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From: Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] multiple /lib64/modules directories
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 00:03:09
Message-Id: 4DD1BD4A.90309@gmail.com
1 Hello,
2
3 After a recent sync, I ended up with these two modules
4
5 /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/misc/vboxdrv.ko
6 /lib64/modules/2.6.37-gentoo-r4/misc/vboxdrv.ko
7
8 and others too. I expected the directory for the older kernel to be
9 removed. Is this the case? Virtualbox was re-emerged after the sync
10 therefore the modules for the newer kernel were created. The current
11 kernel is 2.6.37-gentoo-r4 (and it is the only one on my system). Should
12 the directory /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/ still exist?
13
14 Thanks,
15
16 --
17 Valmor
18
19 -> locate vbox* | grep modules
20 /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/misc/vboxdrv.ko
21 /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/misc/vboxnetadp.ko
22 /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/misc/vboxnetflt.ko
23 /lib64/modules/2.6.37-gentoo-r4/misc/vboxdrv.ko
24 /lib64/modules/2.6.37-gentoo-r4/misc/vboxnetadp.ko
25 /lib64/modules/2.6.37-gentoo-r4/misc/vboxnetflt.ko
26
27 -> equery list gentoo-sources
28 [ Searching for package 'gentoo-sources' in all categories among: ]
29 * installed packages
30 [I--] [ ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.37-r4 (2.6.37-r4)

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Re: [gentoo-user] multiple /lib64/modules directories Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>