Re: Compiling kernel from Github - Howto?

2015-01-22 Thread csanyipal
csanyi...@gmail.com writes: > Gary Dale writes: > >> On 17/01/15 10:19 AM, csanyi...@gmail.com wrote: > >>> I have a headless powerpc box and run on it Debian Wheezy with kernel >>> Linux b2 3.2.62-1 #1 Mon Aug 25 04:22:40 UTC 2014 ppc GNU/Linux . >>> >>> But this kernel doesn't have support for

Re: Compiling kernel from Github - Howto?

2015-01-17 Thread csanyipal
Gary Dale writes: > On 17/01/15 10:19 AM, csanyi...@gmail.com wrote: >> I have a headless powerpc box and run on it Debian Wheezy with kernel >> Linux b2 3.2.62-1 #1 Mon Aug 25 04:22:40 UTC 2014 ppc GNU/Linux . >> >> But this kernel doesn't have support for the rtl8192cu kernel-module. >> >> One

Re: Compiling kernel from Github - Howto?

2015-01-17 Thread Gary Dale
On 17/01/15 10:19 AM, csanyi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a headless powerpc box and run on it Debian Wheezy with kernel Linux b2 3.2.62-1 #1 Mon Aug 25 04:22:40 UTC 2014 ppc GNU/Linux . But this kernel doesn't have support for the rtl8192cu kernel-module. One can to get the kernel source fr

Re: Compiling kernel: problem!

2013-11-07 Thread antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it
The same problem, with kernel 3.10, was present with Wheezy 486 on same computer. Thanks Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1383829602.35782

Re: Compiling kernel: problem!

2013-11-07 Thread antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it
The same problem, with kernel 3.10, was present with Wheezy 486 on same computer. Thanks Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1383828867.2

Re: Compiling kernel: problem!

2013-11-06 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 15:07:58 -0500 (EST), Antispammbox-debian wrote: > > Hi all > > I try compiling kernel 3.10 on Squeeze 6.0.7. with cpu > Intel Centrino1 32bit. > > Unpack source in /usr/src, and: > adduser user src > chown -R root:src /usr/src > chmod -R g+w /usr/src > > cp /boot/config-`

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
Sorry, my mistake, nothing about 64 bit. I compiled the 32bit kernel in xfs. On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > I am using debian unstable 64 bit with lvm and ext3. All options are default. > How did I find out? This OS is a VM. And the disk data is in a > non-fixed si

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
I am using debian unstable 64 bit with lvm and ext3. All options are default. How did I find out? This OS is a VM. And the disk data is in a non-fixed size file, not compressed. Sorry I forgot how to say this in English, by non-fixed size, I mean the VM software just allocate the actual disk space

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread H.S.
On 27/06/10 10:51 PM, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > Thank you guys. > I have not follow Stephen's guide, but I figured the reason out. It > seems like an ext3's fault. The space (i-node wise) was used 5.x GB, > but the actual space (data wise) was used only 1 GB. So a lot of space > was just empty

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 June 2010 12:12:23 Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > So I guess we're still looking for an example of a non-English name > that can't be pronounced right. Can't think of any. It isn't a case of whether it can be correctly pronounced, but of whether it is. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to de

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:20:05 -0400 (EDT), Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Op 28-06-10 13:12, Tzafrir Cohen schreef: >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:44:15AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am no

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Op 28-06-10 13:12, Tzafrir Cohen schreef: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:44:15AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: >> >>> PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am not from an English >>> country. Some people cannot pronounce my name righ

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:44:15AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > > > PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am not from an English > > country. Some people cannot pronounce my name right. So I use this > > pseudonym. > > That does

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 June 2010 08:44:15 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > > PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am not from an English > > country. Some people cannot pronounce my name right. So I use this > > pseudonym. > > That doesn't stop me fro

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am not from an English > country. Some people cannot pronounce my name right. So I use this > pseudonym. That doesn't stop me from using my real name ;) Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussio

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-27 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
Thank you guys. I have not follow Stephen's guide, but I figured the reason out. It seems like an ext3's fault. The space (i-node wise) was used 5.x GB, but the actual space (data wise) was used only 1 GB. So a lot of space was just empty and wasted. I attached another disk to get the job done. PS

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:34:29 -0400 (EDT), Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > On 06/25/2010 09:10 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> That is not the correct command syntax. I suggest that you read >> >>http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm >> >> Kernel building in Debian is a complex task fraught with

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-25 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/25/2010 09:10 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > Magicloud Magiclouds? That can't be your real name! > Can't you give us your real name? At least a first name? > > That is not the correct command syntax. I suggest that you read > >http://www.

