Hello everyone,


First, I must say that I am not new to compiling my own kernel. However, trying to compile a kernel on Mandrake 10 has left me feeling like a complete n00b.

Here are the steps I followed:

1. Installed the source for the current kernel with "urpmi kernel-source"
2. cd /usr/src/linux
3. make menuconfig
4. selected preemptible kernel to be built into the kernel
5. exited and saved the new config
6. make
7. make modules modules_install
8. make install
9. lilo
10. reboot, selecting the new custom kernel.


However, upon reboot, the system seems to think that half my hardware has been removed (mouse, cd-drive, etc) and most of the modules throw out errors as they are loaded.

What step(s) have I missed that is specific to compiling a kernel with Mandrake? I'm assuming that the .config that comes with the kernel-source package is the same one that was used to compile the kernel that is provided by the kernel package, so I doubt it is an issue with the actual kernel configuration.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

here is how i did mine and its working fine

# cd /usr/src/linux

backup the .config by copying to any other location

# make mrproper

restore the .config

# make menuconfig

then save

# make

# make bzImage

# make modules

# make modules_install

# make install

It sounds like you didn't select correct modules when creating the config.

heema - With a 2.6 kernel, you "shouldn't" have to do a "make bzImage" anymore. However, I will give it a go later tonight when I try again. Also, a quick "make mrproper" before I start also might not be a bad idea.

Ph0enix2003 - I don't think that is the problem. The .config was provided with the rpm of the kernel source, and should be the same .config that was used to compile the kernel that I am actually running. All I simply did was add preemtible kernel, everything else was left as per the .config provided with the rpm.


Thanks for the suggestions so far, much appreciated.

It is exactly 'make mrproper' what made the difference over here!

It's even mentioned in the kernel-source "README.Mandrake" file!

It has to do with the fact that Mandrake allows you to compile new modules without re-compiling the whole kernel.

Backing up the ".config" file is a good idea, when you want to compile at least the same modules as in the binary kernel packages.