Re: Can't "make xconfig" for kernel-2.3.99-pre8

["S. Salman Ahmed" <ssahmed@pathcom.com>]

>>>>> "DD" == Didi Damian <ddamian@home.com> writes:
    DD>  I was able to 'make menuconfig' and succesfully compile it but
    DD> it all I got upon reboot was kernel panic. 2.3.99-pre3 worked
    DD> like a charm for me before ...
    DD> 
    DD> * Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com> [21-05-2000 04:29 AM +0000]
    >> I was able to use 'make xconfig' on this kernel, but this kernel
    >> version has been a disappointment for me.  I could not get
    >> iptables to work, I cannot get KDE to start under this kernel
    >> (kde 1.90 beta) and I can't even connect to the Internet while
    >> using kernel 2.3.99-pre8.

I had no luck make-ing xconfig with 2.3.99-pre8 so I downloaded
2.3.99-pre7. This time I had more luck:

 - make xconfig worked fine
 - the kernel compiled without problems
 - the kernel booted fine and seems to run fine (I am typing this
   message under it)

I didn't notice any subjective increase in speed. PPP seems to work fine
after I updated /etc/modutils/aliases and ran update-modules. My sound
card is working fine (SB PCI128). So far so good!

The only thing is that even after following the instructions in
/usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz to try and get my username to appear
in 'uname -a', all I get is:

@phoenix:[/home/ssahmed] uname -a
Linux phoenix 2.3.99-pre7 #1 Sun May 21 02:24:43 EDT 2000 i686 unknown

Here is how I compiled 2.3.99-pre7:

  (as normal user)
  make xconfig
  make-kpkg build
  fakeroot make -f debian/rules kernel-image-deb
  (as root)
  dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.3.99-pre7_Custom.1.00_i386.deb

Has anyone else tried this trick to get their username to appear in
'uname -a' ?

Thanks.

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Salman Ahmed
ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com