From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N4NKQ-00045i-8s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:25:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 39CC9E0B3B; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:25:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045B4E0B3B for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:25:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from majikthise (majikthise.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 736B64FA450 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:25:48 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:25:38 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink Message-ID: <20091031232538.2cd466cb@majikthise> In-Reply-To: <200911010020.57136.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <87hbtfo68r.fsf@newsguy.com> <4AECAB89.6020909@gmail.com> <200911010020.57136.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3cvs10 (GTK+ 2.18.3; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/e4T3qb6Tz9ISr1/O9ZpW4K8"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 7bf4293c-40c0-4fde-8f53-69929f893f5b X-Archives-Hash: 1eacc194da9b6f62b720308cbb7c4823 --Sig_/e4T3qb6Tz9ISr1/O9ZpW4K8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:20:57 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm a forgetful old git. In my world it usually goes like this: >=20 > emerge, build, install new kernel > carry on with work > boot into new kernel at some later point > observe xdm doing nothing on-screen > curse and swear mightily > Ctrl-Alt-F1 > login as root > check symlink > module-rebuild rebuild > modprobe -r nvidia && modprobe nvidia > /etc/init.d/xdm restart && logout >=20 > takes about 6 minutes total, 6 minutes that I'll never get back :-) That's why I use a script to build and install the kernel and then install any external modules. With video drivers it's merely an inconvenience if you forget, but with wireless drivers, especially with DISTDIR on NFS, it means I would have to reboot back to the old kernel again. --=20 Neil Bothwick If you think that there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody. --Sig_/e4T3qb6Tz9ISr1/O9ZpW4K8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkrsx3oACgkQum4al0N1GQNCPQCg10fUw9BxfinaaHar5WqdtTGu smIAnjN6wqWxtuRUoqq5R/hXxgMofK2d =5j8s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/e4T3qb6Tz9ISr1/O9ZpW4K8--