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:55:41 -0400 (EDT), Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > > I am using debian unstable 64. Recently I wanted to compile a 2.6.34 kernel. > Well, the source package is 64MB. Before `make-kpkg linux-image > linux-headers --initrd` finished, the source directory took 6GB space, > made t

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-25 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 18:25, Magicloud Magiclouds < magicloud.magiclo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I am using debian unstable 64. Recently I wanted to compile a 2.6.34 > kernel. > Well, the source package is 64MB. Before `make-kpkg linux-image > linux-headers --initrd` finished, the source dir

Re: Compiling kernel

2009-12-05 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 11:11:08AM -0500, Dave Witbrodt wrote: >> Yes. In addition, I would highly recommend using kernel-package to >> compile your kernel to generate a deb. Here's a nice primer: >> >> http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html > > I would recommend using the 'make-kp

Re: Compiling kernel

2009-12-05 Thread Dave Witbrodt
Kumar Appaiah wrote: On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 06:59:48AM -0700, deb...@toursbymexico.com wrote: I have a doubt about kernel compilation. Two days ago I compiled by hand 2.6.31.6 and it crashed during the boot process. The configuration was made by hand, starting from the default configuration and

Re: Compiling kernel

2009-12-05 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 06:59:48AM -0700, deb...@toursbymexico.com wrote: > I have a doubt about kernel compilation. Two days ago I compiled by hand > 2.6.31.6 and it crashed during the boot process. The configuration was > made by hand, starting from the default configuration and perhaps I missed

Re: Compiling kernel 2.6.17.4 or higher

2006-08-16 Thread George Borisov
Mario de Frutos wrote: > > I'm trying to upgrade my 2.6.14.2 kernel in my server to a 2.6.17.4 or > higher using my current .config. There isn't any problem in compiling > time and in grub i put the same config but with different "vmlinuz" > file, but when i reboot i get a kernel panic error like t

Re: Compiling kernel 2.6.16 or higher under Sarge

2006-08-16 Thread Marty
shahim essaid.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I am somewhat new to Debian and Iam not sure if this is possible. I want > to compile a 2.6.16 from source but the minimum requirement listed under > Documentation/Changes are not satisfied under Sarge. udev, for example, > has to be 071 or higher. I've neve

Re: Compiling kernel 2.6.16 or higher under Sarge

2006-08-16 Thread Albert Dengg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 01:23:20PM -0700, shahim essaid.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I am somewhat new to Debian and Iam not sure if this is possible. I want to > compile a 2.6.16 from source but the minimum requirement listed under > Documentation/Chan

Re: compiling kernel module question

2005-11-26 Thread Almut Behrens
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 12:51:55AM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: > lemme see if I understand what you meant: The kernel-source files that I > downloaded is common to all linux distribution while the kernel-header > files is particular to a certain version and distribution. ...not so much the

Re: compiling kernel module question

2005-11-25 Thread Amish Rughoonundon
me out, Amish - Original Message - From: "Almut Behrens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 9:43 PM Subject: Re: compiling kernel module question On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 05:36:26PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: Hi, I have been trying to comp

Re: compiling kernel module question

2005-11-25 Thread Almut Behrens
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 05:36:26PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: > Hi, > I have been trying to compile and insert a simple kernel module but > without luck. This is what I did. > Since the freshly installed debian sarge 3.1 distro did not have any > source files under /usr/src, I di uname -a to

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-21 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/22/05, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1L.V.Gandhi on Monday 19 Sep 2005 12:46 wrote:> I have found the problem with debian apt-get kernel which contains> debian patches.Debian shipped kernels don't come with with bootsplash patch include

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-21 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 L.V.Gandhi on Monday 19 Sep 2005 12:46 wrote: > On 9/17/05, Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't know whether this is a stupid doubt, but are you using >> `pristine' kernel sources or Debian patched kernel sources (apt-got >> ones)?

