, could you create and option to optimize for cpu type? (forgive me if i have misunderstood)

just a thought.

[Cato2]

I used kernelcheck a while ago to upgrade a kernel on an Ubuntu 8.10 server in order to work around a RAID problem on some particular hardware. Since then I've had an ongoing problem that aptitude clearly has no idea what kernelcheck did, so is stuck offering me upgrades to older kernels. How can I get kernelcheck's kernel to sync with apt?

I used kernelcheck 1.1.4 at the time, but I notice that I can't run the latest version on 8.10 because of a python-central dependency.

You need to do a 'hold' on the APT packages that you don't need (i.e. linux-generic, linux-headers, or whatever Aptitude is offering to upgrade). This means that you won't ever get them upgraded by aptitude or apt-get etc.

Here's what to do:

1. aptitude hold linux-generic (and other packages.) This only works for aptitude though, so do step 2-3 as well.

2. aptitude install wajig

3. wajig hold linux-generic (etc)

Wajig works for apt-get, synaptic, etc as well. It also has some nice query features, but I only use it occasionally when aptitude makes something difficult.

The one downside of this is that you don't get any security updates for your kernel - so if malware runs as a normal user on your system, it may be able to use a root exploit to become root - and in some cases there could be a remote exploit, e.g. in a wireless driver as happened a while back.

So I recommend you sign up to ubuntu-security-announce at https://lists.ubuntu.com/#Announcement+Lists so you get some idea of the vulnerabilities not being fixed, and re-run your kernel build if you decide these vulnerabilities need fixing - or just do a periodic rebuild.

[Zoot7]

Major thanks to master_kernel! :)

Used this to upgrade to 2.6.30.5 on Jaunty and it worked like a charm!

[joeelmex]

i installed kernel check and when i click on get kernel information i get an error:
kernel.org server couldnt fulfill request error 404. Then it closes. Any ideas? Thanks

[deepspring]

i installed kernel check and when i click on get kernel information i get an error:
kernel.org server couldnt fulfill request error 404. Then it closes. Any ideas? Thanks
Unfortunately for us, kernel.org have removed the files used by kernelcheck to retrieve the latest kernel information. Master_Kernel is looking into alternatives, but it will be a while before he can focus on KernelCheck due to his studies.

[joeelmex]

bummer so we need to install kernels the old fashion way again.

[deepspring]

bummer so we need to install kernels the old fashion way again.

There is an excellent guide here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311158

[polacrilex]

FYI: Launchpad bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kernelcheck/+bug/432732

[Nutterpc]

I tried to use this program earlier on today, it tells me the master.kernelcheck.org is not there

[master_kernel]

Fix commmitted, just waiting on feedback now.

[VastOne]

FYI, I just dloaded and installed the latest 1.2.5 from your site and then tried to patch by (The patching system works when you click "Check for KernelCheck Updates" on the second page of the wizard.) an it did not work...

Says that there is no patch

Just Info for you

[VastOne]

MOre info in trying o apply the packages

vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:/usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck$ cat source_changes.patch | patch -p1
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -NaurB old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py
|--- old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-06-20 12:42:18.373073000 -0400
|+++ new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-10-18 11:53:09.028558254 -0400
--------------------------
File to patch: ^C



vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:/usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck$ sudo patch -p1 <source_changes.patch
[sudo] password for vastone:
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -NaurB old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py
|--- old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-06-20 12:42:18.373073000 -0400
|+++ new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-10-18 11:53:09.028558254 -0400
--------------------------
File to patch:


I may be doing something wrong but I think I am following the right directions????

[master_kernel]

MOre info in trying o apply the packages

vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:/usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck$ cat source_changes.patch | patch -p1
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -NaurB old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py
|--- old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-06-20 12:42:18.373073000 -0400
|+++ new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-10-18 11:53:09.028558254 -0400
--------------------------
File to patch: ^C



vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:/usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck$ sudo patch -p1 <source_changes.patch
[sudo] password for vastone:
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -NaurB old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py
|--- old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-06-20 12:42:18.373073000 -0400
|+++ new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-10-18 11:53:09.028558254 -0400
--------------------------
File to patch:


I may be doing something wrong but I think I am following the right directions????
You got the wrong patch. You used the one to apply to the source code. You should use the two patches listed under that one if KernelCheck is already installed.

