Subject: Re: [vserver] Unable to set vshelper 3.18
From: Phil D <splatnix@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 15:14:33 +0000
Thu, 5 Feb 2015 15:14:33 +0000
Sorry Ben meant 3.14 on Wheezy with Jessie guests.

On 5 February 2015 at 14:10, Corey Wright <undefined@pobox.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:21:37 +0000
> Ben Green <ben@bristolwireless.net> wrote:
>
> > Quoting Etienne Vogt <Etienne.Vogt@obspm.fr>:
> >
> > >
> > > The problem with linux-image-vserver-3.18-beng and wheezy is not
> related
> > > with an outdated util-vserver package. With the 0.30.216-pre3062-1
> version
> > > in your repo.psand.net repository it doesn't boot either.
> > > It seems that the udev version in wheezy depends on a legacy feature
> > > that has not been compiled in linux-image-vserver-3.18-beng
> > >
> > > The symptom is that the root filesystem is not found and the system
> > > drops to the busybox prompt. But the keyboard is not functional either
> and
> > > you can't do anything but press the hardware reset switch.
> >
> > Ah okay, that may not be Vserver related. I am running that kernel
> > here with no trouble. On jessie though.
>
> anybody compiling a 3.18 kernel (linux-vserver-patched or not) for wheezy
> needs to set CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER=y in the kernel config (for backwards
> compatibility with wheezy's packages without backports).
>
> corey
> --
> undefined@pobox.com
>
> > Cheers,
> > Ben
>


Sorry Ben meant 3.14 on Wheezy with Jessie guests.

On 5 February 2015 at 14:10, Corey Wright <undefined@pobox.com> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:21:37 +0000
Ben Green <ben@bristolwireless.net> wrote:

> Quoting Etienne Vogt <Etienne.Vogt@obspm.fr>:
>
> >
> > The problem with linux-image-vserver-3.18-beng and wheezy is not related
> > with an outdated util-vserver package. With the 0.30.216-pre3062-1 version
> > in your repo.psand.net repository it doesn't boot either.
> > It seems that the udev version in wheezy depends on a legacy feature
> > that has not been compiled in linux-image-vserver-3.18-beng
> >
> > The symptom is that the root filesystem is not found and the system
> > drops to the busybox prompt. But the keyboard is not functional either and
> > you can't do anything but press the hardware reset switch.
>
> Ah okay, that may not be Vserver related. I am running that kernel
> here with no trouble. On jessie though.

anybody compiling a 3.18 kernel (linux-vserver-patched or not) for wheezy
needs to set CONFIG UEVENT HELPER=y in the kernel config (for backwards
compatibility with wheezy's packages without backports).

corey
--
undefined@pobox.com

> Cheers,
> Ben