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On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Cinder <cinder@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Thanks. Depmod yielded no results. At least as far as I can tell. I tried |
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> with ... |
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> Code: |
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> # depmod -a ; depmod -e -F |
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> As I recall "Note: the kernel developers warn that you should not |
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> configure or compile your kernel as root." >-> |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-539024.html And that "that there have |
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> been bugs in the build process which caused files in the /dev tree to be |
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> deleted if run as root" |
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> I remember distinctly configuring and compiling my kernels as root, but |
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> Code: |
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> $ make && make modules_install |
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> snip< (verbos output attached) |
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> rm: cannot remove `include/config/kernel.release': Permission denied |
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> make: *** [include/config/kernel.release] Error 1 |
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> ... always failed. You always install as root right? |
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> So I just carried on compiling as root. Could this be part of the problem? |
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> Do I need to compile as user? I don't seem to be able. |
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No, the kernel should be configured/compiled as root. What is the output of: |
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uname -a |
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Thanks! |
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-James |
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