How To Compile the new 2.6.16 kernel from kernel.org

[Ob1]

How do i see what my current kernel is?

[ErikTheRed]

Sweet guide, it's always nice to a have a guide to show you how easy compiling a new kernel is.

[towsonu2003]

no matter what I do, iptables won't work (even when enabled it in xconfig). + ndiswrapper won't compile + many device-mapper errors... I guess I'm not ready for this stuff yet...

[towsonu2003]

How do i see what my current kernel is?

uname -r

[massivevoid]

do just what I said. Sometimes you will need to redownload the kernel + patch and then everything should work.

So I have to recompile the kernel over again, just to apply the new patch?

[towsonu2003]

So I have to recompile the kernel over again, just to apply the new patch?

yep

[massivevoid]

yep

Ok, I got it now. Thanks.

[Justbill]

So, I gave this a whirl. Here is my output, after I ran make-kpkg -initrd --revision=ck3 kernel_image:

if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map -b /usr/src/linux/debian/tmp-image -r 2.6.16-cks4; fi
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16ck3'
test ! -e debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/source || \
mv debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/source ./debian/source-link
test ! -e debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/build || \
mv debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/build ./debian/build-link
depmod -q -FSystem.map -b debian/tmp-image 2.6.16-cks4;
test ! -e ./debian/source-link || \ mv ./debian/source-link debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/source
test ! -e ./debian/build-link || \ mv ./debian/build-link debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/build
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage debian/tmp-image/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-cks4
chmod 644 debian/tmp-image/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-cks4;
if test -d /usr/src/linux/debian/image.d ; then \
IMAGE_TOP=debian/tmp-image version=2.6.16-cks4 \
run-parts --verbose /usr/src/linux/debian/image.d ; \
fi
if [ -x debian/post-install ]; then \
IMAGE_TOP=debian/tmp-image STEM=kernel version=2.6.16-cks4 \
debian/post-install; \
fi
test ! -s applied_patches || cp applied_patches \
debian/tmp-image/boot/patches-2.6.16-cks4
test ! -s applied_patches || chmod 644 \
debian/tmp-image/boot/patches-2.6.16-cks4
test ! -f System.map || cp System.map \
debian/tmp-image/boot/System.map-2.6.16-cks4;
test ! -f System.map || chmod 644 \
debian/tmp-image/boot/System.map-2.6.16-cks4;
# For LKCD enabled kernels
test ! -f Kerntypes || cp Kerntypes \
debian/tmp-image/boot/Kerntypes-2.6.16-cks4
test ! -f Kerntypes || chmod 644 \
debian/tmp-image/boot/Kerntypes-2.6.16-cks4
dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=i386 -isp \
-pkernel-image-2.6.16-cks4 -Pdebian/tmp-image/
chmod -R og=rX debian/tmp-image
chown -R root:root debian/tmp-image
dpkg --build debian/tmp-image ..
dpkg-deb: building package `kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4' in `../kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4_ck3_i386.deb'.
rm -f -r debian/tmp-image
echo done > stamp-image
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16ck3'
root@Goliath:/usr/src/linux# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4 (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4

of course, it did all the other stuff, this was just the end. Anyhow, I can't seem to install the new kernel. I'm thinking it put it in a directory, and I can't seem to find it (that or I'm just stupid, and shouldn't be trying this).

Can anyone give me a clue here what to do?

Thanks in advance
Justbill

[xXx 0wn3d xXx]

So, I gave this a whirl. Here is my output, after I ran make-kpkg -initrd --revision=ck3 kernel_image:

if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map -b /usr/src/linux/debian/tmp-image -r 2.6.16-cks4; fi
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16ck3'
test ! -e debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/source || \
mv debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/source ./debian/source-link
test ! -e debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/build || \
mv debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/build ./debian/build-link
depmod -q -FSystem.map -b debian/tmp-image 2.6.16-cks4;
test ! -e ./debian/source-link || \ mv ./debian/source-link debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/source
test ! -e ./debian/build-link || \ mv ./debian/build-link debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16-cks4/build
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage debian/tmp-image/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-cks4
chmod 644 debian/tmp-image/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-cks4;
if test -d /usr/src/linux/debian/image.d ; then \
IMAGE_TOP=debian/tmp-image version=2.6.16-cks4 \
run-parts --verbose /usr/src/linux/debian/image.d ; \
fi
if [ -x debian/post-install ]; then \
IMAGE_TOP=debian/tmp-image STEM=kernel version=2.6.16-cks4 \
debian/post-install; \
fi
test ! -s applied_patches || cp applied_patches \
debian/tmp-image/boot/patches-2.6.16-cks4
test ! -s applied_patches || chmod 644 \
debian/tmp-image/boot/patches-2.6.16-cks4
test ! -f System.map || cp System.map \
debian/tmp-image/boot/System.map-2.6.16-cks4;
test ! -f System.map || chmod 644 \
debian/tmp-image/boot/System.map-2.6.16-cks4;
# For LKCD enabled kernels
test ! -f Kerntypes || cp Kerntypes \
debian/tmp-image/boot/Kerntypes-2.6.16-cks4
test ! -f Kerntypes || chmod 644 \
debian/tmp-image/boot/Kerntypes-2.6.16-cks4
dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=i386 -isp \
-pkernel-image-2.6.16-cks4 -Pdebian/tmp-image/
chmod -R og=rX debian/tmp-image
chown -R root:root debian/tmp-image
dpkg --build debian/tmp-image ..
dpkg-deb: building package `kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4' in `../kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4_ck3_i386.deb'.
rm -f -r debian/tmp-image
echo done > stamp-image
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16ck3'
root@Goliath:/usr/src/linux# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4 (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4

of course, it did all the other stuff, this was just the end. Anyhow, I can't seem to install the new kernel. I'm thinking it put it in a directory, and I can't seem to find it (that or I'm just stupid, and shouldn't be trying this).

Can anyone give me a clue here what to do?

Thanks in advance
Justbill

look in usr/src/ for the kernel image. It should be something like linux-image-2.16.6cks3_i386. The open terminal and type sudo dpkg -i then drag the kernel image which is a .deb into the terminal and it will automatically put it's location. Then press enter.

[Justbill]

I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand what you meant there. Here is the output from cd /usr/src , and then ls -l :

root@Goliath:/home/bill# cd /usr/src
root@Goliath:/usr/src# ls
kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4_ck3_i386.deb linux-2.6.16.tar.bz2
linux linux-headers-2.6.12-10
linux-2.6.16ck3 linux-headers-2.6.12-10-386
root@Goliath:/usr/src# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.16-cks_ck3_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.16-cks_ck3_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
kernel-image-2.6.16-cks_ck3_i386.deb
root@Goliath:/usr/src# ls -l
total 54160
-rw-r--r-- 1 root src 14534526 2006-04-12 21:55 kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4_ck3_i386.deb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 24 2006-04-12 20:54 linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.16ck3
drwxrwxrwx 21 root root 4096 2006-04-12 21:55 linux-2.6.16ck3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root src 40845005 2006-04-12 20:51 linux-2.6.16.tar.bz2
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2006-04-09 13:23 linux-headers-2.6.12-10
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-04-09 13:23 linux-headers-2.6.12-10-386
root@Goliath:/usr/src#
does kernel-image-2.6.16-cks4_ck3_i386.deb need to have permisions changed? and, is that what I want to install?

Thanks
Justbill