On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 12:24:28PM -0700, Bonez wrote: > I need some input on my first attempt at compiling a new kernel. I am running > Caldera's 2.4.2 kernel underlying desktop 3.1. i want to upgrade my kernel to > 2.4.19, to get built in USB support so that I can synch my Palm m505, as well > as to get the added support of other improvements. > > Here's what i have tried and which did not work, yet. I downloaded the kernel > archive from kernel.org to my $HOME/down/kernel_2.4.19 folder. There, I > unpacked it and then ran two patches in that folder, to enable Win4Lin to run > on the kernel. After that I ran 'make menuconfig' which seemed to work > without any reported errors. When I run 'make dep' though, I get several > errors.
Well, then it doesn't surprise me that things go south. What are the errors you get in after "make dep"? I'm guessing that your modutils are too old if they are still at 2.4.2. > Should I be compiling and doing all this in a different folder, i.e., a > branch off of /usr/src/ such as /usr/src/linux_2.4.19? Would that make a > difference? You can compile just fine in your home *directory* (a "folder" is is something in which you put paper). You only need to be root to install the new kernel image, modules, and so forth. However, now that you have build the kernel as root in your home directory, you need to run "make mrproper" *as root* to clear everything out, then go back and start from scratch. Kurt -- Minnie Mouse is a slow maze learner. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
