On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 08:38, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > I've been trying unsuccessfully now for weeks to get a kernel to > > compile, with no success. I have always used the Red Hat config files > > (in the configs directory of the kernel source tree) as a starting > > point for creating a custom kernel. One would think this would be > > pretty straight forward, but it doesn't work. If you: > > > > 1) make mrproper > > 2) make xconfig (and load one of these config files) > > 3) make dep > > 4) make bzImage... > > > > Stop! It segfaults right there. > > Reproducibly? > > That means, if you repeated above procedure, would it always > segfault? And if you ran "make bzImage" a second time, would it > segfault again at the same place? Yes, this is reproducible. It will segfault in exactly the same place every time. It also does this with a standard kernel. Looks like I was missing a step (see below). > > OK - now that I have that off my chest, is this already Bugzilla'd > > somewhere to anyone's knowledge? Does a Red Hat kernel config exist > > anywhere I could get my hands on that will compile correctly? > > All those in the configs directory. Try this just for fun: > > cd /usr/src/linux-2.4 > make mrproper > cp configs/kernel-2.4.18-i686.config .config > make oldconfig > make dep bzImage modules modules_install install Tried it - except for the make modules_install install parts, since I don't want to do this yet. This does work - the main difference I see is the make oldconfig step, which I was not doing. From here then, I should be able to modify the config file to taste and move ahead. -Thanks! I'll have to work on the rest after work. Next for me is to compile the new sis900 drivers from the 2.5.49 tree so I can use my on-board Ethernet controller instead of my old 3Com NIC, which is keeping another machine off my network. <smile> Cheers, Chris Williams ==================================== "If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' someone else's dog around." --Cowboy Wisdom -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
