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kreon28
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 Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:15 am Post subject: [SOLVED]Returning to the previous kernel |
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Hi,
I emerged the new kernel 2.6.17-r4 but I can't compile the dri to my unichrome pci graphic card on it.
So I decided to return to kernel-2.6.16. What should I do to delete the new kernel completely and symlink usr/src to the kenrel 2.6.16 ?
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avieth
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:06 am Post subject: |
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If you don't have eselect emerged:
Now do this:
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eselect kernel list
eselect kernel set <the number in front of the kernel you want>
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That should do it. If you want to get rid of the new kernel just do
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emerge -C =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.17-r4
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Don't be shy to update your kernel at the next major release though. |
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peka
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:30 am Post subject: |
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... or just
emerge =gentoo-sources-[your-desired-version] if you have removed it
e.g. emerge =gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r13
Linking
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ln -s [directory-name-of-version-to-link-to] linux |
e.g. ln -s linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r13
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Gentree
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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to make sure you get a clean build, backup your .config run make mr_proper restore .config and rebuild you kernel as usual.
once you're happy it all boots as before delete the "new" kernel tree in /usr/src
rebuild anything like nvidia/ati binary pkg , fuse, realtime, etc that you may have that depends on the kernel
If you have space keep both and add a line to grub for each, you may want to come back and try again on the newer kernel.
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