On Sunday 16 January 2011 10:48:45 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a > > kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains > > it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after > > emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the > > new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge > > nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in > > advance.
> In the past when I do a kernel upgrade, I have linked to the new > kernel, emerged nvidia drivers then rebooted to the new kernel. It > worked fine for me. I haven't done that in a while since I just > built a new rig but I have done that in the past many times. > > Is this something new? It could easily be, yes. I remember being surprised once last year when it happened, and since then it's been every time - enough that I've written a tiny script to remerge drivers and vbox, then restart xdm. The difference may be my ~amd64 system and consequent later versions of nvidia-drivers. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
