Re: kernel compile error in wheezy [solved!]

2011-07-19 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:29:49 -0400 (EDT), Frank Miles wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who helped - yes, it was indeed something about > my environment. In /etc/profile, I've long exported an environment > variable of the form: > > export LIBRARY_PATH="/home/myname/devel/lib:." > > I have a

Re: kernel compile error in wheezy [solved!]

2011-07-18 Thread Frank Miles
Thanks to everyone who helped - yes, it was indeed something about my environment. In /etc/profile, I've long exported an environment variable of the form: export LIBRARY_PATH="/home/myname/devel/lib:." I have a dim memory that when compiling cross-compilers that the '.' directory is a

Re: kernel compile error in wheezy

2011-07-17 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:35:00 -0400 (EDT), Frank Miles wrote: > Stephen wrote: >> ... >> I'm guessing that elks-libc is what is needed. Is that package installed >> on your system? >> ... > > No, it's not installed. Sure seems strange, requiring a 16-bit library > for the build of a 64-bit system

Re: kernel compile error in wheezy

2011-07-17 Thread Frank Miles
Thanks to Stan, Stephen, and Maderios! - Stan wrote: Do you get the same error using the (new) Debian kernel method? $ make KDEB_PKGVERSION=custom.1.0 deb-pkg I'll have to learn more about the new method for the future. For right now, unfortunately the answer is yes, I get the same e

Re: kernel compile error in wheezy

2011-07-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
$ uname -a Linux debian 2.6.39.1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 7 01:40:05 CEST 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux is a self-build (rt patch emu kernel) with source from kernel.org and at least 2.6.39-2 from the repositories was ok too, didn't tested the upgrade to 2.6.39-3 until now, which btw. still is named 2.6.39-

Re: kernel compile error in wheezy

2011-07-17 Thread maderios
On 07/16/2011 08:19 PM, Frank Miles wrote: I just tried compiling the kernel for My 'wheezy' system (2.6.39) [amd64]. As I've done many times - using make-kpkg --revision N kernel_image Hi For my part: make-kpkg kernel_image --initrd and it works. greetings Maderios -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: kernel compile error in wheezy

2011-07-16 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/16/2011 1:19 PM, Frank Miles wrote: > I just tried compiling the kernel for My 'wheezy' system (2.6.39) [amd64]. > As I've done many times - using > make-kpkg --revision N kernel_image > But with the recent linux-source update - shortly after starting I get: Do you get the same error usin

Re: kernel compile error in wheezy

2011-07-16 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:19:17 -0400 (EDT), Frank Miles wrote: > > I just tried compiling the kernel for My 'wheezy' system (2.6.39) [amd64]. > As I've done many times - using > make-kpkg --revision N kernel_image > But with the recent linux-source update - shortly after starting I get: > >

Re: Kernel compile and install does not create initrd

2010-02-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, Jan 16 2010, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Patrick Wiseman wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>> Patrick Wiseman wrote: >>> If this is the latest version of make-kpkg, did you >>> cp /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs >>> /etc/ke

Re: Kernel compile and install does not create initrd

2010-01-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Patrick Wiseman wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Patrick Wiseman wrote: I have compiled a custom kernel, using 'make-kpkg clean && make-kpkg --initrd --revision=sage.1.0 kernel-image', 'sage' being the name of my machine. I then installed it, using 'dpkg -i linux

Re: Kernel compile and install does not create initrd

2010-01-16 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Patrick Wiseman wrote: >> >> I have compiled a custom kernel, using 'make-kpkg clean && make-kpkg >> --initrd --revision=sage.1.0 kernel-image', 'sage' being the name of >> my machine.  I then installed it, using 'dpkg -i >> linux-image-2.6

Re: Kernel compile and install does not create initrd

2010-01-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Patrick Wiseman wrote: I have compiled a custom kernel, using 'make-kpkg clean && make-kpkg --initrd --revision=sage.1.0 kernel-image', 'sage' being the name of my machine. I then installed it, using 'dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.30_sage.1.0_amd64.deb'. I had thought that would be enough to create t