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-19 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/17/05, Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know whether this is a stupid doubt, but are you using > `pristine' kernel sources or Debian patched kernel sources (apt-got > ones)? I generally have had no problems applying the bootsplash > patches to pristine kernel sources. I hav

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
David R. Litwin wrote: Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is dual-boot and the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: Shutting Down every Evening. In addition, I shall be getting a lap-top soon. (By the bye, why doesn't Debian have Bootsplash as a standard?) I

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-17 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 05:38:03AM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: >I have 2.6.8 kernel source. I tried the following both patches separately >in the same order. ie second time src previous patched source was deleted >and new src was installed. >bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.8.diff >bootsplash-

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-16 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/14/05, Pooly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2005/9/6, mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> | Basically, the steps are:> |> | 1. Download the kernel source> |> | 2. Extract it to /usr/src, or wherever you'd prefer > |> | 3. Download the bootsplash patch from http://www.bootsplash.de/files/> |> | 4. 'cd'

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-15 Thread Seeker5528
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:06:10 +0530 "L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is this boot-icons package. I don't have in stable repository. Hmmm, I guess boot-icons never made it out of unstable. http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=boot-icon&searchon=names&subword

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-14 Thread Pooly
2005/9/6, mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | "David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is dual-boot > and > | > the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: Shutting Down every

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-13 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/14/05, Seeker5528 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:01:47 +0530"L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > On a side note I had installed the boot-icons package sometime in the > > past and never got around to getting it operational and it started> > working too.> >> > I install

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-13 Thread Seeker5528
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:01:47 +0530 "L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On a side note I had installed the boot-icons package sometime in the > > past and never got around to getting it operational and it started > > working too. > > > > I installed it. It shows tux image. No show of % pro

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-13 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/13/05, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The link I provide let me set up Splashy with relative ease. I should think, off hand, that you need to edit the config.xml file located in the splashy directory. Read the readme that comes along with your theme. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthr

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-12 Thread Bob Proulx
David R. Litwin wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > The only reason I was dragged in was that I fell for your > > troll. > > Did you mean MY troll? I hope that what I have written does not appear to be > a troll! I'm just asking questions: I'm very curious. I'm terribly sorry if > I sound mean. I'm r

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-12 Thread David R. Litwin
The link I provide let me set up Splashy with relative ease. I should think, off hand, that you need to edit the config.xml file located in the splashy directory. Read the readme that comes along with your theme. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=41709 I installed it. It shows tux image. No

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-12 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/10/05, Seeker5528 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:55:31 -0700Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> what about using splashy?  it doesn't require a kernel rebuild and is in> experimental or you can add: >> deb http://splashy.Alioth.debian.org/debian/ unstable main> deb-sr

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-10 Thread Seeker5528
On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:55:31 -0700 Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what about using splashy? it doesn't require a kernel rebuild and is in > experimental or you can add: > > deb http://splashy.Alioth.debian.org/debian/ unstable main > deb-src http://splashy.Alioth.debian.org/debian/

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-07 Thread David R. Litwin
The only reason I was dragged in was that I fell for yourtroll. Did you mean MY troll? I hope that what I have written does not appear to be a troll! I'm just asking questions: I'm very curious. I'm terribly sorry if I sound mean. I'm really not terribly good at writing E-Mails. -- —A watched bread

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Brian Nelson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > >> I find it easiest to just grab the vanilla sources straight from > >> kernel.org. The Debian ones tend to be crippled and patched, which > >> makes it a pain to apply new patches. > > > > I always find it easier to use the Debian st

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-06 Thread mess-mate
Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | "David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is dual-boot and | > the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: Shutting Down every Evening. | > In addition, I shall be getting a lap

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Jeff D
David R. Litwin wrote: Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is dual-boot and the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: Shutting Down every Evening. In addition, I shall be getting a lap-top soon. (By the bye, why doesn't Debian have Bootsplash as a standard?) w

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
Isn't this perhaps the problem?  I've been trying to get to gripswith debian for years and I haven't ventured outside stable.  I still feel out of my depth and - no offence meant, honestly -you're obviously out of your depth and you shouldn't think youhave the right to demand answers to all your qu

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread charlie
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 20:02:55 -0700 (PDT) Alvin used the keyboard to craft this: >|bad boy ... >| >|i asume you do know, that your system is statisticly more likely >|to die exponentionally each time you reboot your PC.. the more >|you reboot it, the lifespan of your machine just wend down

