Is your init static? Does it need ld.so? Is ld.so executable (that's a tricky one). Regards, Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Seeger" <sseeger@stellartec.com> To: <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: sys_execve problem > Hey guys. I have compiled 2.4.19-ac1 from the CVS with the linux_2_4 tag for > my NEC Osprey board (NEC VR4181) It boots fine and stuff, but doesn't load > init. I've confirmed with simple print statements that do_execve is > returning a 0 at the point in fs/exec.c where it says "/* execve success */" > and yet init doesn't load. The system just sits there. I see on a scope that > my timer interrupt is firing every 10 ms and the serial console responds > properly. It echos characters and stops the echo when it receives a ctrl-S > and resumes it on ctrl-Q. Obviously this is the last little part of the > kernel to work though here. Any ideas? > > Steve