Restore latest kernel
Mike Adolf
mlnx at mho.com
Thu Oct 16 18:07:32 UTC 2008
Mark Haney wrote:
> Mike Adolf wrote:
>
>> This morning I ran the latest Ubuntu update. It installed a new kernel
>> 2.6.24.21. I rebooted and all was well. Then I installed my new pctv
>> 800i tuner card. To do so, according mythtv wiki, I first extracted
>> firmware from a windows file and placed it into
>> /lib/firmware/2.4.24.21-generic, I downloaded the latest v4l driver
>> tree, did a make and make install. This is supposed to overwrite kernel
>> drivers. When I tried to reboot modprob failed. It also failed in
>> recovery mode.
>>
>> Can I some how remove the corrupt 2.4.24.21 kernel, so that auto update
>> reinstalls it? I an new booted into 2.4.24.19.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
> Okay, why do you think the kernel is corrupt? Can you not boot into
> that kernel at all? It sounds like you can. Let's try to backtrack to
> what the problem is before we go about re-installing a kernel. If
> there's a module that won't load (or is loading and bombing, we can
> remove the module listing so it doesn't get autoloaded. That's quicker
> and easier.
>
> What are the errors you're seeing?
>
>
>
I can not boot 2.4.24.21. If I boot it in recovery mode it gets to the
point of running modprobe and gives the error "abnormal exit" and hangs.
Recovery mode boot flies by so fast I can't really see what it is doing.
I can still boot into a previous kernel (.19)
Mike
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