make menuconfig problems[SOLVED]

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tommy_haaland · Post by **tommy_haaland** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:58 pm

When I installed gentoo I installed kernel-2.4.22_Pre2-gss. Today I installed kernel 2.4.23_Pre8-gss. From grub I can choose which kernel to load.

Now, when I load kernel-2.4.22, and run 'make menuconfig', it is kernel 2.4.23 menuconfig which is running...how come?

cripwalk · Post by **cripwalk** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:44 pm

Are your running make menuconfig from /usr/src/linux? You probably have it symlinked to your new kernel (2.4.23) Even if you boot into your old kernel, the symlink wont change. If you wanted to recompile your old kernel go to /usr/src/ linux-2.4.22_Pre2-gss dir and then run make menuconfig. Or change the /usr/src/linux symlink to your old kernel and try running it again.

tommy_haaland · Post by **tommy_haaland** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:56 pm

hmm, what's the point in making the symlinks anyway? If I want to run 'make menuconfig' from the old kernel, I go into /etc/usr/linux2.4.22 , and if I want to run it from the new menuconfig I go into /etc/usr/linux2.4.23

When I have run make menuconfig, where is the image placed after I have ran make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install' ?

Pete_Keller · Post by **Pete_Keller** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 3:09 am

tommy,

it is in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot and is called bzImage

Pete

BillyD · Post by **BillyD** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 3:12 am

Having the symlinks also enables other packages (such as alsa or nvidia-drivers to name a couple) to "find" where your kernel sources is. If you don't have it specified as "linux" then you will get errors when trying to install other stuff.

tommy_haaland · Post by **tommy_haaland** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 8:53 am

Ok. I added this to the end of my /etc/conf.d/local.start:

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 rm /usr/src/linux
ln -s /usr/src/linux-`uname -r` /usr/src/linux

and now it seems like symlinks points to the right kernel sources. But still my network card (have support for it in the kernel config as a module) doesn't work.

Anyone know how to solve this problem?[/code]

tommy_haaland · Post by **tommy_haaland** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 12:48 pm

When I run

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modprobe 8139too

it says: "can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.4.23_pre8-gss/modules.dep"

In /lib/modules 2.4.23_pre8 doesn't exist, so it is logical that I get that error message, but why doesn't I see the new kernel there after running make modules modules_install ????

Please help.

tommy_haaland · Post by **tommy_haaland** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 7:09 pm

Solved:

instead of running all in one command, I did it like this

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make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install

then mounted /boot and copied the bzImage to /boot

then it ALL worked...even my USB ports that didn't work under the 2.4.22 kernel  :D