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RE: syslog messages NOT! - the last word?

I  believe I have figured it out.  Here is a summary:

etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit makes three symlinks (lines 121-123) on every
reboot.

	ln -sf /lib/modules/$mver /lib/modules/preferred
	ln -sf /boot/System.map-$mver /boot/System.map
	ln -sf /boot/module-info-$mver /boot/module-info

On my installation, System.map and module-info symlinks aren't being
created, but /lib/modules/preferred is.  Now, at this point, only / and
/proc are mounted (see around line 100).  Now, I have a seperate
partition for /boot and since it isn't mounted when the /boot symlinks
are created they get wiped out when /boot is mounted later.

So, I submitted that to developer.redhat.com/bugs (whose bug lists have
been down for quite a while).

I fixed this by manually making the symlinks myself.

But, I'm still having trouble with signal 11 for pppd. Sigh.

>----------
>From: 	Jose M. Sanchez[SMTP:opjose ex-pressnet com]
>Sent: 	Thursday, October 29, 1998 9:34 AM
>To: 	redhat-install-list redhat com
>Cc: 	The recipient's address is unknown.
>Subject: 	Re: syslog messages NOT!
>
>Hmm...
>
>It's likely that Lilo is not using RH's (very own) minor number
>nomenclature...
>
>Try copying the files to
>
>System.map-2.0.35-1 to System.map-2.0.35
>vmlinuz-2.0.35-1 to vmlinuz-2.0.35
>
>/lib/modules/2.0.35-1 to /lib/modules/2.0.35
>
>then try rerunning lilo, reboot and see if the message still appears...
>
>-JMS
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg W. Fiske <gwf aero-optics com>
>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com' <redhat-install-list redhat com>
>Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 10:59 AM
>Subject: RE: syslog messages NOT!
>
>
>>>Who's CD are you using?
>>>
>>>Redhat's 5.1?
>>
>>Yup. Ordered direct from Redhat about two months ago.
>>
>>>The default Redhat installation installs the map file, & the initrd file
>as
>>>well even if you do not have a scsi device on your system...
>>
>>but, as you can see from my listing below, I have those files. They have
>>a 2.0.35-1 on the end of them.
>>
>>>This does not look like a "standard" RH install... did you check the
>"Live"
>>>directory on the CD for the missing files?
>>>
>>>-JMS
>>>
>>I tried to make my installation as "standard" as possible and thought I
>>>succeeded.  There is nothing in /mnt/cdrom/live/boot that isn't in my
>/boot
>>listing.  What do you (or anyone else reading this) think is missing?
>>Is there anyone else who did a standard Redhat 5.1 install that gets
>>this message upon booting (and/or can shed some light on it's meaning
>>>and consequences)?
>>
>>Greg
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Greg W. Fiske <gwf aero-optics com>
>>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com' <redhat-install-list redhat com>
>>>Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 7:35 PM
>>>Subject: RE: syslog messages NOT!
>>>
>>>
>>>>Booting from my boot floppy (made the standard Redhat way) also yields
>>>>the same message "kernel: can't find map file" (but it does boot and
>>>>there is a file called map on it).  So my oversize boot partition is not
>>>>causing this message.  What is?
>>>>
>>>>>----------
>>>>>From: Greg W. Fiske
>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 8:48 AM
>>>>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com'
>>>>>Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
>>>>>Subject: RE: syslog messages NOT!
>>>>>
>>>>>hmmmm....  Well, Jose, I actually do have those files in /boot anyway.
>>>>>I did a standard installation off of the CD and haven't compiled a new
>>>>>one so there isn't a map file in /usr/src/linux.  Here is my /boot
>>>>>listing...
>>>>>
>>>>>total 795
>>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       104883 Jul 14 21:05
>>>>>System.map-2.0.35-1
>>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          512 Sep 24 11:45 boot.0815
>>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         4536 May  7 12:05 boot.b
>>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          300 May  7 12:05 chain.b
>>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       204735 Sep 24 11:45
>>>>>initrd-2.0.35-1.img
>>>>>drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root        12288 Sep 24 11:24 lost+found
>>>>>-rw-------   1 root     root        16384 Sep 24 11:45 map
>>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        11773 Jul 14 21:05
>>>>>module-info-2.0.35-1
>>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          308 May  7 12:05 os2_d.b
>>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       448295 Jul 14 21:05 vmlinuz-2.0.35-1
>>>>>
>>>>>So, what's going on? Why does the kernel say that it cannot find a map
>>>>>file?
>>>>>Does the fact that I have a separate boot partition have anything to do
>>>>>with it?
>>>>>
>>>>>Ah, wait.  My \boot partition starts at the 1020'th MB of a SCSI disk.
