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On Friday 23 March 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:42:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Many Gentoo scripts rely on /usr/src/linux pointing to the |
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> > currently *running* kernel. Without it, vmware-modules won't build |
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> > for example. |
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> The symlink needs to point to the target kernel, the currently |
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> running kernel can be determined from uname -r. This is important |
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> when you have built a new kernel and need to re-emerge something like |
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> nvidia-drivers (or vmware-modules as you mention, but this isn't so |
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> urgent). The running kernel already has the modules, the symlink |
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> means the new merge build for the new kernel, so you don;t lose X (or |
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> vmware) when you reboot. |
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Ah, my bad. You are right, of course. |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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