[VastOne]

That was the one I did pull down. I will try it again and let you know

[VastOne]

You got the wrong patch. You used the one to apply to the source code. You should use the two patches listed under that one if KernelCheck is already installed.

Let me make sure I understand this. I have dloaded the main_changes.patch. I then need to go to /usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck/ and /usr/share/kernelcheck/scripts/ and run

cat main_changes.patch | patch -p1

in each directory, correct?

After putting the files in each directory, of course

[master_kernel]

Let me make sure I understand this. I have dloaded the main_changes.patch. I then need to go to /usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck/ and /usr/share/kernelcheck/scripts/ and run

cat main_changes.patch | patch -p1

in each directory, correct?

After putting the files in each directory, of course
Yep

[Nutterpc]

And I can say firsthand, after working with Master_kernel & deepspring, that these patches do work

Running on a highly trimmed 64Bit kernel right now, as I post this

2.6.32-rc5-candela

Makes it slammingly fast now, and because it allows you the chance to update the kernel to your liking, you can include/disallow whatever options/drivers you wish

For example: Using the default kernel that comes with ubuntu, my onboard laptop wireless refused to work

Using this new kernel now, the laptop is singing

[VastOne]

From here:

vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:~$ cd /usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck

vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:/usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck$ ls

about.py __init__.py KernelPageParser.py virtualterminal.py
constants.py KCDebug.py source_changes.patch


I am running this:

vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:/usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck$ cat
source_changes.patch | patch -p1

can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -NaurB old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py
|--- old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-06-20 12:42:18.373073000 -0400
|+++ new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-10-18 11:53:09.028558254 -0400
--------------------------
File to patch:

I have grabbed the sources_changes.patch right off the launchpad site

https://bugs.launchpad.net/kernelcheck/+bug/432732

Am I supposed to input the file name to patch as it asks or is this suppose to do that for me?

Thanks

[dagodemon42]

From here:

vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:~$ cd /usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck

vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:/usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck$ ls

about.py __init__.py KernelPageParser.py virtualterminal.py
constants.py KCDebug.py source_changes.patch


I am running this:

vastone@vastone-phenom4am3:/usr/share/pyshared/KernelCheck$ cat
source_changes.patch | patch -p1

can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -NaurB old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py
|--- old/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-06-20 12:42:18.373073000 -0400
|+++ new/KernelCheck/KernelPageParser.py 2009-10-18 11:53:09.028558254 -0400
--------------------------
File to patch:

I have grabbed the sources_changes.patch right off the launchpad site

https://bugs.launchpad.net/kernelcheck/+bug/432732

Am I supposed to input the file name to patch as it asks or is this suppose to do that for me?

Thanks
therearetwo different patches needed. The patch for KernelPageParser.py is listed as parser_changes.patch. It is a little further down the page from the main_changes.patch. I used the "sudo" method of installing the patches and it worked great. Many thanks to master_kernel and all involved in this project.

[gumshore]

could someone please upload a .deb with this fix committed already? That would really help me out here, since my computer does not seem to want to patch the files

[marksken]

Any fixed version we can download ?
Don't get it how to use fix.

Thanx Marksken

[stevenpusser]

Hmmm....I have a fixed Debian Lenny compatible package here:

https://sites.google.com/site/stevosfilehideaway/Home/kernelcheck-1.2.5_mlrepo3.zip


It should also run on Ubuntu.

Source files are included if you want to examine the code and build your own package...remember, it's bad security practice to install unknown programs. That's what gets the Windows guys in big trouble.

