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latest kernel builds

Heh sorry for posting a lot on the first day of joining the forums, but erm were do people get the latest kernel builds from??

Post away!

http://kernel.org/

John

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Originally posted by jkobrien
Post away!

http://kernel.org/

John

heya another Q

sorry

can i compile the kernel inside a window manager such as kde? like opening a terminal?

Yes, you can compile it in a console terminal.
Open a Konsole terminal, cd to the directory you untarred you kernel source and configure it with "make xconfig". After this, I suggest you edit the Makefile to put an extra version. Then, start the compilation:

Code:

make dep

make bzImage

make modules

If all goes well, the compilation is not interrupted with "error" message, you have to put the things in place:

Code:

make modules_install

cp -a arch/<architecture>/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-X.XX.XX-yyyy

cp -a System.map /boot/System.map-X.XX.XX-yyyy

where <architecture> is your platform. For our ubiquitous PCs, it is "i386"., X.XX.XX is the kernel version you are compiling, for example, 2.4.26 and -yyyy is you extra version.
I suggest you to never compile a new kernel with the same version you are using. If you run into problems you can go into an unbootable system. To differ your compilation you have to edit the master Makefile, changing the contents of the "EXTRAVERSION" variable. Don't forget to put the "-" (hifen) to separate the version from extra version. If you enter "mycomp" you will have a kernel "2.4.26mycomp". If you use "-mycomp", you will have "2.4.26-mycomp".

After this you have to edit your boot loader configuration. Here, you need to know if your distribution uses grub or lilo. If you use lilo, you need to edit /etc/lilo.conf to include an alternate kernel. After edit it, you have to run "lilo" to reinstall it. If you use grub. you need to edit "/boot/grub/grub.conf" or "/boot/grub/menu.lst". Basically, in both cases, all you have to do is to duplicate the specification for the system which is booting and change the kernel name to the kernel you copied "/boot/vmlinuz-X.XX.XX-yyyy".
After all this done, reboot your system and choose your kernel at the boot prompt. If it doesn't boot, choose the other kernel and go to the top of this post.

Good luck!

Quote:

Originally posted by osvaldomarques
Yes, you can compile it in a console terminal.
Open a Konsole terminal, cd to the directory you untarred you kernel source and configure it with "make xconfig". After this, I suggest you edit the Makefile to put an extra version. Then, start the compilation:

Code:

make dep make bzImage make modules

If all goes well, the compilation is not interrupted with "error" message, you have to put the things in place:

Code:

make modules_install cp -a arch/<architecture>/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-X.XX.XX-yyyy cp -a System.map /boot/System.map-X.XX.XX-yyyy

where <architecture> is your platform. For our ubiquitous PCs, it is "i386"., X.XX.XX is the kernel version you are compiling, for example, 2.4.26 and -yyyy is you extra version.
I suggest you to never compile a new kernel with the same version you are using. If you run into problems you can go into an unbootable system. To differ your compilation you have to edit the master Makefile, changing the contents of the "EXTRAVERSION" variable. Don't forget to put the "-" (hifen) to separate the version from extra version. If you enter "mycomp" you will have a kernel "2.4.26mycomp". If you use "-mycomp", you will have "2.4.26-mycomp".

After this you have to edit your boot loader configuration. Here, you need to know if your distribution uses grub or lilo. If you use lilo, you need to edit /etc/lilo.conf to include an alternate kernel. After edit it, you have to run "lilo" to reinstall it. If you use grub. you need to edit "/boot/grub/grub.conf" or "/boot/grub/menu.lst". Basically, in both cases, all you have to do is to duplicate the specification for the system which is booting and change the kernel name to the kernel you copied "/boot/vmlinuz-X.XX.XX-yyyy".
After all this done, reboot your system and choose your kernel at the boot prompt. If it doesn't boot, choose the other kernel and go to the top of this post.

Good luck!

omg man you are a genius i have been running into make problems (errors even after make config, didnt know about Xconfig though.) all the time thank you i will try this method tonight when i get home and i will report back to you. i have default mandarke 10 official kernel build 2.6.3.7 . i plan to put this up to the latest 2.6.7 .

thank you osvald