I found the reason of the error: Here is the error. Sorry , i was not at my box and did not have it right away. It boils down to the fact that kernel 2.6.10 does not compile with gcc 4.0. Or atleast my patch kernel, not sure how universily true this is. ( http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/08/msg00781.html ). Also 2.6.11 seems to suffer from this. strange. in file included from drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:18: include/linux/fb.h:869: error: array type has incomplete element type drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:37: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:38: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:39: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:40: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:41: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:42: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:43: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:44: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:45: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:46: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:47: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:48: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:49: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:50: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:52: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_verbose': drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:572: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:572: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_prepare': drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:642: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_write_proc': drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:788: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'boxit' differ in signedness drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:789: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'boxit' differ in signedness make[5]: *** [drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.o] Error 1 make[4]: *** [drivers/video/bootsplash] Error 2 make[3]: *** [drivers/video] Error 2 make[2]: *** [drivers] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10' make[1]: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10' make: *** [stamp-buildpackage] Error 2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Mouw" <J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Joeri Belis" <joeri.belis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:39 AM Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10 compile and fbcon error -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
