Re: 'make config'

[dtm12@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Daniel Martin at cush)]

Chris Keathley Keathley <ckeathley@yahoo.com> writes:

> I am having problems trying to run make config for one probably simple
> reason. But since I don't know a whole lot yet, I am stumped. I looked
> for /usr/src/linux, and there is no such directory. Where is my
> kernal? I even installed one from dselect and went back and checked
> and it still was not there.

What package did you install, exactly?
Specifically, did you install a kernel-source package or just a
kernel-image package?  You need to install a kernel-source package.

Once you've done that, look at /usr/src; mine looks like: (I have
extra stuff because I have multiple kernel sources installed and also
have the apache source installed)

cush:~$ ls -l /usr/src
total 994
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         2048 Nov 13 14:42 apache-1.1.3/
-rw-r--r--   1 root     src       1007888 Nov 13 15:57 kernel-image-2.0.30_custom.1.0_i386.deb
drwxr-xr-x  16 root     root         1024 Nov 13 15:57 kernel-source-2.0.30/
drwxr-sr-x  15 root     src          1024 Oct 22 00:30 kernel-source-2.0.31-pre10/
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     src            20 Oct 22 00:30 linux -> kernel-source-2.0.30/

As you can see, /usr/src/linux/ is a symbolic link to
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.30/ - if, on your system, /usr/src/linux
isn't this way, then do (as root):
newgrp src
ln -s kernel-source-2.0.30 /usr/src/linux

This symbolic link should be created by installing the kernel-source
package, but if not then you can make it as above.  (Of course, if you 
install kernel-source-2.0.29 instead of kernel-source-2.0.30, then
adjust the commands as appropriate).


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