I downloaded the new 2.2.18 kernel, the first to be released since my conversion to Debian and proceeded to attempt my first kernel compile on my woody box.
After untarring i get colossus:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.18/scripts/lxdialog' gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>" -c -o lxdialog.o lxdialog.c In file included from lxdialog.c:22: dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.18/scripts/lxdialog' make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 colossus:/usr/src/linux# What have I done wrong? What package have I left out? All advice welcome. -- David