Re: Trying to figure out where the kernel sources went.
Hi John, Sorry to answer your message only now. At the moment I lend my laptop to a (very good) friend of mine, so I haven't been able to go ahead with trying to compile a new kernel. Friday I leave for SANS NS2001, but when I get back I'll continue my effort. On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, John Patton wrote: > You don't need the headers package if you install the source > one... the headers come with the source. I would `dpkg -r > kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17`. > > > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-compact > > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-idepci > > > > Which one of those two do I use? Uname doesn't specify either of them. > > I would delete them both. OK > > There's also a file kernel-source-2.2.19pre17.bz2 in /usr/src I presume > > these > > are the kernel sources, but shouldn't they be unpacked somewhere? If I need > > to > > do that myself, where should I put them? > > It's not automatically unpacked. Do a `bzcat kernel-source* | tar xv` > or something to unpack it (you will need bzip2 to be able to do this). > It will create a dir called something like `kernel-2.2.19pre17`. You > then need to create a link to it like so: > > ln -s /usr/src/kernel-2.2.19pre17 /usr/src/linux > > It's important that it be called "linux"... a number of utilities > assume that that's where your kernel source is. The problem was I didn't realize I had to unpack it myself. The unpacking itself and creating the link to /usr/src/linux isn't too difficult once you know you have to do that. This is going to be my first try to compile a customized kernel so I still have to get used to the procedures involved. > Good luck... and if you need any more help just ask. Oh, make sure > that you can boot with your original kernel in some way before > installing the new one. You most likely won't get it perfectly right > the first time through. Yep, that mistake I have made already. That was a small dent in my ego. Luckily I had read the lilo manpage thouroughly, so I was able to boot again with almost no trouble (or panic) and restore my ego to it's full self again }:-) One of the main reasons I am finally turning away from that other platform (I tried to do it before, but nothing came of it because I lacked the time) is the amount of freedom I lack there to do what I want. I want to know what my system does and how it does that, so I can decide what happens. I am a bit of a control freak and Linux allows me to indulge in that. One cannot expect to really know his own system, without putting some effort into it. But at least with Linux that is possible. Certainly with the help from the subscribers to this list (thanks guys!). >From what I've learned so far from Debian / GNU Linux (and I consider myself very much a newbie) I am glad I am taking this step away from that other platform. 'Til now I am enjoying myself _very_ much. Sometimes it is a bit of a hassle to find out which documents you need and where you can find them, but once you found them you can really do something. Since I am an admitted control freak and a real junkie of everything security related I hope to be able to help with the "Securing Debian" document for which I saw help was wanted. I do have some scripts and one config file (a lpd.perms with default reject, because I saw that topic needed to be filled in yet) I hope will be useful. But first I need to find out how all this stuff with CVS, SGML and docbook works as everything is done with those and I have never even thouched them. As soon as I get up to steam I hope to be able to do something in return for all the help this list has given me (I've been a lurker for some months now). Thanks for the help. Hope to do something back soon. Grx HdV P.S. Any hints on anything involved with writing documents for Debian / GNU Linux documents are very much welcomed! I'll start looking on the Debian site later this day. -- Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have. J.A. de Vries aka HdV Delft University of Technology Computing Centre Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trying to figure out where the kernel sources went.
I'm a newbie also; when I installed the sources, they weren't unpacked. bzip2 -dc kernel-sources-2.2.19pre17.tar.bz2 | tar xvf - should do this for you. Think you don't need the headers... Best regards Gaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] gravada: > Hi, > > I am trying to recompile the kernel so I can use the ltmodem drivers. This is > a first for me, so I still have to figure out a loot of things. Please, bear > with me. > > The docs said that the kernel-headers and/or sources are needed. So I check > the kernel version with unuma -r, which told me that I am running 2.2.19pre17. > Knowing that I invoked > > apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.19pre17 > > and also > > apt-get install kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 > > Thinking I had succesfully loaded the needed libraries I then fired up the > build_deb script that comes with the ltmodem sources. Bummer, it tells me it > can't find the headers in > > /usr/src/linux > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 > /usr/src/kernel-linux-2.2.19pre17 > > Indeed ls shows me that there are 2 directories underneath /usr/src: > > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-compact > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-idepci > > Which one of those two do I use? Uname doesn't specify either of them. > > There's also a file kernel-source-2.2.19pre17.bz2 in /usr/src I presume these > are the kernel sources, but shouldn't they be unpacked somewhere? If I need to > do that myself, where should I put them? > > Sorry to pester you guys with all these questions. I tried finding the answers > on the net and in the doc directories, but was unsucessful. > > Grx HdV > > P.S. I have found the kernel how-to, but that didn't answer my questions. > > -- > Support bacteria - > they're the only culture some people have. > > J.A. de Vries aka HdV > Delft University of Technology > Computing Centre > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trying to figure out where the kernel sources went.
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 04:00:31PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.19pre17 > > and also > > apt-get install kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 You don't need the headers package if you install the source one... the headers come with the source. I would `dpkg -r kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17`. > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-compact > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-idepci > > Which one of those two do I use? Uname doesn't specify either of them. I would delete them both. > There's also a file kernel-source-2.2.19pre17.bz2 in /usr/src I presume these > are the kernel sources, but shouldn't they be unpacked somewhere? If I need to > do that myself, where should I put them? It's not automatically unpacked. Do a `bzcat kernel-source* | tar xv` or something to unpack it (you will need bzip2 to be able to do this). It will create a dir called something like `kernel-2.2.19pre17`. You then need to create a link to it like so: ln -s /usr/src/kernel-2.2.19pre17 /usr/src/linux It's important that it be called "linux"... a number of utilities assume that that's where your kernel source is. > P.S. I have found the kernel how-to, but that didn't answer my questions. If you unpack the original kernel source from kernel.org it will be unpacked into a directory named "linux" already. Hence the how-to's and so forth assume that you don't need any help on that part. Good luck... and if you need any more help just ask. Oh, make sure that you can boot with your original kernel in some way before installing the new one. You most likely won't get it perfectly right the first time through. -- John Patton [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens to be very selective about who its friends are."
Trying to figure out where the kernel sources went.
Hi, I am trying to recompile the kernel so I can use the ltmodem drivers. This is a first for me, so I still have to figure out a loot of things. Please, bear with me. The docs said that the kernel-headers and/or sources are needed. So I check the kernel version with unuma -r, which told me that I am running 2.2.19pre17. Knowing that I invoked apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.19pre17 and also apt-get install kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 Thinking I had succesfully loaded the needed libraries I then fired up the build_deb script that comes with the ltmodem sources. Bummer, it tells me it can't find the headers in /usr/src/linux /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 /usr/src/kernel-linux-2.2.19pre17 Indeed ls shows me that there are 2 directories underneath /usr/src: /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-compact /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-idepci Which one of those two do I use? Uname doesn't specify either of them. There's also a file kernel-source-2.2.19pre17.bz2 in /usr/src I presume these are the kernel sources, but shouldn't they be unpacked somewhere? If I need to do that myself, where should I put them? Sorry to pester you guys with all these questions. I tried finding the answers on the net and in the doc directories, but was unsucessful. Grx HdV P.S. I have found the kernel how-to, but that didn't answer my questions. -- Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have. J.A. de Vries aka HdV Delft University of Technology Computing Centre Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