I did help Master_Kernel with the deb package for Lumen, for what it's worth. The packaging setup is pretty robust; I just threw his patches into /debian/patches and rebuilt, and was good to go.


I made it Lenny compatible to see it anybody over on the Debian forums will try it...so far I have one person game to try it, and the usual "what makes this any better than the command line tools?"

[marksken]

o stevenpusser

Thanx for the fixed version, worked perfect on my ubuntu 9.10,
need to compile the kernel for my dvd-drive with kernelcheck it's so easy

[gumshore]

thanks for the deb. I know have a problem with getting ndiswrapper to work. When I build the kernel, It compiles and runs just fine, but the only thing that does not work is ndiswrapper! Basiclly, that makes the new kernel useless. I read somewhere that you need to install ndiswrapper-sources, but that does not seem to be in the repositories. could someone please guide me through this?

[master_kernel]

thanks for the deb. I know have a problem with getting ndiswrapper to work. When I build the kernel, It compiles and runs just fine, but the only thing that does not work is ndiswrapper! Basiclly, that makes the new kernel useless. I read somewhere that you need to install ndiswrapper-sources, but that does not seem to be in the repositories. could someone please guide me through this?
Try downloading the source from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/ and compiling it with the new kernel running. Let me know how that goes.

[gumshore]

Try downloading the source from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/ and compiling it with the new kernel running. Let me know how that goes.
Thanks for the help, but it did not work. here is my terminal output:

ryan@ryan-laptop:~$ cd ndiswrapper*
ryan@ryan-laptop:~/ndiswrapper-1.55$ sudo make uninstall
[sudo] password for ryan:
NOTE: Not all installed files are removed, as different distributions install ndiswrapper files at different places.
Run uninstall as many times as necessary until no "removing" messages appear below.
ryan@ryan-laptop:~/ndiswrapper-1.55$ make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31.6-candela M=/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31.6-candela'
LD /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/built-in.o
MKEXPORT /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/crt_exports.h
MKEXPORT /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/hal_exports.h
MKEXPORT /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/ndis_exports.h
MKEXPORT /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/ntoskernel_exports.h
MKEXPORT /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/ntoskernel_io_exports.h
MKEXPORT /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/rtl_exports.h
MKEXPORT /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/usb_exports.h
CC [M] /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/crt.o
In file included from /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/crt.c:16:
/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/ntoskernel.h: In function ‘PushEntrySList’:
/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/ntoskernel.h:905: error: implicit declaration of function ‘cmpxchg8b’
make[3]: *** [/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/crt.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31.6-candela'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2
ryan@ryan-laptop:~/ndiswrapper-1.55$ sudo make install
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31.6-candela M=/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31.6-candela'
CC [M] /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/crt.o
In file included from /home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/crt.c:16:
/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/ntoskernel.h: In function ‘PushEntrySList’:
/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/ntoskernel.h:905: error: implicit declaration of function ‘cmpxchg8b’
make[3]: *** [/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver/crt.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31.6-candela'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ryan/ndiswrapper-1.55/driver'
make: *** [install] Error 2
ryan@ryan-laptop:~/ndiswrapper-1.55$ sudo depmod -a
ryan@ryan-laptop:~/ndiswrapper-1.55$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
ryan@ryan-laptop:~/ndiswrapper-1.55$
I also tried compiling it using the ubuntu kernel and with the svn version of ndiswrapper, and neither of those worked. If I can get this working by Thursday the 26th, that would be greatly appreciated.

[stevenpusser]

The ndiswrapper 1.5.4 -source package builds with 2.6.31 and 2.6.32 kernels for me...I'm using a Debian Lenny based system, but it should also work for you on Ubuntu. The Debian deb files are available here: http://packages.debian.org/sid/ndiswrapper-source

and you can build automatically build and install a deb with module-assistant:

sudo m-a update&&m-a prepare&&m-a a-i -t ndiswrapper-source

I use the -t (terminal) flag because I like to watch the messages, otherwise you will get a rather uninformative ncurses terminal "GUI".

