Re: [gentoo-user] Missing .config

2008-02-16 Thread Chris Brennan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Little FYI/Tip or you. When I build a kernel, I do something like the following: Leviathan boot # tree . |-- 2.6.23-r6 | |-- Config.Leviathan | |-- Leviathan | `-- System.map-Leviathan |-- 2.6.23-r8 | |-- Config.Leviathan | |-- Leviathan |

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing .config

2008-02-16 Thread Dale
sean wrote: I was updating my system and the nvidia drivers complained that there was no .config in /usr/src/linux. I looked at it was gone. This has happened before. Is this some bug? I am running on amd64. Unfortunately I do not have a current copy of .config. Does anyone know a less painful

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing .config

2008-02-16 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Saturday 16 February 2008, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > zcat /proc/kconfig.gz > .config Typo: the file is called /proc/config.gz, without the "k". -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing .config

2008-02-16 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 11:02:28AM -0500, Penguin Lover sean squawked: > I was updating my system and the nvidia drivers complained that there > was no .config in /usr/src/linux. > > I looked at it was gone. > This has happened before. > Is this some bug? > I am running on amd64. > > Unfortunatel

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing .config

2008-02-16 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Saturday 16 February 2008, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > So, you have the symlink useflag enabled? > > Just look into your old kernel-dir. And don't remove that stuff. > > You might also find the config in /boot. If you used make install to > install your kernel. And it should also be possible

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing .config

2008-02-16 Thread Alex Schuster
sean writes: Unfortunately I do not have a current copy of .config. Does anyone know a less painful way of rebuilding than through make menuconfig? I have got to remember to make a backup. You may have one, try "zcat /proc/config.gz". You need to have kernel option "General setup -> Enable ac

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing .config

2008-02-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
So, you have the symlink useflag enabled? Just look into your old kernel-dir. And don't remove that stuff. You might also find the config in /boot. If you used make install to install your kernel. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Missing .config

2008-02-16 Thread sean
I was updating my system and the nvidia drivers complained that there was no .config in /usr/src/linux. I looked at it was gone. This has happened before. Is this some bug? I am running on amd64. Unfortunately I do not have a current copy of .config. Does anyone know a less painful way of rebuild