Re: OT ( was : Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4)

1 msg	root can't login on console, but can ssh...
3 msg	firefox crash
32 msg	XSESSION='Xsession' doesn't work!

Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4
\ Mick (17 Jul 2007)
. \ Billy McCann (17 Jul 2007)
. . \ Mick (17 Jul 2007)
. . . \ Alan McKinnon (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . \ Albert Hopkins (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . . \ Dale (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . . \ Billy Wayne McCann (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . . . \ Billy Wayne McCann (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . . . . \ Stroller (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . . . \ Albert Hopkins (18 Jul 2007)
. . . . . . . \ Billy McCann (19 Jul 2007)
. . . . . . . . \ Luigi Pinna (20 Jul 2007)
. . . . . . . . . \ Ian Hastie (20 Jul 2007)
. . . . . . . . . \ Albert Hopkins (20 Jul 2007)
. . \ Sergey A. Kobzar (17 Jul 2007)
. . \ Neil Bothwick (17 Jul 2007)
. . . \ Mick (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . \ Neil Bothwick (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . . \ Mick (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . . . \ Peter Alfredsen (17 Jul 2007)
. . . . . . . \ Mick (17 Jul 2007)

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2 msg	Poweredge SC440 NIC
3 msg	/etc/modules.d how to understand
3 msg	Starting cruisecontrol -> initscript
2 msg	redirecting /dev/console
1 msg	netscape-flash
5 msg	Sendmail woes
4 msg	Collecting bootchart files after boot
4 msg	netscape-flash masking
6 msg	Mplayer + compiz + x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810-...
8 msg	sys-fs/fuse question
7 msg	depclean pwdb?
4 msg	Collisions when compiling glibc-2.5-r3 on amd64
11 msg	hald won't start

Subject:	Re: OT ( was : Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4)
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Albert Hopkins
Date:	20 Jul 2007

On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 08:49 +0200, Luigi Pinna wrote:
> That is no true.
> If you copy your old .config and give make, the make asks you for all
> new options (I think "that" is the right one make oldconfig)
> Luigi

No. What you seeing is a little different. If you read the Makefile:

# If .config is newer than include/config/auto.conf, someone tinkered
# with it and forgot to run make oldconfig.
# if auto.conf.cmd is missing then we are probably in a cleaned tree so
# we execute the config step to be sure to catch updated Kconfig files
include/config/auto.conf: $(KCONFIG_CONFIG) include/config/auto.conf.cmd
$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile silentoldconfig
[...]

So you're basically running [silent]oldconfig... But, e.g., if you
happen to

# mv /path/to/old/.config .config
# make

(or similar) then oldconfig doesn't get run and you don't get to choose
new kernel options. Anyway I still hold that oldconfig is the safe bet.

--
Albert W. Hopkins

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