Re: [expert] Stupid Question Time

2001-10-31 Thread Alan W Jurgensen

Remember:

There are no stupid questions; Only stupid people asking questions!

hah. kiddin.

Kernel is always at:  /usr/src/linux

I always start with a fresh kernel from:  kernel.org
It is a tar extrating to current dir linux dir.
cd /usr/src ; tar xzvf /tmp/kernel*gz 

Ill typically rename the dir pertinantly:
mv linux linux-2.4.13
ln -s linux-2.4.13 linux

Then patching is usually as such:
cd /usr/src/linux ; patch -p1 /tmp/patchfile

Depending of number of path elements to disregard in the patch, you may need to 
adjust the -p N Number arg.

good luck.


On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:23:19 -0500
dmyhand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Group:
 
 I am progressing in the patch work.  Can someone point me to the
 location of the kernel on my system?  The patch asked which file I
 wanted to patch, and I assume that would be the kernel, but I cannot
 find that on my 8.0 system.  Thanks, again, Dennis in Victoria
 
 


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Re: [expert] Stupid Question Time

2001-10-31 Thread Michael Osten

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:23:19 -0500
dmyhand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Group:
 
 I am progressing in the patch work.  Can someone point me to the
 location of the kernel on my system?  The patch asked which file I
 wanted to patch, and I assume that would be the kernel, but I cannot
 find that on my 8.0 system.  Thanks, again, Dennis in Victoria
 
 

assuming that you have the kernel source installed...

/usr/src/linux (or /usr/src/linux-2.4)

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question Time

2001-10-31 Thread dmyhand

Thanks Alan and Michael:

I had always heard there are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of
inquisitive idiots around.  Peace, Dennis

Alan W Jurgensen wrote:
 
 Remember:
 
 There are no stupid questions; Only stupid people asking questions!
 
 hah. kiddin.




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Re: [expert] Stupid question

2001-02-22 Thread dany allard

Marsden MacRae wrote:

 I'm having a "duh" moment herehow do I tell which version of
 Mandrake I've installed? Augh! Stop Laughing

 M

check

/etc/mandrake-release

 That should do it





RE: [expert] Stupid question

2001-02-22 Thread goldengull.net administrator

cat /proc/version

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
 Marsden MacRae
 Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 12:31 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [expert] Stupid question
 
 
 I'm having a "duh" moment herehow do I tell which version of
 Mandrake I've installed? Augh! Stop Laughing
 
 M
 




Re: [expert] Stupid question

2001-02-22 Thread Ken THompson

On Thursday 22 February 2001 11:27 am, you wrote:
 Marsden MacRae wrote:
  I'm having a "duh" moment herehow do I tell which version of
  Mandrake I've installed? Augh! Stop Laughing
 
  M

 check

 /etc/mandrake-release

  That should do it
Or uname -a
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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-11-01 Thread Alexander Skwar

So sprach Larry Marshall am Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:55:50PM -0500:
 If you don't have the kernel source you need to download the rpm and
 install it.

But you won't need the full kernel source.  The kernel headers rpm is good
enough.

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-11-01 Thread Gerald Williams

On Wednesday 01 November 2000 04:11, you wrote:

  Argh. I feel dumb.

 I just did a clean install of 7.2. I noticed that when I have tried to
 compile something (for example, the latest Wine SRPM) that it has been
 crashing with a file not found error.

 I have narrowed the problem down to the fact that /usr/src/linux is not
 in the path, or include path, or whatever. How can I add it?

 -Chris

Uh...another dumb question. You are root when trying to compile the SRPM?(G)

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-11-01 Thread Alexander Skwar

So sprach Gerald Williams am Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 03:07:32PM +0700:
 Uh...another dumb question. You are root when trying to compile the SRPM?(G)

He shouldn't have to be, if that was what you were suggesting.  About all of
the mandrake SRPMs are made so that a normal user can rebuild them.

