APOLOGY: I'm not knowledgeable about how Portage manages the packages that build modules. It seems that certain modules, e.g, "nvidia.ko" and "shfs.ko" need to be compiled for a specific version of the kernel. I.e, versions 2.6.11.9 and 2.6.11.10 of the kernel will have their own separate variants of "nvidia.ko". ====== WHAT: I built a new kernel (2.6.11.10), kept /usr/src/linux pointing to (the source code of) the new kernel, and rebooted in console mode. Running emerge -vp nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx told me that I already had the nvidia packages installed. However, while my OLD kernel did have the nvidia module /lib/modules/2.6.11.9/video/nvidia.ko the new kernel /lib/modules/2.6.11.10/ did not. Of course, the solution was to re-emerge the pkg. However, a beginner might reasonably conclude that "well, the reason I'm not getting a GUI isn't that the nvidia module is missing --I'd better look elsewhere." Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: Suggested behavior: That `emerge' use /usr/src/linux and, if it doesn't exist, the value of `uname -r', to determine if a module-pkg has been installed.
You need to re-emerge any external kernel modules after kernel upgrade. This is documented in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml#doc_chap6
Ugh, stupid bugzilla...
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 1477 ***
*sigh*
... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 29634 ***
