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I've read your compile guide for kernel 2.6.0, beyondzero.
That's a complete and quick guide to solve all those problems pointed out by a number of post in this forum.
I would suggest to put the kernel source tree in a home directory and then:
This kind of procedure is even in the kernel source tree README
Quote:
INSTALLING the kernel:
- If you install the full sources, put the kernel tarball in a
directory where you have permissions (eg. your home directory) and
unpack it
Having the kernel source tree in your home directory has the following advantages:[list=1][*]Normal users stay root for a safe amount of time.[*]/usr directory doesn't grow too big in size.[*]Normal users can normally 'make xconfig' without the need of being root.[/list=1]
Feel free to add other advantages as indeed there are more.
Originally posted by beyondzero For my future reference I put together a quick guide from everyones advice and have posted it on my site - http://durham.randomwire.com/kernel.php - hope it might be of help to someone else!
How did you get the kernel built from the 2.6.0 sources without running into the problems described here:
The procedure you describe is basically the same procedure I've been following for years and I'm puzzled as to why I'm having problems with the "asm" directories and locating errno headers.
Originally posted by ZiGiE
[B]Here's a little script I wrote and run everytime after I compile new kernel.
Note: You still need to edit lilo.conf and run lilo!!!
(snip)
Nice script, I'll save it in my ~
Oh, and why don't you put something in the second line to get some credit?
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Install Kernel Script by ZiGiE from LQ-Slackware
Originally posted by IffikaS i cant still hget rid of the blank screen problem ???
can someone help
Ok, here is something I did. It's not elegant, but it works. Boot your machine and let the blank screen appear and wait until the disk activity stops. Then login and _somehow_ get X started. On my system (Slackware 8), it boots to runlevel 3 which doesn't start X and I start X by manually switching to runlevel 4 (which is the way I just prefer to do things).
The main point is, boot the box and get X started. Once X is started login and open a shell window and edit your lilo.conf file and change the "vga =" line to "vga = ask". Save the file and reboot.
Now, when lilo starts it will prompt you for the video mode to use for the boot process.
Originally posted by tomdkat I'm sure there is, but at this point having a low-res console is better than a blank screen.
If the "vga = ask" works for you, then you will at least NOT have a blank screen until you get your VGA frambuffer console issues worked out.
What kind of graphics card do you have and how do you have the kernel configured for framebuffer console support?
Peace...
of course it's better than blank one. I have on of those Nvidia GeForce 2 MX 400 . there is no drivers ment for geforce but i enabled the riva - but it doesnt help
ok but still - i have one major problem - i can't get my tv card working. It Leadtek winfast TV 2000 XP deluxe it ran very good with 2.4.23, but now it doesnt work .
I use tvtime and it says " Cannot open capture device /dev/video0 " ???
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