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David Jardine
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:51:46PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > I'm using Sid Isn't this perhaps the problem? I've been trying to get to grips with debian for years and I haven't ventured outside stable. I still feel out of my depth and - no offence meant, honestly - you're obviously out

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Brian Nelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: >> I find it easiest to just grab the vanilla sources straight from >> kernel.org. The Debian ones tend to be crippled and patched, which >> makes it a pain to apply new patches. > > I always find it easier to use the Debian stock kernels. They have > all o

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
You don't need grub to use linux, lilo can be used instead. I prefer lilo togrub. I actually started my Linux days with LILO. I like GRUB more. IMHO, grub is too flexible.If I may: Huh? How can some thing be too flexible? This is most interesting.-- —A watched bread-crumb never boils.—My hover-cra

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:51:46PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: snip... > Also, one good-man mentioned that I would need to configure GRUB when I > install the kernel. Every time I have apt-got a linux-image, it says it is > searching for GRUB and modifying it accordingly (and, in fact, also for

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Alvin Oga
> On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, David R. Litwin wrote: > > My appologies: I really, really want Bootsplash. than you be able to make it work "yourself", as it is tons of work > As I wrote (and so alluded to), my computer IS re-booted quite a bit. bad boy ... i asume you do know, that your system is st

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
All was going well until:$ make xconfig** Unable to find the QT installation. Please make sure that the* QT development package is correctly installed and the QTDIR* environment variable is set to the correct location. *make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/.tmp_qtcheck] Error 1make: *** [xconfig] Error 2I

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:09:31PM +0200, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > not using HTML... Well, what did you expect? You're using evocrap as a MUA. Switch to something decent that actually allows you to control which part of a correctly-formatted rich-text message (ie including both HTML and

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Brian Nelson wrote: > "David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is > > dual-boot and the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: > > Shutting Down every Evening. But the other user will never see bootsplash. You booting li

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Mark Crean
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 16:36 -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: [snip] > > Any way, have you any advice to get me closer to me goal of > Bootsplashedness? > You might find this url helpful: http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/3124 FWIW, I've got bootsplash here working fine on a 2.6.11 kernel but I canno

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Brian Nelson
"David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is dual-boot and > the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: Shutting Down every Evening. > In addition, I shall be getting a lap-top soon. (By the bye, why doesn't > Debian have Bo

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 16:36 -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > Any way, have you any advice not using HTML... -- Administration & Formation à l'administration de serveurs dédiés: http://www.google.fr/search?q=aspo+infogerance+serveur

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
No one *needs*bootsplash.My appologies: I really, really want Bootsplash. > (By the bye, why doesn't Debian have Bootsplash as a standard?)Is there some particular reason it should?  Most people actually *use* the computer rather than rebooting it over and over and over and over...As I wrote (and

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 03:48:25PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is dual-boot > and the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: Shutting Down every > Evening. In addition, I shall be getting a lap-top soon. What do any of those

Re: Compiling kernel without -O2 flag

2004-07-14 Thread Johan Kullstam
Sorav Bansal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > There is a curious thing that I noticed in the kernel. The kernel does > not compile if you remove the -O2 flag in the Makefile. It gives an error > in an ASM directive mentioning that a register is being spilled. The x86 has a very few reg

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Roberto Sanchez
S.D.A. wrote: On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 05:43:39PM -0400 or thereabouts, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Werner Mahr wrote: Or shorter: make dep bzImage modules modules_install This will make the Steps one by one, and if one fails the other will fail also. The Debian way is much easier: http://newbiedoc.s

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread S.D.A.
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 05:43:39PM -0400 or thereabouts, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Werner Mahr wrote: > >Or shorter: make dep bzImage modules modules_install This will make the Steps > >one by one, and if one fails the other will fail also. > > > > The Debian way is much easier: > > http://newbie

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Werner Mahr
Am Sonntag, 4. April 2004 23:43 schrieb Roberto Sanchez: > Werner Mahr wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 4. April 2004 20:04 schrieb Sebastiaan: > >>Then it's a simple make dep && make bzImage && make modules && make > >>modules_install > > > > Or shorter: make dep bzImage modules modules_install > > This wil

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Werner Mahr wrote: Am Sonntag, 4. April 2004 20:04 schrieb Sebastiaan: Then it's a simple make dep && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install Or shorter: make dep bzImage modules modules_install This will make the Steps one by one, and if one fails the other will fail also. The D

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Werner Mahr
Am Sonntag, 4. April 2004 20:04 schrieb Sebastiaan: > Then it's a simple make dep && make bzImage && make modules && make > modules_install Or shorter: make dep bzImage modules modules_install This will make the Steps one by one, and if one fails the other will fail also. -- MfG usw. Werner M

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Michael Satterwhite wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been looking at the documentation for compiling the kernel, and something seems missing to me. There is ample documentation on configuring the kernel, but I don't see the issue of the starting point addressed anywhere.

