Subject: Re: Why does xconfig not work for me?
From: Ren Bourion (rene.bourion@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2002 - 09:16:42 MST
le 02/01/02 14:50, Avinash Gupta à agupta@mediaone.net a écrit :
> There seems to be something odd ... Are you using the stock YDL 2.1 kernel
> source or did you install it yourself? I would delete and then re-install
> the sources just to be sure. These are the packages you want to re-install:
>
> kernel-2.4.10-12a
> kernel-source-2.4.10-12a
> kernel-headers-2.4.10-12a
>
> You can find these rpms on your YDL CD. Force an upgrade using:
>
> rpm -Uvh --force kernel-headers-2.4.10-12a
> rpm -Uvh --force kernel-source-2.4.10-12a
> rpm -Uvh --force kernel-2.4.10-12a
>
> Make sure /usr/src/linux is a link to :
>
> linux -> linux-2.4.10
>
> Then:
>
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make mrproper
> make xconfig
>
> You may have to correct the typo in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/Config.in on
> line 277 (it SHOULD be on line 277 if you are using the stock kernel sources).
I had been using the stock kernel without any changes.
Now I have done exactly what you said; in particular, I have found the typo
on line 277 and corrected it. Then make mrproper, make xconfig, and it
works!
Thank you, Avinash, for your precious advice: you are a fount of knowledge!
Regards.
R.B.
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