On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Niels Larsen wrote:
> On Thursday 13 April 2006 19:30, Dan Nicholson wrote:
> > On 4/13/06, Niels Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > 4.) can you please show us more detail on the error other than the last
> > > > line, say 15 lines above up until the end of the error.
> > >
> > > drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x38d78): In function `handle_diacr':
> > > : undefined reference to `accent_table'
I'm surprised that anybody would think of building with 2.6.8 - it's so
old, so many vulnerabilities have undoubtedly been fixed in newer
kernels. Having said that, this error doesn't ring any bells. My
initial guess is that you have patched the kernel, perhaps with
something like the utf8 compose patch, and whatever you patched with
doesn't apply correctly to 2.6.8. Failing that, maybe an error in your
kernel config (something missing), although if my memory is correct, by
2.6.8 it was fairly difficult to misconfigure the input subsystem,
unlike in really early versions of 2.6.
> >
> > Is there anything else, just above this? Try to find the first
> > occurrence in this series where it says "In function...
> **
No, this is a linkage error, something is being referenced by the
code, but it isn't defined anywhere.
> root:/sources/linux-2.6.8.1# make
> SPLIT include/linux/autoconf.h -> include/config/*
> make[1]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
> CHK include/linux/compile.h
> GEN .version
> CHK include/linux/compile.h
> UPD include/linux/compile.h
> CC init/version.o
> LD init/built-in.o
> LD .tmp_vmlinux1
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x34d7e): In function `vt_ioctl':
> : undefined reference to `accent_table_size'
> drivers/built-in.........
> **
> :-)
>
If you haven't mispatched the kernel, the long way to find the source
of the problem is
(i.) withing the linux-2.6.8.1 directory, find | xargs grep
accent_table_size
(ii.) study the output to work out where it is defined
(iii.) look at the Makefile(s) to find what configure option
controls this, if it is optional
(iv.) reconfigure.
Ken
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