[lunaparadox]

after running I get this at the end

Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32.2-candela.postinst line 1186.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.32.2-candela (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.32.2-candela
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

now when I install anything through apt-get after it installs it reruns the end of kernelcheck with this ending as well. if need be I can copy all thats running there. Just thought this might be enough for an answer.
thanks. oh and I did get to boot into the new kernel by running the grub stuff myself after the error at the end. I'm using ubuntu 9.10

[deepspring]

after running I get this at the end

Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32.2-candela.postinst line 1186.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.32.2-candela (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.32.2-candela
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

now when I install anything through apt-get after it installs it reruns the end of kernelcheck with this ending as well. if need be I can copy all thats running there. Just thought this might be enough for an answer.
thanks. oh and I did get to boot into the new kernel by running the grub stuff myself after the error at the end. I'm using ubuntu 9.10

Try this.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6289960&highlight=nvidia-common#post6289960

[lunaparadox]

Thanks that got it:)

[MIke65]

Hy!
I was complied a new (2.6.32.2) kernel to linux mint 8 with the kernelcheck app. In the upcoming menuconfig I don't do nothing since i'm not an expert in kernel compiling, so i think it uses the default kernel options what comes with mint 8. After it done i was rebooted and choose the new kernel in grub, but then it won't boot, only show black screen. What can be the problem? The only reason i need the newest kernel is the support for my ati r6xx card's 3d acceleration. The default mint kernel is still works fine. I get the following message when i load the 2.6.31-14 kernel's config: warning Symbol value 'm' invalid for FB_VESA.
So the old config not fully compatible i think. But how can i solve this? I'm a rookie when it comes to config the kernel. I was search for fb_vesa in the menuconfig and it gives me a new vga vesa option, so i choose y for it. But the result is the same. After i try to start the safe mode of the kernel i see some lines and before the black screen i saw 2 lines what started with [SATA], then the monitor goes black. Alt+sysRq+reisub the only thing what react. I was try the glxpayload=text option to start the kernel (changed from vga=normal) but it do the same thing.

[wmd]

Is there a way of using KernelCheck just on command line? I'd like to run it on my Ubuntu Server install to get to 2.26.32 together with BFS and maybe compile everything with ICC. Remotely possible?

[master_kernel]

Sorry, console/terminal support is planned for the next version.

[stevenpusser]

I don't think ATI had released a driver that would build with the 2.6.32 kernel at that time. When you build a new kernel, you also have to rebuild Nvidia and ATI proprietary drivers. Ordinarily, dkms will do this automatically if the drivers support it...but you may have to wait a bit for the new fglrx support.

Unless you are talking about the new xorg radeon driver, which is open-source? Then you may have to do a little web searching to see what the correct configuration for that driver in the kernel is. I think you have at least enable kernel mode setting for ATI cards.

That "m" symbol that was no longer compatible means build that driver as a module; like you said, that may no longer be an option.

Hy!
I was complied a new (2.6.32.2) kernel to linux mint 8 with the kernelcheck app. In the upcoming menuconfig I don't do nothing since i'm not an expert in kernel compiling, so i think it uses the default kernel options what comes with mint 8. After it done i was rebooted and choose the new kernel in grub, but then it won't boot, only show black screen. What can be the problem? The only reason i need the newest kernel is the support for my ati r6xx card's 3d acceleration. The default mint kernel is still works fine. I get the following message when i load the 2.6.31-14 kernel's config: warning Symbol value 'm' invalid for FB_VESA.
So the old config not fully compatible i think. But how can i solve this? I'm a rookie when it comes to config the kernel. I was search for fb_vesa in the menuconfig and it gives me a new vga vesa option, so i choose y for it. But the result is the same. After i try to start the safe mode of the kernel i see some lines and before the black screen i saw 2 lines what started with [SATA], then the monitor goes black. Alt+sysRq+reisub the only thing what react. I was try the glxpayload=text option to start the kernel (changed from vga=normal) but it do the same thing.

