Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:38:50 +0530, Man Shankar wrote: > > mount -oremount,ro /boot solves that problem for me. It's the last > > command in the update script I mentioned before. And there's always > > GRML, just in case :-) > > Since, /boot seldom requires work i have this in fstab > > /dev/s

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Man Shankar
On 09:54 Fri 23 Jan , Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 02:45 -0600 schrieb ext Dale: > > > But if a kernel gets corrupted or accidentally deleted > > mount -oremount,ro /boot solves that problem for me. It's the last > command in the update script I mentioned before. And th

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Dale
Norberto Bensa wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Alejandro wrote: > > >> make oldconfig only can give you problems i don,t see any benefict.. just my >> person experience... >> > > I have never seen any problem with make oldconfig, YMMV, but stating > it _will_ give you problems i

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Grant
Well, I deleted my kernel .config. Is there any way to magically re-create it from the compiled kernel image or any other way? - Grant >>> yes if you had selected 'kernel .config support' when you made the >>> kernel. that's in the 'General setup'. >>> if yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Norberto Bensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Justin wrote: > But nevertheless you need to do a make odlconfig to > adopt your .config to the new config options. Nope. That's not true. The diference between "oldconfig" and just "make" is that oldconfig will present a prompt when a new option was added. You

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Alejandro
2009/1/23 Norberto Bensa > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Alejandro > wrote: > > > make oldconfig only can give you problems i don,t see any benefict.. just > my > > person experience... > > I have never seen any problem with make oldconfig, YMMV, but stating > it _will_ give you problems is

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 14:24 +0100 schrieb ext Justin: > But nevertheless you need to do a make odlconfig to > adopt your .config to the new config options. Errh, no. I've built nearly every kernel version since a couple of years and never did "make oldconfig". If it's a minor revision, conf

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Norberto Bensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Alejandro wrote: > make oldconfig only can give you problems i don,t see any benefict.. just my > person experience... I have never seen any problem with make oldconfig, YMMV, but stating it _will_ give you problems is simply not true.

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Justin
Alejandro schrieb: > > > > Why make oldconfig? To get all new options in your .config. > Is not better just do make and make && modules_install? It is the normal way to do a make && make modules_install afterwards. > make oldconfig only can give you problems NEVER just always hit enter if you w

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Ricardo Saffi Marques
Justin wrote: > do one of those two things and it should work: > > zcat /proc/config.gz >/usr/src/linux/.config > > or > > /usr/src/linux/scripts/extract-ikconfig /boot/YOURKERNEL > > /usr/src/linux/.config. > > Than run make oldconfig. Oops, my bad. It had already been answered! :-) -- Rica

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Ricardo Saffi Marques
Grant wrote: > I do have /proc/config.gz, but when I move it to > /usr/src/2.6.25-hardened-r13 and run 'make oldconfig' it comes up with > many differences. I'm booted into 2.6.25-hardened-r11 and there > shouldn't be any config differences between that and r13. Does anyone > know what's going on

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Alejandro
2009/1/23 Norberto Bensa > Quoting Justin : > > Than he has a non solvable problem recovering his config. But, who will >> remove this option? >> > > Not remove, but someone (me for example) could make it =m ;-) > > In that case you just do: > > modprobe configs > gunzip -c /proc/config.gz > /us

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Norberto Bensa
Quoting Justin : Than he has a non solvable problem recovering his config. But, who will remove this option? Not remove, but someone (me for example) could make it =m ;-) In that case you just do: modprobe configs gunzip -c /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/linux/.config make oldconfig -

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Justin
Dirk Heinrichs schrieb: > Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 09:45 +0100 schrieb ext Justin: > >> But, who will remove this option? >> > > This is how it looks like in a freshly unpacked kernel tree (or after > make mrproper): > > < > Kernel .config support > > So I guess kernel devs did it for hi

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Dale
Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 02:45 -0600 schrieb ext Dale: > > >> But if a kernel gets corrupted or accidentally deleted >> > > mount -oremount,ro /boot solves that problem for me. It's the last > command in the update script I mentioned before. And there's always > G

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 09:45 +0100 schrieb ext Justin: > But, who will remove this option? This is how it looks like in a freshly unpacked kernel tree (or after make mrproper): < > Kernel .config support So I guess kernel devs did it for him. Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 02:45 -0600 schrieb ext Dale: > But if a kernel gets corrupted or accidentally deleted mount -oremount,ro /boot solves that problem for me. It's the last command in the update script I mentioned before. And there's always GRML, just in case :-) Bye... Dirk --

