[gentoo-user] Re: Big problem with module-rebuild
Holly Bostick wrote: And the drivers build and install fine... then this: | Safely unmerging already-installed instance... snip ==--- cfgpro obj /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4/video/fglrx.ko ==--- cfgpro dir /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4/video ==--- cfgpro dir /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4 snip Switching to ati OpenGL interface... done | original instance of package unmerged safely. Switching to ati OpenGL interface... done So the rebuild process has *removed* the kernel modules for what will be the previous kernel when I reboot I don't think so. cfgpro means the modules are *not* removed on unmerge. Have a look, they should still be there. At least, they are on my machines, although I don't use module-rebuild but a custom script (a one-liner, actually). I have always had the messages as you describe above, and the modules have always stayed around. If they don't, then something is wrong with your configuration. It's kinda the same as /etc on unmerge. The files just stick around. -- Remy Remove underscore and suffix in reply address for a timely response. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Big problem with module-rebuild [SOLVED]
Remy Blank schreef: Holly Bostick wrote: And the drivers build and install fine... then this: | Safely unmerging already-installed instance... snip ==--- cfgpro obj /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4/video/fglrx.ko ==--- cfgpro dir /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4/video ==--- cfgpro dir /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4 snip Switching to ati OpenGL interface... done | original instance of package unmerged safely. Switching to ati OpenGL interface... done So the rebuild process has *removed* the kernel modules for what will be the previous kernel when I reboot I don't think so. cfgpro means the modules are *not* removed on unmerge. Have a look, they should still be there. At least, they are on my machines, although I don't use module-rebuild but a custom script (a one-liner, actually). I have always had the messages as you describe above, and the modules have always stayed around. If they don't, then something is wrong with your configuration. It's kinda the same as /etc on unmerge. The files just stick around. -- Remy Thank you, Remy-- you're right: la /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4/video/ totaal 317 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 nov 7 18:00 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root496 nov 7 18:30 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 321951 nov 7 18:00 fglrx.ko OK, so I'm panicking over nothing, which is good to know, but now I'm a little P.O.'d that I should have had *cause* to panic (I've gotta be a bit P.O'd about something, since I've made a fool of myself ;-) ). Seems to me that someone even less technically adept than I am (and I'm not really all that, after all), could really lose their cool under these circumstances, all because of that little cfgpro that they might not know what it means, even if they saw it. I'm really glad to know that the files are not in fact removed, but I have this feeling that it should have been clearer that they really weren't removed, despite the fact that that section of the operation was removing files. Ah well, I know Portage isn't perfect, but it usually doesn't scare the pants off me just during normal operation like that (which tends to scare me more than just normal Portage scary-stuff). Anyway, thanks again. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Big problem with module-rebuild
Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. and that problem is, in short, that the rebuild unmerges the previous version, in the currently-running (or previous) kernel modules folder, breaking the previous kernel. Did you check if the files are really gone? [...] | Safely unmerging already-installed instance... snip ==--- cfgpro obj /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4/video/fglrx.ko ==--- cfgpro dir /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4/video ==--- cfgpro dir /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4 ^^ The '---' mean that no action was taken and the following word gives the reason, in this case CONFIG_PROTECT (at least it should be this way and for me it is). This seems to definitely be a bug, but I have not the first clue how to submit it, nor what against If the modules are indeed gone, I'd say it is a bug in emerge or portage. help, help, help and hope 2.6.14 works, because if it doesn't, I've got no modules for my previous kernel For me the switch to 2.6.14 went without much problems and I did use module-rebuild. My modules are still there for 2.6.13-r5. Most of the problems were my own fault, I decided to cleanup my kernel config and deselected too much... Except for a problem with the owner-module for iptables, it no longer supports cmd-owner, pid-owner or sid-owner although the help still says it does, you have to look at dmesg to find out. But this is a minor problem which I'll solve when needed. So, enough of my ramblings they don't help you. Marc -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
