Hi,

explanation of the problem in few words:
compiling some drivers, some processes exit with errors
appearently due to the absence of the /lib/modules/2.6.19.2
where 2.6.19.2 is the kernel I built.

In these alst 13 days I was searching for a way to solve this problem,
but I'm not able to find a solution.



"exhaustive" explanation of the problem:

I built my own kernel 2.6.19.2 for my Ubuntu Edgy
following the well known Debian and Ubuntu guides:
make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version -versione kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image

The new kernel works perfectly so I begin installing
external drivers I need: I installed Nvidia driver and
r1000 (for my Realtek 8168 Gigabit Ethernet card) without
problems.



Finally I was going to install the ipw3545 driver
'cause it is not included in the vanilla;
I followed the "README" of the official project
that can also be found on a high number of sites and blogs.
After successfully installing the new ieee stack
I enter the ipw3945 directory and type:
make the process breaks it seems because it is not able
to find the directory /lib/modules/2.6.19.2
The same problem occurs when I try to to build and use the
support for my Hauppauge WinTV HVR900.



I also rebuilt the kernel with the "classical" way (make bzImage and so on)
and the "make-kpkg" way, but the result is still the same :-(

Please help me 'cause at this moment the only way to use my
wi-fi card is using the official Ubuntu kernel,
but I need to run a custom kernel.


sincerely,

deadlinx

Your really better off posting the actual error messages rather than your Reader's Digest condensed version fo what you think the problem is. Posting the last 20-30 line of the make output is usually sufficient to ascertain what happened.

Hi,

At this moment I'm not on my Linuxbox, in synthesis the output said:
there is no 2.6.19.2 in /lib/modules/ exiting
error 2

this seems to be something more than my opinion about the problem,
I just read the screen output, anyway for being exahustive I'll
post the complete output as soon as possible.

deadlinx

This method is rather ancient. The correct method to build a 2.6 kernel is in README file located in root of kernel sources.

"I also rebuilt the kernel with the "classical" way (make bzImage and so on)
and the "make-kpkg" way, but the result is still the same :-("

Did you install the resulting ".deb" that make-kpkg created? Do you actually still have a "/lib/modules" directory? Could we see the result of "ls /lib/modules" in case there's something obvious that you're missing?

Hi,

yes, I do,
I install the new deb packages I created: linux-image and the linux headers.


In /lib/modules I have the directory referred to the defaul Edgy kernel

Can we see the exact make string you used, including all the options you selected? Not just a description of it, but the exact string of characters you type to make it.

Can we see the exact response from "ls /lib/modules"? Not just a description of it, but the exact response.

Can we see the exact result of "ls -l *.deb" in the directory where your .deb is? Not just a description of it, but the exact response.

Hi,

as usual the only good way to solve a problem
is thinking you are alone and no one will really
helping you when you get in trouble.

I didn't reply to every posts here 'cause
I understood there wasn't a quick solution,
so I prefer solve my problem rather than replying
posts and solve nothing, maybe it was not a good
idea :-(

I used to read the Ubuntu wike for having the
best details about my Edgy-box,
I found a good italian how-to here:

http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/CompilazioneKernel

it advises me to use these commands:

sudo make-kpkg --append-to-version=-custom --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image


Unfortunately I get in trouble with these,
in the end, after dpkg installation of packages,
no directory for the new kernel is create di /lib/modules





--> Solution <--





The problem is, if you want a Ramdisk image,
but it's really unuseful for a custom kernel
(you'll get a slower boot time!),

so if need a Ramdisk these are correct commands,
in correct order:

sudo make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image

In this way I have no problem!


If only people who writes in wiki cares about it
there are no more problem like this.

It's not a silly consideration, in fact an official wiki
should be written to solve problem, especially considering
wrong commands lie on the italian official Ubuntu wiki,
so I spent a lot of time before considering a Ubuntu wiki fault.


I'm not a seasoned Unix geek, so I only find that
order of instructions didn't work, but putting --initrd
before --append-to-version=-mynewkernel everything
seems to work perfectly.


I write this post for trying to be useful,
so please be patient if I seem angry,
but I lost a lot of time because of a really
simply solution --> next time I'll reply posts :-)


sincerely,

deadlinx

Hi,

I've written to the italian Ubuntu wiki staff
to explain the problem I had so they can
avoid other people to front this error.

sincerely


deadlinx