Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Tuesday 31 October 2006 09:59, Daniel Iliev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?': I think gcc version should not have impact on X because NVidia's drivers are binary, closed source - they don't care about the gcc used to compile the kernel or the X server. Actually I think the emerge only installs those drivers and checks for common configuration errors. No, there's no way to make a pure binary driver that works on all systems, because symbols in the kernel will be at different locations depending on options it was compiled with. Should this mean, that you have to recompile all the drivers already installed after recompiling the kernel with a new feature added or after upgrading it up to newer version? Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:48:11 +0300, Michel Merinoff wrote: No, there's no way to make a pure binary driver that works on all systems, because symbols in the kernel will be at different locations depending on options it was compiled with. Should this mean, that you have to recompile all the drivers already installed after recompiling the kernel with a new feature added or after upgrading it up to newer version? Yes, if you are referring to kernel modules. But most are part of the kernel tree anyway, so they are updated along with the kernel. The only ones you need to worry about are things like the Nvidia drivers, some wireless card drivers and so forth. sys-kernel/module-rebuild can do this for you, just run it after a kernel compile. -- Neil Bothwick I am Ken Dodd of the Borg... What a fine day to be assimilated missus!! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: 2.6.18 kernel
On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 00:42 +, Duncan wrote: FWIW, I handle my kernel stuff directly, downloading from kernel.org, not thru portage. Thus, I care not one whit about Gentoo's kernel stabilizing. echo sys-kernel/vanilla-sources ~arch /etc/portage/package.keywords emerge vanilla-sources does exactly the same, difference is that you don't have to check kernel.org for new released, emerge -u world does it. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: 2.6.18 kernel
Christoph Mende [EMAIL PROTECTED] skribis: On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 00:42 +, Duncan wrote: FWIW, I handle my kernel stuff directly, downloading from kernel.org, not thru portage. Thus, I care not one whit about Gentoo's kernel stabilizing. echo sys-kernel/vanilla-sources ~arch /etc/portage/package.keywords emerge vanilla-sources does exactly the same, difference is that you don't have to check kernel.org for new released, emerge -u world does it. I’ve found vanilla kernels to be much more reliable on my system than Gentoo kernels (why I don’t know), and use sys-kernel/vanilla-sources mainly for the above reason of not having to check kernel.org. Which makes it slightly funny that, at the moment, I’m using 2.6.18.1 that I downloaded myself from kernel.org. :) -- Barry.SCHWARTZ at chemoelectric.org http://chemoelectric.org Free stuff / Senpagaj varoj: http://crudfactory.com (PDF) 'Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.' - Bush (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-2.html) pgpooImDzY59v.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Problem with emerge on a dual-processor machine [SOLVED]
I had the same problem with my computer. I bought early Athlon 64 3000+ on socket 754, mainboard Asus K8V. First I tried 4 different TwinMOS memory modules (so that weren't no-names), but the system was very unstable and memtest86+ showed memory errors. Fortunately I could take Hynix memory instead of TwinMOS paying only the difference. It works very good until now. So, it wasn't really a memory problem, it was problem of connection of memory, mainboard and processor. Especially early Athlons 64 had problems and worked only with certain memory modules. Like Duncan said before, if you can, change your memory, and try taking other brand, it may help. Regards, Marek Wróbel -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: 2.6.18 kernel
On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 10:51 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I’ve found vanilla kernels to be much more reliable on my system than Gentoo kernels (why I don’t know), FYI: I have never had a problem with gentoo kernels. I have had non-standard modules that would not compile, but updating the modules fixed those problems. --- Vladimir -- Vladimir G. Ivanovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