[kenm_uk]

You probably encountered this error:
Your /etc/rc.local file is temporarily being moved to install
the nVidia driver on reboot. It will be run as normal on reboot.
Please boot into the new kernel at the GRUB menu.

Press ENTER to acknowledge these instructions.
/usr/local/share/kernelcheck/scripts/kscript.sh: line 313: [185.18.14: command not found

I'm looking into it right now.

Edit: If that was the case, you need to move /etc/rc.local.backup-kernelcheck to /etc/rc.local ASAP in order to prevent your computer from getting stuck in an nVidia-installation loop when it reboots.

I recently compiled the 2.6.32.3 kernel (with a patch) on my Ubuntu 9.10 machine and had this error as well. When running 'top' I could see nvidia-installer continually running at 100% CPU. The above fix above along with running /usr/src/NVIDIA* to install the nvidia driver fixed the problem for me.

Thanks!

[lpeter]

27 Mar 2010

Newbie. Am trying to upgrade kernel in Toshiba laptop running 9.10 to fix wireless problem and generally improve performance. Downloaded and have run KernelCheck several times. Keeps hanging at 70% according to the indicator bar. the Terminal window has these details:
This is kernel package version 11.015.
echo "The UTS Release version in include/Linux/version.h"; echo " \"\" "; echo "does not match current version:"; echo " \"2.6.33.1-candela\" "; echo "Please correct this."; exit 2
The UTS Release version in include/Linux/version.h
""
does not match current version:
"2.6.33.1-candela"
Please correct this.
make[1]: *** [debian/stamp/install/linux-image-2.6.33.1-candela] Error 2
make: *** [kernel_image] Error 2
make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.33'

ABORT: stage6 returned exit status 2
I have no clue on what all of that means and what I need to do to fix whatever is wrong. I would be most grateful for any assistance.

(Also, a small post-script, I retyped all of the terminal remarks above because copy paste is unavailable. Is there some alternative method to C-P when, like now, I cannot select text in the terminal? Thnx).
Many thanks in advance.
LTP

[ghostkill3r]

hi
i downloaded the newest source from SF and patched it, but everytime i try to run it from the terminal and click on "Get Kernel Information" i get this error

Testing your network connection...
Connection found.
have not read
read feed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/share/kernelcheck/scripts/main.py", line 502, in get_data
patch_url, patch, stable, stable_url, OldKernelList, OldKernelLinks, prepatch, prepatch_url = self.kernelinfo()
File "/usr/local/share/kernelcheck/scripts/main.py", line 126, in kernelinfo
KPParser.close()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/HTMLParser.py", line 112, in close
self.goahead(1)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/HTMLParser.py", line 164, in goahead
self.error("EOF in middle of construct")
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/HTMLParser.py", line 115, in error
raise HTMLParseError(message, self.getpos())
HTMLParser.HTMLParseError: EOF in middle of construct, at line 7, column 11


am i missing something?

it just stays on "Retrieving information from http://www.kernel.org/" and dosen't do anything :/

but if i click on "Check for KernelCheck Updates" it works

i hope someone can help me with this

ciao
ghostkill3r

[guitara]

ghostkill3r.. in the meantime, try 1.5

# Download the KernelCheck source from LaunchPad:
$ bzr branch lp:~team-kcheck/kernelcheck/experimental

# Enter the directory
$ cd experimental

# Install KernelCheck (as root - su)
$ python setup.py install

# Use it! (once again, as root)
$ kernelcheck

[ghostkill3r]

ghostkill3r.. in the meantime, try 1.5

# Download the KernelCheck source from LaunchPad:
$ bzr branch lp:~team-kcheck/kernelcheck/experimental

# Enter the directory
$ cd experimental

# Install KernelCheck (as root - su)
$ python setup.py install

# Use it! (once again, as root)
$ kernelcheck


thanks, and i love you for your tip :)
it's working now, and it's working good :)

i came across this version before, but never wanted to install something with the name experimental, as a Linux noob.
but i changed from windoz to linux just for this i think :)
so, thanks to You i will try something like this experimental thingy nextime.

