Please correct/add ANYTHING in my answers. On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 10:16:12PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote this: > I need some help compiling my kernel: > > 1) I would really rather not have to go through the config process - it is my > hope that I can use the standard .config file with a few modifications - in > particular, sound and APM enabled. Can't I just use the standard .config > file, modify a few things via an editor, and use it to recompile my kernel? > If I do this, can I skip the make menuconfig step?
I'd say it's always best to check all the configurations BUT if you like to edit .config i guess you should do a 'make mrproper' first to clean things and then a 'make config' and just press return 'til it's done. Then edit .config for to your liking. After you are done do a 'make dep' and 'make clean'. After that you should be able to compile, and possibly install if you like that, with 'make modules;make modules_install;make bzlilo' or just plain bzimage if youd like to install it manually. > > Further, I unpacked my kernel-source package, but it doesn't contain a .config > file, however it does contain .config.save. Can I rename it to .config and > use it? Since i don't know what the configure in that file looks like i can't advise you on that. Better do a make config instead. > > 2) After I compile my kernel, say I decide to change a few things in the > source - is there a need to redo the make menuconfig step? Or does that > strictly create the .config file? I'm not quite sure what menuconfig does except makes a new config. Don't see why it should be needed. > > 3) I tried to make menuconfig, but got an error: > > rm -f include/asm > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > make -C scripts/lxdialog all > make[1]: Entering directory 'usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/scripts/lxdialog' > gcc -O2 -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>" -c > lxdialog.c -o lxdialog.o > In file included from lxdialog.c:22: > dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/scripts/lxdialog' > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 > > I'm guessing I need something like ncurses<xxx>-dev, right? How come this > isn't in the dependencies of kernel-package? Yup..install libncurses-dev to get that file. And it's not in the dependency-list since you don't actually NEED it...it just make life easier to 'make menyconfig' than 'make config'. > 5) I seem to have three different versions of the header files. Do I really > need them all? I have: > > libc6 -> /usr/include > libc5-altdev -> /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/include > linux source -> /usr/src/include When you look at the kernel-source-package it says that the kernel-headers don't need to be installed. They are provided by the kernel-source-package. > 6) The kernel-package docs say I need to run: > > make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot <version> > > Do I need to do this if I compile as root? I don't have fakeroot - do I need > it? Will su work instead? I haven't used kernel-package so i really can't tell. But fakeroot seems quite obsolete when compiling as root. Why make a package of it at all? 'make bzlilo' compiles and installes the needed files all by itself. G.L. // Marwin -- | Björn Elwhagen aka Marwin Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Student at Wexio University for PGP public key. | | Sweden ICQ: 356095 |
