[LAU] kernel install problem redux

Justin Smith noisesmith at gmail.com
Tue Apr 7 12:58:50 EDT 2009


On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>    Is there any reason you really even need the UUID stuff? Why not dump it?
>>
>>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I did try replacing the UUID stuff with direct disk specifications but
> got no joy. As it happens, I decided this morning to uninstall the rt
> kernel (the one that wouldn't load) and installed a different one
> (2.6.24-23-rt). I copied its grub entry from /boot/grub/menu.lst on the
> Intrepid partition to /boot/grub/menu.lst on my 64 Studio partition. I
> rebooted, selected the new kernel from the grub menu, and voila, it loaded.
>
> When I installed the new kernel I also searched the repo for everything
> with 2.6.24-23-rt in its name. I installed some packages I'm sure I did
> *not* install for the previous (non-loading) kernel.
>
> So I have a bootable rt kernel for Ubuntu 8.10. Now I have to find the
> best settings for Jack, I'm getting too many xruns.
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded. The UUID problem was a reminder to me
> that Linux changes constantly. It gets difficult to keep up sometimes, I
> appreciate the help here.
>
> Best,
>
> dp
>
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For the xrun issue, try stopping networkmanager, that has done wonders
for me on ubuntu machines, and if you know how to set up a network
connection without it running, all the better for your machine's
performance.



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