Francisco Ares wrote:

2012/10/12 Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
Francisco Ares wrote:
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>
> Thanks for your reply, Dale.
>
> Yes, everything works as expected when using the old kernel.
>
> I decided to re-emerge some base libraries, and nothing worked, until
> I remembered to re-emerge udev. After the build, it announced two
> wrong lines in the new kernel "config" file:
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> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y
>
> After correcting them and building the kernel again, now everything is
> back to normal.
>
> Thanks again
> Francisco
>
>
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Do you use oldconfig or build each one from scratch?  I use oldconfig so
that I at least have what I know works.  It's just a matter of if I need
anything new enabled.  Some claim oldconfig shouldn't be used but I have
only had it to fail once in the last 10 years or so.  Most everyone I
know of uses oldconfig.

Glad you got it going tho.

Dale

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I normally also use oldconfig. I think there might be a reason for it to be around. But this time I didn't, because the old kernel was version 2.6.39 and I thought oldconfig would mess things up more than help on the new 3.4.9. Don't know how right or wrong is this assumption, though.

I just was lazy to upgrade the kernel, as it takes an hour or so to check most of menucofig.

Francisco


I would have tried it but that is a LOT of updates.  It may be faster to start from scratch in that case.  I know a few years ago there was some changes that kept oldconfig from working as it should.  That was the only time it failed me but I do upgrade more often to avoid this sort of thing.  I try to upgrade every couple months.  Now if I have long uptimes, I may not actually ever use that kernel but I have a config file to copy over that is a bit more up to date. 

I would suggest printing or something the output of the following:  lspci -k  That tells you what you need for your hardware, that is of course from a kernel where all your hardware works.  There may be some specific things for certain software that is needed but at least you can boot up and have a system to work with.  I usually leave the rest to defaults unless I am sure there is something I don't need. 

Glad you got it sorted out and working tho. 

Dale

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