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kernel panic after after parrotOS upgrade
after attempting sudo apt upgrade on a fresh install of parrot os, new kernel update is present but trying to boot into it from grub gives gives me a kernel panic.
here is what i tried and with what ...
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Kernel configuration: how to enable all modules while keeping an oldconfig
Here is my problem: I would like to configure the kernel with some specific options already set/unset by me, and then defaulting all the other options as if using make allmodconfig.
At the moment, I ...
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RHEL - keeping a specific kernel version, possible?
I was looking to keep a specific kernel version on my machine. To prevent it from being overridden or removed without having to grow or up the # of kernels the system keeps as my only solution as ...
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What configuration files does linux kernel lookup directly in root filesystem?
There are a lot of configuration files in /etc. Some of them are used by installed applications like samba, but is there confs that are directly looked up by the kernel? For example passwd, groups, ...
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How to detect display driver info
Is it possible to check the different status of video drivers when it is on, is off, in error, in no-signal?
Example: monitor off - some state 0-, monitor no-signal - some state not connected and so ...
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In Linux kernel - is commenting out a line in .config file equal to set it to "=n"?
In the Linux kernel .config file, is setting a configuration to "n" having the same effect as commenting out the entire row?
for example:
CONFIG_TEST=n
and
# CONFIG_TEST
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Change console size
I'm trying to run linux kernel inside VMware from iso image compiled from sources.
At the current moment I'm trying to start initramfs but for some reasons it crashes. My problem is I cannot know why ...
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Trouble selecting "Fully Preemptible Kernel (Real-Time)" when configuring/compiling from source
I am trying to compile the 5.4 kernel with the latest stable PREEMPT_RT patch (5.4.28-rt19) but for some reason can't select the Fully Preemptible Kernel (RT) option inside make nconfig/menconfig.
I'...
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How does kbuild compare to the device tree?
I know KConfig serves to tune the C preprocessor, at the start of the Linux kernel compilation. And that the device tree is used to give a compiled kernel a description about hardware at runtime.
How ...
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How to change Kernel Base address when compiling Linux?
I am working on RedPitaya FPGA board and want to use Asymmetric MultiProcessing on it. CPU0 will be running Linux and CPU1 will be running Baremetal or freeRTOS.
For that I need to change the Kernel ...
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How to non-interactively configure the Linux kernel build? (Marked incorrectly as duplicated) [duplicate]
Is there any method to configure linux kernel in such way (just an example):
make config CONFIG_OPTION=y && make config CONFIG_OPTION1=no CONFIG_OPTION3=64 CONFIG_OPTION4=/path/
and all the ...
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Why use tristate vs bool in the Linux kernel Kconfig?
Here is my current understanding of why one would choose to use one vs the other, can you please confirm or correct me?
Run-time vs compile-time: If you don't know whether or not you want this ...
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Activation /Config of Preempt RT [duplicate]
I installed the Preempt RT patch, how can I know if it was installed correctly, and if it was activated?
If it was right, what configuration shall be done, and how to do it?
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Building custom kernel with kswapd0 disabled
What are the necessary kernel .config options changes for a kernel with disabled kswapd0 ? ie. what options to ensure exist inside kernel .config file such that it builds with kswapd0 disabled?
The ...
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Formatted print of linux kernel config
As the options make menuconfig and make nconfig allow a nice way to configure the kernel options, are there any way to get this hierachical structure for print it?
Something similar to the "tree" ...
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