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-11-01 Thread Larry Marshall


 So sprach Larry Marshall am Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:55:50PM -0500:
  If you don't have the kernel source you need to download the rpm and
  install it.
 
 But you won't need the full kernel source.  The kernel headers rpm is good
 enough.

Interesting to know (I've never had need to compile Wine) but when I've
gotten a complete kernel (not a patch) it's all come together.  The whole
mess isn't that much stuff.

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-11-01 Thread J . A . Magallon


On Wed, 01 Nov 2000 04:29:12 Chris Spencer wrote:
 On Tuesday 31 October 2000 19:57, you wrote:
 
   Why do you need /usr/src/linux in the $PATH?  Chances are the files that

Finding includes has nothing to do with PATH.

  are missing are in some devel package.  Do a web search for the missing
  file and see what package it looks like it is in.  You can always check
  rpmfind.net for the most up to date package and build that *.src.rpm or
  install the binary rpm.  Now try to rebuild wine.
 
 I have the file in question...and the package. The file is part of the kernel 
 source. Thats not the issue. The issue is why it is when I try to compile a 
 SRPM it is not picking anything up from /usr/src/linux.
 

Check if you have /usr/include/linux symlinked to /usr/src/linux/include/linux
werewolf:~# ll /usr/include/linux
lrwxrwxrwx1 root root   26 Jun  8 02:09 /usr/include/linux -
./src/linux/include/linux/
Same with /usr/include/asm. Or you can have both dirs "real" instead of
symlinked, that depends on the dsitro.

If some SRPM needs including kernel headers, they use linux/header.h;
If you have the above link, gcc finds the include under default include paths
(/usr/include), else you have to manually add -I/usr/src/linux/include.
(NOTE: in the latter form, the last "/include" matters; I don't have your
previous posts, but you seem to be refering always /usr/src/linux only).

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-11-01 Thread Chris Spencer

On Wednesday 01 November 2000 02:06, you wrote:

 To the original poster:

 Is there a sym link from /usr/include/linux to
 /usr/src/linux/include/linux/ ?  If not, add it, and you should be set.

 Alexander Skwar

Yes, that symlink is there. Everything appears to be in order I just have no 
idea why it isn't picking the source location up.

Any other ideas? :)

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-11-01 Thread Chris Spencer


 Check if you have /usr/include/linux symlinked to
 /usr/src/linux/include/linux werewolf:~# ll /usr/include/linux
 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root   26 Jun  8 02:09 /usr/include/linux
 - ./src/linux/include/linux/
 Same with /usr/include/asm. Or you can have both dirs "real" instead of
 symlinked, that depends on the dsitro.

snip

(And a round of applause is heard echoing throughout the mailing list)

The /usr/include/asm link was broken. Odd, this was a fresh install. At any 
rate everything seems to be working great now. Thanks so much!

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-11-01 Thread Alexander Skwar

So sprach Sarang Lakare am Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 06:57:43PM -0500:
 or something.. remember that the directory structure has changed a bit with 
 7.2.. now its FSH complient.

Well, yes, but the location of the kernel header files did not change.

To the original poster:

Is there a sym link from /usr/include/linux to /usr/src/linux/include/linux/
?  If not, add it, and you should be set.

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-10-31 Thread Larry Marshall

 I just did a clean install of 7.2. I noticed that when I have tried to
 compile something (for example, the latest Wine SRPM) that it has been
 crashing with a file not found error.
 
 I have narrowed the problem down to the fact that /usr/src/linux is not in
 the path, or include path, or whatever. How can I add it?

Do you have the kernel source code in a directory with a name similar to
/usr/src/linux-2.2.xx or do you have the source for the kernel stored
elsewhere?  You need that directory tree (and its files) somewhere.  Then
you need to make a link from /usr/src/linux to its location. Use:

ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 /usr/src/linux

If you don't have the kernel source you need to download the rpm and
install it.

