[Dxspider-support] Linux Kernel Build Woes

[Mike Lewis]

What kernel are you running? Did you have to rebuild the kernel to get the
support in it?
 
Thanks for the reply, 
73 de KE0MF / ML

-----Original Message-----
From: John Chubick [mailto:heavymetalq3 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:58 AM
To: dxspider-support at dxcluster.org
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Linux Kernel Build Woes



I also had problems with RH 7.1 a few months ago and ended up installing RH
6.2.

Works fine now.

Good luck!



 

>From: Mike Lewis 
>Reply-To: dxspider-support at dxcluster.org 
>To: "Spider Cluster Support (E-mail)" 
>CC: Skip Cubbedge , Kevin Moore , Gary Geissinger 
>Subject: [Dxspider-support] Linux Kernel Build Woes 
>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:19:18 -0700 
> 
>I realize that this is probably a bit off topic, and most likely beneath 
>some of the more sophisticated Linux users out there, but I am hoping that 
>if I can't get an answer to my problems, maybe someone can send me in the 
>direction of a more appropriate source of help. 
> 
>I decided to transfer over to a Linux based Spider system from Windows, 
>where I was having a certain amount of problems. I also figured it was a 
>good opportunity to get myself up to speed on Linux ( I am a S/W engineer 
>who has done all my development on either Windows based, or embedded 
>systems, no Unix experience to speak of...) The transition has actually
been 
>fun, and very informative, up until the attempt to get the Linux kernel 
>modified for Ham radio (AX25) support. I got Spider installed, and was 
>logging into it over my local network using telnet or ssh without problems,

>so decided it was time to try to get the system running on 2m with my TNC. 
>The system is a P166 with 128MB RAM, ~6GB drive, and running a Redhat 7.1 
>install. The original kernel that installed with the 7.1 CDs was 2.4.2-2. 
>Initially, I tried to install 2.4.9 with AX25, when I had problems I 
>subsequently went back to trying to update the 2.4.2-2 install to include 
>AX25 support. I have not been able to get either to work right. The good 
>news is, I can still boot my original 2.4.2-2 without AX25 without
problems, 
>but all other attempts at any installs that I built have had problems. 
> 
>The original kernel (2.4.2-2) with AX25 added, hangs the boot process while

>trying to install some USB driver (I have no USB connected, and this driver

>is not a problem in the original build). 
> 
>The 2.4.9 build fails the process accounting (accton), the sound card
(kudzu 
>comes up), and the eth0 Ethernet card during boot, then comes up and can be

>used (with no network access...) 
> 
>I have referred to 2 books, the AX25 HowTo, the Linux Kernel HowTo, and at 
>least 3 associates with no insights into what is wrong. I have tried 
>building the kernel both with loadable modules, as: 
> 
>backed up boot images, source code directory, and /lib/modules directory
for 
>original install 
>cd /usr/src/linux-2.X.X 
>make mrproper 
>make xconfig (set options and save) 
>make dep 
>make clean (have tried with and without this step...) 
>make bzImage 
>make modules 
>make modules-install 
>cp /usr/src/linux-2.X.X/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot/linuz-2.X.X 
>edit lilo.conf, add new image and keep old one avail 
>run lilo 
>reboot 
> 
>or without loadable modules as: 
>cd /usr/src/linux-2.X.X 
>make mrproper 
>make xconfig (set options and save) 
>make dep 
>make clean (have tried with and without this step...) 
>make bzImage 
>cp /usr/src/linux-2.X.X/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot/linuz-2.X.X 
>edit lilo.conf, add new image and keep old one avail 
>run lilo 
>reboot 
> 
>Version without modules has even more problems that one with modules, even 
>though I explicitly turned off loadable module support and made sure no 
>options were set to load as modules... 
> 
>I have noticed that make modules_install only copies over a small amount 
>compared to what is in the original /lib/modules/2.4.2-2 directory of the 
>original working version. 
> 
>At this point, it is the principal of the thing. I don't even care how long

>it takes, I am going to figure out how to make this work. Anyone got any 
>ideas, or at least some source of help I haven't tried yet? 
> 
>73 es tnx de Mike/KE0MF 

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