What version of LTSP are you using? If it's 4.2, you need the 'ltsp_kernel_kit' which is available on the download page here:
http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/DownLoads Look at the bottom of that page, it's got the link for the kernel kit. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cat Dancer wrote: > OK, I sadly need to install the proprietary nvidia driver (sigh), so I > need to compile a kernel. > > The instructions in "Build you own kernel" > ((http://ltsp.org/documentation/ltsp-4.1/ltsp-4.1-en.html) says to > build the kernel with initrd you need the ltsp_initrd_kit which has > the buildk script. > > I looked in the Sourceforge download area but didn't see a "ltsp_initrd_kit" . > > I followed the instructions for installing ltsp-utils and installing > all of the packages > (http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LTSP-42), but no buildk > script showed up with that either. > > Next I tried building a kernel without an initrd, but when the > diskless client booted it was looking for various important > configuration files in /etc that were symbolic links to missing files > in /tmp -- which I assume in normal operation would have been set up > by initrd. > > So next I tried building LBE > (http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Build-LTSP-42) which *does* > have the buildk script (yay!), but it died during the bison compile: > > /usr/local/lbe/i386-linux-crosscomp/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libc.a(dcigettext.o)(.rodata+0x0): > multiple definition of `_nl_default_default_domain' > ../intl/libintl.a(dcgettext.o)(.rodata+0x0): first defined here > /usr/local/lbe/i386-linux-crosscomp/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libc.a(dcigettext.o)(.data+0x0): > multiple definition of `_nl_current_default_domain' > ../intl/libintl.a(dcgettext.o)(.data+0x0): first defined here > /usr/local/lbe/i386-linux-crosscomp/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libc.a(dcigettext.o)(.rodata+0x20): > multiple definition of `_nl_default_dirname' > ../intl/libintl.a(dcgettext.o)(.rodata+0x9): first defined here > /usr/local/lbe/i386-linux-crosscomp/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../../i386-linux/bin/ld: > Warning: size of symbol `_nl_default_dirname' changed from 15 to 49 in > /usr/local/lbe/i386-linux-crosscomp/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libc.a(dcigettext.o) > /usr/local/lbe/i386-linux-crosscomp/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libc.a(loadmsgcat.o): > In function `_nl_load_domain': > loadmsgcat.o(.text+0x5d0): multiple definition of `_nl_load_domain' > ../intl/libintl.a(loadmsgcat.o)(.text+0x0): first defined here > /usr/local/lbe/i386-linux-crosscomp/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../../i386-linux/bin/ld: > Warning: size of symbol `_nl_load_domain' changed from 831 to 2702 in > /usr/local/lbe/i386-linux-crosscomp/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libc.a(loadmsgcat.o) > files.o: In function `openfiles': > files.o(.text+0x1b1): the use of `mktemp' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[2]: *** [bison] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/lbe/lbe-src/bison/bison-build/src' > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/lbe/lbe-src/bison/bison-build' > make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 > > Any ideas? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net