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Apex_Axel
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Joined: 14 Jun 2004
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 Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject: Make Menuconfig and /usr/src/linux/ |
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Ok well i was recompiling my kernel to include my soundcard drivers, following a tutorial i found somewhere... cant find it now :/ but anyway i typed the following commands as per the tutorial:
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cd /usr/src
rm linux
ln -s Gentoo-2.6.5-r1-06-14-2004 linux
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Well everything worked great to recompile, and sound is working, but now i would like to check my kernel config, so i tried to go to /usr/src/linux again to do make menuconfig, which returned the following:
bash: cd: /usr/src/linux: No such file or directory
but when i typed ls in /usr/src i get:
linux linux-2.6.5-gentoo-r1 xorg-x11-6.7.0
So my question is, what did i do wrong, how can i fix it, and what should i do differently next time i compile a kernel? |
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spb
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Joined: 02 Jan 2004
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Location: Cambridge, UK
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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That ln line should be | Code: | | ln -s linux-2.6.5-gentoo linux |
As for the errors you're getting, it's quite possible to create a symlink to a non-existant file, which you did, but when you try to read it you'll get not found errors, because the target doesn't exist. |
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grimm26
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Location: Chicagoland, IL
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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The real question is what does ls -l /usr/src show?
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Apex_Axel
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Here is what ls -l /usr/src shows, so basically i created a symlink to the wrong file? Hmf didnt even know what a symlink was until i looked it up just now...
ls -l /usr/src
total 8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jun 14 16:04 linux -> Gentoo-2.6.5-r1-06-14-2004
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Jun 14 15:43 linux-2.6.5-gentoo-r1
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 13 17:19 xorg-x11-6.7.0
Aha well at least i know what the ln command does, managed to fix it by removing the linux link, then making a new one with the right path this time  Thanks for the help! |
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