I was performing a full "emerge --update --deep -newuse world" (been over a year since I tried this) and it dies on svgalib-1-9-21-r1. I tried the recommended approach from Bug 106232 "svgalib-1.9.21-r1 doesn't build if kernel support for modules not enabled (2.6.9-gentoo-r13 anyway)" which was "USE=no-helper emerge svgalib" and had the same problem. Here is the output from "USE=no-helper emerge svgalib 1>emerge_svgalib.txt 2>emerge_svgalib_err.txt": . emerge_svgalib.txt: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Calculating dependencies [32;01m*[0m Determining the location of the kernel source code [32;01m*[0m Found kernel source directory: [32;01m*[0m /usr/src/linux [32;01m*[0m Found sources for kernel version: [32;01m*[0m 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 [31;01m*[0m getfilevar requires 2 variables, with the second a valid file. [31;01m*[0m getfilevar <VARIABLE> <CONFIGFILE> [31;01m*[0m Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory. [31;01m*[0m Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a configured set of Linux sources. [31;01m*[0m If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so that [31;01m*[0m it points to the necessary object directory so that it might find .config. ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) media-libs/svgalib-1.9.21-r1 to / >>> md5 files ;-) svgalib-1.9.19-r3.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) svgalib-1.9.21-r1.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-svgalib-1.9.19-r3 >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-svgalib-1.9.21-r1 >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.21-linux2.6.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib.udev.rules.d >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib.devfs >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.19-gentoo.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.19-devfs.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.21-gentoo.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.19-pci-get-class.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.18-lrmi-gentoo-cflags.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib.udev.perms.d >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.19-pic.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.19-dont-touch-ld.conf.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.19-linux2.6.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/svgalib-1.9.18-utils-include.patch >>> md5 src_uri ;-) svgalib-1.9.21.tar.gz ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . emerge_svgalib_err.txt: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv !!! ERROR: media-libs/svgalib-1.9.21-r1 failed. !!! Function linux-info_pkg_setup, Line 526, Exitcode 1 !!! Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge svgalib 2. 3. Actual Results: see output for 1> and 2> files above Expected Results: build I'm not familiar with the Severity ratings. Basically, I'm gated from my upgrade and I would classify this as "Critical" for me, but don't want to send off alarms. I'd like to complete my upgrade and would appreciate any suggested work-arounds. Can I exclude svgalib-1-9-21-r1, or is this going to affect my newly build KDE environment? Thank you!
Yup, I'm hosed insofar as my ability to start KDE now fails. My normal "startx" as a nonroot user results in the following error output: vvvvvvvvvvvvvv X Window System Version 6.8.2 Release Date: 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux daphne 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 #3 SMP Thu May 27 21:57:32 UTC 2004 i686 Build Date: 16 October 2005 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Oct 19 21:56:19 2005 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" Using vt 7 (EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exist, 0) Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module is version 1.0.4480, but this X module is version 1.0.6629. Please be sure that your kernel module and all NVIDIA driver files have the same driver version. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.X.Org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I'm not a dev, but as far as your X.org error goes, try "emerge nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx", and then try startx again. That ought to fix the second problem.
Oh, and unless you're doing specific types of development, you don't want to use "USE=no-helper" as svgalib won't work properly that way. It isn't the source of your problem, but this is just a heads-up.
Thank you, Ciaron. I tried your suggestion and found I ran into the same problem. Looks it's a where's-the-config file issue and not necessarily related to a particular build. Here's the output I received when trying: vvvvvvvvvvvvv emerge nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Found sources for kernel version: * 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 * getfilevar requires 2 variables, with the second a valid file. * getfilevar <VARIABLE> <CONFIGFILE> * Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory. * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a configured set of Linux sources. * If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so that * it points to the necessary object directory so that it might find .config. !!! ERROR: media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4 failed. !!! Function linux-info_pkg_setup, Line 526, Exitcode 1 !!! Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. ^^^^^^^^^^^^
It appears that I'm missing a ".config" file in linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r3: vvvvvvvv daphne src # pwd /usr/src daphne src # find . -name '\.config' ./linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r9/.config ./linux-2.6.5-gentoo-r1/.config daphne src # ls linux linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11 linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 linux-2.6.5-gentoo-r1 daphne src # ^^^^^^^^^ . I don't recall any problems when I installed linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 back in June (?). Looks like I either have to recreate a config file/reinstall linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r3.
Turned out that my kernel was updated and that a configuration was necessary. After I created the .config file, my emerge of svgalib was successful. So the gate is removed. . Suggestion: if the kernel is being updated, shouldn't there be some sort of mechanism that prevents other programs from being emerged until after the configuration is performed? . Not sure what status to set this to, so am leaving as NEW so someone in the know can recognize the problem I encountered and determine what might be implmented to spare others from being taken to this stopping point.
If you're using a 2.6.x kernel that exports its configuration via /proc/config.gz , the easiest way to get the .config file is: $ gzcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/linux/.config That will create the .config file with the exact configuration that your running kernel is using. The .config file is used during compilation of the kernel to work out what options to compile, and it's also used by kernel module ebuilds (such as the nvidia and svgalib ebuilds) to determine if you have the necessary code in your kernel for the ebuilds to work. If the .config file is different from what's actually compiled in, you could run into problems, so reconfiguring is best done only immediately before recompiling the kernel. Having said that, if nvidia and svgalib are working, there's probably no problem. However, I'd advise that you run the above command just to make sure you've got the right contents in the .config file.
This bug is invalid, you need a configured kernel to emerge svgalib (and existing /usr/src/linux symlink to the currently used kernel version).
