hello! I've just upgraded my kernel from 2.2.14 to 2.4.5 - thought u might benefit from my experience I downloaded the following stuff from kernel.org : 1)the kernel tar.gz file (i had trouble with the bz2 file - somehow it didnt have the scripts and Documentation directories!) 2)binutils 3)modutils <-- this is for loading modules and all those utilities 4)egcs 1.1.2 <-- the Changes files for kernel 2.4 explicitly mentions, nay, insists that you use egcs 1.1.2 (gcc 2.91.66) i installed this into usr/local/bin and while building the kernel, changed the compiler parameter in the Makefile to point to this gcc, instead of my regular one. 5)e2fsprogs
after doing all this, the kernel compilation.installation was a breeze..i could boot into the new kernel with no probs..
ah yes...i do have one particular doubt - the $PATH on my system lists /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin, but still the gcc in the latter gets executed from the prompt...howzzat?
regards, kishor
----- Original Message ----- From: "noel seq" noelseq@hotmail.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 10:48 AM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] unable to make menuconfig
Hi Luggers,
It all started after I started to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4.2 as philip suggested, i untarred the 2.4.1 kernel but was unable to add the patch. While applying the 2.4.2 patch, it gave me an error :
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line unexpected end of line in patch.
I continued to make menuconfig. and got the following error:
rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.1/scripts/lxdialog'
Unable to find the Ncurses libraries.
You must have Ncurses installed in order to use 'make menuconfig'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.1/scripts/lxdialog'
i already have it installed. i.e ncurses3-1.9.9e-11.i386.rpm and ncurses-5.0-11.i386.rpm
Then i downloaded gcc-2.96-54 which gave me an rpm error saying major numbers <=3 are supported. So i am upgrading rpm to 4.0.1-0.6x and it is giving me an error failed dependencies libdb-3.1.so is meeded.
Am i going in circles. Is there a simpler way. Please advise.
Noel
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