Make Xconfig error

[TOoMeR]

Hey guys, ok, here's my problem:
I'm trying to compile my 2.6.10 kernel (which has worked many times in the past) but when I try and run "make xconfig" i get this error message:

root@Slackware:~/linux-2.6.10# make xconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:144,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/include/limits.h:122,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/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/netinet/in.h:212,
                 from /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:23,
                 from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:115:
/usr/include/bits/socket.h:305:24: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function `use_config':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: error: for each function it appears in.)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: warning: unused variable `s'
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function `parse_dep_file':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:297: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:297: warning: unused variable `s'
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2

Any idea what packages/libraries I need to reinstall to get it to work properly?

-Mike

[lakerdonald]

It might be a problem with the xconfig, but I'm not sure. What does running:

make menuconfig

say?

[TOoMeR]

The output of "make menuconfig" is as follows:

root@Slackware:~/linux-2.6.10# make menuconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:144,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/include/limits.h:122,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/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/netinet/in.h:212,
                 from /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:23,
                 from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:115:
/usr/include/bits/socket.h:305:24: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function `use_config':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: error: for each function it appears in.)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: warning: unused variable `s'
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function `parse_dep_file':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:297: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:297: warning: unused variable `s'
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2

I think i'm just going to use some of my Windows troubleshooting skills and do a reinstall

Anyways, thanks or your help!!

[loft306]

hmmm did u

make clean

befor you tried to run make xconfig or make menucanfig?

if so then i would sugest trying new kernel sources

[tek]

Ran into the same thing, while i havent finished compiling my kernel yet i can at least run make menuconfig. What i did was to grab the include/asm-i386 directory and copy it to include/asm and rerun the command, fired right up.
HTH

[lakerdonald]

perhaps you only have the kernel headers installed, not the kernel itself?

[lordnothing]

actually, that's a problem with the headers not being installed. install the kernel headers and then try again.

[manulite]

did u finally manage? I had the same prob and i solved it by creating the following link

/usr/include/asm -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.xx/include/asm-ppc

where /usr/src/linux-2.6.xx is where u extracted your kernel source

[John Rice]

Hi,

I stumbled on this thread as a result of searching for a solution to a similar problem via Google.

I'm just starting a project at work which involves developing C++ code for a PC Linux target using the Rhapsody UML tool on a Windows NT4 machine. To facilitate this, I'm trying to build GCC as a cross-compiler using the Crosstool scripts from http://kegel.com/crosstool/

As I'm a relative novice at Linux programming, it's all a bit daunting. Talk about 'in at the deep end'.

Anyway, the build gets as far as trying to build 'fixdep' at falls over with the following:

<snipped&#58; downloading unpacking and patching of tarballs, etc.>
Prepare kernel headers
+ cd /cygdrive/d/apps/crosstool-0.31/build/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.3-glibc-2.3.4/linux-2.6.8
+ test -f /cygdrive/d/apps/crosstool-0.31/i686.config
+ cp /cygdrive/d/apps/crosstool-0.31/i686.config .config
+ test -f .config
+ yes
+ make ARCH=i386 oldconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
fixdep&#58;
&#58; No such file or directory

As you can see, I'm using version 0.31 of Crosstool which uses the sources for gcc 3.4.3, glibc 2.3.4 and linux 2.6.8. It also uses binutils 2.14 glibc-linuxthreads 2.3.4

Oh, and I'm running the latest version of Cygwin of which I've installed absolutely everything.

Does this look like the same problem? I thought Croostool was just supposed to work.

did u finally manage? I had the same prob and i solved it by creating the following link

/usr/include/asm -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.xx/include/asm-ppc

What does 'creating the link' involve? Remember, being a novice I'll need subtitles for the hard of thinking.

Cheers,
John.

[manulite]

What does 'creating the link' involve? Remember, being a novice I'll need subtitles for the hard of thinking.

You use the ln command. On the console you do (as root)

ln -s /usr/include/asm /usr/src/linux-2.6.xx/include/asm-ppc

where /usr/src/linux-2.6.xx is the path to your kernel source.

This creates a symbolic link in /usr/include called asm which points to /usr/src/linux-x.x.x/include/asm-ppc. Don't know though if this will solve your problem. Not much of an expert myself, I rely heavily on what google suggests but i guess its worth a try

you can always remove the link if its no help.