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Dale
Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 01:53 -0600 schrieb ext Dale: > > >> I'll show this just in case it will give someone ides. >> > > Here's another approach: > > % ll /boot > insgesamt 9644 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 17. Jan 2006 boot -> ./ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Justin
Dirk Heinrichs schrieb: > Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 09:28 +0100 schrieb ext Justin: > > >> do one of those two things and it should work: >> >> zcat /proc/config.gz >/usr/src/linux/.config >> >> or >> >> /usr/src/linux/scripts/extract-ikconfig /boot/YOURKERNEL > >> /usr/src/linux/.config. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 09:28 +0100 schrieb ext Justin: > do one of those two things and it should work: > > zcat /proc/config.gz >/usr/src/linux/.config > > or > > /usr/src/linux/scripts/extract-ikconfig /boot/YOURKERNEL > > /usr/src/linux/.config. What if he doesn't have CONFIG_IKCONFIG_

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Justin
Grant schrieb: >>> Well, I deleted my kernel .config. Is there any way to magically >>> re-create it from the compiled kernel image or any other way? >>> >>> - Grant >>> >>> >>> >>> >> yes if you had selected 'kernel .config support' when you made the >> kernel. that's in the 'General setup

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-23 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 01:53 -0600 schrieb ext Dale: > I'll show this just in case it will give someone ides. Here's another approach: % ll /boot insgesamt 9644 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 17. Jan 2006 boot -> ./ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root1024 21. Mai 2008 grub/ drwx-- 2 root root

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread Dale
KH wrote: > Dale schrieb: > >> Or just copy .config over to /boot yourself. I do that when I have a >> stable kernel. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> >> > +1 > I even asked to add this to the gentoo kernel upgreat guide but devs > didn't like this idea. > > kh > > > I'll show this j

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, den 23.01.2009, 08:44 +0100 schrieb ext KH: > Dale schrieb: > > > > Or just copy .config over to /boot yourself. I do that when I have a > > stable kernel. > > > > Dale > > > > :-) :-) > > > > > +1 > I even asked to add this to the gentoo kernel upgreat guide but devs > didn't like

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread KH
Dale schrieb: > > Or just copy .config over to /boot yourself. I do that when I have a > stable kernel. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > +1 I even asked to add this to the gentoo kernel upgreat guide but devs didn't like this idea. kh

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread KH
Saphirus Sage schrieb: > You could look for the .config files from earlier kernels, unless > you've cleared out all your directories except the one with the > most-recent release. > > On Jan 22, 2009, at 9:12 PM, Grant wrote: > >> Well, I deleted my kernel .config. Is there any way to magically >

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Freitag 23 Januar 2009, Grant wrote: > >> Well, I deleted my kernel .config. Is there any way to magically >> re-create it from the compiled kernel image or any other way? >> >> - Grant >> > > ls /boot > > ls /boot > boot config-2.6.28r4.old gr

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 23 Januar 2009, Grant wrote: > Well, I deleted my kernel .config. Is there any way to magically > re-create it from the compiled kernel image or any other way? > > - Grant ls /boot ls /boot boot config-2.6.28r4.old grubmemtest86plus System.map-2.6.28r4 Syst

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread Grant
>> Well, I deleted my kernel .config. Is there any way to magically >> re-create it from the compiled kernel image or any other way? >> >> - Grant >> >> >> > > yes if you had selected 'kernel .config support' when you made the > kernel. that's in the 'General setup'. > if you did that you'll find

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread Saphirus Sage
You could look for the .config files from earlier kernels, unless you've cleared out all your directories except the one with the most- recent release. On Jan 22, 2009, at 9:12 PM, Grant wrote: Well, I deleted my kernel .config. Is there any way to magically re-create it from the compiled

Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread Crob
Grant: > Well, I deleted my kernel .config. Is there any way to magically > re-create it from the compiled kernel image or any other way? > > - Grant > > > yes if you had selected 'kernel .config support' when you made the kernel. that's in the 'General setup'. if you did that you'll find /pro

[gentoo-user] Deleted my kernel .config

2009-01-22 Thread Grant
Well, I deleted my kernel .config. Is there any way to magically re-create it from the compiled kernel image or any other way? - Grant