Re: [tlug] Do I have to rebuild my kernel again? [SOLVED]

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Botond" == Botond Botyanszki <tlug@example.com> writes:

    Botond> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:53:40 +0900
    Botond> Dave M G <martin@example.com> wrote:

    >> Josh,

    >> Thank you for responding with such clear and concise
    >> instructions.

    >> The commands you said did the trick, and now IVTV works again.

    Botond> By listening to the gentoo guy you just broke the kernel
    Botond> .deb package you have built and installed previously. :-)

Sure, it's broken, but what are the consequences Dave faces?

1.  If he trashes his kernel *before* he next runs make-kpkg, and
    restores from the .deb, he *may* "lose" those modules in a
    confusing way (ie, the kernel will bitch about non-matching
    checksums which he tries to modprobe them, although he knows he's
    got a good .deb that used to work fine).

2.  If and when he does dpkg -remove kernel-image-2.6.17.7, he'll get
    a "can't remove /lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/drivers/: directory
    not empty" warning.

3.  If he does a make-kpkg right now, he probably doesn't even have to
    install the .deb for everything to be OK.

Am I missing something disastrous?  If not, "The doctor says you'll
live; go to the nurses' station and check out, please." :-)


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