sorry robert but creating symlinks is something that is in the gentoo
install instructions do i know you have done it before....

ln -s /path/to/existing/file /path/to/link/name

if /path/to/link/name already exists, but you want to change it, then
the options are ln -sf (f = force)

do yes, your second email is correct

PS the gentoo-dev-sources ebuild creates the link to /usr/src/linux-beta
but not the one to /usr/src/linux.

I needed the second one to emerge nvidia-kernel.


On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:34:08 +1300
"Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Nick, I found this in the Gentoo Forums....
> 
> Symlinks: Symlinks are necessary for both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. Create two
> symlinks for the 2.6 kernel that you will use: (1) /usr/src/linux and (2)
> /usr/src/linux-beta. These symlinks are sometimes depended upon by certain
> packages/ebuilds to determine which kernel to compile against such as
> nvidia-kernel/glx. The symlinks are basically used as a systemwide
> indication of which kernel sources are currently in use so are recommended.
> 
> My question is; Did you have to create the symlinks? (Also for a dummy like
> me, if you did, how?)
> 
> Robert
> 
> What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall?
> Dam!
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, 22 December 2003 12:14 a.m.
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      Kernel 2.6.0 suspiciously easy
> 
> emerged the source, went through and chose what config options to
> include (that was the hardest part, may need tweaking), make, make
> modules_install, copy the kernel to /boot, reboot, emerge nividia-dev
> and nvidia-kernel, every damn thing seems to be working. networking must
> be or i couldn't send this! sound is working (alsa now included in the
> kernel source - sweet).
> 
> Is 80-100 fps in tuxracer on an athlon 1133 with a GeForce2 MX/MX 400
> ok?
> 
> There must be something wrong with this Torvalds guy, doesn't he know .0
> releases aren't supposed to work? 
> 

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