[gentoo-user] Re: Big problem with module-rebuild

[Marc Christiansen <usenet@solar-empire.de>]

Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl> wrote:
> .. and that problem is, in short, that the rebuild unmerges the previous
> version, in the currently-running (or previous) kernel modules folder,
> breaking the previous kernel.

Did you check if the files are really gone?

[...]
> |>>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance...
> <snip>
> ==>--- 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
     ^^^^^^^^^^
The '---' mean that no action was taken and the following word gives the
reason, in this case CONFIG_PROTECT (at least it should be this way and
for me it is).

> This seems to definitely be a bug, but I have not the first clue how to
> submit it, nor what against....

If the modules are indeed gone, I'd say it is a bug in emerge or
portage.

> ....help, help, help.... and hope 2.6.14 works, because if it doesn't,
> I've got no modules for my previous kernel....

For me the switch to 2.6.14 went without much problems and I did use
module-rebuild. My modules are still there for 2.6.13-r5. Most of
the problems were my own fault, I decided to cleanup my kernel config
and deselected too much... Except for a problem with the owner-module
for iptables, it no longer supports cmd-owner, pid-owner or sid-owner
although the help still says it does, you have to look at dmesg to find
out. But this is a minor problem which I'll solve when needed. So,
enough of my ramblings they don't help you.

Marc

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