Bug 19995 – nvidia-kernel and nforce-net modules are built without taking into account the kernel extra-version

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Mauro Mereu 2003-04-26 06:34:52 UTC]

When emerging nvidia-kernel-1.0.4349 and nforce-net-1.0.0248-r2, the modules are
built without considering the kernel extra-version. If the kernel is just 2.4.20
everything will work fine. Otherwise, if the kernel is for example 2.4.20-xfs-r2
the two ebuilds build two 2.4.20 kernel module and copy them under /lib/modules
creating the 2.4.20 directory. On the next boot, the modules are not loaded.
For an immediate solution, the manual insertion of the complete kernel version
is  needed in the two ebuilds 

Reproducible: Always
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[Comment 1 Max Kalika (RETIRED) 2003-04-26 11:13:36 UTC]

you have to make sure that /usr/src/linux points to the correctly installed kernel. i.e.: 
 
max@dozer nforce-net $ ls -l /usr/src 
total 7 
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          109 Apr 26 08:03 kernel-packages 
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 Apr 17 13:45 linux -> linux-2.4.20-gaming-r2 
drwxr-xr-x   14 root     root          720 Apr  8 07:12 linux-2.4.20 
drwxr-xr-x   14 root     root          720 Apr 26 07:58 linux-2.4.20-gaming-r2 
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          120 Mar 12 14:53 patches 
 
 
as you can see here, mine was installed into the correct kernel path: 
 
max@dozer nforce-net $ epm -ql nvidia-kernel 
/etc/modules.d/nvidia 
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gaming-r2/video/nvidia.o                                 <---------- 
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-1.0.4363/README.gz 
/sbin/NVmakedevices.sh 

[Comment 2 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-04-26 11:27:13 UTC]

check your symb link called linux in /usr/src (should point to your current kernel)

[Comment 3 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-05-25 09:02:01 UTC]

*** Bug 21656 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***