Config error

bg3075 · 05-31-2009, 06:07 PM

I am trying to config Ushare, and then apply the patch. I get an error when trying to configure it, "endian test failed" (see the thread http://www.geexbox.org/forum/viewtop...p=64510#p64510 for more information). It appears to be looking for a directory called "altivec.h". I will attempt to attach the config.log.

jamescondron · 05-31-2009, 06:33 PM

You should have altivec.h as part of the GCC tree, if I remember correctly. Do you have up to date linux-headers and build-essential package?

bg3075 · 05-31-2009, 06:42 PM

I doubt it...I did install kernel headers in the past, but that kernel bugged out, and I had reverted back to the older kernel. I just tried to install kernel headers again (below).

Code:

[root@HOME ~]# yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers
Loaded plugins: protectbase, refresh-packagekit
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
2 packages excluded due to repository protections
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Package kernel-devel-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686 installed and not available
No package kernel-headers available.
Nothing to do

Can you help show me how to install the build-essential package?

Also, do you know where is a good onlind guide to Linux, that covers the basics of issues such as these?

jamescondron · 05-31-2009, 06:46 PM

Sorry, idiot me wrongly assumed some debian derivative, though why I decided that, I'll never know

Okay:

Code:

yum -y install make gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel

Should do it, if I remember correctly

bg3075 · 05-31-2009, 07:29 PM

This is what it returned:

Code:

Package 1:make-3.81-14.fc10.i386 already installed and latest version
Package gcc-4.3.2-7.i386 already installed and latest version
Package gcc-c++-4.3.2-7.i386 already installed and latest version
Package kernel-devel-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686 installed and not available
Nothing to do

What about the build-essential package, is that a simple process to build?

jamescondron · 05-31-2009, 07:35 PM

build-essential is a debian specific, those packages listed there are the ones you'd need- don't worry about build-essential.

Okay, next step, lets manually search for it, see what happens:

Code:

sudo find / -iname "*altivec*"

See what comes up

bg3075 · 05-31-2009, 07:39 PM

Nothing was returned at all

Thanks for your help...you did give me a couple more lines of commands to add to my notes.

jamescondron · 05-31-2009, 07:50 PM

Right hang on, because altivec.h is a platform specific header. What exactly are you trying to do? What distro are you using? You realise GeeXboX is a live cd environment, right?

bg3075 · 05-31-2009, 08:34 PM

Sorry, this is my first post here...just edited my signature (below). I am running Fedora 10. I am only installing Ushare, not GeexBox. Ushare is all needed to share media from the pc to Xbox 360. GeexBox appears to be a media center bootloader.

knudfl · 06-01-2009, 04:00 AM

Fedora 10 :
'uShare' depends on 'libupnp-devel' , 'libdlna-devel' .
http://ushare.geexbox.org/
You may need the rpm.fusion repo, if you want the dlna support
http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

# yum -y install libupnp-devel libdlna-devel

cd ushare-1.1a-NeToU/
./configure ( or ./configure --enable-dlna )
And configure ( and make ) runs with no errors.
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'altivec.h' is 'ppc architecure' only ?, and
'altivec.h' is not present on x86 Linux, AFAIK.
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( i386 Fedora 10, pentium 4.)
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bg3075 · 06-01-2009, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

Fedora 10 :
'uShare' depends on 'libupnp-devel' , 'libdlna-devel' .
http://ushare.geexbox.org/
You may need the rpm.fusion repo, if you want the dlna support
http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

# yum -y install libupnp-devel libdlna-devel

cd ushare-1.1a-NeToU/
./configure ( or ./configure --enable-dlna )
And configure ( and make ) runs with no errors.
.....

'altivec.h' is 'ppc architecure' only ?, and
'altivec.h' is not present on x86 Linux, AFAIK.
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( i386 Fedora 10, pentium 4.)
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Thanks for the help, but unfortunately I am still getting an error on configure:

"endian test failed"

Could there be something wrong with my kernel?

bg3075 · 06-01-2009, 09:37 PM

For continuation, please see my last post here: http://www.geexbox.org/forum/viewtop...p=64588#p64588

knudfl · 06-02-2009, 08:07 AM

Ref. your post in this forum ....
http://www.geexbox.org/forum/viewtop...p=64588#p64588

Quote:

configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

May be missing 'glibc-devel' ??
# yum -y install glibc-devel
... will install or update glibc-devel .

About pkgconfig :
# yum search pkg
# yum -y install pkgconfig
... which will provide /usr/bin/pkg-config .
And please do not build pkgconfig yourself.
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All the above may cure your errors / problems generally.
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bg3075 · 06-02-2009, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

Ref. your post in this forum ....
http://www.geexbox.org/forum/viewtop...p=64588#p64588

May be missing 'glibc-devel' ??
# yum -y install glibc-devel
... will install or update glibc-devel .

About pkgconfig :
# yum search pkg
# yum -y install pkgconfig
... which will provide /usr/bin/pkg-config .
And please do not build pkgconfig yourself.
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All the above may cure your errors / problems generally.
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Thanks...followed your advice, returned both packages are installed and latest version.

knudfl · 06-04-2009, 01:21 PM

Ref. post # 3 :

Quote:

2 packages excluded due to repository protections

Please have a look in /etc/yum.conf
( 'cat /etc/yum.conf' )
to se what's excluded. If you have a line saying
exclude=kernel-headers glibc-headers
then please edit the text to allow :

# yum -y install kernel-headers glibc-headers
( Either uncomment the exclude line with a hash mark ( # ) or delete it.)
... The 2 packages are on the install DVD too.

Then I guess, the problems are solved ... the "endian test failed"
error origins from a missing package 'glibc-headers' .

... And probably also the error
" configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check "
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