'emerge nvidia-kernel' emerges for wrong kernel

kass · n00b Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 6

I am trying to update my system from 2.4.24 to 2.4.26, and have got the new kernel compiled and working. I know I need to do 'emerge nvidia-kernel' but when I do so, it emerges for 2.4.24, and installs the modules into the /lib/modules/2.4.24 directory, not /lib/modules/2.4.26

this happens even when I am booted and running under 2.4.26 (i checked using uname -a to be sure). I also just tried copying nvidia.o to the same place in the 2.4.26 folder, but I get unresolved symbols when I try inserting the module.

can anyone set me straight?

BWoso · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:23 am Post subject:

you need to make a sim link to the correct kernel.
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kamikaze_gerbil · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:26 am Post subject:

your link /usr/src/linux is probably pointing to the old kernel, not the new one.

Nate_S · Guru Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 414

Yep, you need to

cd /usr/src/
unlink linux
ln -s linux kernel-yourversion
emerge nvidia-kernel

that should do it for ya

-Nate