On Monday 31 October 2005 23:41, karlos wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have found that, even after various attempts, I can not make my system
> use the new kernel I have just compiled.
> I proceeded in the following order:
>
> first:
> emerge gentoo-sources
>
> then:
> cd /usr/src
> ls
> linux linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r5
> ln -sf linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r5 linux
>
> then:
> make menuconfig and
> make && make modules_install
>
> then change /etc/lilo.conf to the new(and only) kernel
>
> yet still:
>
> uname -r
> 2.6.12-gentoo-r6
>
> Why? This was during an attempt to compile Beagle.
>

you forgot:

'make install'

or better:
'make all modules_install install'

and everything will be fine - if your lilo-conf points to 'vmlinuz' and 
'vmlinuz.old' of course.
It will even rerun lilo for you.
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