/usr/src folder empty, emerge gentoo-sources fails. [Solved]

trsix · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 29

as you can tell by the number of posts ive done, i am still a n00b so i might be missing something here.

i installed genkernel from live cd 2006.0

As you read, keep in mind a question and possibly answer it for me :)
Q. Who designs a package to be "emerge" 'd and why do the packages go up if the files which are dependencies of said package not on the mirrors?

i want to get the .config file for my current kernel so i rtfm'd and it tells me to goto the /usr/src/linux directory and the .config file will be in there. but that directory doesnt even exist. in fact, there is nothing in the /usr/src directory. i know that if the .config file isnt there i will have to run "make menuconfig" from the /usr/src/linux directory but as stated above, theres nothing in said directory

i did a

mw007 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 260

Is this directly from a fresh install? It sounds like your portage snapshot may not be up-to-date. When was the last time you did a

trsix · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 29

Thanks for the tip mw007

ok, currently doing the "emerge --sync" ... at the d's right now so this might take a while. ill run the emerge gentoo-sources after im done with the sync and let you know

dont go anywhere

trsix · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 29

You were correct mw007, thats exactly what i needed to do.

emerge --sync

love it :) thanks so much

emerge gentoo-sources completed without a hitch and now my /usr/src/ directory has both the linux folder (which i understand to be a link to the following folder) and a linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r9 folder

tarpat · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 29

mw007 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 260

I'm confused. You said:

tarpat · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 29

OK, here is the deal,

Solution 1.
As you suggested: download kernel sources from wherever and put it in its place (that was a valid possibility for me, since I have a working desktop pc). As soon as the sources are there one can run menuconfig (in the absence of genkernel) and compile kernel w/ the driver. The appropriate driver is obviously there in 2.6.15-r5 because there is network running during the installation as soon as eth1 is selected. However, if anyone is reading this post BEFORE installation, hesitating which way to go, I'd reccommend to continue reading...

Solution 2.
First meditate on the question how choosing the Easy Way strikes back and has it's vengeance. Realize how far you got from your real self (and Gentoo philosophy) by chosing that shiny-happy-graphical-install. :wink:

Then take a deep breath and start over with the network based installation. That is what I did.
I had a hassel at the beginning because none of the three ways in the Handbook to set up network were succesful. It did not work out-of-the-box, net-setup and adsl setup did not work either. Listing the available/loadable modules gave me a strange list as well :roll:

(eg pcnet32 was not listed...) Then in my deepest dispair I typed
"modprobe pcnet32" which is given in the handbook just as an example... :oops:

Guess what? Network comes alive in a wink...

So I went on w/ install FLAWLESSLY (give thanks and praise to Gentoo-team, I just followed what was written in the handbook) until "reboot" (6:15 am...) where I ran into another embarassing thing (https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-473561-highlight-.html) but it is solved already.

So right now I am still before the first boot (oh, well one has to work as well) but I have no doubt that it shall be all right.

Thanks everybody for your help. It is truely great to have people like you guys in this World.

I bet though that this is not quite the end of the story, there is the "Where to go from here?" part coming now

Thanks again!
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