On Tuesday 01 June 2004 08:08, Christian Schlaefcke wrote: > >> > > I already tried compiling without x. The machine just locks, no > >> > > kernel panic or segfault. Shit, please don´t let it be a hardware > >> > > issue :-( I would expect the machine to crash every now and then, > >> > > Any ideas how to find out what exactly could cause this? Then I answered: > > Just a shot in the dark here, but you said make menuconfig and then > > make, is > > this correct? > > > > What I do is this: > > > > make xconfig or make menu config > > make bzImage > > make modules > > make modules_install > > make install > isn´t this funny? Doing it like described above it works (has to be > "menuconfig" by the way)! The last kernel I build myself was a 2.4.x > where I was used to run: > make xconfig/menuconfig > make > make dep > make modules > make modules install > and finally make zImage/bzImage Hmm, I just read the Kernel Readme and "make" should do it, I will try this next time I rebuild, FYI make dep is not needed anymore with 2.6.x > What´s the difference in runnning make bzImage directly? And what causes > my machine to crash, when I do it the wrong way (is it a bug?)? Good question, I will see if i can reproduce this on the next kernel update, 2.6.7 is out soon, perhaps someone else here has seen this. > The only thing I changed in menuconfig the second time was switching from > "pentium pro" to "athlon" architecture. Could this be harmful? No not at all Cheers, Colin -- Fedora Core 2, Custom Built Kernel 2.6.6 Registered Linux user number 342953