>>>>>And, I'm ashamed to admit, it extends to the 1028'th MB - that's 4MB
>>>>>beyond LILO's limit.  8 MB was the available free size and disk druid
>>>>>wouldn't let me use just 4.  But, I figured at the time "let's see if it
>>>>>boots!" and it did.  As you can see above, there was only 1 MB of stuff
>>>>>in the boot partition so I figured that I was a long way from going over
>>>>>4MB.  OK, so this is a likely candidate for my problem.  Anyone out
>>>>>there know if this is my problem for sure?  Also, is there a way to fix
>>>>>this (shrink my boot partition) without redoing the whole installation?
>>>>>
>>>>>>----------
>>>>>>From: Jose M. Sanchez[SMTP:opjose ex-pressnet com]
>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 8:37 PM
>>>>>>To: redhat-install-list redhat com
>>>>>>Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
>>>>>>Subject: Re: syslog messages NOT!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No, and YOU should NOT!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If you do then you probably recompiled or installed a new kernel and
>>>missed
>>>>>>a step.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The file is normally located in the /usr/src/linux/System.map after a
>>>kernel
>>>>>>compilation
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A copy of it must be moved to /boot with the same name as the kernel
>you
>>>are
>>>>>>running...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thus if you are using a Redhat Kernel you need a
>>>>>>
>>>>>>/boot/System.map-2.0.35-2
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If you've installed your own kernel and are NOT using the RH (mis)
>naming
>>>>>>convention(s) it should simply be called
>>>>>>
>>>>>>/boot/System.map
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If you installed a RH Kernel RPM update, then you did not install ALL
>of
>>>the
>>>>>>kernel RPMS as indicated in the eratta.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-JMS
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: Greg W. Fiske <gwf aero-optics com>
>>>>>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com' <redhat-install-list redhat com>
>>>>>>Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 1:07 PM
>>>>>>Subject: RE: syslog messages
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I'll settle for a survey answering this single question:  does anyone
>>>>>>>else get the message
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>kernel: can't find map file
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>in their /var/log/messages every time they reboot?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Please let me know yes, no or sometimes. Email me privately if you
>want
>>>>>>>and I'll post the results if anyone else cares.  Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>>>----------
>>>>>>>>From: Greg W. Fiske
>>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 3:30 PM
>>>>>>>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com'
>>>>>>>>Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
>>>>>>>>Subject: RE: syslog messages
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Does anyone have a suggestion as to where I can find this
>information?
>>>>>>>>Another mailing list / web site / newsgroup / document?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>----------
>>>>>>>>>From: Greg W. Fiske
>>>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 10:15 AM
>>>>>>>>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com'
>>>>>>>>>Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
>>>>>>>>>Subject: syslog messages
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Can anyone shed some light on what these messages from
>>>/var/log/messages
>>>>>>>>>mean?  I'm aware that some of them ultimately suggest a hardware
>>>>>>>>>problem.  I want to know what their immediate meaning is (for
>>>instance,
>>>>>>>>>what is a map file and is it bad if I don't have one?)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I get this after every reboot:
>>>>>>>>>kernel: can't find map file
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I've gotten the following a few times :
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>kernel: free_one_pmd: bad directory entry 00008000
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>modprobe: can't find module block-major-3
>>>>>>>>>modprobe: can't find module block-major-22
>>>>>>>>>also,
>>>>>>>>>modprobe: can't find module block-major-14
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>and, finally, (what had me looking at this in the first place)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>pppd: Fatal signal 11
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>pppd works for me mostly but sometimes fails with the above message.
>>>>>>>>>I've already found http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11 page that talks
>about
>>>>>>>>>signal 11.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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