Neglected system - Massive upgrades - Questions...

AndyB · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 20

So I've got three Gentoo systems that have been much neglected over the last year or so. I've managed to get things emerged up to a decent level and have things almost complete. I do have a couple of nagging issues though.

1. I can't reboot the system. A "reboot" or "shutdown -r" results in the system shutting down, but hanging at "Restarting system." It never actually triggers a reboot. I've played with power settings in the kernel and the BIOS, but haven't found aything to correct this issue.

2. It's completely nit-picky here, but my system seems to think the DNS domain is (none). I've got a /etc/dnsdomainname file with the domain in it, but that doesn't seem to work. Googling around, I've also tried making sure /etc/hosts had a fully qualified hostname in /etc/hosts. I've also tried adding

Kaste · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:16 am Post subject:

3. is the easiest Rebuilding everything can be achieved by emerge -e system to rebuild the toolchain and emerge -e world for the rest. You may want to do both so your toolchain is up to speed when doing emerge -e world, since i assume you had a gcc upgrade in there as well right? Did you follow the upgrade guide for GCC btw. That saves you a lot of trouble.

2. There is no file /etc/dnsdomainname anymore. You set the domainname in /etc/conf.d/domainname or into /etc/resolv.conf directly. Still dns_domain_lo should work as well I think.

1. Did that occur before the upgrade as well? If yes then It's a kernel issue. I remember a setting just for that. If not have oyu done a proper etc-upgrade? The baselayout got a fair makeover, maybe you forgot to get the files in sync that might cause something like that I think.
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nixnut · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Other Things Gentoo.
Not about getting gentoo installed, so moved here.
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AndyB · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 20

Kaste · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:01 pm Post subject:

Well the kernel setting is this
Look for Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot (X86_REBOOTFIXUPS) under Processor Type and Features.

Do an etc-update first please and see if that fixes it. If not you can always try that option.
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madisonicus · Veteran Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1130

If it's been a year, there may be no sense in upgrading since almost every important package including the toolchain has had a major update in that time. You might be better off completely backing-up your current installations and starting from scratch. If you choose to do the upgrade you're looking at at least one complete re-emerge anyway. You might find that with a clean installation you fix some of those niggling problems too.

There is a good set of tips, tricks, and suggestions for doing large system updates in the Gentoo wiki: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Update_a_huge_system_-_hints_and_pitfalls.

HTH,
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AndyB · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 20