Hi Eric, there are some more specific instructions in the wiki at http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?UbuntuBreezyPackages
But I must warn you.. you're starting with quite a task :) Best of luck, Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric H. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'EMC developers'" <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:43 PM Subject: [Emc-developers] RTAI Steps > Hi all, > > I was trying to follow the instructions for patching and installing > the real > time kernel found here: > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?RtaiSteps > > The short question is, how does one do mkinitrd on Ubuntu? I could > not find > a package for it or a compatible version. What is the equivalent > means of > doing this on Ubuntu? > > Below is what I found while trying to follow the instructions on the > RTAI > steps page. > > The instructions there are for Fedora Core 3, while I am trying to > do this > on Ubuntu 6.06, but there now seem to be some changes, most of which > I > presume would also apply to Fedora. I imagine, as was the case for > me, > anyone wanting to do this for EMC would be more likely to what to do > it > through Ubuntu rather than Fedora. The below is what I found when > following > those instructions from a clean install of ubuntu 6.06 workstation. > I can > update the RTAI steps page if it is desired, once I get through the > process > in its entirety. > > cd /usr/local/src/ [no change] > sudo chmod a+rwx . [no change] > wget > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2 => > wget > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.18.tar.bz2 > (Note: 2.6.18 appears to be the latest stable version) > > wget > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2.sign > => > wget > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.18.tar.bz2.sign > > wget http://www.aero.polimi.it/RTAI/rtai-3.2.tar.bz2 [no change] > sudo apt-get update [no change] > > As for: > sudo apt-get install cvs gcc-c++ gcc ncurses-devel pciutils-devel > tk-devel > tcl-devel gtk+-devel > > cvs installs fine > gcc-c++ is not recognized, I ended up installing EMC2 and build-dep > for emc2 > to load the c++ compiler, etc. > ncurses-devel now apprears to be ncurses-dev > pciutils-devel now appears to be pciutils-dev > I could not find the equivalents for tk-devel or tcl-devel > gtk+-devel now appears to be libgtk2.0-dev > > gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 0x517D0F0E > gpg --verify linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2.sign linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2 > > Didn't work, but in the same way it didn't work in the instructions. > > bunzip2 linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2 => bunzip2 linux-2.6.18.tar.bz2 > tar -xf linux-2.6.10.tar => tar -xf linux-2.6.18.tar > bunzip2 rtai-3.2.tar.bz2 [no change] > tar -xvf rtai-3.2.tar [no change] > > cd linux-2.6.10 => cd linux-2.6.18 > > make xconfig > Does not work. The error apparently is that QT is missing. Through > the > Synaptic installer, I see a bunch of uninstalled libraries > associated with > things such as Python, but nothing uninstalled that looks to be QT > itself. I > am not sure what needs to be installed to run xconfig, so I ran > "make > menuconfig" instead. > > make dep ;#(depreciated? well, can't hurt) > Not needed any more, gives a message that it is obsolete. > > No changes needed to any of the following: > -----------> > make clean > make bzImage > ls -l arch/i386/boot/bzImage > You should see something like: > -rw-r--r-- 1 blipkowi users 1563617 Jun 6 01:01 > arch/i386/boot/bzImage > Otherwise, you are going to have to use your brain! Now, build and > install > the modules: > make modules ;#(46 minutes) > ----------< > > su - [Did not use] > make modules_install => sudo make modules_install > > Here is where I get stuck: > mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.img 2.6.18 > > > Regards, > Eric > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
