Running bootsplash_patch I got this error over a brand new 2.6.3 kernel: * * Patching the kernel (branch: 2.6) in /usr/src/linux ... * patching file drivers/char/keyboard.c patching file drivers/char/n_tty.c patching file drivers/char/vt.c patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.h patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/decode-jpg.c patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/decode-jpg.h patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/Kconfig patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/Makefile patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/render.c patching file drivers/video/console/fbcon.c Hunk #2 succeeded at 203 with fuzz 2 (offset 1 line). Hunk #3 succeeded at 412 (offset -3 lines). Hunk #4 succeeded at 436 (offset -3 lines). Hunk #5 succeeded at 466 (offset -3 lines). Hunk #6 succeeded at 502 (offset -5 lines). Hunk #7 succeeded at 534 (offset -5 lines). Hunk #8 succeeded at 821 (offset -5 lines). Hunk #9 succeeded at 904 (offset -5 lines). Hunk #10 succeeded at 1082 (offset 1 line). Hunk #11 succeeded at 1163 (offset 1 line). Hunk #12 succeeded at 1473 (offset 1 line). Hunk #13 succeeded at 1544 (offset 1 line). Hunk #14 succeeded at 1673 (offset 1 line). Hunk #15 succeeded at 1720 (offset 1 line). Hunk #16 succeeded at 1798 (offset 1 line). Hunk #17 succeeded at 1980 (offset 1 line). Hunk #18 succeeded at 2438 with fuzz 2 (offset 40 lines). patching file drivers/video/console/fbcon.h patching file drivers/video/Kconfig Hunk #1 succeeded at 922 (offset 9 lines). patching file drivers/video/Makefile patching file drivers/video/vesafb.c patching file include/linux/console_struct.h patching file include/linux/fb.h Hunk #1 FAILED at 449. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file include/linux/fb.h.rej patching file kernel/panic.c !!! ERROR: media-gfx/bootsplash-0.6-r7 failed. !!! Function pkg_config, Line 146, Exitcode 1 !!! (no error message) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install kernel 2.6.3 2. run bootsplash_patch 3. Actual Results: got error message Expected Results: apply the patch without error. Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.3) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.3 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 distcc 2.12.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon-xp -O3 -fPIC -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon-xp -O3 -fPIC -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache fixpackages sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/root/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups encode esd foomaticdb gb gdbm gif gnome gpg gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib java joystick jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww lm_sensors mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcl tcltk tcpd tetex tex tk truetype video_cards_radeon x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
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This has been fixed in -r8, which I've just bumped to stable, since dev-sources 2.6.3 is stable now. Feel free, to try ~x86's -r9, too :)