On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:18, Holly Bostick wrote: > Dave Nebinger schreef: > >> "/usr/src/ -> linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4" > >> > >> "/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4" exists > > > > You need to link /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4, > > as in: > > > > # cd /usr/src # ln -sf linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 linux > > > > Dave > > Or, dicing it down even further: > > /usr/src/linux is not a folder. "linux" is a symlink in the /usr/src/ > folder. This symlink, because it is targeted, either > manually or automatically, to the last-installed kernel source-- which is > not necessarily the same as the currently running kernel-- is used by > applications which need to know what version of the kernel to compile > against. > > What your error is saying is that it cannot determine what kernel source > to compile against, because the 'linux' symlink in /usr/src > (/usr/src/linux, thus) does not exist, or is not valid (does not point > to a kernel source). > > In your case, it does not seem to exist. > > Holly
Also one I came across is if the sources are in vanilla condition (ie youve run 'make mrproper' or similar) then the version hasnt been stamped out yet, which confuses some programs. I had to do a config and then make to get them in acceptable shape. This was way back with 2.6.5 I think. -- "Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it." George W. Bush May 20, 1996 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
