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>Error starting recompiling process?</H3>
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<p><strong>From darod on Fri, 05 Mar 1999
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I get an error when I try to recompile the kernel. Actually, I
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get the error before I even get into the recompiling process.
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Here it is:
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<P><STRONG><BlockQuote>
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When I try to run "<tt>make menuconfig</tt>" I get the errors ( I've
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included a screenshot of what errors show up) in question. I'm a
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newbee pretty much. I've had Linux on my machine for about 2
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months. I've recompiled before but, I was using the "workstation"
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option in Mandrake. I am now using the latest version of Mandrake
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with the latest version of <A HREF="http://www.kde.org/">KDE</A>.
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I chose the "custom" option for
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install this last time and now I'm running into these problems. I
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talked to several people about this and they have advised me to
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install these files;
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</BlockQuote></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>
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kernel headers (I knew about this one)
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<br>kernel source (I knew about this one too)
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<br><tt>gcc</tt> (I didn't know about this one, but I loaded it and it
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still gives me the errors)
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Headers just the portions of the kernel that some other
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programs need to know to run compile and run under it.
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So, if you install just the headers you can't compile
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a new kernel --- but you can compile various programs
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that need to refer to kernel function prototypes and
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defined values (constants).
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The sources are needed to compile a new kernel, of course.
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<tt>gcc</tt> is the compiler (GNU C compiler). It's the tool you use
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to compile <EM>anything</EM> on a typical Linux system. There are
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also some derivative alternative compilers like egcs
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available.
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>
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I need help with this, I hope you can help me. I want to
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recompile the kernel so that I can setup my iomega zip drive.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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Looking at your screenshot I see errors in compiling
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<tt>lxdialog</tt> (the Linux kernel "dialog" utility which is
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what <tt>menuconfig</tt> uses to display dialog boxes, with
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menus etc).
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These errors are from the compiler's inability to find
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various header files. This is almost certainly due to a
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problem with your installation.
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On a properly configured system you should have
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a couple of symlinks from <TT>/usr/include</TT> to directories
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under <TT>/usr/src/linux.</TT> On my system these look like:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><Pre>
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Nov 23 16:39 /usr/include/asm
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-> /usr/src/linux/include/asm
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Nov 23 16:39 /usr/include/linux
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-> /usr/src/linux/include/linux
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Nov 23 16:39 /usr/include/scsi
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-> /usr/src/linux/include/scsi
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Once these sylinks are in place (and there's a symlink
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from <TT>/usr/src/linux</TT> to the actual location of your kernel
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sources) you should be able to build your new kernel and
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other software properly. (In your situation I'd expect
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that almost nothing would compile --- those symlinks are
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used by alot of software).
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Thanks in advance,
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Darrin Rodriguez
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>Error starting recompiling process?</H3>
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<p><strong>From darod on Sun, 07 Mar 1999
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<P><STRONG>Ok,
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<P><STRONG>
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So your telling me that you think I probably won't be able to
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compile anything with the way things are now on my machine
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configuration, right? Well, what can I do short of installing the
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OS again? I don't want to loose all the tweaking I've done
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already if possible! What can I do with this thing?
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<P><STRONG>
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Darrin
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What I was trying to say is:
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MAKE THE SYMLINKS
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... and:
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MAKE SURE THE SYMLINKS ARE RIGHT
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I realize that my long description of what these symlinks
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are and why you need them didn't actually spell that out in
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simple, bold terms like this --- but that's what I meant.
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