New kernel does not pull/reconfigure video driver

[mélodie]

Hi,

I have installed kernel 3.3.0 (testing the distro, so it's not for need but to see how it goes).

I have a amd64 processor, with a nvidia 8400gs installed, and after reboot to the newer kernel got just a prompt. So I logged in and when I did a "startx", I saw the message from Xorg related to "no screens found". So I didn't want to reconfigure xorg.conf to use nv, I searched for a nvidia driver of the right brand, found it, installed it, rebooted then all worked well again.

I will be back in a few seconds to bring back an extract from the entropy.log.

Here it is:

[16:22:46 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Unpacking package: packages/amd64/5/sys-kernel:linux-sabayon-3.3-r2~0.tbz2
[16:23:06 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Installing package: sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.3-r2
[16:23:10 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Installing new SPM entry: sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.3-r2
[16:23:11 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Trigger] [client] [POST] Running env_update
[16:33:55 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Unpacking package: packages/amd64/5/sys-kernel:linux-sabayon-3.3-r2~0.tbz2
[16:34:15 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Installing package: sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.3-r2
[16:34:54 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Remove old package (spm data): sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.3-r2
[16:34:54 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Removing from SPM: sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.3-r2
[16:34:54 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Installing new SPM entry: sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.3-r2

I wondered if something could be done about it from the package management point of view ? Is it possible to fancy some post-install script which would detect if the driver used is nvidia, or ati fglrx, and suggest to add a package ? Or any form of post-install action which would avoid leaving the user without a gui environment ?

Here is the package I installed then:

[16:34:55 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Trigger] [client] [POST] Running env_update
[16:46:28 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Unpacking package: packages-nonfree/amd64/5/x11-drivers:nvidia-drivers-295.40#3.3.0-sabayon~1.tbz2
[16:46:47 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Installing package: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.40#3.3.0-sabayon
[16:46:48 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Installing new SPM entry: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.40#3.3.0-sabayon

After a successfull reboot, I removed the former kernel which removed some packages related to Virtualbox. Are these removals normal ?

[16:46:49 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Trigger] [client] [POST] Running env_update
[17:06:05 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Removing package: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.40#3.2.0-sabayon
[17:06:13 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Trigger] [client] [POST] Running env_update
[17:06:17 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Removing from SPM: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.40#3.2.0-sabayon
[17:06:17 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Removing package: app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-4.1.10#3.2.0-sabayon
[17:06:20 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Trigger] [client] [POST] Running env_update
[17:06:21 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Removing from SPM: app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-4.1.10#3.2.0-sabayon
[17:06:21 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Removing package: x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox-4.1.10#3.2.0-sabayon
[17:06:21 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Trigger] [client] [POST] Running env_update
[17:06:22 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Removing from SPM: x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox-4.1.10#3.2.0-sabayon
[17:06:23 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Removing package: sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.2-r12
[17:06:24 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Trigger] [client] [POST] Running env_update
[17:06:50 22/04/2012 CEST] INFO: [Package] [client] Removing from SPM: sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.2-r12

Thank you very much,
Mélodie

[BlackNoxis]

There is a kernel-switcher for this exact reason.

[mélodie]

There is a kernel-switcher for this exact reason.

Oops ! I missed it... Where should I have met with it ? At the wiki ? In the distro, else ?

Thanks,
Mélodie

[BlackNoxis]

There is a kernel-switcher for this exact reason.

Oops ! I missed it... Where should I have met with it ? At the wiki ? In the distro, else ?

Thanks,
Mélodie

Wiki, mon ami, wiki xD

[mélodie]

Wiki, mon ami, wiki xD

Hi,
Ok, at the Entropy page (btw the fr side needs a refresh... I'll try to look when I find time).

Would it be impossible to integrate this kernel-switcher to the new entropy gui, Rigo ?

That would be nice to have the whole package management in the same package management gui...



(yes, Sabayon would not be anymore for advanced users... so what ? )

Thank you !

[BlackNoxis]

That's a bit hard, but you can ask the team with a make feature/package request