XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: user@example.net   
      
   Mark Hobley wrote:   
   > In comp.os.linux.misc AZ Nomad  wrote:   
   >> I think you have flakey hardware.   
   >   
   > Hmmm. It runs Debian OK. Also the other AMD Athlon is fitted to a   
   > different motherboard, and that also runs Debian OK.   
      
   What do you find in the debian kernel .config that you don't have in your   
   .config?   
      
   I think you would save a lot of time instead of trying to make your tests,   
   start all over with the kernel config (use the debian or the default Gentoo   
   one) and then remove things you for sure know you don't need and avoid things   
   which are new like Tickless settings and use the old settings for things like   
   SLAB.   
      
      
   > I'm wondering. Does modprobe need to be recompiled when the kernel is   
   > upgraded? I didn't see any mention of this in any kernel upgrade   
   > documentation.   
      
   No, it don't have to be recompiled, as long as you didn't upgrade from kernel   
   2.6 to 2.4, then you need to build the modutils package.   
      
      
   > I am getting a crash inserting other modules also. The modules were   
   > built together with the kernel.   
      
   Se what David wrote and what I wrote in my first post in this thread.   
      
   > I've just gone to upgrade the entire system using:   
   >   
   > emerge -uavDN world   
   >   
   > This gives:   
   >   
   > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:   
   > Calculating dependencies... done!   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > [ebuild     U ] sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.27-r2 [2.6.23-r3] 0 kB   
   >   
   > That is just wrong. I am not using that kernel. I don't want this to   
   > happen. How do I stop this?   
      
   echo "=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.27-r" >> /etc/portage/packages.mask   
      
   > [ebuild  NS   ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r8 [2.6.22-r8,   
   > 2.6.24-r4, 2.6.25-r7] USE="-build -symlink" 49,509 kB   
   >   
   > That is wrong too.   
      
   It's not really wrong, as portage will draw the latest stable package and   
   don't forget that there has happen a lot since 2.6.23.   
      
      
   > My kernel sources are in /usr/src/linux. I want the build to be done against   
   > that.   
      
   You haven't enabled the symlink flag, so it won't change the symlink.   
      
      
   > What has happened to Gentoo?   
      
   Nothing, it's as it always been, at least since I installed Gentoo1.4 (it's   
   changed name a few times, but still the same original install).   
      
      
   > I have aborted the upgrade, whilst I try and stop this madness. I want   
   > only my kernel and headers to be present on the system. Why is it trying to   
   > install a new kernel and headers that do not match it?   
      
   It's as any other distribution, it will update outdated packages when you do   
   an update. Doing your rebuild will most likely not make your system more   
   stable, it will just make that your packages are updated. Fix your kernel   
   first.   
      
      
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