[gentoo-user] Re: FUSE (was: Add a module post kernel config/build)

[Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>]

reader@newsguy.com <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:

> I have sys-fs/fuse installed.
> # eix -I fuse
> [I] sys-fs/fuse
>      Available versions:  2.6.1 2.6.3
>      Installed versions:  2.6.3(06:56:33 03/20/07)(-kernel_FreeBSD
>      kernel_linux)
>      Homepage:            http://fuse.sourceforge.net
>      Description:         An interface for filesystems implemented in
>      userspace.
> 
> [I] sys-fs/sshfs-fuse
>      Available versions:  1.6 (~)1.7
>      Installed versions:  1.7(06:38:10 02/22/07)
>      Homepage:            http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html
>      Description:         Fuse-filesystem utilizing the sftp service.
> 
>  Should I have a fuse module?

If you've build fuse for the currently running kernel, then
yes, you should've.

> root # find /lib/modules -iname '*fuse*'
> /lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r4/fs/fuse.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r4/kernel/fs/fuse
> /lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r4/kernel/fs/fuse/fuse.ko
> 
> I guess I'm kind of lost here, as to what has happened...

hm. What's unclear? You have build fuse only for this kernel
version. When you update your kernel, you'll need to rebuild
all the external modules (fuse, maybe alsa, ...). module-rebuild
is your friend.


Alexander Skwar

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