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 Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:20 am Post subject: 2.6.9-r3 has bugs - other kernel options? |
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i have installed gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.9-r3, and i've been hit by the "vesafb" and "dma off" bugs. i guess i need to go back to a previous kernel that doesn't have the problems, but it doesn't seem that the portage tree contains kernels that aren't effected.
options?
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Unless you removed the old kernel it should be a simple matter of editing your grub.conf (or lilo) to give another option for your old - still existing -kernel.....
I have options for about 5 kernels that I can choose from. Can never have enough kernels to fall back on 
If you don't have the old kernel then you need to emerge an older kernel and install it just as you did to get the 2.6.9 up and running.
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I think you must have done a genkernel, to set up the kernel?
If you look in you /boot direcroy you should see an older kernel still available .
and are you using grub or lilo as your boot manager?
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:27 am Post subject: |
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Grub.
no, i did not use genkernel. i installed from the live CD, doing a stage 1 build of 2.6. i did an "emerge gentoo-dev-sources", configured, and made the kernel. i only have one kernel in /boot, and only one kernel in /usr/src/linux
i followed this:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=189250 |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:32 am Post subject: |
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ah,
You led me to believe that you had previously run and configured an earlier kernel....
| Quote: | i guess i need to go back to a previous kernel that doesn't have the problems, but i'm new at this and i have no idea how to roll back to a previous kernel.
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Sorry, my mistake.
Follow the instructions in the install guide (see my previous post) and emerge a different, earlier kernel - just as you did on your initial install. It is the same process.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:07 am Post subject: |
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oh! sorry if i was not clear about that! the only "earlier" kernel that i had was the one on the minimal live CD! 
thanks. i'll follow your instructions! |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:28 am Post subject: |
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i'm looking at the instructions, and they say to issue the command: | Code: | | emerge gentoo-dev-sources |
now if i do an "emerge --pretend gentoo-dev-sources", it is confirmed that i will just emerge another copy of the most current 2.6.9-r3 kernel. what do i have to do to get something like 2.6.7-gentoo-r11? |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:46 am Post subject: |
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There are a number of different kernels.....
look in /usr/portage/sys-kernel
and choose a different kernel... they are all listed there
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| emerge =gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r11 |
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| Frodg wrote: | | look in /usr/portage/sys-kernel |
ok, but that still doesn't give me the ability to roll back to a specific version by number... |
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Choose your kernel ie gentoo-dev-sources:
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emerge -p =/usr/portage/syskernel/gentoo-dev-sources/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r9.ebuild
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it should then install the 2.6.7-r9 kernel....
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choose the one you need
then continue on with the install instructions.....
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| llsardonicll wrote: | | emerge =gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r11 |
because development-sources cannot be emerged, i am trying the gentoo-dev-sources branch again.
i have emerged this file onto my system. i am following chapter 7 of the Gentoo Installation Guide in order to install the new kernel.
for reasons that are entirely unclear, when i execute the following two commands i am greeted by an error:
code listing 5: invoking menuconfig
| Code: | cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig |
display output: | Code: | | make: *** No rule to make target 'menuconfig;. Stop. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:14 am Post subject: |
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first of all you should check what kernels you have emerged. My advice it's to clean them all and just emerge the version you want.
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| Bob P wrote: |
now it seems that the options are pretty limited. its too bad that i can't boot my XP partition -- at least then i might be able to get some work done. as a result of installing gentoo, my PC has been useless for an entire week. |
OK
Are you using Grub or Lilo to boot with?
There are several threads and the installation guide on getting XP to dual boot using either of them.
I suggest you concentrate on getting XP to be bootable using either of these two boot managers... That will enable you to get your work done while you set up gentoo.
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make: *** No rule to make target 'menuconfig;. Stop. |
This usually means that you have not set up the symlink /usr/src/linux to refer to the kernel...
again it is in the install manual - make sure you update this symlink to refer to your current kernel whenever you emerge a new one....
You can :
| Code: | | cd /usr/src/your-kernel-name & version... |
to get you into the exact kernel to run the make menuconfig command, and then update the symlink. (my preference so that if something goes wrong you still have the symlink pointing to your working kernel)
Anyway - get the dual boot for XP set up first then the gentoo install will be much less stressful.
A recent thread on dual booting:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=247348&highlight=dual+boot
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