RE: [gentoo-user] new kernel - depmod problems

2003-09-05 Thread Gwendolyn van der Linden
QUESTION #1 - Is it a requirement that I need to rebuild xfree each time I build a new kernel? (Time consuming, but done.) No, I don't think so. Just remerge xfree-drm if you use it, not the whole xfree. Gwendolyn. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] new kernel - depmod problems

2003-09-05 Thread Chris I
On 2003.09.04 23:42, Doug Weimer wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 20:14, Mark Knecht wrote: snip QUESTION #1 - Is it a requirement that I need to rebuild xfree each time I build a new kernel? (Time consuming, but done.) I've never had a problem using X11 after compiling a new kernel, but I can't

Re: [gentoo-user] new kernel - depmod problems

2003-09-04 Thread Doug Weimer
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 20:14, Mark Knecht wrote: snip QUESTION #1 - Is it a requirement that I need to rebuild xfree each time I build a new kernel? (Time consuming, but done.) I've never had a problem using X11 after compiling a new kernel, but I can't say for certain whether or not this is

Re: [gentoo-user] new kernel - depmod problems

2003-09-04 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 20:42, Doug Weimer wrote: Is the new kernel the same version as your old one? I ask because if both kernels are version 2.4.20-gentoo-r2 then there may be modules lying around /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r2 that you did not configure into the new kernel. If you are

Re: [gentoo-user] new kernel - depmod problems

2003-09-04 Thread Doug Weimer
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 20:51, Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 20:42, Doug Weimer wrote: If you are recompiling a kernel it is best to move the old module tree out of the way before running 'make modules_install'. It was, and this could be part of the problem. Thanks. I guess I