Bryan Scaringe wrote:
>
> >
> > So proud. Got Slack 3.5 installed, fumbled through getting lpr working, ppp
> > going, got X looking good, and even compiled and got kde cruisin'. Many thanks
> > to this list, and a big tip 'o the hat to Ishak, a very patient and considerate
> > guy.
> >
> > Now a big booger. Compiling a custom kernel. Maybe I shouldn't have even tried,
> > since sbpcd.i included with Slackware was cruisin' good, just hated the sbpcd
> > probe.
> >
> > Starting with general questions, why:
> >
> > 1) Do I get so many "warning: control reaches end of non-void function" errors
> > during compile?
> >
> > 2) Do I get "unresolved symbol(s) /lib/modules/2.0.32/(stuff I never chose in
> > config)?
> >
>
> Try this:
>
> I assume the kernel version that you are building is 2.0.32 (from above),
> and that this is the same version as before. If you do a "make modules_install",
> it will simply copy your new modules under /lib/modules<kernel-version>.
> You unresolved symbols are probably caused because you never bother to remove the
> modules that were there before. You new kernel isn't build to handle these.
>
> The answer:
> mv /lib/modules/2.0.32 /lib/modules/2.0.32.old
>
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make mrproper
> make menuconfig (make config last time)
> make dep
> make clean
> make zImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
>
> the rest of the stuff you listed seemed pretty bizzare, namely:
>
> > cp zImage /root
> > mv zImage vmlinuz
> > lilo
>
> Firstly, the zImage file should be in /usr/src/linuc/arch/i386/boot/.
> However your "cp zImage /root" assumes it is in the current
> directory where you do your builds. It may be in both, but to
> be consistent with the kernel-HOWTO, get it from /usr/src/linuc/arch/i386/boot/.
>
> also, you are copying the zImage file to /root. Do yourself a favor:
>
> look at your lilo.conf file. it will have a line like "image=<whatever>"
> for your linux kernel. you should change that line to image=/zImage, or
> if you have a /boot directory, change it to image=/boot/zImage. calling
> the file zImage in lilo.conf rather than vmlinuz means you can skip
> the file renaming step "mv zImage vmlinuz".
>
> now copy the zImage file to the location you put in your lilo.conf file,
> and run "lilo".
>
> in opther words, change the last three steps to:
>
> cp usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /
> (or "cp usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot"
> if you have a /boot directory)
>
> vi /etc/lilo.conf (and edit the "image=" line as described above)
>
> lilo
>
> Hope this helps..
> Bryan Scaringe.
>
Once you get this working make a shell script to run when you want to
re-compile, I did and would send it to you but I'm not on my linux box
right now.
