Gentoo Upgrading to Predictable Network Interface Names

Comments and links for upgrading udev on Gentoo to beware of for the newly introduced scheme for naming network interfaces are given in this comment. That follows on from the talk given for a slightly unexpectedly messy udev update!

Hope of help… Martin

RasPi In The Sky!

The Raspberry Pi continues to successfully storm onwards and upwards! There’s by now well over a million of ’em and they are getting to far flung and unlikely places. Recently, there’s one newly (em)powering The Kingdom of Bhutan. There’s also a recent twin adventure of RasPi and Ava in the sky, including some fun stories . . . → Read More: RasPi In The Sky!

Gentoo kernel 3.7.9 webcams, V4L, UVC, video: kernel config

For those of us adventurous enough to upgrade to the Gentoo kernel 3.7.9 using their own custom kernel config… As was the case for upgrading to the Gentoo kernel 3.6.11, beware that the config spec for the video modules and webcam modules including the USB UVC/video and V4L have changed in the config hierarchy and . . . → Read More: Gentoo kernel 3.7.9 webcams, V4L, UVC, video: kernel config

Gentoo kernel 3.6.11 webcams, V4L, UVC, video: kernel config

For those of us adventurous enough to upgrade to the Gentoo kernel 3.6.11 using their own custom kernel config… Beware that the config spec for the video modules and webcam modules including all of the USB UVC/video have been moved in the config hierarchy and may well need reenabling:

Lost your /dev/video0 and you have . . . → Read More: Gentoo kernel 3.6.11 webcams, V4L, UVC, video: kernel config

kernel-3.3.8-gentoo to kernel-3.4.9-gentoo

(This detail should not be a problem for you if for Gentoo you are using the default ‘genkernel‘.)

 

Here’s a ‘minor’ update foible to watch out for on Gentoo when moving from a compiled kernel-3.3.8-gentoo to kernel-3.4.9-gentoo and running Shorewall…

There’s a few new kernel config options and at least some of them must . . . → Read More: kernel-3.3.8-gentoo to kernel-3.4.9-gentoo