just wondering.. I am attempting to install a new kernel into my debian woody when I run make menuconfig i get this:
gilbertd:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/scripts/lxdialog' /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Unable to find the Ncurses libraries. You must have Ncurses installed in order to use 'make menuconfig'
make[1]: *** [ncurses] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/scripts/lxdialog' make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 or make xconfig: rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts kconfig.tk make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/scripts' cat header.tk >> ./kconfig.tk ./tkparse < ../arch/i386/config.in >> kconfig.tk echo "set defaults \"arch/i386/defconfig\"" >> kconfig.tk echo "set ARCH \"i386\"" >> kconfig.tk cat tail.tk >> kconfig.tk chmod 755 kconfig.tk make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0" Error in startup script: invalid command name "button" while executing "button .ref" (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 51) make: *** [xconfig] Error 1 how do i go about installing Ncurses? I have tried apt-get but Ncurses doesn't seem to exist. I have also tried make oldconfig which I believe should compile based on my existing configuration (is this right?) when i try make bzImage after running make oldconfig i get this at the end: init/main.o init/main.c init/main.c: In function `root_dev_setup': init/main.c:296: sizeof applied to an incomplete type init/main.c:296: sizeof applied to an incomplete type init/main.c:296: sizeof applied to an incomplete type init/main.c:296: sizeof applied to an incomplete type init/main.c:296: sizeof applied to an incomplete type init/main.c:296: sizeof applied to an incomplete type init/main.c:298: sizeof applied to an incomplete type make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1 any idea what I am doing wrong? essentially I am trying to upgrade my kernel to use APCI. my existing kernel source is 2.4.18bf24 which i have patched to 2.4.2 I have also tried kernel 2.5.67 as a shot in the dark, but this didn't compile.. Halp!! Ben