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Michael Satterwhite
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 04 April 2004 13:36, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > You _could_ do this, but I recommend very highly compiling the kernel "the > Debian way." It takes care of all the little details missing any one of > which might leave you with a hosed system!

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 at 8:04pm, Sebastiaan wrote: :High, Not just at the moment; maybe later :) :On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Michael Satterwhite wrote: : :> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- :> Hash: SHA1 :> :> I've been looking at the documentation for compiling the kernel, and something :> seems missin

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Michael Satterwhite
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 04 April 2004 13:04, Sebastiaan wrote: > High, > > On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I've been looking at the documentation for compiling the kernel, and > > something

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I've been looking at the documentation for compiling the kernel, and something > seems missing to me. > > There is ample documentation on configuring the kernel, but I don't see the > issue

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Rajesh Menon
> That's what make oldconfig is for. cp the stock config from /boot, > and continue from there. You should be prompted for new changes but > anything in the old kernel will be selected by default. > and you can also load that .config file from make menuconfig/xconfig too, and make whatever change

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Jim Seymour
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 12:18:13PM -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I've been looking at the documentation for compiling the kernel, and something > seems missing to me. > >From Debian Reference: # apt-get install debhelper modutils kernel

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Rajesh Menon
> If you have a working kernel, however, it seems far more logical to use its > configuration as a starting point and make the changes relative to that. In > SuSE, there are good instructions on getting this starting point, but I don't > see anything like that in Debian. I *DO* see a config file i

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Michael Satterwhite: > I've been looking at the documentation for compiling the kernel, and something > seems missing to me. > > There is ample documentation on configuring the kernel, but I don't see the > issue of the starting point addressed anywhere. It seems to be assumed that

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Randy W. Sims
On 4/4/2004 1:30 PM, Rajesh Menon wrote: there isn't really a specified place to find the .config of your last kernel build. usually, when you finish configuring and save the config, it will be present in the kernel src dir. i don't have any .config under /boot cos i build them in my /home and sav

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread Rajesh Menon
there isn't really a specified place to find the .config of your last kernel build. usually, when you finish configuring and save the config, it will be present in the kernel src dir. i don't have any .config under /boot cos i build them in my /home and save em under one folder. so, if you did a k

Re: Compiling kernel

2004-04-04 Thread lists-brettcar
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 12:18:13PM -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I've been looking at the documentation for compiling the kernel, and something > seems missing to me. > > There is ample documentation on configuring the kernel, but I don't

Re: Compiling Kernel Problems xconfig

2004-01-23 Thread Shaul Karl
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 03:36:23PM +, James Hosken wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux$ make xconfig > make[1]: `scripts/fixdep' is up to date. > * > * Unable to find the QT installation. Please make sure that the > * QT development package is correctly installed and the QTDIR > * env

Re: Compiling Kernel Problems xconfig

2004-01-23 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello James Hosken (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I'm working my way through the "Creating custom kernels with Debian's > kernel-package system" from > >http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tutorials/kernel-pkg/config-kernel-pkg.html.en > > When I get to make xconfig I get the error > > > [EMAIL P

Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer

2003-12-24 Thread Lucas Albers
Monique Y. Herman said: > You might also look into distcc, which allows you to run the compile > across multiple computers. > > Oh, wait, just reread - the above won't help with harddrive space =/ > but it's still a really cool tool. > > -- > monique i never could get distcc to work, anyone have a

Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer

2003-12-24 Thread Paul E Condon
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 at 12:04 GMT, Piers Kittel penned: > > Hello all, > > > > I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is > > extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's > > possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kerne

Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer

2003-12-24 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 at 12:04 GMT, Piers Kittel penned: > Hello all, > > I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is > extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's > possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kernel > and modul

Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer

2003-12-23 Thread David Z Maze
Piers Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is > extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's > possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kernel > and modules over - how to do this? Bu

