make menuconfig

**bnei** · 11-06-2006

I will try with the ipw2200 driver to get my wlan going but first I have to be able to "make menuconfig", I am following a tutorial and from what I understand I have to download and install the source of my kernel

Code:

apt-get install linux-source-2.6.17

The reason that I did that instead of downloading it the way it's described is because I can't find a source matching my kernel name exact, I have also installed the linux-headers for my kernel.

But now, when I choose this way, I have no idea of how to get "make menuconfig" to work. Anyone who can help me? Am I even close?

**bryansmith** · 11-06-2006

What errors are you getting? Do you have libncurses5-dev installed? You have to type 'make menuconfig' in the source directory: /usr/src/linux-xxxxx).

Bryan

**bnei** · 11-06-2006

Originally Posted by bryansmith

What errors are you getting? Do you have libncurses5-dev installed?

Bryan

Yes, in terminal

Code:

apt-get install libncurses5-dev make gcc bin86 libc6-dev kernel-package

as I was told to do via the tutorial.

What I have done is

Code:

apt-get install linux-headers-'uname -r'
apt-get install linux-source-'uname -r'
and
apt-get install libncurses5-dev make gcc bin86 libc6-dev kernel-package

this is what is neccesary for the make menuconfig to work, but is there anything else I have to do or from where can I go "make menuconfig"?

"make menuconfig" in /usr/src/linux-headers-'uname -r' I get:

Code:

Hajo:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2# make menuconfig
Makefile:266: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2/scripts/Kbuild.include: No such file or directory
/bin/sh: line 0: [: -lt: unary operator expected
make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2/scripts/Kbuild.include'.  Stop.

**bryansmith** · 11-06-2006

You should be executing make menuconfig in the source directory, not the headers directory

.

Bryan

**bnei** · 11-06-2006

Originally Posted by bryansmith

You should be executing make menuconfig in the source directory, not the headers directory

.
Bryan

Damn, I forgot to mention that I did try that.

Ok, so here is the deal now

"make menuconfig" in /usr/src/ gives me

Code:

Hajo:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2# make menuconfig
Makefile:266: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2/scripts/Kbuild.include: No such file or directory
/bin/sh: line 0: [: -lt: unary operator expected
make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2/scripts/Kbuild.include'.  Stop.
Hajo:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2# cd .. Hajo:/usr/src# make menuconfig
make: *** No rule to make target `menuconfig'.  Stop.

So something is still not correct but the linux-headers are installed so I don't get the error-message.

I'm sorry that I didn't type this in earlier, any other ideas?

If it helps :P

Code:

Hajo:/usr/src# uname -r
2.6.17-2-686

Thank you for answering!

**bryansmith** · 11-06-2006

Okay, I'm confused now. In the code sample you just gave me, it shows you trying to execute make menuconfig in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2 - this should be /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.17-2

Now, you say that didn't work. Any ideas where /bin/sh points too? In Ubuntu, it points to /bin/dash which causes problems.

Bryan

**bnei** · 11-06-2006

Originally Posted by bryansmith

Okay, I'm confused now. In the code sample you just gave me, it shows you trying to execute make menuconfig in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2 - this should be /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.17-2

My bad

Ok, here it goes

Code:

Hajo:/usr/src# make menuconfig
make: *** No rule to make target `menuconfig'.  Stop.

but from there I shouldn't be able to excecute so that should not be a problem I guess.

Code:

Hajo:/usr/src# ls
linux-headers-2.6.17-2      linux-kbuild-2.6.17
linux-headers-2.6.17-2-686  linux-source-2.6.17.tar.bz2

I do not have a source map, and in the kbuild map I get

Code:

Hajo:/usr/src/linux-kbuild-2.6.17# make menuconfig
make: *** No rule to make target `menuconfig'.  Stop.

The fact that I don't have a source map might mean that the source isn't installed properly? However, that is weird since apt-get install should do it for me.

Code:

Hajo:/usr/src# tar -zxvf linux-source-2.6.17.tar.bz2

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

and this should be installed anyway. I am downloading the kernel the way the tutorial is telling me but it's 40 minutes left until it's done so if you have any other ideas you are welcome.

Now, you say that didn't work. Any ideas where /bin/sh points too? In Ubuntu, it points to /bin/dash which causes problems.
Bryan

I'm affraid that I don't know how to get the information about what something points to.
ln or ls -something I guess? Took a fast look through ln --help and ls --help but didn't find anything usefull (not saying that it isn't there, I didn't read every word carefully).

**bryansmith** · 11-06-2006

Originally Posted by bnei

I'm affraid that I don't know how to get the information about what something points to.
ln or ls -something I guess? Took a fast look through ln --help and ls --help but didn't find anything usefull (not saying that it isn't there, I didn't read every word carefully).

Let's see if the source works fine with make menuconfig first. If it doesn't we'll come back to that.

Bryan

**bnei** · 11-06-2006

Originally Posted by bryansmith

Let's see if the source works fine with make menuconfig first. If it doesn't we'll come back to that.

Bryan

Thank you for your efforts, however, I got the file downloaded now and now I have got make menuconfig to work properly.

I did apt-get remove on everything that I had and did it with the newly downloaded kernel file instead. Sorry for making you confusing aswell, It's almost midnight here in Sweden so I am tired

Will see what kind of errors that will show next, I'll bet that something will go wrong

Again, thank you!

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