From: ghammar on
I was fixing a problem with my root login and Orbit/Gnome. One of the
things that was recommended was to do

apt-get upgrade && apt-get update

Somehow in the process of doing that, there were some changes to the
kernel. Now when I try to boot, I get the message "... update kernel
or disable CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPECATED...". I went into /boot and edited
config_2.6.26_2-amd64 and changed the "y" to "n" for both
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED and CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2, but the error
message remains. I can boot into single user mode and access the
system, but I can't do a complete system boot. It hangs on the CPUFreq
part. I would like to get my laptop back without completely rebuilding
the OS.

Any suggestions?

Giff


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From: Patrick Wiseman on
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM, <ghammar(a)sv-phoenix.com> wrote:
> I was fixing a problem with my root login and Orbit/Gnome. One of the things
> that was recommended was to do
>
> apt-get upgrade && apt-get update
>
> Somehow in the process of doing that, there were some changes to the kernel.
> Now when I try to boot, I get the message "... update kernel or disable
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPECATED...". I went into /boot and edited
> config_2.6.26_2-amd64 and changed the "y" to "n" for both
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED and CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2, but the error
> message remains. I can boot into single user mode and access the system, but
> I can't do a complete system boot. It hangs on the CPUFreq part. I would
> like to get my laptop back without completely rebuilding the OS.

I've been booting up with that error message for some time now (also
on an amd64 system), with no observable problems. (Eventually, I'll
move from 2.6.26 to 2.6.30, and I assume the error will go away.)

Patrick


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From: ghammar on
Quoting Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman(a)gmail.com>:

> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM, <ghammar(a)sv-phoenix.com> wrote:
>> I was fixing a problem with my root login and Orbit/Gnome. One of the things
>> that was recommended was to do
>>
>> apt-get upgrade && apt-get update
>>
>> Somehow in the process of doing that, there were some changes to the kernel.
>> Now when I try to boot, I get the message "... update kernel or disable
>> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPECATED...". I went into /boot and edited
>> config_2.6.26_2-amd64 and changed the "y" to "n" for both
>> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED and CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2, but the error
>> message remains. I can boot into single user mode and access the system, but
>> I can't do a complete system boot. It hangs on the CPUFreq part. I would
>> like to get my laptop back without completely rebuilding the OS.
>
> I've been booting up with that error message for some time now (also
> on an amd64 system), with no observable problems. (Eventually, I'll
> move from 2.6.26 to 2.6.30, and I assume the error will go away.)
>
> Patrick
>
Unfortunately in my case, the system hangs and won't finish the boot process..

Giff



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From: Micha on
On 03/12/2009 16:00, ghammar(a)sv-phoenix.com wrote:
> I was fixing a problem with my root login and Orbit/Gnome. One of the
> things that was recommended was to do
>
> apt-get upgrade && apt-get update
>
> Somehow in the process of doing that, there were some changes to the
> kernel. Now when I try to boot, I get the message "... update kernel or
> disable CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPECATED...". I went into /boot and edited
> config_2.6.26_2-amd64 and changed the "y" to "n" for both
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED and CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2, but the error
> message remains. I can boot into single user mode and access the system,
> but I can't do a complete system boot. It hangs on the CPUFreq part. I
> would like to get my laptop back without completely rebuilding the OS.
>
> Any suggestions?
>

The config file in /boot tells you what options the kernel was configered with,
it doesn't affect the installed kernel.

You need to recompile your kernel with those options or install an upgraded
kernel (don't know what debian uses at the moment, been using custom kernels for
several years now)

> Giff
>
>


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From: Jochen Schulz on
ghammar(a)sv-phoenix.com:
> I was fixing a problem with my root login and Orbit/Gnome. One of the
> things that was recommended was to do
>
> apt-get upgrade && apt-get update
>
> Somehow in the process of doing that, there were some changes to the
> kernel.

Check apt's log files to get a clue what actually happened.

> Now when I try to boot, I get the message "... update kernel or
> disable CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPECATED...".

This should be negligible.

> I went into /boot and edited
> config_2.6.26_2-amd64 and changed the "y" to "n" for both
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED and CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2, but the error
> message remains.

This file describes the configuration that was used to compile the
kernel. It is purely informational and has no effect on the kernel after
compilation.

> I can boot into single user mode and access the system,
> but I can't do a complete system boot. It hangs on the CPUFreq part. I
> would like to get my laptop back without completely rebuilding the OS.
>
> Any suggestions?

Yes, please try to be more precise about what happens before the boot
process hangs. Did you try pressing Ctrl-c or Ctrl-d to abort the
currenlty running init script? Did you try to disable the script you
suspect to be the culprit? Do you have entries in your syslog from
failed boot attempts? Did you enable the boot log
(etc/default/bootlogd)?

J.
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