Re: Anyone able to build Joe's mol-0.9.71_pre6 on ubuntu?

Thanks Bin,

Your suggestions worked like a charm.  All the build errors went away 
and almost everything works it seems.

Thanks so much!

Rob



Bin Zhang wrote:

>On 12/31/05, Rob Frohne <[email protected]> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi Bin, et. al.,
>>
>>You were right that compiling a vanilla kernel got me passed the
>>problems I was having building.  Unfortunately, the ubuntu team must
>>have included some magic in their kernel that I need for networking, and
>>    
>>
>
>I don't use ubuntu, but I don't think so.
>
>  
>
>>probably some other stuff.  I am still getting hung up making the tun
>>driver.
>>    
>>
>
>I don't know how to solve your problem.
>It seems to me that you must build mol as root:
>-----------
>$ cd  ~/mol-0.9.71_pre6
>$ sudo rm -rf obj-ppc
>$ sudo ./autogen.sh
>$ sudo  make
>---------------------------
>
>  
>
>>+ Entering netdriver
>>make[4]: *** No rule to make target
>>`/home/frohro/mol-0.9.71_pre6/obj-ppc/build/src/netdriver/tun.c', needed
>>by `/home/frohro/mol-0.9.71_pre6/obj-ppc/build/src/netdriver/tun.o'.  Stop.
>>make[3]: ***
>>[_module_/home/frohro/mol-0.9.71_pre6/obj-ppc/build/src/netdriver] Error 2
>>frohro@frohne:~/mol-0.9.71_pre6$ cd netdriver
>>
>>If anyone has any advice on this issue, I'd like it.  :-)
>>
>>I am right now downloading the CDs with the ubuntu source on them.  It
>>looks like the only way to get the source to their kernel, and there are
>>    
>>
>
>Try
>$ sudo apt-get install linux-source-2.6.12
>(you will find it in /usr/src)
>
>
>Regards,
>Bin
>
>  
>
>>four CDs with no directory listing so I don't know which ones I need.  I
>>am hoping that if I re-build their kernel, I should be able to get mol
>>going.  If I do, I will update the ubuntu wiki with directions on how to
>>do it.
>>
>>Bin Zhang wrote:
>>
>>Thanks for the tip!
>>
>>Rob
>>
>>    
>>
>>>On 12/29/05, Rob Frohne <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Hi Bin,
>>>>
>>>>I'm rather new to the Linux world.  What other problems is building a
>>>>kernel from kernel.org likely to cause?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>No others problem.
>>>But if you don't know how yaboot works, maybe you will not be able to
>>>booting your new kernel !!!!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I have been pretty pleased with
>>>>the way ubuntu works out of the box.
>>>>
>>>>Why is building a new kernel likely to help me with this issue?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>I don't know. I use debian unstable.
>>>I think ubuntu's kernel patch is the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Isn't
>>>>that kind of like reinstalling in Windows, something you do when you
>>>>don't know what is messed up, and can't seem to fix it except by
>>>>starting over?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>No.
>>>ubuntu/debian kernel = vanilla kernel + modifications
>>>
>>>I don't know these modifications, so if I can't build mol using
>>>ubuntu/debian kernel, I try vanilla kernel.
>>>
>>>regards,
>>>Bin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Rob
>>>>
>>>>Bin Zhang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>On 12/28/05, Rob Frohne <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>After the advice to use the latest distribution for Tiger and more
>>>>>>responsiveness, I am trying to build it under Breezy 5.10 (kernel
>>>>>>2.6.12-9-powerpc), and it  seems to configure ok, but when  it starts
>>>>>>compiling I get  a bunch of errors on  checklist.c, like for example:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>('KEY_LEFT' undeclared (first use in this function)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The wiki on the ubuntu web site tells how to get an old version going.
>>>>>>Maybe it would be easier to patch that to the present, but I thought I'd
>>>>>>just try Joe's gentoo version first.  Any advice?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>Try to build your kernel from kernel.org's source.
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>Bin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Rob
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
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>>>>>>E.F. Cross School of Engineering
>>>>>>Walla Walla College
>>>>>>100 SW 4th Street
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>>>>>>(509) 527-2075
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