On Tuesday 23 September 2003 04:16 am, Joshua Banks wrote: try genkernel --config and then make sure the cpu settings and modules you want are included. Would be nice if genkernel had a man page or a -h or --help option!
> I just recently upgraded KDE from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3. This went smoothly. > I then upgraded my Kernel from 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 to 2.4.20-gentoo-r7. > > This is how I did the kernel upgrade. (please let me know if there's a > better way to do this. As I'm new to compiling the kernel and the upgrade > didn't seem to load the settings that the other kernel was using) > > As root: > cd /usr/src > rm linux > ln -s linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r7 linux > cd linux > mount /boot > genkernel > > Once "genkernel" completes, I go to /grub/grub.conf and modify this so that > its pointing to the newer upgraded kernel. > > Then, > umount /boot > reboot > > Now I must of done something wrong because then all of the sudden my > desktop and icons are huge and chageing the resolution doesn't seem to do > anything to make the overall desktop area smaller. I can manually adjust > icon sizes and tool bar settings but it doesn't seem to allow me adjust the > overall resolution. Even know I have it set for 1280x1024 24bit depth, > everything is still as though I have the desktop set to 800x600. > > So I started digging around to check some logs and this is what I found. > > <> = my comments > cat kdm.log > etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: line 7: /usr/kde/3.1/bin/kdmdesktop: No such file or > directory sessions: SessionTypes=Xsession,kde-3.1.2,kde-3.1.3, > Changing kdmrc in /usr/kde/3.1 > Changing kdmrc in /usr > <I have no idea what happened here and am not sure what needs to be done> > > modprobe: Can't locate module agpgart > [drm] failed to load kernel module "agpgart" > <why is this happening? It didn't happen before durning initial install> > > modprobe: Can't locate module radeon > [drm] failed to load kernel module "radeon" > (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. > <Again I don't why this is happening now. How is it that when I built the > kernel last time that it never complained about my radeon card?> > > Is there a file still left around like kernel.config with the kernel > settings from the kernel I was using before the upgrade. > > I'm really confused. Now when I look at the kernel with "genkernel > --config" it lists my processor as i386 when I'm using an Intel PIII 666eb > coppermine. There's also a ton of stuff that I believe that I could turn > off but don't know if its safe or not. I.E.. bluetooth, ir stuff, token > ring, ect.. ect... > > I'm using PPP to get out to the internet and I have one nic card for the > internal lan. I have a HP Deskjet printer via 25pin parallel cable and a > 32MB ATI Radeon vid card. > > When I did the intial install everything seemed to go very smoothly. After > that I emerged KDE which loaded Xfree as well and then used "XFree86 > -configure" to create an XF86Config file and am using KDM as my display > manager. > > What did I do wrong? > > Thanks, > Joshua Banks > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Categorical Imperative: "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." --Immanuel Kant: (Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals) (1785) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
