problems building kernel...help

[rabantu]

Hi,

I downloaded the latest stable kernel 2.6.21.6 from kernel.org and am trying to build it. However, I am getting the following error. Can someone please help me??
........
CC init/version.o
LD init/built-in.o
LD .tmp_vmlinux1
ld: kernel/built-in.o: No such file: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
make: *** [_all] Error 2


Thanks in advance

[aliov]

In order to compile another Kernel and build it you have to have the kernel devel package and the nwcurse and the gcc compilers, these aren't installed by default in Ubuntu but you can install them using the synaptic package manager.

Hope this help.

[rabantu]

In order to compile another Kernel and build it you have to have the kernel devel package and the nwcurse and the gcc compilers, these aren't installed by default in Ubuntu but you can install them using the synaptic package manager.

Hope this help.

Hi Aliov,

Thanks for the reply. Initially I didnt have the devel and libc packages. Then I did get all the packages. However, I will verify as per your suggestions. Please note that it fails on linking.

Thanks

[aliov]

When do you get this message, it's when doing make or in the configuration part ?

[rabantu]

i Aliov,

I get this msg when running make....
If i need to get the devel package, how do i get it??? I ran apt-get and it says caont find package devel..

Thanks

[aliov]

use the synaptic package manager, enable the repositories (in fact just click on it's menu) then reload the synaptic manager, search for your packages and install them,

One question , did you configure your kernel before, i mean did you type make menuconfig (or whatever) and manage to configure your kernel ?

Regards.

[rabantu]

use the synaptic package manager, enable the repositories (in fact just click on it's menu) then reload the synaptic manager, search for your packages and install them,

One question , did you configure your kernel before, i mean did you type make menuconfig (or whatever) and manage to configure your kernel ?

Regards.

Hi,

I am still trying to get rid of this error. My synaptic manager doesnt show anything close to devel package. Can someone please suggest me the exact name of the package??

Or is this something that I can workaround by going into the menuconfig and unselecting some (not required ) option???

Help please:))

Thanks

[d38dm8nw81k1ng]

well, make sure the package build-essential is installed first. hmm... this isn't a config problem. for whatever reason, the file built-in.o is not being created. i reckon that installing build-essential will possibly alleviate the problem as i highly doubt there's a kernel config that will cause built-in.o to not be created. if that doesn't work, then i was wrong and you'll have to go through the config menu again. if this is the case, check out the manual on Gentoo Linux -- Gentoo Linux News and look at the section dedicated to compiling your own kernel. that should help.

[rabantu]

well, make sure the package build-essential is installed first. hmm... this isn't a config problem. for whatever reason, the file built-in.o is not being created. i reckon that installing build-essential will possibly alleviate the problem as i highly doubt there's a kernel config that will cause built-in.o to not be created. if that doesn't work, then i was wrong and you'll have to go through the config menu again. if this is the case, check out the manual on Gentoo Linux -- Gentoo Linux News and look at the section dedicated to compiling your own kernel. that should help.

Hi,

I already have the build-essential package. When I tried to apt-get, it gives me the following message:

build-essential is already the newest version

So, I am not sure what else to do:(

Thanks

[aliov]

enable the repositories of th synaptic package manager , just click on the repositories on the menu bar cloase and click reload then search the desired packages.