thank you

ciao
ghostkill3r

[ghostkill3r]

hmm maybe i was to fast :(

i mean the program is running very nicely, it's doing its jobs (checking for the kernels), i then made my choices go to the last tab clicked on this "start build" button and thougt ist ok to go to bed, i then woke up today and saw that the program has done nothing at all.

i tried the same thing again today (beside going to bed), and again nothing after i click on on this "start build" button :(

what could be the problem? i mean there is not even a message in the terminal saing whats wrong :(

anyway its a realy good program, even if its not working for me.
but i think i will try the "Old" kernel way.

i've done sudo kernelcheck > debug.txt, and thats all i got

Kernel Name: 2.6.33
Link: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.33.tar.bz2
Type: base
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: None


Kernel Name: 2.6.33.2
Link: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/2.6.33.2.bz2
Type: performance patch
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: None


Kernel Name: 2.6.34-rc3
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/2.6.34-rc3.bz2
Type: prepatch
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: rc3


Kernel Name: 2.6.33.1-rt11
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/patch-2.6.33.1-rt11.bz2
Type: rt patch
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: rt11


Kernel Name: 2.6.34-rc3-next-20100401
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/sfr/linux-next/patch-v2.6.34-rc3-next-20100401.bz2
Type: latest linux-next patchset
Base Kernel: 2.6.34-rc3
Partial Base: 34
Ending: rc3-next-20100401


Kernel Name: 2.6.33-next-20100308
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/sfr/linux-next/patch-v2.6.33-next-20100308.bz2
Type: linux-next patchset for 2.6.33
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: next-20100308


Kernel Name: 2.6.33.2-rc1
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/stable-review/patch-2.6.33.2-rc1.bz2
Type: stable review patchset
Base Kernel: 2.6.32.2-rc1
Partial Base: 32
Ending: rc1


Discovering older kernels and creating dictionary

Kernel Name: 2.6.31-20-generic-pae
Link: localhost
Type: running kernel
Base Kernel: 2.6.31
Partial Base: 31
Ending: 20-generic-pae


ciao
ghostkill3r

ps: sorry for ..., not having english as my native language.

[master_kernel]

hmm maybe i was to fast :(

i mean the program is running very nicely, it's doing its jobs (checking for the kernels), i then made my choices go to the last tab clicked on this "start build" button and thougt ist ok to go to bed, i then woke up today and saw that the program has done nothing at all.

i tried the same thing again today (beside going to bed), and again nothing after i click on on this "start build" button :(

what could be the problem? i mean there is not even a message in the terminal saing whats wrong :(

anyway its a realy good program, even if its not working for me.
but i think i will try the "Old" kernel way.

i've done sudo kernelcheck > debug.txt, and thats all i got

Kernel Name: 2.6.33
Link: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.33.tar.bz2
Type: base
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: None


Kernel Name: 2.6.33.2
Link: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/2.6.33.2.bz2
Type: performance patch
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: None


Kernel Name: 2.6.34-rc3
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/2.6.34-rc3.bz2
Type: prepatch
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: rc3


Kernel Name: 2.6.33.1-rt11
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/patch-2.6.33.1-rt11.bz2
Type: rt patch
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: rt11


Kernel Name: 2.6.34-rc3-next-20100401
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/sfr/linux-next/patch-v2.6.34-rc3-next-20100401.bz2
Type: latest linux-next patchset
Base Kernel: 2.6.34-rc3
Partial Base: 34
Ending: rc3-next-20100401


Kernel Name: 2.6.33-next-20100308
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/sfr/linux-next/patch-v2.6.33-next-20100308.bz2
Type: linux-next patchset for 2.6.33
Base Kernel: 2.6.33
Partial Base: 33
Ending: next-20100308


Kernel Name: 2.6.33.2-rc1
Link: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/stable-review/patch-2.6.33.2-rc1.bz2
Type: stable review patchset
Base Kernel: 2.6.32.2-rc1
Partial Base: 32
Ending: rc1


