[vox-tech] i've lost the ability to compile a kernel/Modem suggestions?

[Joey Karalius]

Questions from a newbie...
How often should one compile a kernel?  I assume whenever there is a new 
one out, but would the existing kernel ever need to be recompiled, sans 
any new changes that might be done?
(I may have just answered my own question, but any input is appreciated)

also.....
I was at Frye's looking for a new dialup modem to use on my Red Hat 
7.2/Win98SE dual boot box.  Any suggestions?  Are there internal 
controller-based models, or are externals the only way to go...  If 
external, can more than one 'puter work through the same modem?

Thanks,
Joey



Peter Jay Salzman wrote:

>help.
>
>somewhere along the way, i've lost the ability to compile a kernel.  from the
>timestamps of /boot, it looks like the last kernel i've compiled was 30 nov;
>that was 2.4.16.
>
>yesterday i've tried to recompile 2.4.16 after putting in an #include in
>vgacon.c to increase the console scrollback buffer.  it didn't compile.
>
>then i downloaded 2.5.1 and after a make oldconfig && make clean && make dep
>&& make bzImage, it still didn't compile.
>
>i went back to 2.4.10/ which i had laying around for emergencies, and that
>kernel didn't compile either.
>
>i removed debian's pentium-builder, and that didn't help matters either.
>
>i'm thinking it might be a gcc problem, but i can't figure out what might
>have happened.  gcc hasn't been upgraded for awhile.
>
>any help would be appreciated.  this is very stressful for me!   the error is
>listed below.
>
>thanks.
>
>pete 
>
>
>rstr.o dec_and_lock.o
>make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib'
>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib'
>ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
>arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
>init/version.o \
>        --start-group \
>        arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o
>fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
>         drivers/parport/driver.o drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o
>drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o
>drivers/char/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o
>drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o
>drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o \        net/network.o \
>        /usr/src/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
>/usr/src/linux-2.4.16/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
>        --end-group \
>        -o vmlinux
>drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x46b4): undefined reference to `local symbols in
>discarded section .text.exit'
>drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x174): undefined reference to `local symbols in
>discarded section .text.exit'
>make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>satan# pwd
>/usr/src/linux-2.4.16
>satan#
>
>
>
>
>
>make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.10/arch/i386/lib'
>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.10/arch/i386/lib'
>ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.10/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
>arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
>init/version.o \
>        --start-group \
>        arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o
>fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
>         drivers/parport/driver.o drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o
>drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o
>drivers/char/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o
>drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o
>drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pnp/pnp.o
>drivers/video/video.o \
>        net/network.o \
>        /usr/src/linux-2.4.10/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
>/usr/src/linux-2.4.10/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.10/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
>        --end-group \
>        -o vmlinux
>drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x46b4): undefined reference to `local symbols in
>discarded section .text.exit'
>drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x174): undefined reference to `local symbols in
>discarded section .text.exit'
>make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>satan# pwd
>/usr/src/linux-2.4.10
>satan#
>
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