Peter Humphrey wrote:
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.
I have compiled a kernel for 2.6.37 but I have not booted it yet. I'll
set the link to the new kernel, emerge nvidia and see what happens when
I boot the new kernel.
In the past, I was on x86 on my old rig. Maybe it is the arch that
affects something. I'm not sure but will test later on today. Sort of
in the middle of a download at the moment.
Dale
:-) :-)
