Greetings, I am using Fedora Core 2 and I need to add some options to the kernel that are not turned on by default right after the initial installation. I configure the kernel options with "make menuconfig" and start the compiling process with "make". After make finishes I start the "make modules_install" but it finishes with the following error:

INSTALL lib/zlib_deflate/zlib_deflate.ko
INSTALL drivers/media/video/zr36016.ko
INSTALL drivers/media/video/zr36050.ko
INSTALL drivers/media/video/zr36060.ko
INSTALL drivers/media/video/zr36067.ko
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.7-rc3; fi
make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 143

It takes a while for the error message line to appear after the line just before appears. I have tried to follow the instructions of kernel compiliing as much carefully as I could.

Thank you very much!

Can you please try following:

Go to your /usr/src/linux-2.x
I guess in your case it will be /usr/src/linux-2.6.7-rc3
So change in the directory containing the kernel sources you would like to enable the options.

Clean everything with
make clean
make mrproper

Make a backup of your Makefile.

cp Makefile Makefile.old.bak
At the top you will find an entry like:

VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 6
SUBLEVEL = 7
EXTRAVERSION =-rc3

Change EXTRAVERSION to
EXTRAVERSION =-rc3custom

Now recompile your kernel after configuring it via make menuconfig (of course also enable the options you need.)
So
make
after that
make modules_install

Is this working ????

Thank you Vlad-A for being very helpful.

Unfortunately it is not working. I have tried so far to build the kernel from the original Fedora Core 2 distribution sources, linux-2.6.5-1.358 and the linux-2.6.7-rc3 which I downloaded. I have tried your suggestion to change the EXTRAVERSION =-rc3custom. The error is still the same. I have also tried to build with the following make options:
make O=/home/xodiak/build/kernel menuconfig
make O=/home/xodiak/build/kernel
make O=/home/xodiak/build/kernel modules_install
but after the
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.7-rc3; fi
it still shows:
make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 143

I do not understand the nature of the error so I cannot try something specific to fix it.
Could it be related to the fact that I only have 128 MB of memory? Fedora needs 256MB as minimum.

The only reference to the problem I cound find on search engines is this, but unfortunately an answer is not offered without a cost.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Oper..._20998803.html

Thank you again!

As I was searching on howto and faq files on the internet and the specific error message,
make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 143
on search engines, I realised that I could find only one or two references of the same error, which made me believe that it is not a common error and that it must be me doing something wrong.
I thought that the problem might be that I installed Fedora Core 2 with only 128MB of memory.
As an experiment I pressed ctrl-alt-F6 to bring the text console, I logged in as root and went to the kernel source directory and typed:
make O=/home/xodiak/build/kernel modules_install
and in the end the following errors appeared:

if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.7-rc3; fi
Out of Memory: Killed process 2756 (rhm-applet-gui)
Out of Memory: Killed process 2748 (nautilus)
Out of Memory: Killed process 5956 (depmod)
make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 143
make: *** [modules_install] Error 2

This also reminded me that previously, as I run the make modules_install on a terminal window, mozilla would close if I had an open html document.

Do these messages mean that I must upgrade my memory? I am buying an additional 256 memory in the next few days and I wish that would fix the error.

>:)

Why don't you boot into init level 3 (so no GUI) and try again ?
Perhaps this can help you as for now.

Yes, this helped me very much and the make modules_install had no errors this time. <:)
Thank you very much, Vlad-A, you are very helpful!

Hi guys!

In my case problem is not the memory, I run FC2 with 512 MB of RAM but I have the same problem as you, except for having no message like "make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 143" but only the first line saying "if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.7leonardo; fi".

I tried to compile kernel from Fedora Core sources and from kernel.org sources; I also tried to compile in more than 1 machine but the result is the same!!

Do you really think the problem is so unusual?

Have you ever thought that the problem could be the configuration in make menuconfig?

Please, help me!

midimarcus

Midimarcus,

please open a new thread. Your problem is *not* realted to the original posting at all.

I may be able to help you, but please open a new thread!!!

Also include "WHAT" Kernel are you compiling. A Fedora Kernel or an one from kernel.org!