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-21 Thread Amax
This is a bug in the 2.6.30 source. The quick work-around for this is: update-initramfs -c -k "uname" "uname" being whatever you've named your custom kernel & do it without the quotations. Check to see if there is now an initrd-image file for your kernel in the / boot directory & if th

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-20 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 01:06:51PM +0200, Siggy Brentrup wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 01:13 -0700, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: > > Remove just the word "single" and you should be good to go. > > > > Don Quixote > > Lucky Don Quixote :), obviously you never have been hitten by fsck not >

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-19 Thread pobega
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 01:13 -0700, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Soren Orel wrote: >> > hmmm.. it works, but I have to hit Ctrl+D at every boot... :D >> >> On some of your vmlinux lines in your menu.lst you have the word >> "single". That boots you into si

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-19 Thread pobega
> hmmm.. it works, but I have to hit Ctrl+D at every boot... :D > > http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5726/screenshotual.png > You got that error using make-kpkg, or just as a general kernel error? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-19 Thread pobega
> hmmm.. it works, but I have to hit Ctrl+D at every boot... :D > > http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5726/screenshotual.png > You got that error using make-kpkg, or just as a general kernel error? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-19 Thread Soren Orel
It only brings up this error message on a VirtualBox machine.. :D I tried to compile the vanillia kernel on two other machines, and it worked, booted without error.. :) The VirtualBox machine was only to try, how it works, thank you! On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Siggy Brentrup wrote: > On Sun

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-19 Thread Siggy Brentrup
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 01:13 -0700, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Soren Orel wrote: > > hmmm.. it works, but I have to hit Ctrl+D at every boot... :D > > On some of your vmlinux lines in your menu.lst you have the word > "single". That boots you into single-u

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-19 Thread Don Quixote de la Mancha
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Soren Orel wrote: > hmmm.. it works, but I have to hit Ctrl+D at every boot... :D On some of your vmlinux lines in your menu.lst you have the word "single". That boots you into single-user mode, that you exit from by hitting Ctrl-D. Remove just the word "single"

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-18 Thread Soren Orel
hmmm.. it works, but I have to hit Ctrl+D at every boot... :D http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5726/screenshotual.png On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Siggy Brentrup wrote: > Sorry that I didn't see this thread earlier. > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:17 +0200, Soren Orel wrote: > > it works!

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-18 Thread Siggy Brentrup
Sorry that I didn't see this thread earlier. On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:17 +0200, Soren Orel wrote: > it works! > > I just forget: > > cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1 > > > and: > mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1 2.6.30.1 % apt-get install kernel-package % man make-kpk

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-18 Thread Soren Orel
it works! I just forget: cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1 and: mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1 2.6.30.1 and to edit grub: title kernel 2.6.30.1-barminev root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.30-1 root=/dev/hda2 ro initrd /initrd.img-2.6.30-1 thank you!!! alias köszi! :D O

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-18 Thread Aioanei Rares
Aioanei Rares wrote: mkinitrd is a standard command on all linux systems, so you can check its manual page. Maybe man update-initramfs can help too. Best of luck. On 7/17/09, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: In your Grub menu.lst file, there are some lines that look like this one: initrd

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-18 Thread Aioanei Rares
mkinitrd is a standard command on all linux systems, so you can check its manual page. Maybe man update-initramfs can help too. Best of luck. On 7/17/09, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: > In your Grub menu.lst file, there are some lines that look like this one: > > initrd /initrd.img-2

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-17 Thread Don Quixote de la Mancha
In your Grub menu.lst file, there are some lines that look like this one: initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686 You need a line like that just below the item for the kernel you're trying to boot, except that you want the initrd version to match the new kernel version. initrd stands for Init

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-17 Thread Soren Orel
thank you for the quick replies :O I just only did, what I mentioned in the starting mail:S ls -la /boot: http://pastebin.com/f7dc58737 cat /boot/grub/menu.lst http://pastebin.com/f566152fc On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Don Quixote de la Mancha < quix...@dulcineatech.com> wrote: > Did you b

