Re: [vserver] upgrade VServer breaks lsusb

Hi John,

I think Adrian meant that you would need to reconfigure the new kernel, so
not to use your old .config.

Regards,
D.

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On 13 October 2014 20:03, John A. Wallace <jw72253@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Adrian.
>
> Your advice was sound, and I tried to follow it. Still, I am having the
> same
> problem after first completely removing the old source directories for
> kernel
> and modules, and then rebuilding the kernel from scratch. I did this after
> having booted into the previous kernel, which appears to be working as
> expected and correctly. I believe (hoped!) that I removed everything that
> could have affected it from the malfunctioning instance. Even so, the
> problem
> persisted.
>
> I am inclined to think that there may be some sort of issue (bug?) with
> that
> version of Gentoo-VServer because I have no other explanation. This
> version is
> the most current one provided by Gentoo's distribution methods. If someone
> else who had used that same version would chime in, it might be helpful. I
> am
> disappointed.
>
> I will need to explore other options for a solution because I want to keep
> as
> current as possible with the Linux kernel within the constraints of this
> machine's capabilities and my intentions for using it. By and large,
> security
> is the primary functional goal. Thanks for your suggestions.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adrian Reyer [mailto:are@lihas.de]
> > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 3:30 AM
> > To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org
> > Subject: Re: [vserver] upgrade VServer breaks lsusb
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 04:38:52PM -0500, John A. Wallace wrote:
> > > > I suspect a module's not enabled in the kernel.
> > > Although this is clearly a possibility which occurred to me, it may
> > > not be quite that simple. Also, there are a multitude of modules, any
> > > number of which
> >
> > I don't use Gentoo, but I build and configure my own kernels. There are
> > quite some options that are named differently between 3.10 and 3.13,
> > you are very likely to fail in getting a useable kernel with just
> > copying the config file between versions.
> > Either configure it entirely from scratch or use some Gentoo default
> > configuration for 3.13. and apply VServer config stuff afterwards. I
> > seriously doubt it is a VServer-patch-related problem if lsusb fails.
> > Why 3.13? It is not maintained anymore, use 3.14 instead.
> >
> > Regards,
> >       Adrian
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