Kernel upgrade and "make menuconfig"

[doulos447]

I'm fairly new to Gentoo (and Linux in general for that matter). Learning tons but still pretty much a n00b so please forgive if this seems like a stupid question:


I recently upgraded the kernel 2.6.13 from R3 to R5. It was my first kernel upgrade. seemed to go well. I updated the symlink and changed the grub.conf file. All in all, it went fine.

However I notice one small issue. Whenever I recompile the modules in the kernel using the "make menuconfig" command, the old kernel (2.6.13-gentoo-r3) shows up at the top of the initial configuration screen. Also the path under /lib/modules still refers to the old rather than the newer R5. Am I missing something? I followed the "Gentoo Linux kernel Upgrade Guide" to the letter, or at least I think I did. This may not be a real issue and may not cause any problems, but I dunno. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

D.

[anello]

type uname -r to see which kernel you are using.

Did you compile a new kernel at all? Or did you just get newer sources?

[TheWitePony]

Sounds like you might have missed something. The name of the new kernel should be printed at the top of the config screen. Double check that your system link does in fact point to the correct kernel.

Here I'm using 2.6.14

[doulos447]

Interesting. It does show the old kernel when I do a uname -r.

Thanks! Let me backtrack to see what I missed. The symlink does point to the new Kernel (ie /usr/src/linux now points to R5).


D.

[TheWitePony]

One thing to remeber to do, which is very easy to forget, is to copy the bzImage to /boot after you finish compiling the kernel. I've forgetten this myself more than a few times.

[Aysen]

[doulos447]

Not offended at all! Actually, I don't remember, honestly.

D.

[Aysen]

[doulos447]

That very well could have been the problem. I'll try that as soon as I can. Thanks Aysen!

[Aysen]

You're welcome
I hope it solves the problem.

[Karl-Franz]

If you have your /boot mounted and run a