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-17 Thread Don Quixote de la Mancha
Did you build and install your initrd? You might need to load a module to mount your root filesystem, and if so it should be in the initrd. The initrd also needs to be named in your grub entry. It's not enough just to build and install the module, because those are accessible only after your roo

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-17 Thread Soren Orel
trying in single mode: http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7868/screenshotsrf.png trying in normal mode: http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6290/screenshot1u.png I forget to tell, that this pc uses lvm :S On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Aioanei Rares wrote: > Soren Orel wrote: > >> debian lenny

Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs

2009-07-17 Thread Aioanei Rares
Soren Orel wrote: debian lenny I download 2.6.30-1 source tar -xjf linux-2.6.30.1.tar.bz2 cd linux-2.6.30.1 cp /boot/config-2.6.26-2-686 ./.config apt-get install make gcc libncurses5-dev make menuconfig (replace M to *): Device Drivers - Multiple device support (RAID and LVM) - Device mapper

Re: kernel compile module compile

2007-08-14 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:54:55 -0400 (CDT) "Orestes Leal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe this modules doesn't work 'yet' with that kernel, > one Question, How do you build your kernel? > it´s suggested by linux that the sources of the kernel > must not be placed in /usr/src > > for example my k

Re: kernel compile module compile

2007-08-14 Thread Orestes Leal
Maybe this modules doesn't work 'yet' with that kernel, one Question, How do you build your kernel? it´s suggested by linux that the sources of the kernel must not be placed in /usr/src for example my kernel sources are in /kernelsource El Dom, 12 de Agosto de 2007, 2:08 pm, L.V.Gandhi escribió:

Re: kernel compile -processor type

2007-08-12 Thread Orestes leal
> What should be kernel compile -processor type for > Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz > -- > L.V.Gandhi > http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ > linux user No.205042 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-13 Thread Bernard Adrian
Ismael Valladolid Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : [...] > The more customized your kernel to your system, the better. But often > improvements don't compensate the amount of work it requires to end up > with a kernel fully optimized to your system. > > I usually use Debian kernel's config

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-13 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
Bernard Adrian escribe: > Should i understand my system would work better if i install the same > kernel without initrd ? The more customized your kernel to your system, the better. But often improvements don't compensate the amount of work it requires to end up with a kernel fully optimized to yo

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible > permutations and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any > advantages for a custom kernel. Manoj Srivastava writes: > Well, I have a fully encrypted laptop hard drive, apart from a 42MB /boot > (including encrypted

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:30:19 -0600, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Amit Joshi writes: >> What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd? > For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible > permutations and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any > advantages fo

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Bernard Adrian
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Initrd is an extra bit of complexity at bootup but it makes no difference > once the system is up. Don't worry about it. Ok. Thanks ! -- Bernard Adrian http://www.bernadrian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Bernard Adrian
Bernard Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : [...] > I'm compiling a custom kernel (2.6.1) with initrd for my system (AMD K6-II 64 Oups : i wanted to say kernel 2.6.17 and no 2.6.1 -- Bernard Adrian http://www.bernadrian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread John Hasler
Bernard Adrian writes: > Should i understand my system would work better if i install the same > kernel without initrd ? Initrd is an extra bit of complexity at bootup but it makes no difference once the system is up. Don't worry about it. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Bernard Adrian
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible permutations > and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any advantages for a custom > kernel. Huh, I'm compiling a custom kernel (2.6.1) with initrd for my system (AMD K6-II 64 Mo RA

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Amit Joshi wrote: On Saturday 11 November 2006 22:00, John Hasler wrote: Amit Joshi writes: What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd? For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible permutations and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any advantages for a custom

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread Amit Joshi
On Saturday 11 November 2006 22:00, John Hasler wrote: > Amit Joshi writes: > > What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd? > > For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible permutations > and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any advantages for a custom > kernel.

