Dear James, i did the following as u said: ./configure --target=arm-linux --enable-arm --prefix=/root/Desktop/pppbuild make CC=arm-linux-gcc LD=arm-linux-ld it compiles without any error; but when i do: make install i get the following error: install -d -m 755 /root/Desktop/pppbuild/sbin install -d -m 755 /root/Desktop/pppbuild/share/man/man8 cd chat; make install make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/ppp-2.4.4/chat' mkdir -p /root/Desktop/pppbuild/sbin /root/Desktop/pppbuild/share/man/man8 install -s -c chat /root/Desktop/pppbuild/sbin strip: Unable to recognise the format of the input file `/root/Desktop/pppbuild/sbin/chat' install: strip process terminated abnormally make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/ppp-2.4.4/chat' make: *** [install-progs] Error 2 thank you On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 8:08 PM, James Chapman <jchapman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > mohammed shareef wrote: >> >> I downloaded a 2.4.4 ppp package and did the following to compile it >> for my omap-osk: >> >> ./configure --host=arm-linux --prefix=/root/Desktop/pppbuild >> make >> make install > > The configure script isn't one that supports cross compilation, > unfortunately. So it is likely that you built files for your native desktop > system. > > To cross compile, do > make CC=arm-linux-gcc LD=arm-linux-ld > > but make sure that your compiler uses its own version of the system headers, > not your desktop versions. > > > -- > James Chapman > Katalix Systems Ltd > http://www.katalix.com > Catalysts for your Embedded Linux software development > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html