That's what is weird - I did. I used ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.26.1.tar.bz2. I'll investigate it more later - maybe kernel-package is doing something funny? Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > It sounds like you may be using the debian sources, since you > mentioned a package. I know that it's normal for what you describe to > happen when you do oldconfig, and you don't have a .config file in the > kernel source directory, I've never heard of that happening with > menuconfig, unless this is a debian thing like you said. What I wanted > to mention, in case you weren't aware of it, is that you don't have to use the debian sources to build a custom > kernel using kernel-package if you don't want to. I personally use the > standard sources from kernel.org. > > Greg > > > On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 10:34:23PM -0400, Robert Spangler wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Wow, this is odd! I untared the linux-2.6.26.1 package, created a >> symlink to it, called linux, and installed a git copy of Speakup to it. >> When I go in and do make menuconfig, it tried to take settings out of >> the config file for my current kernel from /boot! Then, I went to move >> that and it tried to take them from arch/x86/config or >> whatever....What's going on here? Whatever happened to just plain >> custom-kernel building? LOL...Unless this is a Debian thing but I don't >> recall reading about it. >> >> Thanks, >> Robby >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkiXvk8ACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyB7YQCgjHeoAeeOW4kDiOqN5Ik0XWhZ > uJUAn3HH4Hd6mplllb7Ss1K8VKANTI3x > =3694 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
