Kernel Config problem

americanskin · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject: Kernel Config problem

Here's my problem.

I installed gentoo using the sources from the live cd (I686 2007.0) because if I tried to do the Network installation where it goes out and emerges the sources from the web it would fail.

After this installation it had me use the Genkernel configuration. This works great except I need to enable the CIFS and SMB modules. I looked in my /usr/src/linux directory and it was empty so I emerged gentoo's sources and recompiled the kernel to use these file systems as built in "*".

After booting i get all kinds of errors. My guess is that the Genkernel configuration did not carry over when I tried to configure this new kernel.

My question is:

Is there a way to edit the Genkernel to support CIFS and SMB or is there a way to carry over the Genkernel config to my new emerged kernel sources?
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neiljw · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: Re: Kernel Config problem

americanskin · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject:

wehn running make oldconfig it loaded up the configuration of the kernel I built that had the errors. Before emerging the new sources the /usr/src/linux directory was completely blank so the only thing it can load is the new kernel
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neiljw · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject:

You need to delete the .config in the kernel directory first and the copy in /boot if there is one. Did genkernel put a copy of it's config in boot? Or maybe it keeps a copy in one of it's own directories. Worth looking. I find mc very handy at these times.

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americanskin · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject:

where is the kernel dirctory by default? all i can see is the new sources i emerged
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neiljw · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject:

americanskin · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

i know. but all of that is from the new kernel i downloaded. it was empty before that. so it isnt reading the genkernel config
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neiljw · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

IRQsRFun · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:

Try looking in /proc for a file config.gz. If the kernel was configured for this, this file will have the configuration of the running kernel. If it exists, I would extract this and copy it into /usr/src/linux, then "make old config" then make and install the kernel.

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