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mankatoee
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 Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] The Kernel does not support inotify |
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I am installing Gentoo for the first time. It boots ok, but I get the message that udevd says "the kernel does not support inotify..." Following a previous FAQ of this same subject I found where to change the configuration file to include INOTIFY. I did this and have recompiled the kernel, but still get the message.
What else do I need to do to have the configuration change take effect?
I do not understand the exact scope of what emerge does compaired with what make && make modules-install does so i may have missed a step.
Thanks in advance.
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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mankatoee,
Welcome to Gentoo.
In general, emerge fetches, builds and installs packages but the kernel is an exception.
emerge only fetches the kernel sources and unpacks it into /usr/src. You need to configure, compile and install, it for yourself.
| Code: | | make && make modules-install |
compiles the kernel and its modules, then installs the modules. It does not install the kernel itself.
You must mount /boot and copy the kernel file there.
| Code: | mount /boot
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/<your_arch>/boot/bzImage /boot/<kernel_name> |
<your_arch> is either i386 or x86_64
<kernel_name> is the name you want to give the kernel in boot.
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donjuan06
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | mankatoee,
Welcome to Gentoo.
In general, emerge fetches, builds and installs packages but the kernel is an exception.
emerge only fetches the kernel sources and unpacks it into /usr/src. You need to configure, compile and install, it for yourself.
| Code: | | make && make modules-install |
compiles the kernel and its modules, then installs the modules. It does not install the kernel itself.
You must mount /boot and copy the kernel file there.
| Code: | mount /boot
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/<your_arch>/boot/bzImage /boot/<kernel_name> |
<your_arch> is either i386 or x86_64
<kernel_name> is the name you want to give the kernel in boot. |
Yeah to install my kernel I use , which makes a file called | Code: | | /boot/vmlinuz-<kern-version> |
then I just point | Code: | | /boot/grub/menu.lst |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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donjuan06,
That looks good providing you mount /boot too.
make install does not do it for you.
If you have a separate /boot and install the kernel while its not mounted the kernel goes to the /boot dir on the root filesystem, wich is not what you want at all.
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mankatoee
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: [Solved] the kerne does no supprot inotify |
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Thanks for you help. I believe that my problem was that /boot was not mounted properly as I just went through the process VERY CAREFULLY with /boot mounted and it all worked. I now have two working kernels that boot correctly and most important have learned a lot.
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