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 1N4MoR-0000Tj-4Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:52:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09E77E0AB5; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:52:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f224.google.com (mail-gx0-f224.google.com [209.85.217.224]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E31DCE0AB5 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:52:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so10898842gxk.6 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:52:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=91IZozV9y7dKMJyjUaSjJO5kok/mnD4+6UXcB7QZ+9o=; b=cv4G5bNp/k5Ofj26btdH7lEfOnstD6/bu3APntbSMZb661iSUlCtBQMFkXgtHW19wm J9BLTrBSKycmDGT/UV72CJVnyD1LrHsdzLeY3PETIrR9LPM0882Jzl15R+7k0Gcw0r4F m4iQzeLIa33yaPbIrxplzVret6dytmhqFLQKg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xgyoJOvbutNsGszUpP0Kf8/FD/A6lpF1OknM8J272t4Wt0ZpQ/XbFf0XHcAiI3Y2Wv Ai2bgbK3ZaNd5DaCEOfsRKOWpGznXZFPx4s8o0ihm7/mc/acceNl4qDH8MN9g6JsHUxL Plx2O6rXu/A7YClT04hp3IDR4+8QD/SctYlrg= Received: by 10.90.11.30 with SMTP id 30mr7210123agk.42.1257029565607; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:52:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.1? (adsl-0-115-242.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.115.242]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 35sm1945296yxh.15.2009.10.31.15.52.43 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:52:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AECBFBA.3030909@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:52:42 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20091007 SeaMonkey/1.1.18 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink References: <87hbtfo68r.fsf@newsguy.com> <4AECAB89.6020909@gmail.com> <200911010020.57136.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200911010020.57136.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5b714c70-a2bd-4488-8b49-fcaaacc3d64f X-Archives-Hash: 5e57e38a46bfa168433cf6d37d972d45 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 31 October 2009 23:26:33 Dale wrote: > >> Denis wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> >>>> And in fact does it really matter if its pointing at the newly >>>> installed or actual running kernel, when kernel compiling operations >>>> take place? >>>> >>> When I upgrade a kernel, I first change the symlink using eselect to >>> point to the source I'm about to install. Then, after I configure and >>> compile the kernel, I use the "module-rebuild rebuild" to rebuild any >>> kernel modules against the new source. Move the bzImage to /boot, >>> reboot, and that's it. I don't know how genkernel changes any of this >>> - I use manual menuconfig. >>> >> I'm about the same. I update the symlink, build the kernel, update >> nvidia-drivers against the new kernel before I forget, copy bzImage to >> /boot and edit grub. I reboot when I get the chance. >> > > I'm a forgetful old git. In my world it usually goes like this: > > 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 > > takes about 6 minutes total, 6 minutes that I'll never get back :-) > > Well, I'm a bit of a old git too. I just sort of build habits when I am doing something which helps me to not forget. I'm dreading the new baselayout upgrade. I don't have a "habit" for that yet. lol Dale :-) :-)