If you use sudo eselect kernel set <x>; it doesn't report an error but fails to set your kernel. You can only change your kernel using eselect if your root. sudo'ing doesn't work, it should return an error Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1.eselect kernel list 2.observe which kernel is selected 3.sudo eselect kernel set <x> (Where x is not the kernel which was previously selected). 4.eselect kernel list (Observe that selected kernel has not changed, but no error message was recived) Expected Results: Change in selected kernel, error message
[/home/rane] # ls -ld /usr/src/linux lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2007-04-30 16:39 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r13 [~] $ sudo eselect kernel set linux-2.6.20-gentoo-r7 [/home/rane] # ls -ld /usr/src/linux lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2007-04-30 16:41 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.20-gentoo-r7 Try checking your sudo configuration. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/sudo-guide.xml
