On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 18:02, Phil Schaffner wrote: > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 10:46, Emiliano Brunetti wrote: > > Installed kernel-sources from rpm. Make xconfig as usual, then make dep > > and make bzImage. When i try, however, to make modules, it doesn't > > compile. A few error messages that do not mean much to me unfortunately. > > > > I can post error messages if needed, but now i wonder if everyboy out > > here could compile kernel from sources rpm fetched from fedora mirrors. > > > > E. > > Which kernel version? Have managed to compile new kernels from Fedora > rpms in various repositories, but don't know which one is giving you > heartburn. > > Did you "make mrproper" first? That often helps. Yes i tried. Neither 'make mrproper' nor 'export CC=gcc32' helped. > Did you start with a config file for your arch from the configs > directory or from scratch? I started from a config for my arch, and added a few things i need on this system. Namely Appletalk support and some wireless stuff. > Try "make oldconfig" after "make xconfig" - may identify problems and > let you fix them. Rerun "make oldconfig" until it stops complaining. > > I use this script "make_linux" (in my /root/bin/) run from the > kernel-source directory: [snip] Nice script. ;) Now, odd but true, this morning it compiled. I didn't do anything different from what i did yesterday. Simply zapped once again kernel-source and installed again. Who knows... :-) Now it appears to be properly compiled. Even better, apparently i do not need to configure grub as my new kernel is already present as nptlcustom. Should i rename into something simply .nptl for the glibc to work 'properly'? E.