Discovering older kernels and creating dictionary

Kernel Name: 2.6.31-20-generic-pae
Link: localhost
Type: running kernel
Base Kernel: 2.6.31
Partial Base: 31
Ending: 20-generic-pae


ciao
ghostkill3r

ps: sorry for ..., not having english as my native language.
Still looks like you have the experimental version installed. You have to fully remove it before installing the patched version of 1.5. (By manually removing files)

As of right now, the experimental version does nothing, but I will try to have working kernel compilation support by tomorrow - I want to test drive pause/resume buttons and/or the new CLI support. But note for future reference that the experimental build may not work at all times - the development build is the one you want to download (except when it outdates the stable version ;)).

[stevenpusser]

27 Mar 2010

Newbie. Am trying to upgrade kernel in Toshiba laptop running 9.10 to fix wireless problem and generally improve performance. Downloaded and have run KernelCheck several times. Keeps hanging at 70% according to the indicator bar. the Terminal window has these details:
This is kernel package version 11.015.
echo "The UTS Release version in include/Linux/version.h"; echo " \"\" "; echo "does not match current version:"; echo " \"2.6.33.1-candela\" "; echo "Please correct this."; exit 2
The UTS Release version in include/Linux/version.h
""
does not match current version:
"2.6.33.1-candela"
Please correct this.
make[1]: *** [debian/stamp/install/linux-image-2.6.33.1-candela] Error 2
make: *** [kernel_image] Error 2
make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.33'

ABORT: stage6 returned exit status 2
I have no clue on what all of that means and what I need to do to fix whatever is wrong. I would be most grateful for any assistance.

(Also, a small post-script, I retyped all of the terminal remarks above because copy paste is unavailable. Is there some alternative method to C-P when, like now, I cannot select text in the terminal? Thnx).
Many thanks in advance.
LTP

Yes, that's a known bug with kernel-package for new kernels. You will have to upgrade to the latest upstream Debian or Ubuntu version to build the 2.6.33+ kernels.

[master_kernel]

The patched version of KernelCheck is now in the Launchpad Trunk. Use the development method to install it.

[ghostkill3r]

thank you i will try, till it works :)

ciao
ghostkill3r

[ghostkill3r]

it's working and compiling thank you :)
but i still have a little problem, my native resolution is 1920x1080, but i also tryed the other possible resolution of 1280x720 but xconfig is not useable for me when i use your programm.
the font is way toooooooo small, its ok when i try to compile a new kernel without your programm :/

here is a link to the pic i made so you can see what i mean
http://de.tinypic.com/r/1tvvdi/ (http://de.tinypic.com/r/1tvvdi/5)

i hope this can be fixed :)


ciao
ghostkill3r

[master_kernel]

it's working and compiling thank you :)
but i still have a little problem, my native resolution is 1920x1080, but i also tryed the other possible resolution of 1280x720 but xconfig is not useable for me when i use your programm.
the font is way toooooooo small, its ok when i try to compile a new kernel without your programm :/

here is a link to the pic i made so you can see what i mean
http://de.tinypic.com/r/1tvvdi/ (http://de.tinypic.com/r/1tvvdi/5)

i hope this can be fixed :)


ciao
ghostkill3r
That is really odd - I have no idea why it would be doing that. All KernelCheck does is call make xconfig. No options or anything.

[stevenpusser]

I've pulled the fixes from trunk and made a new deb package on Mepis, which means it should work for recent Ubuntus and Debian too--you need python-central 0.6.8 or higher, and python2.5 or higher.

I've included the source files, too, if anyone wants to rebuild it on Ubuntu.

Link: https://sites.google.com/site/stevosfilehideaway/Home/more-files/kernelcheck-fixed-16_april_2010.zip


Edit: For the teeny fonts on the qt3 xconfig, perhaps it's a qt3 problem. There's the qt3-qtconfig GUI for configuring font size, among other things; perhaps that will help.