I've been noticing a similar behavior with kernel.org tarballs and menuconfig, under Ubuntu, without kernel-package installed. Luke On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Robert Spangler wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
