On Friday 20 February 2004 12:33 am, Marc Resnick wrote:
> On Thursday 19 February 2004 08:45 pm, John Drouhard wrote:
> > On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:06:38 -0500
> >
> > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500
> > > >
> > > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday 18 February 2004 11:49 pm, Marc Resnick wrote:
> > > > > > On Wednesday 18 February 2004 11:09 pm, John Drouhard wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:59:46 -0500
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I get this error message when trying to run make xconfig:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.3]# make xconfig
> > > > > >   HOSTCC  scripts/fixdep
> > > > > >   SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.h
> > > > > >   HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
> > > > > > sed < scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h > scripts/kconfig/lkc_defs.h
> > > > > > 's/P(\([^,]*\),.*/#define \1 (\*\1_p)/'
> > > > > >   HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/kconfig_load.o
> > > > > >   HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
> > > > > > /usr/lib/qt3//bin/moc -i scripts/kconfig/qconf.h -o
> > > > > > scripts/kconfig/qconf.moc HOSTCXX scripts/kconfig/qconf.o
> > > > > > /bin/sh: line 1: g++: command not found
> > > > > > make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/qconf.o] Error 127
> > > > > > make: *** [xconfig] Error 2
> > > > >
> > > > > Nevermind, just had to install the gcc C++ compiler. But I got
> > > > > several 'trying to assign nonexistant symbol' errors. Is this
> > > > > fatal?
> > > >
> > > > Nah, it just means it that some of the options available for checking
> > > > don't exist, but something was trying to set them. It's perfectly ok
> > > > and normal to have those errors. Did you use the mm patch? if so, you
> > > > might want to rename your source directory to compensate, ie:
> > > > linux-2.6.3-mm1 This may save a headache later. That's just a
> > > > suggestion though.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck,
> > > > John
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if you saw my other e-mail, so I'll send it again:
> > >
> > > My screen goes completely blank when I try to boot the new kernel. All
> > > the paths are correct(fixed them after I got a kernel panic error at
> > > first), and I've tried noapic, acpi=off, acpi=on, acpi=ht, devfs=mount
> > > devfs=nomount. I just can't seem to get it to boot. Also, I don't think
> > > the bootsplash for kernel version 2.6.3, because I noticed I got an
> > > error when patching, and the option to enable it wasn't there when I
> > > ran make xconfig. I doubt that's the problem though.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Actually it does sound like the problem. I know this sounds like a lot
> > of work, but you might want to follow my steps again and not patch the
> > kernel with bootsplash. Or just change your lilo.conf. I suggest the
> > first you try is changing the lilo.conf file (remember to run lilo
> > afterwards).
> >
> > append="devfs=nomount noapic acpi=off hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom"
> >
> > I figured out how to make burning without scsi'em work. Make the hdb and
> > hdd reflect your cdrom devices. When it's time to burn, you run (replace
> > hdd with your burner):
> >
> > cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd <iso image>
> >
> > Otherwise, if that doesn't work, save your .config from the source
> > directory, then delete it. Untar the sources again, patch it again with
> > the mm patch, and copy your .config back into the source directory. The
> > follow the steps in my earlier email. Make sure the append line is
> > similar to the one above.
> >
> >
> > HTH,
> > John
>
> Still a blank screen. I don't know if I told you, but I had gotten
> kernel-2.4.25 to boot fine, it's just that i messed something up when
> building it, and had no modules installed. Do you think I should forgot the
> 2.6 and upgrade to 2.4.25?

Nevermind. I think the problem was that I didn't have the package byacc 
installed. I'm going to try again when I get a chance.


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