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I have compiled many times the 2.6.9 kernel with many ways but every time the same problem!
I even format my Linux partition and reinstalled Slack but the same problem.
To be clear,
with may old 2.4.24 kernel all works fine!
But when i boot with the 2.6.9 image i can see the boot messages only in normal framebuffer(else the monitor goes blank).
When i'm going to run 'man' command i take this error message:
for example 'man useradd':
Error executing formatting or display command.
System command (cd /usr/man && (echo ".ll 9.1i"; echo ".pl 1100i"; /bin/gunzip -c '/usr/man/man8/useradd.8.gz'; echo ".\\\""; echo ".pl \n(nlu+10") | /usr/bin/gtbl | /usr/bin/nroff -S -mandoc | /usr/bin/less -is) exited with status 256.
No manual entry for useradd
This is the probs i figured out.
But i suppose the are more i miss.
I'm desparate...
Thanks in advance with any help.
PS: I have tried many compile and configuring ways so please don't direct me in a similar link
That may also be what is messing up man for both of us, I don't know. I'm going to go recompile and re-install my kernel with those options to find out. I'll post results in a bit.
[EDIT] I recompiled my kernel with those options enabled, installed the kernel, and rebooted. My startup screen displays the boot logo and the messages normally. It did not fix my man pages problem.
Why not just update udev? The one that ships with Slack 10 is something like 20 or so versions behind. After compiling and installing my 2.6.9 kernel and finding out that man didn't work for me, I decided to update udev and the update certainly corrected the man issue. Besides, for me, running udev that far behind makes me nervous.
Thank you very much guys. I solved all my probs,
except now i have two penguins on boot screen(cool:P any idea why?)
Also i compiled fine the ltmodem 8.31a7 drivers with my 2.4.26 kernel
but with the 2.6.9 i have this prob:
To avoid faulting Systems with an Enviromental setting: make -e
make
is the compiling command used with build_module.
To modify "make" invocation on your System, if desirable,
edit the build_module line below: MAKEE
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