How To Compile the new 2.6.16 kernel from kernel.org

[zolero]

Yeah, bocmaxima... we have some dependencies problems there.

Go in Synaptic Package Manager/Settings/Repositories and check in all the repos, then press OK --> Refresh.

Now, open a terminal and paste in this command:

$ sudo apt-get install <put here all dependancies separated by space>

After this recompile the kernel. Now it must executing well.

That's all. Cheers.

[bocmaxima]

Yeah, bocmaxima... we have some dependencies problems there.

Go in Synaptic Package Manager/Settings/Repositories and check in all the repos, then press OK --> Refresh.

Now, open a terminal and paste in this command:

$ sudo apt-get install <put here all dependancies separated by space>

After this recompile the kernel. Now it must executing well.

That's all. Cheers.

I already had all the repos checked. When I tried doing it one by one, it basically gave the same error.


I typed in: sudo apt-get install gcc

and got:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gcc: Depends: cpp (>= 4:4.0.1-3) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: gcc-4.0 (>= 4.0.1-2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

[Blade1357]

well i have did all an well the boot screen or kernnel looks the same as be4 but in my grub i boot with ht enew kernnel but it looks the same as the old one. why?

[Centaur5]

does anyone know how to install drivers for intel ipw 3945 wireless in the new compiled kernel 2.6.17??

Just wanted to let you know that they added an updated driver yesterday on ipw3945.sourceforge.net which worked fine for me. I installed the newest ieee80211 and afterwards I was able to compile the newest driver so now my wireless is up and running again. In order to compile the driver though I did have to type "make IEEE80211_IGNORE_DUPLICATE=y" but it still went well if it tells you to do that as well.

[MrSmith]

This is my first post here so I hope I'm in the right place and all.

I have been following this thread and decided to give installing a new kernel a try. I am attempting the 2.6.17.1 kernel. So far it has been a lesson in frustration but I am hanging in there.

The first time I tried the install all seemed to go well but it didn't work. So I deleted all the source and started over. Now when I get to the point of installing the .deb packages I get the following:

Setting up kernel-image-2.6.17.1 (k7) ...
/initrd.img does not exist. Installing from scratch, eh?
Or maybe you don't want a symbolic link here. Hmm? Lets See.
/vmlinuz does not exist. Installing from scratch, eh?
Or maybe you don't want a symbolic link here. Hmm? Lets See.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17.1
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-k7
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

I don't remember these messages the first time I did the install. Are these normal or is there something I have missed or messed up?

The last attempt by the way was sort of successful. I was able to boot into the new kernel and gnome came up. Sound worked but my network connection and internet was dead. I think I must have unchecked something wrong when i was configuring the kernel.

I am going to give it one more try and only make the changes in the guide found elsewhere in the forums.

Anyway, thanks for any and all replies.

MrSmith

[bittdude]

I wanted to let everyone know that I solved my ATI driver problem and got the module to compile successfully with the vanilla kernel Took me a while but everything works great now.

The problem with me was there was a file missing from the kernel headers which caused the module compile to fail. The file missing is Makefile.cpu and it's supposed to be in

/usr/src/*YOUR KERNEL HEADERS*/arch/i386

For me the headers directory was "/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.16-ck12" so it should be something similar for you.

The fix is quite simple just go to that directory and type

sudo touch Makefile.cpu

Then compile the module and it should work now. I hope this helps for anyone who is having difficulty with installing the ATI Drivers.

Also thanks xXx 0wn3d xXx for the great HowTo, my system is quite a bit faster now with the new kernel .

[bocmaxima]

Yeah, bocmaxima... we have some dependencies problems there.

Go in Synaptic Package Manager/Settings/Repositories and check in all the repos, then press OK --> Refresh.

Now, open a terminal and paste in this command:

$ sudo apt-get install <put here all dependancies separated by space>

After trying a bunch of different things I got everything but libqt3-mt-dev to install.

I get this

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libqt3-mt-dev: Depends: xlibs-static-dev (>= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libxext-dev (>= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libxrandr-dev (>= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: x-dev (>= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libsm-dev (>= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libxmu-dev (>= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libice-dev (>= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libx11-dev (>= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libxt-dev (>= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libxrender-dev but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libxcursor-dev but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libxinerama-dev but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libxi-dev but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libmng-dev (>= 1.0.3) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libpng12-0-dev
                 Depends: libjpeg62-dev but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: zlib1g-dev but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libfreetype6-dev but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libqt3-mt (= 3:3.3.4-8ubuntu5) but 3:3.3.6-1ubuntu6 is to be installed
                 Depends: libgl1-mesa-dev but it is not going to be installed or                          libgl-dev
                 Depends: libglu1-mesa-dev but it is not going to be installed or
                          libglu-dev
                 Depends: libxft-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

Any suggestions? I trued installing off the Dapper CD as well as enabled everything.

No kernel for me

[haani]

my ATI x1400 doesnt doesnt work with new compiled kernel 2.6.17 aswell anyone able to get ATI X Series card to work with new kernel!!!

[MrSmith]

Ok, I have the 2.6.17.1 kernel installed now and it seems to be working. I managed to get the Nvidia drivers working but I'm not sure how I did it. I installed the package from the Nvidia website but that didn't work. It did however patch the kernel I believe and then I installed the nvidia-glx from the repositories and it is working. Anyway I think this is what happened.

My question now is how do I get the bootup splash screen to work again. After installing the new kernel the boot screen goes to black until the login screen comes up. For now I have "nosplash" in grub and see the text bootup. I would like to get the graphical boot splash back if possible.

I have searched the forums but haven't found anything that tells me this information.

Thanks,
MrSmith

[DDM]

For some reason, doing a "sudo apt-get install fglrx-kernel-source" doesn't work for me. I get a gzip file in /usr/src, and that's about it it seems. I tried to install them with this HOWTO: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=204910 which fails during "sudo module-assistant build,install fglrx"

Has anybody else had this problem?