On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 04:10:46PM -0700, Chris Gray wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Yes, my issues with the 2.4.28 kernel are similar plus I need to
> incorporate a module for a VOIP card.
>
> A couple questions:
>
> I've been using as my reference in learning how to do this:
>
> Debian Reference
> ----------------
> Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Editor: David Sewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I want to be clear about your procedure so have these questions.
>
> For context, here are the very recent steps from that text used. The
> exception is that the text expects one to use fakeroot and I'm logged in as
> root. Thus, we have a kernel source loaded and their recommended packages
> loaded, and:
>
> Prompt# cd /usr/src # build directory
> Prompt# tar --bzip2 -xvf kernel-source-2.6.10.tar.bz2
> Prompt# cd kernel-source-2.6.10 # if this is your kernel source
> # cp /boot/config-<2.4.18-386>.config # get current config as default
I think there's a vital space missing here. You should be copying
/boot/config-2.14.18-36
to
.config
so the line should be
cp /boot/config-2.4.18-386 .config
>
> Here, I may have screwed up. I interpretted "current" in the accompanying
> comment as my current 2.4.28 config. In fact, in /boot I do not have a
> 2.6.10 config file of any kind I don't believe. That's why I interpretted
> the text as I did. So, are you saying that instead of the command
>
> # cp /boot/config-<2.4.28.config
> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.10/config-2.4.28.config
>
> I should use the command
>
> prompt#cp /boot/config-2.6.10-1-686.config
> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.10/config-2.6.10-1-686.config
>
> I can see where a wrong config file could make a big difference. I'll
> check around and see if I did receive this file in the Debian package.
>
> prompt# make menuconfig # customize as one wishes
>
> I did not run this command, electing to use the default configuration for
> experimental purposes.
>
> The reference then instruct one to run:
>
> make-kpkg clean
>
> which is where I fail. Are you saying that maybe this is a wrong
> instruction or a misunderstood instruction and that I should :
>
> # make-kpkg --append-to-version "-1-686" --revision 2.6.10-1 |
> --config config-2.6.10-1-686.config
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Chris
>
>
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