Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-05 Thread Mark Phillips
On 3 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > in make menuconfig, turn off anythig you do not need > immediately, like any unknown drivers. (look at makefiles and .config > to know what to turn off). > > I too have a hinote vp 575 laptop and a Xircom ehternet/modem > card, but I have no

Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I think it is time for my canned posting about how kernel header files are handled by Debian. manoj $Id: README.headers,v 1.7 1998/07/14 21:18:38 srivasta Exp $ This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of the Linux kernel headers. Linux was written by Linus T

Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-04 Thread Mark Phillips
On 3 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Mark> The links I created were: > SNIP > I compile kernels in /usr/local all the time, and I never have > created any of these links ... they are not required. I made the links because that's what the README file for the linux kernel says to do.

Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, in make menuconfig, turn off anythig you do not need immediately, like any unknown drivers. (look at makefiles and .config to know what to turn off). I too have a hinote vp 575 laptop and a Xircom ehternet/modem card, but I have not yet loaded Linux on the laptop -- I'sd a

Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-03 Thread Mark Phillips
On 3 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Mark> I am at a loss to know what to try next. > > Me too. I can only tell you what works for me, which is: I > unpack kernel sources in /usr/local/src/kernel; I ignore the bit > about symlinks, and I use make-kpkg; but it has been a while since I

Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Mark" == Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mark> On 3 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Mark> I need to compile the 2.0.31 kernel. Unfortunately there is Mark> not a debian package for the 2.0.31 kernel, so I downloaded the Mark> upstream version, unpacked it into /usr/local/sr

Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-03 Thread Mark Phillips
On 3 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Mark" == Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Mark> /usr/include/sys/types.h:45: conflicting types for `mode_t' > Mark> /usr/local/src/linux-2.0.31/include/linux/types.h:12: previous > declaration > Mark> of `mode_t' > > Something is

Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-03 Thread Mark Phillips
On 3 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Mark> I need to compile the 2.0.31 kernel. Unfortunately there is > Mark> not a debian package for the 2.0.31 kernel, so I downloaded the > Mark> upstream version, unpacked it into /usr/local/src, created > Mark> links > > What links did you cre

Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Mark" == Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mark> I need to compile the 2.0.31 kernel. Unfortunately there is Mark> not a debian package for the 2.0.31 kernel, so I downloaded the Mark> upstream version, unpacked it into /usr/local/src, created Mark> links What links di

Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile

1998-08-03 Thread Mark Phillips
Hi, I need to compile the 2.0.31 kernel. Unfortunately there is not a debian package for the 2.0.31 kernel, so I downloaded the upstream version, unpacked it into /usr/local/src, created links and followed the instructions for make-kpkg in order to make a kernel image package. Unfortunately it d