alsa and kernel

[Steve Holmes]

The only thing I can think of is being sure you are working with a
clean directory.  Again, what I do to recompile a kernel at any time
is to rm -fr linux-2.4.20.  Then untar linux-2.4.20.tar.gz into
/usr/src; this should create a top level directory of
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20.  I have already, a symbolic link called linux
that points to this newly created directory.  I then go into my root
user directory, /root and run the checkout script; it will update
Speakup patches into the kernel.  I then copy my previously created
.config into /usr/src/linux and do a 'make oldconfig'  If my
.config is current enough, I should have no prompts; it should just
fly through all the questions and come up with a message implying that
the 'make dep' and 'make bzImage' should proceed.  I actually have a
script that does the make dep, make bzImage, and make modules for me
and capture the output to separate log files.  I fork this into
background and come back an hour or so later and view the output files
and usually find no errors.  If no errors found, I then do a make
modules_install and copy up the kernel image and System.map to the
/boot directory and run lilo to update the boot strap and go for it!
As elaborate as it sounds, it has worked well for me probably 98% of
the time.

Sounds redundant and maybe old hat but this works for me.

On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 05:20:49PM -0400, Jack Mandez wrote:
> well i am getting loads and loads of them and i am really really getting
> frustrated.
> i have been trying for a couple of days now to compile the damned thing and
> if it isn't one thing its another.
> okay so here is what i tried.
> just for the hell of it, the only thing i did was to
> patch speakup into the kernel no other modifications.
> answered the appropriate questions in the configuration file with make
> oldconfig
> make dep
> make bzImage
> make modules
> wait.wait.wait.
> get unresolved symbols all over the place, and eventually it stops
> 
> with _instmod_post error1
> 
> 
> any ideas what i am doing wrong? this seems streight forward but obviously
> i am not doing something right
> 

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