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-10-31 Thread Chris Spencer

On Tuesday 31 October 2000 15:55, you wrote:


 Do you have the kernel source code in a directory with a name similar to
 /usr/src/linux-2.2.xx or do you have the source for the kernel stored
 elsewhere?  You need that directory tree (and its files) somewhere.  Then
 you need to make a link from /usr/src/linux to its location. Use:

 ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 /usr/src/linux

Thanks for the reply, however I guess I didn't articulate myself well enough. 
:)

I have the sources installed and the link points to the correct sources. What 
I *think* the problem is that there is a system variable that is not set.

For example, when I try to compile Wine I get an error telling me that it 
cannot find the file 'sigcontext.h'. Well this file is located under 
/usr/src/linux/include/adm-i386.

This is why I am thinking that there is a global variable that is not being 
set. Any ideas?

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-10-31 Thread Ronnie Whipp

Chris Spencer wrote:

 Argh. I feel dumb.

 I just did a clean install of 7.2. I noticed that when I have tried to
 compile something (for example, the latest Wine SRPM) that it has been
 crashing with a file not found error.

 I have narrowed the problem down to the fact that /usr/src/linux is not in
 the path, or include path, or whatever. How can I add it?

 -Chris

   
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If that's all that's necessary:
PATH="$PATH:/usr/src/linux"
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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-10-31 Thread Michael Barnhill

Why do you need /usr/src/linux in the $PATH?  Chances are the files that
are missing are in some devel package.  Do a web search for the missing
file and see what package it looks like it is in.  You can always check
rpmfind.net for the most up to date package and build that *.src.rpm or
install the binary rpm.  Now try to rebuild wine.

Mike

Ronnie Whipp wrote:
 
 Chris Spencer wrote:
 
  Argh. I feel dumb.
 
  I just did a clean install of 7.2. I noticed that when I have tried to
  compile something (for example, the latest Wine SRPM) that it has been
  crashing with a file not found error.
 
  I have narrowed the problem down to the fact that /usr/src/linux is not in
  the path, or include path, or whatever. How can I add it?
 
  -Chris
 

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 If that's all that's necessary:
 PATH="$PATH:/usr/src/linux"
 in either /etc/profile or your own .bashrc
 
   
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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-10-31 Thread Chris Spencer

On Tuesday 31 October 2000 19:57, you wrote:

  Why do you need /usr/src/linux in the $PATH?  Chances are the files that
 are missing are in some devel package.  Do a web search for the missing
 file and see what package it looks like it is in.  You can always check
 rpmfind.net for the most up to date package and build that *.src.rpm or
 install the binary rpm.  Now try to rebuild wine.

I have the file in question...and the package. The file is part of the kernel 
source. Thats not the issue. The issue is why it is when I try to compile a 
SRPM it is not picking anything up from /usr/src/linux.

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Re: [expert] Stupid Question

2000-10-31 Thread Sarang Lakare

go into the makefile and add /usr/src/linux.. maybe its looking at /src/linux 
or something.. remember that the directory structure has changed a bit with 
7.2.. now its FSH complient.

-sarang

On Tuesday 31 October 2000 17:22, you wrote:

  On Tuesday 31 October 2000 15:55, you wrote:
  Do you have the kernel source code in a directory with a name similar to
  /usr/src/linux-2.2.xx or do you have the source for the kernel stored
  elsewhere?  You need that directory tree (and its files) somewhere.  Then
  you need to make a link from /usr/src/linux to its location. Use:
 
  ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 /usr/src/linux

 Thanks for the reply, however I guess I didn't articulate myself well
 enough.

 :)

 I have the sources installed and the link points to the correct sources.
 What I *think* the problem is that there is a system variable that is not
 set.

 For example, when I try to compile Wine I get an error telling me that it
 cannot find the file 'sigcontext.h'. Well this file is located under
 /usr/src/linux/include/adm-i386.

 This is why I am thinking that there is a global variable that is not being
 set. Any ideas?

 -Chris


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