[Grml] sarge + kernel 2.6.18-grml loads only few modules

[Erich Minderlein]

Hi 

after having successfully installed kernel 2.6.18-grml and a sarge base
configuration via the grml-skript I have stopped working on this
notebook. 
Now I take up on this again : It loads only few modules, so no network,
no periphery: just the 6 shells and the ipv6 module is loaded. 

/sys/module is rather empty : about 15 modules are listed , for HDD,
CDROM and video, 
while at the funkentzutzler there are 74 modules listed.
the line "populating /dev" does not show up in dmesg when doing the
boot. 

It seems that some skripts must be added to my installation to get the
kernel scan its periphery.

a shortened diff ps(grml0.8,left) ps(kernel2.6.18-grml+sarge,right) is
added:

 PID TTY STAT   COMMAND		   PID TTY    STAT   COMMAND
   1 ?     Ss   init [2]	|    1 ?      Ss     init [2]  
   2 ?     S    [migration/0]        2 ?      S      [migration/0]
   3 ?     SN   [ksoftirqd/0]	     3 ?      SN     [ksoftirqd/0]
   4 ?     S    [watchdog/0]	     4 ?      S      [watchdog/0]
   5 ?     S<   [events/0]	     5 ?      S<     [events/0]
   6 ?     S<   [khelper]	     6 ?      S<     [khelper]
   7 ?     S<   [kthread]	     7 ?      S<     [kthread]
   9 ?     S<   [kblockd/0]	|   10 ?      S<     [kblockd/0]
  10 ?     S<   [kacpid]	|   11 ?      S<     [kacpid]
  94 ?     S<   [kseriod]	|   96 ?      S<     [cqueue/0]
 148 ?     S    [pdflush]	|   97 ?      S<     [kseriod]
 149 ?     S    [pdflush]	|  157 ?      S      [pdflush]
 150 ?     S    [kswapd0]	|  158 ?      S      [pdflush]
 151 ?     S<   [aio/0]		|  159 ?      S<     [kswapd0]
 152 ?     S<   [jfsIO]		|  160 ?      S<     [aio/0]
 153 ?     S<   [jfsCommit]	|  161 ?      S<     [jfsIO]
 154 ?     S<   [jfsSync]	|  162 ?      S<     [jfsCommit]
 155 ?     S<   [xfslogd/0]	|  163 ?      S<     [jfsSync]
 156 ?     S<   [xfsdatad/0]	|  164 ?      S<     [xfslogd/0]
 745 ?     S<   [cqueue/0]	|  165 ?      S<     [xfsdatad/0]
 757 ?     S<   [kpsmoused]	|  294 ?      S<     [kpsmoused]
 832 ?     S<   [ata/0]		|  384 ?      S<     [ata/0]
 841 ?     S<   [scsi_eh_0]	|  385 ?      S<     [ata_aux]
 842 ?     S<   [scsi_eh_1]	|  394 ?      S<     [scsi_eh_0]
 868 ?     S<   [kcryptd/0]	|  395 ?      S<     [scsi_eh_1]
 869 ?     S<   [kmirrord]	|  416 ?      S<     [kcryptd/0]
 943 ?     S<   [khubd]		|  417 ?      S<     [kmirrord]
 989 ?     S<   [scsi_eh_2]	|  423 ?      S<     [kjournald]
 990 ?     S<   [usb-storage]	|  807 ?      Ss     /sbin/syslogd
1944 ?     S<   [loop0]		|  810 ?      Ss     /sbin/klogd
2215 ?     S<s  udevd --daemon	|  842 ?      Ss     /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd
-q30m
3837 ?     S    [khpsbpkt]	|  848 ?      Ss     /usr/sbin/inetd
3934 ?     S    [pccardd]	|  855 ?      Ss     /usr/sbin/sshd
3935 ?     S    [knodemgrd_0]	|  868 ?      Ss     /sbin/mdadm -F
-i /var/run/mdadm.p
3993 ?     S<   [shpchpd]	|  871 ?      Ss     /usr/sbin/atd
4017 ?     S<   [kgameportd]	|  874 ?      Ss     /usr/sbin/cron
4504 ?     Ss   /usr/sbin/acpid -c /etc/acpi/event
		 		|  882 tty1   Ss     -bash
4625 ?     SNs  pump -i eth0	|  885 tty2   Ss+    /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
4680 ?     SNs  /sbin/syslog-ng -p /var/run/syslog
				|  886 tty3   Ss+    /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4695 ?     SNs  /usr/sbin/powernowd -q
				|  887 tty4   Ss+    /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
4719 ?     SNs  /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/psaux -t aut
				|  888 tty5   Ss+    /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
4759 tty1  Ss   /bin/zsh -l	|  889 tty6     Ss+  /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
4760 tty2  Ss+  /bin/dash /usr/bin/grml-init-scree
				|  910 tty1     R+   ps ax
4761 tty3  Ss+  /bin/dash /usr/bin/grml-init-scree <
4762 tty4     Ss+    0:00 /bin/zsh			      <
4763 tty5     Ss+    0:00 /bin/zsh			      <
4766 tty6     Ss+    0:00 /bin/zsh			      <
4767 tty9     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty9		<
4768 tty10    Ss+    0:00 /bin/zsh --login -c /usr/bin/iptst <
4771 tty11    Ss+    0:00 /bin/zsh --login -c /usr/bin/htop  <
4774 tty12    Ss+    0:00 /bin/zsh --login -c /usr/bin/multi <
4822 tty10    S+     0:00 /usr/bin/iptstate		      <
4824 tty11    S+     0:33 /usr/bin/htop		      <
4825 tty12    S+     0:00 /usr/bin/multitail /var/log/syslog <
4834 tty12    S      0:00 tail -48lf /var/log/syslog  <
4841 tty2     S+     0:00 /usr/bin/screen -c /etc/grml/scree <
4845 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/SCREEN -c /etc/grml/scree <
4848 tty3     S+     0:00 /usr/bin/screen -c /etc/grml/scree <
4849 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/SCREEN -c /etc/grml/scree <
4869 pts/0    Ss+    0:00 zsh				      <
4873 pts/1    Ss+    0:00 zsh				      <
5059 ?        S<     0:00 [kjournald]			      <
5078 ?        S<     0:00 [kjournald]			      <
5219 tty1     R+     0:00 ps ax			      <

>From the process numbers I see that a lot of transient processes did not
happen on my install, and usb-storage, cqueued, loop0, udevd do not
exist thereafter. 

best regards 


-- 
Erich Minderlein <erminderlein at locoware.de>
MARC Mannheim Rail Commerce GmbH