alsa and kernel

[jack mendez]

okay so here is what i have done. so far
since the last email.
i went to a totally different machine, extracted the kernel source to /usr/src
create the symbolic link to linux
patched the kernel using the checkout script
inserted the kernel configuration file that i used for a previous
configuration
did make oldconfig
make dep
all went fine
did make bzImage
good
make modules once again produced unresolved symbols.
and refused to work
got the exact same error i got on the first machine
could there be something wrong with my configuration file?
does anyone have a configuration file they could send me privately?
i have an amd system and usually compile as much stuff as modules as possible.
i also tried answering no to every question in the stuff that the oldconfig
didn't have accepting of course for the speakup stuff.
in adition on a different atempt i tried compiling everything which would
support it, i asked for a module
i am completely at my wits end and documentation appears to have little or
nothing to say.
 

At 03:40 PM 5/6/03 -0700, you wrote:
>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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