Re: Segmentation faults with aptitude and apt-get on some packages
You don't need to go through all steps again. Just "make install" is enough. Unless you call "make clean", the compiled files and kernel are still in the kernel's source directory.
Adrian
> On Dec 2, 2016, at 7:45 PM, rod <r.schnell@mythos.freeddns.org> wrote:
>
>> On 12/2/2016 12:13 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> Did you run "make install" in the kernel's source directory after building kernel or did I forget mentioning it?
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>> PS: Sorry for the bad quoting style. Currently on mobile.
>>
>>>> On Dec 2, 2016, at 7:05 PM, rod <r.schnell@mythos.freeddns.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 12/2/2016 11:51 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>>> Change the first SILO entry to:
>>>>
>>>> image=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.11
>>>> label=Linux
>>>> initrd=/boot/initrd.img-4.8.11
>>>>
>>>> You simply forgot to modify silo.conf to point to the correct kernel and initrd.
>>>>
>>>> Currently it's configured to boot "vmlinuz" from the system's root directory which is most likely a symlink to a kernel in /boot (check "ls -l /vmlinuz") and use /initrd-4.8.11 as the initrd which is probably a symlink as well.
>>>>
>>>> Adrian
>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 2, 2016, at 6:32 PM, rod <r.schnell@mythos.freeddns.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> image=/vmlinuz
>>>>> label=Linux
>>>>> initrd=/initrd.img-4.8.11
>>>
>>>
>>> I noticed that whilst typing the email and have gone looking for
>>> vmlinuz-4.8.11.
>>>
>>> It's not in /boot and updatedb/locate doesn't show one on the system
>>> symlinked or otherwise.
>>>
>>> Did we not create it somehow? Is it supposed to be created when the
>>> kernel is built?
>>>
>>> Building kernels is fun! ;)
>>
> I did make "modules_install" but not "make install".
>
> $ cd linux-4.8.11
> $ cp -av /boot/config-$(uname -r) .
> $ make oldconfig (Just always <Enter> until the prompt comes back)
> $ make && make modules_install
> $ update-initramfs -c -k 4.8.11
>
> If I run "make install" it appears to run update-initramfs
> automatically. So is the last line not needed?
>
> Personally I'd rather top reply. I find it easier to see new comments
> that way. No big deal either way.
>
> Rod
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