The kernel configuration error. 9.1

akihandyman · 11-20-2003, 07:28 PM

I just have installed mandrake9.1 and I have gone to KDE controle module to see kernel configration but I have seen messeges as follows," The kernel configration could not be read due to the following error:can not open /usr/src/linux/arch//config.in for reading
Either your kernel sources contain invalid configration rules or you just found a bug in the Kernel Configurator".
I am a very biginer and do not know how to use japanese input yet(therefore can't access to japaneseone) so please easy explanation!

teval · 11-20-2003, 07:38 PM

What's happening is that you don't have the kernel sources for some reason (which is very unlikely, albeit possible). They could also be linked properly
Go into /usr/src
And make sure there's a linux directory. Also make sure it's a symmlink to /usr/src/linux<some version>
If you only have /usr/src/<some version of linux>
Make a symmlink to linux

ln -s <some version of linux> linux

From console, or use your preffered GUI

That should fix it.

quatsch · 11-20-2003, 09:09 PM

actually, chances are you don't have the kernel sources installed since mandrake 9.1 does not install them by default. You can install them easily though. Go to mandrake control center -> software management -> install software and look for a package called 'kernel source' and install it.

akihandyman · 11-21-2003, 03:51 PM

It worked perfect but cdrecord 2.0 does not have clone support what to do?

akihandyman · 11-21-2003, 03:55 PM

For the kernel problem ,I only have /usr/src/RPM, and open in file manager,open in terminal.

quatsch · 11-21-2003, 04:36 PM

so have you managed to install the kernel sources or not? If you haven't, go to mandrake control center -> softwaremanagement and install it from there. From the command line, you can use
urpmi kernel-source
and it should get install as well (you have to be root).

akihandyman · 11-22-2003, 06:07 PM

It's amazing that when I first installed mandrake from installetion duscs,kernel was not installed in the os system.