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microcore_2.3RC3
roberts:
Setup and tested on a 64MB usb pendrive, ext partition via the usbinstall script.
No booting issues.
I do see that opt/jwmThemes needs to be removed from the default backup list.
Juanito:
I've tried many things without any luck...
My setup - extlinux - works fine with microcore_2.3RC2 and the latest Xprogs.core.tczl.
When I change microcore.gz to 2.3RC3, the usb stick is not mounted on boot. If I mount the usb stick after boot and load Xlibs.core.tczl, Xvesa.core.tcz, Xprogs.core.tczl, flwm.tcz and wbar.tcz, I cannot start X - I get a black screen and the big "X" cursor. If I <ctrl-alt-backspace> out of this, there are no error messages displayed and nothing in dmesg.
I do not use a back-up, but to double-check, I copied .xsession and .profile from /etc/skel with no change to the result.
At present my boot options are:
quiet vga=773 noswap tce=UUID=aaab6273-4a6c-4118-8eb2-e31a9b31edb3 waitusb=10 noscan text
I forgot to try without "noscan" - is it depreciated? Would it make a difference?
curaga:
Try booting with "debug pause" and take note when the stick is recognized.
Juanito:
Another bout of troubleshooting...
Using extlinux.conf:
--- Code: ---display boot.msg
default tinycore
label tinycore
kernel /boot/bzImage
append initrd=/boot/microcore.gz quiet vga=773 noswap tce=UUID=aaab6273-4a6c-4118-8eb2-e31a9b31edb3 waitusb=10 text
implicit 0
prompt 1
timeout 300
F1 boot.msg
F2 f2
F3 f3
--- End code ---
I tried varying "waitusb" from 5 -> 20 with no change
Using additional boot codes "debug pause" with microcore_2.3rc2 first, I get:
--- Code: ---usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access Sony Storage Media 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 31326208 512-byte hardware sectors: (16.0 GB/14.9 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 31326208 512-byte hardware sectors: (16.0 GB/14.9 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Scanning hard disk partitions to create /etc/fstab
Setting language to C done
Setting keymap to us done
Setting timezone to UTC done
Squashfs version 4.0...
Ignoring swap partitions as requested
Checking for tinycore applications...
Xlib.core Xprogs.core Xvesa.core beaver emelfm flwm glib1 gtk1 gtkfind wbar
Setting up window manager flwm done
Boot time config completed
--- End code ---
Now changing only microcore.gz from rc2 -> rc3, I get:
--- Code: ---usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access Sony Storage Media 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 31326208 512-byte hardware sectors: (16.0 GB/14.9 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 31326208 512-byte hardware sectors: (16.0 GB/14.9 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Scanning hard disk partitions to create /etc/fstab
Setting language to C done
Setting keymap to us done
Setting timezone to UTC done
Squashfs version 4.0...
Ignoring swap partitions as requested
Boot time config completed
--- End code ---
I also tried with additional boot codes "debug base norestore nolocal pause" and got the same result.
The last few dmesg entries, which come mixed in with the coloured tinycore boot messages are:
rc2
--- Code: ---Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
intel_rng: FWH not detected
tg3 0000:09:00.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI
tg3 0000:09:00.0: PME# disabled
tg3 0000:09:00.0: irq 27 for MSI/MSI-X
--- End code ---
rc3
--- Code: ---Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
tg3 0000:09:00.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI
tg3 0000:09:00.0: PME# disabled
tg3 0000:09:00.0: irq 27 for MSI/MSI-X
--- End code ---
One of the keys to this would seem to be that something in the change from rc2 -> rc3 causes my usb stick not to be auto-mounted - but what?
In the case of rc3, after manually mounting sda1, manually loading Xlib.core Xprogs.core Xvesa.core flwm wbar, and running "startx", I noticed that the display appears to briefly show the standard blue background before dropping back to black with the big "X" cursor. Was this sort of thing cured by adding a "wait" somewhere way back when?
Since I do not have a backup and nothing else changed between moving from rc2 -> rc3 (I am using the latest Xprogs.core in both cases), I do not understand why this should happen...
curaga:
In rc3, is there an entry for sda1 in fstab?
No entry - something in rebuildfstab?
An entry - for some reason not getting mounted. Add tons of debug echo statements and remove error redirection from mount commands in tc-config.
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