Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] (sort of) strange things after upgrading the kernel

[Francisco Ares]

2012/10/13 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>

>  Francisco Ares wrote:
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> 2012/10/12 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
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>> 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:
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then
>> > you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and
>> > I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have
>> > two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw
>>
>>
>>  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
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
>> --
>> I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or
>> how you interpreted my words!
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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
>
> :-)  :-)
>
> --
> I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
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>

Hi, Dale

As my old kernel is from the 2.6 series and the new is from the 3.4, I
decided to do a "menuconfig" from scratch. I do use "lspci" and also I
always build the kernel allowing "/proc/config.gz", so it is easy to get
exactly what is working, although I keep my own bacup copies of ".config",
for future references. When I am building a kernel, I use to open the
latest ".config" in a separate console, for reference. That has kept me of
forgetting plenty of details.

Thanks
Francisco
-- 
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you
and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have
one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."
- George Bernard Shaw