slackware upgrade

satinet · 05-10-2006, 02:31 PM

Hi,

I've upgrade to slackware current (gcc 3.4.6). I want to recompike my kernel because the nvidia driver wont compile as the gcc version i used to compile the kernel is not the same one that is being used to compile the nvidia module.

when i go to my linux source in /usr/src and type make, this happens:

Code:

root@blue:/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.15# make
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:153,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:144,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/3.4.6/include/limits.h:122,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/3.4.6/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/3.4.6/include/limits.h:11,
                 from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:113:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/sys/socket.h:35,
                 from /usr/include/netinet/in.h:24,
                 from /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:23,
                 from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:115:
/usr/include/bits/socket.h:304:24: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function `use_config':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: error: for each function it appears in.)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: warning: unused variable `s'
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function `parse_dep_file':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:310: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:310: warning: unused variable `s'
make[2]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make[1]: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
make: *** [include/linux/autoconf.h] Error 2

sorry for the dump.

Any ideas.

also is slocate broken??

cwwilson721 · 05-10-2006, 03:01 PM

My slocate is working fine, but I never 'upgraded', I just installed current fresh...

My guess is the libs for glib, etc need to be upgraded too. So many dependencies...

satinet · 05-10-2006, 03:10 PM

yeah i upgraded everything.... bit silly, but it's fun fixing it..... when it's time for slackware 11 i might do a clean install...

mdarby · 05-10-2006, 03:37 PM

reinstall glibc.

satinet · 05-10-2006, 04:17 PM

thanks, but it didnt work :-(

Ilgar · 05-10-2006, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satinet

Code:

/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
...
/usr/include/bits/socket.h:304:24: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory

Are you sure that you didn't remove some header files while doing the upgrade?

satinet · 05-11-2006, 03:14 AM

kernel headers? no, i use my own kernel....

gbonvehi · 05-11-2006, 03:47 AM

For better compability and avoid compiling errors, mantain the kernel headers of the version glibc was compiled against. Those errors as Ilgar stated are because they're looking for files from kernel headers (and it won't look in your kernel sources for them).

theoffset · 05-11-2006, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satinet

also is slocate broken??

Well, it is working nice with me. Did you run

Code:

slocate -u

after upgrading to slocate-3.1.

From the ChangeLog:

Quote:

a/slocate-3.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to slocate-3.1.
This uses a new database format, so you'll have to wait for the cron job or
run "updatedb -c /etc/updatedb.conf" as root. Thanks to Piotr Simon and
Erik Jan Tromp for pointing out that the docs for the previous package were
installed with incorrect permissions.

satinet · 05-12-2006, 12:09 PM

Thanks,

installing the old kernel headers has fixed make and i am now writing from a machine with a 2.6.16.15 kernel...

also slocate -u has worked.... i guess that was a bit silly! thanks

gdm and gnome are still broken......... seems to be libgsf that's causing the problem.

any ideas?

Ilgar · 05-12-2006, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satinet

gdm and gnome are still broken......... seems to be libgsf that's causing the problem.

any ideas?

Glad that you've fixed the two issues. I see that your gdm is broken like mine. I switched to kdm temporarily. I wasn't able to track the problem to the origin, though. How did you conclude that libgsf is the trouble? I checked the libraries gdm was linked against but none of them were in the -current upgrade that broke my gdm, and libgsf doesn't seem to be linked. Btw, my Gnome works OK.

satinet · 05-13-2006, 07:43 AM

well, when i start gnome i get that error message on the screen when i log out (in slackware run level 3).

gnome doesnt work for me - no desktop background and you cannot log out without doing cntr alt backspace. The error message also mentions that nautilus is not working in some way, which i suspect is the problem.........

Ahmed · 05-13-2006, 06:35 PM

Well in my case gdm broke after upgrading to -current. Wouldn't load, just a blank screen, and no error messages..

Any ideas?

-A

willysr · 05-13-2006, 10:50 PM

me too, but i use KDM instead of GDM
I asked Pat about this and he said that it is working in his computer, but he uses the "nv" driver. Strange

Ahmed · 05-14-2006, 12:49 AM

Well upgrading everything to current also means upgrading from kernel 2.4.31 to 2.4.32, where the nvidia driver will be void anyway and I'll have to switch back to nv. If I don't, X won't start in the first place. I managed to get Windowmaker to work, but it's not my desktop of choice..

-A