Kernel Xanmod

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Utorrent · Post by **Utorrent** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:08 pm

hello I would like to know how do I install the Xanmod Kernel on Gentoo I follow a tutorial on reddit but it doesn't work I would like to know how I can install the xanmod kernel on gentoo without problems

Post by **pietinger** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:33 pm

Without any error messages you have got, and without description what you have done so far, I can only give you some links:

https://xanmod.org/ has a link for gentoo to:

https://gitlab.com/src_prepare/src_prep ... od-sources

Selecting https://gitlab.com/src_prepare/src_prep ... 8.2.ebuild shows it is rather new (2 weeks old).

Did you made a local repository ? Maybe the tutorial on reddit is outdated - a link to it and a description what you have done could help us to help you

Utorrent · Post by **Utorrent** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:15 am

I did but I added the repository but at the time of downloading it said that in the repository I added there was no xanmod-sources

I checked the links you sent I apologize I'm new to gentoo but I don't know exactly how to run the gitlab files and I didn't find any instructions either

Post by **pjp** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:10 am

Utorrent wrote:I did but I added the repository but at the time of downloading it said that in the repository I added there was no xanmod-sources

Can you be more specific, including the commands you used and actual error messages?

Using eselect, I just installed the repository and I see xanmod sources.

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sudo eselect repository add src_prepare_overlay git https://gitlab.com/src_prepare/src_prepare-overlay.git

That created /etc/portage/repos.conf/eselect-repo.conf

My system does not follow the defauls for repo locations, so I had to customize that file to point to the correct directory for repositories.

I then sync'd the repository which contains multiple versions of the sources.

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sudo emerge --sync src_prepare_overlay

The versions in sys-kernel/xanmod-sources:
xanmod-sources-5.16.10.ebuild
xanmod-sources-5.16.12.ebuild
xanmod-sources-5.16.5.ebuild
xanmod-sources-5.17.1.ebuild
xanmod-sources-5.17.5.ebuild
xanmod-sources-5.18.2.ebuild

Utorrent · Post by **Utorrent** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:42 am

Adding src_prepare_overlay to /etc/portage/repos.conf/eselect-repo.conf ...
Repository src_prepare_overlay added
utorrent /home/utorrent # emerge --sync src_prepare_overlay
>>> Syncing repository 'src_prepare_overlay' into '/var/db/repos/src_prepare_overlay'...
/usr/bin/git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab.com/src_prepare/src_prepare-overlay.git .
Cloning into '.'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 882, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (882/882), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (748/748), done.
remote: Total 882 (delta 152), reused 704 (delta 97), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (882/882), 633.14 KiB | 1.82 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (152/152), done.
=== Sync completed for src_prepare_overlay
!!! Section 'src_prepare_overlay' in repos.conf has name different from repository name 'src_prepare-overlay' set inside repository

Action: sync for repo: src_prepare_overlay, returned code = 0

utorrent /home/utorrent # emerge --ask xanmod-sources
!!! Section 'src_prepare_overlay' in repos.conf has name different from repository name 'src_prepare-overlay' set inside repository

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!

emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "xanmod-sources".

emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: sys-kernel/zen-sources, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources, sys-kernel/mips-sources?
utorrent /home/utorrent # nano/etc/portage/repos.conf/eselect-repo.conf
bash: nano/etc/portage/repos.conf/eselect-repo.conf: No such file or directory
utorrent /home/utorrent # nano /etc/portage/repos.conf/eselect-repo.conf
utorrent /home/utorrent # emerge --ask sys-kernel/xanmod-sources
!!! Section 'src_prepare_overlay' in repos.conf has name different from repository name 'src_prepare-overlay' set inside repository

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!

emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "sys-kernel/xanmod-sources".

emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: sys-kernel/zen-sources, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources, sys-kernel/mips-sources?
utorrent /home/utorrent #

besides when I compiled another kernel I can't load it myself by updating grub and selecting the kernel in the eselect kernel list

utorrent /home/utorrent # eselect kernel list
Available kernel symlink targets:
[1] linux-5.15.41-gentoo
[2] linux-5.15.48-gentoo-dist
[3] linux-5.18.7-tkg-pds *
utorrent /home/utorrent #

utorrent /home/utorrent # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.18.7-tkg-pds
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-5.18.7-tkg-pds.img
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
utorrent /home/utorrent #

even with everything updated it doesn't load it keeps running the binary kernel

I tried tkg before but I had an error loading and in xanmod I can't even compile

Post by **pjp** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:57 am

I apparently typo'd the "add" line. Instead of "src_prepare_overlay" it should have been "src_prepare-overlay". To get rid of the "wrong" overlay, this should work:

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sudo eselect repository remove src_prepare_overlay

You can confirm the correct spelling with something like this:

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$ eselect repository list |grep src_

After you have removed the incorrect repository, add it again with the correct spelling, and sync that repository.

You should then be able to see something like this:

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$ emerge -s xanmod-sources
  
[ Results for search key : xanmod-sources ]
Searching...

*  sys-kernel/xanmod-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 5.18.2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 127,006 KiB
      Homepage:      https://xanmod.org
      Description:   Full XanMod sources with cacule option and including the Gentoo patchset
      License:       GPL-2 CDDL

[ Applications found : 1 ]

If that works, you may want to consider masking the repository and only unmasking specific ebuilds that you want to use. That is described in Masking enabled ebuild repositories.

Utorrent · Post by **Utorrent** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:31 am

thank you very much I can add the repository but I can't load the kernel yet

Utorrent · Post by **Utorrent** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:59 pm

I can't load the custom kernel or xanmod or tkg only the gentoo binary kernel
even updating grub and eselect kernel could help me

utorrent /home/utorrent # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.18.7-tkg-pds
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-5.18.7-tkg-pds.img
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
utorrent /home/utorrent #

utorrent /home/utorrent # eselect kernel list
Available kernel symlink targets:
[1] linux-5.15.41-gentoo
[2] linux-5.15.48-gentoo-dist
[3] linux-5.18.7-tkg-pds *
utorrent /home/utorrent #

my tkg kernel don t load