I have installed above mentioned kernel using genkernel-3.0.1_beta6. I have used my old config file from /etc/kernels/ - it was from kernel version 2.4.20-gentoo and I have updated it with 'make oldconfig' and copied to /usr/share/genkernel/x86/kernel-config-2.4 so I suppose merely all things that I have configured for 2.4.20 kernel will be available in this new kernel. The problem is that I have found that parallel ports and tape devices are not accessible. May be some other devices are not accessible but I don't use them so I didn't find the problem there. Here is the list of ports: # lpinfo -v network socket network http network ipp network lpd direct parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel0 direct parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel1 direct parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel2 direct scsi direct usb:/dev/usblp0 direct usb:/dev/usblp1 direct usb:/dev/usblp2 direct usb:/dev/usblp3 direct usb:/dev/usblp4 direct usb:/dev/usblp5 direct usb:/dev/usblp6 direct usb:/dev/usblp7 direct usb:/dev/usblp8 direct usb:/dev/usblp9 direct usb:/dev/usblp10 direct usb:/dev/usblp11 direct usb:/dev/usblp12 direct usb:/dev/usblp13 direct usb:/dev/usblp14 direct usb:/dev/usblp15 network smb What is strange (for me) is the 'unknown-parallel?'. Devices for my tape device (/dev/st0, /dev/nst0 and /dev/sg0) are not accessible too - they doesn't exist though they existed in 2.4.20 kernel. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Copy config file from kernel 2.4.20 to 2.4.22 kernel over .config file 2. Run 'make oldconfig', update configuration and copy .config over /usr/share/genkernel/x86/kernel-config-2.4 3. Run 'genkernel --install all' 4. Update lilo and reboot Actual Results: Parallel port and tape device are not accessible Expected Results: It should be possible to print to the parallel port and write and read from tape device. # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r21 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.22-gentoo-r5) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://download.local.startnet.cz/gentoo-mirror/ http://10.15.6.1/ http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.local.startnet.cz/gentoo-portage" USE="X509 acl apache2 apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups curl encode flash foomaticdb freetds gd gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imap imlib informix innodb java jpeg justify kerberos ldap libg++ libwww mad mcal mikmod motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oav oci8 odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres ppds python quicktime readline samba sdl skey slang slp snmp spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Can you please attach your .config?
We'll need more info, specifically as plasmaroo asked could you attach your config please.
Sorry, I missed the previous info mail. I haven't had time to investigate the error yet but now I think the error might be related to the new issue of genkernel (not handling the .config file as I expected). I will close this bug and eventually reopen it if the problem is not in the genkernel. Thank you for your help.