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread John Hasler
Amit Joshi writes: > What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd? For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible permutations and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any advantages for a custom kernel. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread Amit Joshi
On Saturday 11 November 2006 20:00, Wackojacko wrote: > Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> make menuconfig > >> make-kpkg --revision 1 kernel_image > > > > Don't you end up with an initrd that way? I admit to never wasting my > > time with

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread Wackojacko
Marc Wilson wrote: On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: make menuconfig make-kpkg --revision 1 kernel_image Don't you end up with an initrd that way? I admit to never wasting my time with kernel-package, but I thought you couldn't avoid one if you insisted on using

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread Marc Wilson
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > make menuconfig > make-kpkg --revision 1 kernel_image Don't you end up with an initrd that way? I admit to never wasting my time with kernel-package, but I thought you couldn't avoid one if you insisted on using it. -- Marc Wil

RE: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-10 Thread Mike Kuhar
I went to compile a vanilla kernel from kernel.org, and so read the directions at the Debian site. They seem to me to be needlessly complicated. Is there something in Debian which would prevent me from compiling a kernel the good old fashioned way -- make menuconfig make && make modules_instal

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-10 Thread Amit Joshi
On Saturday 11 November 2006 00:56, Ed wrote: > I went to compile a vanilla kernel from kernel.org, and so read the > directions at the Debian site. They seem to me to be needlessly > complicated. Is there something in Debian which would prevent me from > compiling a kernel the good old fashioned

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ed wrote: I went to compile a vanilla kernel from kernel.org, and so read the directions at the Debian site. They seem to me to be needlessly complicated. Is there something in Debian which would prevent me from compiling a kernel the good old fashioned way -- make menuconfig make && make m

Re: kernel compile volume picture.

2006-02-19 Thread Kent West
L.V.Gandhi wrote: On 2/18/06, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you get it if you log into a different windowing environment (Gnome, fluxbox, edtc)? Do you get it if you log in as a different user? As I don't have other wm or other user I didn't try them. The reason I aske

Re: kernel compile volume picture.

2006-02-18 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 2/18/06, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you get it if you log into a different windowing environment (Gnome, > fluxbox, edtc)? > > Do you get it if you log in as a different user? As I don't have other wm or other user I didn't try them. > Do you get it if you start with your old k

Re: kernel compile volume picture.

2006-02-18 Thread Kent West
L.V.Gandhi wrote: >Today I compiled kernel with same config but for enabling dell laptop >option and disabling radeonfb. But when I boot with new kernel and do >login through kdm, I get volume picture as given in attachment. I >don't know how to remove it? Why does it appear? > > > Do you get it

Re: kernel compile volume picture.

2006-02-18 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 2/18/06, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > Today I compiled kernel with same config but for enabling dell laptop > > option and disabling radeonfb. But when I boot with new kernel and do > > login through kdm, I get volume picture as given in attachment. I > > do

Re: kernel compile volume picture.

2006-02-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
L.V.Gandhi wrote: Today I compiled kernel with same config but for enabling dell laptop option and disabling radeonfb. But when I boot with new kernel and do login through kdm, I get volume picture as given in attachment. I don't know how to remove it? Why does it appear? You mean you login th

Re: Kernel compile fails.

2006-01-26 Thread Linas Zvirblis
Alejandro Bonilla Beeche wrote: I have a box with Sid with the latest upgrades, (almost cause dist-upgrade wants to remove a lot of stuff) Anyway, fact is that I can't compile any kernel on the Linus tree. This, for more than a month. Could anyone please help me find out which package is

Re: kernel-compile-troubleshooting -- help with a howto

2005-11-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 01:43:17PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've compiled my own kernel numerous times but am not > programming-literate; often I wish there was a howto that explained the > significance of certain common problems that I seem to have over and > over again. Haven't

Re: kernel-compile-troubleshooting -- help with a howto

2005-11-11 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Matt Price wrote: > I've compiled my own kernel numerous times but am not > programming-literate; often I wish there was a howto that explained the > significance of certain common problems that I seem to have over and > over again. which problems > Haven't found one, tho

