Thanks Axalon,
After I sent the initial email I checked in the kde rpms
and found the initscripts had not been updated so I
uninstalled them there(shouldn't have, should have gone
to prompt, leaving xwindows because it said some files
were in use). I then left xwindows and installed the latest
version 'initscripts-4.23-35mdk.i586.rpm. To answer your
question , today, I ran rpm -U initscripts-4.23-35*.rpm
and it returned "package initscripts-4.23-35mdk is
already installed"
Now, since that I have tried to recompile again and now
during "make bzImage" it hangs on the language thing
even though the lanquage "English" is clearly denoted.
It then wants to manually step through the configuration
1 step at a time (bullsh*t I said).
So now I just want to know how to properly uninstall the
new kernel ( I assume just the 5mb part, not the headers
and source, which I'm hoping will still be OK?)
Then I'll just do a reinstall and do the "depmod" after the
completion of all the make functions and hopefully this
will clear it up
Thanks,
Larry
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-----Original Message-----
From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] compiling>>>>dependencies
>On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Larry wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi kernel experts :-)
>>
>> Downloaded the 4 kernel files , 2.2.13-22 stuff, and the new inits,and
>> e2fsprogs
>> files and installed today.
>> The initscripts 4.23-35 complained that it was incompatible with the
>> existing
>> 4.23-34. Could use some comments on that..........please? Just had a
>> thought,
>> should I have uninstalled the existing initscripts first, maybe. If so
>> how will
>> that affect my new kernel installation , need to do it over?
>
>exactly what does it tell you when you 'rpm -U initscripts-4.23-35*.rpm'
>
>(also, everybody please make sure you don't leave off the mdk when you
>quote release numbers (yes i know i do it to, but lets all try ok))
>
>> >From /usr/src/linux ran make mrproper
>> Updated lilo.conf, ran /sbin/lilo and rebooted ok with the new kernel.
>>
>> Began my recompile, ran make xconfig; saved existing kernel config to a
>> file, changed a few things like cpu class, nic card, parallel port
>> support etc.
>>
>> Save new compiled kernel to a file.
>> Ran make dep; clean; bzImage; install; modules; modules_install
>
>depmod new_kernel_version # Prior to reboot so these things don't happen..
>
>> ran /sbin/lilo............rebooted........hung up at "Finding Module
>> Dependencies"
>> Hit ctl-c and finished booting.
>> Found I had not nic, sound, and ppp support and maybe others no doubt
>> due to the dependencies thing.
>
>More specificly it's because you broke out of the init squence when you
>ctrl-c'd the depmod.
>
>> I noticed someone else had a similar problem but didn't see a detailed
>> solution other than he had to clean up some files.
>
>that is the solution but this maybe help.
>
> depmod -d -v -a
>
>> Suggestions please?
>>
>> Oh, one other thing I forgot to mention. I did about 4 compiles. The
>> reason was
>> it hung up during make bzImage after about 3-4 minutes with this
>> message:
>>
>> init/main.o: In function 'check_fpu' :
>> init/main.o (.text.init+0x23): undefined reference to
>> '__buggy_fxsr_alignment'
>> make: ***[vmlinuz] Error 1
>>
>> So I departed and compiled the original copy of the new kernel with no
>> changes
>> to the configuration, just started into all the make commands and it
>> stopped
>> in the same place with the same message as above.
>
>search the archives for this..
>
>> So next I went back to newly compiled kernel (remember, I saved a copy)
>> and
>> only changed the "fast fpu" portion to "no". By the way I am running a
>> P-lll
>> with all fairly new hardware.
>
>(re: mental note to self. you still not reading the whole message before
>replying.) It's early forgive me
>
>> Did another compile and this time it completed without errors that I
>> could
>> notice anyway.
>
>make blah > ~/blah 2>&1
>
>:)
>
>> Thanks,
>> Larry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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> --Axalon
>
>
