David Fellows wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:49:15 -0400 > "John P. Burkett" wrote - >> Thank you, David. The 2.6.22 Makefile I copied from another machine (as >> described in my previous note) starts as follows: >> VERSION = 2 >> PATCHLEVEL = 6 >> SUBLEVEL = 22 >> EXTRAVERSION = -gentoo-r2 >> NAME = Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! >> >> As reported in my last note, putting that in my linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r2 >> directory does not suffice to let "emerge ati-drivers" succeed. >> >> My latest experiment was editing the Makefile, changing the fourth line >> from EXTRAVERSION = -gentoo-r2 >> to >> EXTRAVERSION = -gentoo-r2-osmp >> >> After making that change, I again tried >> emerge ati-drivers >> >> The response was the familiar >> * Found kernel source directory: >> * /usr/src/linux >> * Could not detect kernel version. >> * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a complete set of Linux >> sources. >> * >> * ERROR: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 failed. >> >> I wonder why "emerge ati-drivers" still does not detect the kernel version. >> > Don't really know. > > You have verified that /usr/src/linux is a symlink to linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r2 > haven't you? Thank you, David. Yes, I've verified that. > > If the top level MAkefile is missing, there could be any number of other > files > missing. > > > You might look in /usr/portage/distfiles to see if you still have the > distributioon files > ls linux* and look for 2.6.22 and ls genpat* and likewise. Those steps did not reveal any files or directories with names involving 2.6.22.
> If you do at least you could recreate the patched source tree manually. > First rename your existing linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r2 to something else. > > After you unpack and apply patches, copy your .config file into the new. > make oldconfig, > make and so on. > Install this kernel into /boot and update grub accordingly. Boot into it. > emerge your ati driver. > > I am afreaid I have runn out of advice. Thanks, it was good advice. I understand the problem better now. > > Dave F > > -- John P. Burkett Department of Economics University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0808 USA phone (401) 874-9195