Re: Kernel Compile - the Debian way

2005-07-25 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.07.26.0144 +0200]: > For an explanation of the kernel workings, Martin Krafft's new book, The > Debian System, might be the place: http://debiansystem.info/about My book does not talk about "kernel workings" (which would be an entire book of its

Re: Kernel Compile - the Debian way

2005-07-25 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 06:00:27PM -0500, Josh Battles wrote: > I'd like to learn how to compile a kernel the Debian way and haven't had that > much luck finding a faq or walkthrough that explains what I'm doing > step-by-step and why I'm doing it. I hear that it's easier than the > "standard way"

Re: Kernel Compile - the Debian way

2005-07-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/07/05 18:00), Josh Battles wrote: > I'd like to learn how to compile a kernel the Debian way and haven't had that > much luck finding a faq or walkthrough that explains what I'm doing > step-by-step and why I'm doing it. I hear that it's easier than the > "standard way" and I'd like to find

Re: kernel compile error

2004-10-22 Thread Jule Slootbeek
that worked, strange, did some stuff change in the config file? -JSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jule The /usr/include/version.h in general does not match the /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h which will be created during a kernel configureation Try # make mrproper before # make bzImage MarvS O

RE: kernel compile error

2004-10-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jule The /usr/include/version.h in general does not match the /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h which will be created during a kernel configureation Try # make mrproper before # make bzImage MarvS Original Message: - From: Jule Slootbeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 22 Oct

Re: Kernel Compile

2004-08-31 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 19:06, Grant wrote: > Hey, > > I have a laptop P2 300mhz, 128mb ram and a desktop box thats 2ghz,512mb ram. > > The question is that could i use my 2ghz machine to make and compile a > kernel, then package it up into a .deb and send it to the laptop and > install it and it

Re: Kernel Compile

2004-08-31 Thread Grant
Sergio Basurto wrote: Why you must recompile the kernel?, the current dist support almost any hardware!! If you really need to do that: You must compile the Kernel with the hardware of the laptop, there is not need to include your desktop hardware. kernel-package in woody dist, can help you to achi

Re: Kernel Compile

2004-08-31 Thread Sergio Basurto
Why you must recompile the kernel?, the current dist support almost any hardware!! If you really need to do that: You must compile the Kernel with the hardware of the laptop, there is not need to include your desktop hardware. kernel-package in woody dist, can help you to achive the .deb package e

Re: Kernel Compile

2004-08-31 Thread Grant
Stefan O'Rear wrote: On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:06:59AM +0100, Grant wrote: Hey, I have a laptop P2 300mhz, 128mb ram and a desktop box thats 2ghz,512mb ram. The question is that could i use my 2ghz machine to make and compile a kernel, then package it up into a .deb and send it to the laptop a

Re: Kernel Compile

2004-08-30 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:06:59AM +0100, Grant wrote: > Hey, > > I have a laptop P2 300mhz, 128mb ram and a desktop box thats 2ghz,512mb ram. > > The question is that could i use my 2ghz machine to make and compile a > kernel, then package it up into a .deb and send it to the laptop and > inst

Re: Kernel Compile (being really stupid)

2004-05-25 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 08:40:02AM +, Rus Foster wrote: > I'm having one of those stupid days.. > > I'm trying to compile the kernel and am getting > > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:97: sys/types.h: No such file or directory > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:98: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory > script

Re: Kernel Compile (being really stupid)

2004-05-25 Thread Rus Foster
> > try libc6-dev .. that's where I'd expect to find atleast stdio.h and > string.h > > HTH, > Shaun Cheers knew it would be something stupid Rus -- e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : t: 1-888-327-6330 www.jvds.com - Root on your own box www.vpscolo.com - Your next hosting company www.cherryhost

Re: Kernel Compile (being really stupid)

2004-05-25 Thread Shaun ONeil
On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 08:40 +, Rus Foster wrote: > I'm having one of those stupid days.. > > I'm trying to compile the kernel and am getting > > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:97: sys/types.h: No such file or directory > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:98: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory > scripts/basic

