[Solved] New version of gentoo-sources - what do I do?

[G3nt00]

Hi,

Well, of course I want to compile and install the new kernel, but the question is more, this is not automatically done, but a manual activity, right?

I was using Genkernel when installing so I should just follow the same procedure I did then, with compiling and then updating grub?

Thanks

[fedeliallalinea]

[G3nt00]

[G3nt00]

What...

I just tried to start the same genkernel compile as when I initially installed. This is in total my second (kernel) compile on this system. I got this message;

[fedeliallalinea]

Probably you have the link /usr/src/linux to older kernel.
When portage install new kernel sources you should change the link with eselect.
You should also copy old .config file to new kernel or use --kernel-config=</path/to/kernel-config-file> genkernel option.
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[vladimir1986]

I remember when installed Gentoo, I keep getting kernel panics, even if I used to do manual kernels constantly. Eventually I also settled for Genkernel and just started removing unneded modules and tweaking the kernel after my first install.
This is the process I follow when upgrading kernels:

-Check which is the latest kernel available on my system "eselect kernel list"
-Setting it up to update the link to /usr/stc/linux "eselect kernel set 2" (change 2 with the list number of the desired kernel)
-copy the old config file to the new kernel: "cd /usr/src/linux && cp /boot/config-<version>-gentoo-x86_64 ./"
-update the old config version to the new one and check for new functionality. Tip: If you want to know what something does, you can type "?" and get a description: "make oldconifg"
-now if you want to tweak the kernel, it is a good time. Trust me, compiling a huge kernel with unneded drivers is a pain in the a$$: "make menuconfig"
-now compile. Remember that make can use the -j<n> switch to compile faster. n being the number of threads you want to dedicate to compile: "make"
-install kernel and modules: "make install && make modules_install"
-if you got an initramfs image: "dracut --kver <new kernel version>"

-now I like to reboot, and manually set the grub option to boot into the new kernel, just to make sure it works (the old kernel is still there chilling). You do it by pressing "e" in the grub menu. If everything works, you can remove the old kernel

rm /boot/*<old kernel number>*
rm -r /usr/src/linux-<old version>
rm -r /lib/modules/<old version>

And then update grub (if you have done before, you are supposed to have option to boot from both kernels)

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[G3nt00]