On Sunday, 21 January 2024 07:03:43 GMT Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I did my update and noticed the message about changes to kernel > packages. Depending on how I read it, it sounds like gentoo-sources is > still available just that older versions are no longer updated as long. > If I read it a different way, it sounds like gentoo-sources is about to > stop existing. That last one doesn't sound right. I can't imagine it > just going away since there are Gentoo specific stuff in there, openrc I > think being one option lurking about somewhere. I think there is others > but been a while since I been poking around in there. gentoo-sources is > hanging around right?
What was the message? > Currently I'm running 5.14.15 gentoo-sources kernel. This is no longer in the tree. You can update to the next stable release 5.15.142, or keyword 5.15.147, if you want to remain on the 5.x.x series. > I tried a good while back to > upgrade to 6.1.55 which sort of boots I think but something doesn't work > and all I get is a console. It's been a while since I tried it but it > did fail several times. What messages were printed on the console by the kernel? Did it segfault? > I did the upgrade the usual way. I used make > oldconfig and went through all the answers which are mostly no since I > still have old hardware. Is there a better way than oldconfig? This has served me well for ever and a day. The only time I recall having a problem was when I missed out some graphics drivers change. The error message in the console pointed me to the right direction. > Is > there a way to start from scratch and list all the stuff that is on in > the old kernel and then compare that to the newer kernel so I can just > enable what is different but I need? I'd rather avoid going through all > the menus hoping I recognize everything. I forget what I went to the > kitchen for. Remembering kernel options from years ago is likely to not > end well. :/ You can run oldconfig and *carefully* examine the new options proposed, before you accept of reject them. Use the kernel's /usr/src/linux/scripts/diffconfig tool to compare and contrast differences between the old config and the new config. This will show you what's changed. You could start with the latest ~amd64 kernel and work backward, or start with the next stable release from the one you're running. If you try to report a bug the devs will ask you to start with the latest ~amd64 release anyway, so this could save you time. Post boot errors and messages in case someone has a clue as to what may be missing from your kernel config.
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