The Kernel

[Dark Ninja]

Well, hey, now. I really don't like this whole "recompiling the kernel" thing. Every time I attempt to do it, I run into the minor problem of ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WORKING ON MY COMPUTER EXCEPT THE MONITOR. :mad:

I'm really not sure where I go wrong, except that I know that almost no modules are being compiled with the new kernel (this has happened to me under Mandrake and Slackware). I check the lib/modules/OLD_LINUX_KERNEL folder, and there are hundreds of different files. Then I check the lib/modules/NEW_LINUX_KERNEL and there are about 10 files. I'm guessing that is my problem. But, anyway, I'm just curious as to whether anybody has a solution. If not, I think I'll just patch (although, I'd really like to learn what I'm doing wrong - I've read all the kernel compilation texts that I could get my hands on, but nothing seems to help).


Dark Ninja

[Malakin]

Don't compile your own kernel unless it's absolutely required or you enjoy doing it :)

If you really do need a newer kernel another solution if you're using mandrake is grabbing kernel binaries out of cooker.

If you do want help compiling a kernel it would help if you described the exact steps you're taking to do it, describe exactly why it's not working and what's not working and include a copy of your /usr/src/linux/.config file from the new kernel which lets us see what options you've chosen. Plus a description of all devices that aren't working with the new kernel.

[Dark Ninja]

Heyyyy...great idea idealego! I've posted my exact steps one time before and I was told I was doing the steps correctly, but I never thought of posting my .config file (which is where I think my problems are coming from). Thanks. I'll do that as soon as I install all these patches. (I do want the new kernel. I'm just kind of weird like that.)

You'll be hearing back from me on this kernel issue.

Dark Ninja

[armando86]

Originally posted by Dark Ninja:
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I'm really not sure where I go wrong, except that I know that almost no modules are being compiled with the new kernel (this has happened to me under Mandrake and Slackware). I check the lib/modules/OLD_LINUX_KERNEL folder, and there are hundreds of different files. Then I check the lib/modules/NEW_LINUX_KERNEL and there are about 10 files. I'm guessing that is my problem.</STRONG>

This is perfectly normal, remember that the whole point of recompiling your kernel is so that you only use what YOU need. Most Linux distros have to support a wide variety of hardware so of course there are going to be more modules on a distro's default kernel than on one you've built yourself. Most of the stuff in /lib/modules/OLD_KERNEL is probably stuff you don't really need, the stuff thats in /lib/modules/NEW_KERNEL are things that you really do need because you selected them. I hope this clears things up a bit. :)