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-24 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 07:43:01PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 09:26:04AM +0100, John L Fjellstad wrote: > > Also, note that 2.6 kernels won't work in Woody unless you have > > backports of module-init-tools (and probably a couple of other stuff). > > ... modutils, if you want t

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-23 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 09:26:04AM +0100, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Also, note that 2.6 kernels won't work in Woody unless you have > backports of module-init-tools (and probably a couple of other stuff). ... modutils, if you want to keep the ability to boot earlier kernels. module-init-tools conf

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-23 Thread Kai Schindelka
Miroslav Maiksnar wrote: cd /usr/src/linux/ make menuconfig make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revision --append_to_version - \ kernel-image cd .. It is IMHO better to add option '--config menu' to second make-kpkg command and do not use `make menuconfig` (it will prevent some warnings when changing or

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-22 Thread John L Fjellstad
Deboo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:06 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06 Did you compile in the correct filesystem? (ie ext3, ext2). When you are using initrd, did you compile in support for initrd *and* ram? I generally avoid initrd if

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-22 Thread Miroslav Maiksnar
V Ne, 22. 02. 2004 v 00:04, Kai Schindelka píše: > cd /usr/src/linux/ > make menuconfig > make-kpkg clean > make-kpkg --revision --append_to_version - \ > kernel-image > cd .. It is IMHO better to add option '--config menu' to second make-kpkg command and do not use `make menuconfig` (it will pre

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-22 Thread Kai Schindelka
Deboo wrote: Looks like the HA driver module the boot drive is attached to is missing in initrd. A misconfigured LILO may also be the cause. HA driver module? What's that? I'm sorry: Host Adapter. I am no native speaker. And I use grub, not lilo. Ok, that leaves that out. > Anyway, is it good to

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-22 Thread Kai Schindelka
Roberto Sanchez wrote: Also have a look at this excellent step-by-step HOWTO: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Excellent, indeed. Thanks for the link! -- Bye, Kai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-22 Thread Jérémie Knuesel
>First of all I'm right now stuck with apt-get not ready to install >anything as per another post from me. > >This is what I get: > > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily > unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/)

Re: Kernel Compile Problems

2004-02-22 Thread Brian Brazil
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 11:11:24AM -0500, Robert Tilley wrote: > scripts/lxdialog/dialog.h:29:20: curses.h: No such file or directory Install libncurses-dev. IIRC its one of the suggests for kernel-source-* Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Deboo
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Jérémie Knuesel wrote: > Try using kernel-package: I've compiled a lot of kernels without problem > with it, just following the instructions on this page: > > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html > > Also, if you want to install a 2.6 kernel, make sure you h

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Deboo
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Kai Schindelka wrote: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:06 > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06 > > Looks like the HA driver module the boot drive is attached to is missing > in initrd. A misconfigured LILO may also be the cause. HA driver m

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Jérémie Knuesel
Try using kernel-package: I've compiled a lot of kernels without problem with it, just following the instructions on this page: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Also, if you want to install a 2.6 kernel, make sure you have installed the module-init-tools package. Another

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Deboo
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Kai Schindelka wrote: > > Have a look at the packages build-essential and kernel-package. > > The following works for me on a Debian stable: > > > > cd /usr/src/linux/ > > make menuconfig > > make-kpkg clean > > make-kpkg --revision --append_to_versio

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Kai Schindelka wrote: Deboo wrote: I'm using debian woody. Been compiling kernels since quite many years on Slack, RH and Mandrake. It's very few times I have completely been successful booting with the compiled kernel in debian (Have used sarge too). Have a look at the packages build-essential a

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Kai Schindelka
Deboo wrote: I'm using debian woody. Been compiling kernels since quite many years on Slack, RH and Mandrake. It's very few times I have completely been successful booting with the compiled kernel in debian (Have used sarge too). Past few days I have been sitting just compiling and re-compiling var

Re: kernel compile error

2003-09-18 Thread Florian Sukup
> I had this, but no Modules (like I siad before). I tried to Compile > 2.4.22 from kernel.org and get now the same Errors. > It's confusing, I remove the directory, decompress it again, do an > make oldconfig && make dep && make and get the same Error on another > file. The Error is sometimes h

