From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EZCfM-0002c8-H1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:28:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA7JMZxx011369; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:22:35 GMT Received: from ranger.systems.pipex.net (ranger.systems.pipex.net [62.241.162.32]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA7J3bhe007728 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:03:37 GMT Received: from peter.ruskin (81-86-110-137.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.110.137]) by ranger.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7719FE000312 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:03:37 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ruskin Organization: Retired To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Big problem with module-rebuild Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:03:36 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.92 References: <436F8E2A.8020209@planet.nl> In-Reply-To: <436F8E2A.8020209@planet.nl> X-Face: #0~Nu=!B]El3-Ch@z'~'##Obk:cSY58&3DX4ogDDwrr_Ff{x=k|Fh?HLV<9VM>(=?utf-8?q?f=242!x=7Cc=0A=09f=23=5C1C-=7Efm=5BH9=2E3Hhnio=60G1Y8=27ZBjYlS?= =?utf-8?q?qY-=3FNL=5BAt=25lVW+Qsvu?=)WWNowdDq`xf]( =?utf-8?q?=60=3F7Ius=7E=0A=09?=@y$h+pt4o]O~e53Q5>J8nD9,o1>?foy&,`@kwRz"N4Z7ZFNjhOJFmk{6}#W( =?utf-8?q?X+=27U=25kq*MB=0A=09qUJYDRH=26=5F0g=2EBuAo8=231HV-e!9=7Df6?= X-No-Archive: yes Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511071903.36811.Peter.Ruskin@dsl.pipex.com> X-Archives-Salt: d1e9d37f-a0d3-4bec-98b2-8ce38578345e X-Archives-Hash: 515432880a5e7a42d93970c58516cc2f On Monday 07 November 2005 17:26, Holly Bostick wrote: > And the drivers build and install fine... then this: > |>>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance... > > > ==>--- cfgpro obj /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4/video/fglrx.ko > ==>--- cfgpro dir /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4/video > ==>--- cfgpro dir /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r4 > > Switching to ati OpenGL interface... done > > |>>> original instance of package unmerged safely. > >T Switching to ati OpenGL interface... done > > So the rebuild process has *removed* the kernel modules for what > will be the previous kernel when I reboot--- and if my new kernel > doesn't boot, well neither will my previous one, depending on how > critical the modules are (in this case, I just won't have X, but > depending on one's setup, one might have lost something really > necessary). This sort of thing happened *ages* ago with the nvidia drivers. I don't remember how they fixed it but you could try adding "CONFIG_PROTECT="/lib/modules" to /etc/make.conf. -- Peter ======================================================================== Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.51.22-r3. kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r5. i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+. gcc(GCC): 3.3.5-20050130. KDE: 3.4.92 (beta2, >= 20051010). Qt: 3.3.4. ======================================================================== -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list