Re: compiling kernel

2003-12-22 Thread Travis Crump
GCS wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 07:59:20PM -0700, Lucas Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I sure wish debian had a secure version of the kernel; a binary version of grsecurity would add a huge amount of security. Anyone know why Debian does not have this in the main archive? At least a grsecur

Re: compiling kernel

2003-12-21 Thread GCS
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 07:59:20PM -0700, Lucas Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sure wish debian had a secure version of the kernel; a binary version of > grsecurity would add a huge amount of security. Anyone know why Debian does not have this in the main archive? At least a grsecurity patc

Re: compiling kernel

2003-12-21 Thread Lucas Albers
GCS said: > But no other problem really. Anyway, I _do agree with you strongly_: > 2.6.0 is not for widespread yet. I will switch at ~2.6.10 on my servers, > depending the fixes get in by that time. Until then I use > 2.4.23+grsecurity. You are on my same wavelength. I thought I was the only perso

Re: compiling kernel

2003-12-21 Thread GCS
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 10:52:26AM -0700, Lucas Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyway, I have many machines, three of them running with kernel 2.6.0, > > compiled with gcc 3.3; no problems. > What a man, I'm not touching 2.6.0 until it's in the 10 release. I agree with you. 2.6.0 still has

Re: compiling kernel

2003-12-21 Thread Lucas Albers
GCS said: >> Stable gcc for stable kernel, and testing gcc for testing kernel? > ? There's no such relationship. > >> I've done 2.4.22 with gcc 3.2.3 (gcc testing) and it appeared to work >> correctly. > 3.2.3 is _not_ a test version of gcc. There's a newer one, fe I have > 3.3.3 installed. Ple

Re: compiling kernel

2003-12-21 Thread GCS
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 01:57:38AM -0700, Lucas Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stable gcc for stable kernel, and testing gcc for testing kernel? ? There's no such relationship. > I've done 2.4.22 with gcc 3.2.3 (gcc testing) and it appeared to work > correctly. 3.2.3 is _not_ a test version

Re: compiling kernel for another system

2003-12-09 Thread Magnus von Koeller
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 09:46, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Yeah, I figured that out after looking at the dependency list of > the kernel-packages.  I'm wondering though if using gcc3.3 would > have any impact (since everything else on the stable system would > have the programs compiled with gcc

Re: compiling kernel for another system

2003-12-09 Thread John L. Fjellstad
Colin Watson wrote: > The kernel doesn't use the libc, so I expect that this is a red herring. > (I don't know the real answer, though.) Yeah, I figured that out after looking at the dependency list of the kernel-packages. I'm wondering though if using gcc3.3 would have any impact (since everyth

Re: compiling kernel for another system

2003-12-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:29:51PM +0100, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > My server runs Debian stable, while my workstation runs Debian testing. > Since the server is a slower machine, I would like to create the kernel > package on my workstation and install the deb package on my server. > Is this poss

Re: compiling kernel for another system

2003-12-07 Thread Magnus von Koeller
On Monday 08 December 2003 00:59, Bill Goudie wrote: > The unresolved symbols still exist -- depmod is run with "-q" > from /etc/init.d/modutils.  This suppresses the error warnings. Well, what I did was run this from the command line: # depmod -a Even this: # depmod -a -e And it doesn't complai

Re: compiling kernel for another system

2003-12-07 Thread Bill Goudie
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 05:37:16PM -0600, Bill Goudie wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:28:41PM +0100, Magnus von Koeller wrote: > > On Sunday 07 December 2003 23:11, Bill Goudie wrote: > > > The upshot of all this is that modules with unresolved symbols > > > require functions which were exclude

Re: compiling kernel for another system

2003-12-07 Thread Bill Goudie
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:28:41PM +0100, Magnus von Koeller wrote: > On Sunday 07 December 2003 23:11, Bill Goudie wrote: > > The upshot of all this is that modules with unresolved symbols > > require functions which were excluded from both the kernel and any > > other installed modules for that k

Re: compiling kernel for another system

2003-12-07 Thread Magnus von Koeller
On Sunday 07 December 2003 23:11, Bill Goudie wrote: > The upshot of all this is that modules with unresolved symbols > require functions which were excluded from both the kernel and any > other installed modules for that kernel version.  If for some > reason you built this module but don't need it

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