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From: Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Don't understand downgrade to kernel-3.2.16
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:45:12
Message-Id: 4FDFA0F7.3080604@hadt.biz
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Don't understand downgrade to kernel-3.2.16 by Harry Putnam
1 Am 18.06.2012 22:49, schrieb Harry Putnam:
2 > Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz> writes:
3 >
4 >> Am 18.06.2012 21:57, schrieb Harry Putnam:
5 >>> Setup:
6 >>>
7 >>> Running a basic-ish setup with no X configured.
8 >>>
9 >>> This is gentoo running as virtual guest on win7 using Virtual Box.
10 >>>
11 >>> Today I ran eix-sync followed by emerge -vuDp world.
12 >>>
13 >>> One thing in the output puzzles me:
14 >>>
15 >>> [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel-sources-3.2.16 [3.2.6, 3.3.4] [...]
16 >>>
17 >>> What would cause something like this, when I'm booting 3.3.4?
18 >>>
19 >>
20 >> I'd say you still have a slotted package of gentoo-sources-3.2.*
21 >> installed. So portage will upgrade gentoo-sources-3.2.* and
22 >> gentoo-sources-3.3.*
23 >>
24 >> Check with emerge -p --prune gentoo-sources
25 >
26 > Thanks... yes, that was what was happening.
27 >
28 > Sorry about the line noise for something so basic
29 >
30
31 No problem, same thing happend to me a few weeks ago. I did not pay
32 attention, installed and compiled a "new" 3.3 kernel while running a 3.4
33 kernel. When I rebooted the next day and saw that it was booting a 3.3
34 series kernel I was like "whut? wait, what now?" :)

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[gentoo-user] Re: Don't understand downgrade to kernel-3.2.16 Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>