misnamed 2.6.9 kernel: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1n

irony

I thought I had the same problem as this thread, since I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.9-gentoo-r1, but it seems it's slightly different...

My kernel has two names, apparently. In some places, like the ebuild, grub and the listing in /usr/src, the name is 2.6.9-gentoo-r1. In others, like when it finishes booting and shows the kernel version, and in /lib/modules/, it's 2.6.9-gentoo-r1n.

This is causing some problems with nvidia in particular, which installed in /lib/modules/2.6.9-gentoo-r1, whereas all the other modules are in /lib/modules/2.6.9-gentoo-r1n. So the system can't find nvidia, and thus can't load it.
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John5788 · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:53 am Post subject:

try just making a symlink in /lib/modules as a dirty fix
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irony · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:13 am Post subject:

No love.

Still can't find the module.
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codergeek42 · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:15 am Post subject:

Make sure you have CONFIG_LOCALVERSION unset. You may have it set to 'n', which may be causing the weirdness.
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irony · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:25 pm Post subject:

That was it.

I imagine what happened is that when I did "make oldconfig" and it prompted for a value, I must have put an "n" instead of no value.

Thanks!
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codergeek42 · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:24 am Post subject:

Okey dokey. Glad you got it fixed

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