Re: kernel compile error

2003-09-17 Thread Werner Mahr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Mittwoch, 17. September 2003 17:00 schrieb Florian Sukup: > Is that what you mean? It's y at my configuration. But it does > compile correctly. Any other ideas? I had this, but no Modules (like I siad before). I tried to Compile 2.4.22 from kerne

Re: kernel compile error

2003-09-17 Thread Florian Sukup
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 04:44:57PM +0200, Werner Mahr wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am Dienstag, 16. September 2003 16:13 schrieb Florian Sukup: > > What do you mean with 'Kernelconfig'? Is it > > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/.config? Or a tool which I don't > > kno

Re: kernel compile error

2003-09-16 Thread Werner Mahr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Dienstag, 16. September 2003 16:13 schrieb Florian Sukup: > What do you mean with 'Kernelconfig'? Is it > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/.config? Or a tool which I don't > know? I mean .config, sorry. - -- MfG usw Werner Mahr GPG-Key-ID 9CCBC2B0 R

Re: kernel compile error

2003-09-16 Thread Florian Sukup
Thank you for your reply. > > I had the same Problem when I tried to compile my Kernel. I had in > Kernelconfig no Modules configured, moduleloader was included (nvidia > etc.). 2 Minutes before I got your Mail I tried it with Modules and > it worked. I don't know if this was the Error but its

Re: kernel compile error

2003-09-16 Thread Werner Mahr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Dienstag, 16. September 2003 14:16 schrieb Florian Sukup: [Many things with many output] I had the same Problem when I tried to compile my Kernel. I had in Kernelconfig no Modules configured, moduleloader was included (nvidia etc.). 2 Minutes be

RE: kernel compile issues

2003-09-01 Thread Joyce, Matthew
> > I can boot with the OldLinux ok, are there any logs I should be > > looking at ? ...checking the config (menuconfig), I cannot see > > anything which might cause this behavior, if any thing it's > a pretty > > light build. > > Did you (if necessary) change the LILO-configuration file and

Re: kernel compile issues

2003-09-01 Thread Christian Schoeller
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 09:24:59AM +1000, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > I can boot with the OldLinux ok, are there any logs I should be looking at ? > ...checking the config (menuconfig), I cannot see anything which might cause > this behavior, if any thing it's a pretty light build. Did you (if necessa

Re: Kernel compile error with make-kpkg

2003-07-13 Thread Chris Metzler
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:15:13 +0200 "Esben Laursen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ past traffic trimmed ] > > The funny part is that if I do a "make dep && make && make modules" > there is no error message and it compile correct. why is that? Read your original error messages again. You'r

Re: Kernel compile error with make-kpkg

2003-07-12 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:15:13 +0200 "Esben Laursen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Please trim replies. > The funny part is that if I do a "make dep && make && make modules" there > is no error message and it compile correct. why is that? > > Could it be possible that I are missing some kind of lib t

Re: Kernel compile error with make-kpkg

2003-07-12 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:39:35 +0200 "JZidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't the correct syntax something like: > make-kpkg --append-to-version=.something kernel_image (note the = and .)? The period isn't required; I used it to separate the kernel version from the rest of the append-to-version

Re: Kernel compile error with make-kpkg

2003-07-12 Thread Esben Laursen
- Original Message - From: "Chris Metzler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Esben Laursen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 3:18 PM Subject: Re: Kernel compile error with make-kpkg > On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:08:39

Re: Kernel compile error with make-kpkg

2003-07-12 Thread Chris Metzler
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:08:39 +0200 "Esben Laursen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Chris Metzler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:50:06 +0200 > >"Esben Laursen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Here is the error I get: >>> >>> cd /usr/src/linux/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.4

Re: Kernel compile error with make-kpkg

2003-07-12 Thread JZidar
- Original Message - From: "Esben Laursen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 1:08 PM Subject: Re: Kernel compile error with make-kpkg - Original Message - From: "Chris Metzler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

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