Emile, I did as you suggested... same result. But I did not do "what Alexander Dalloz said". Where can I find "what Alexander Dalloz said"? What is an OP? On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 18:38, ne... wrote: > On Oct 14, 2004 at 15:38, Steve Howlett in a soothing rage wrote: > > >>Hello, > >> > >>I downloaded linux kernel 2.6.8.1 from kernel.org and proceeded to > >>compile and install it. > >> > >>The compilation is somewhat different than with the 2.4 kernels I'm more > >>accustomed to. > >> > >>Everything seems to go well enough (although make gconfig didn't work) > >>until make modules_install > >> > >>After much installation followed by much reflection, depmod reports > >>rafts and rafts of unknown symbols. > >> > >>I seem to have taken a basic misstep somewhere and would appreciate > >>being put back on track. > >> > >>This is with Fedora 2. > > > >You need to install updated tools module_init_tools & modutils. > No the OP does not. He is using FC2 which already has the stuff > he needs. All he needs to do is follow what Alexander Dalloz said. > To add to that, I would grab the /boot/config-$KERNEL_RUNNING and > copy to where the kernel is being built as .config. The do a 'make > oldconfig' before doing a 'make menuconfig'. Then follow the rest > of the steps for building a 2.6 kernel. > > N.Emile... > -- > Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) > Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 > Do you have exactly what I want in a plaid poindexter bar bat?? > 07:34:52 up 108 days, 49 min, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- John Francis Lee <jfl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
