[lug] generally compiling problems?

[Michael Wegener]

I don't think the kernel was compiled locally, but it may well have. How do I
check?

--M

"D. Stimits" wrote:

> Someone else already mentioned the sym link possibilities, but
> apparently that isn't being the problem. One other possibility seems
> reasonable here. The sources that are linked to in /usr/include/linux/
> are part of the kernel source tree, and to some extent, parts of that
> tree are modified by make menuconfig (or other config) of the kernel
> compile. For example, modules compiled outside of the kernel, such as
> emu10k1 from soundblaster live, will end up with unresolved symbols if
> the current source is not also configured to match your existing system.
> In your kernel source tree, does it still have the exact configuration
> left from "make menuconfig" (or other config) to match your installed
> kernel? Or does the kernel compiler configuration no longer match the
> installed kernel? Some software depends on this, many others don't.
>
> Michael Wegener wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > My recent attempt to compile sitecopy on one of my two identical servers
> > seems to have exposed a mysterious problem. The make output reports a
> > number of kernel header files missing, yet when I look in the places
> > listed, there they are. As I look back, I remember never having any luck
> > compiling on this machine, but always chalked it up to inexperience and
> > bad luck, and have found work-arounds. This server's twin has no problem
> > compiling, and they were set up as identical machines by a high-caliber
> > linux admin.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --Michael Wegener
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Michael Wegener
--------------------- wegener at zulaware.com
President
--------------------- (voice) 303-402-0364
Zulaware, Inc.
--------------------- (fax) 1-877-540-6114
5589 Arapahoe Ave
Suite 206A
Boulder, CO 80303