How To Compile the new 2.6.16 kernel from kernel.org

[ravpaul]

Ck, performance patches, can be found  here.  Patches for upgrading your kernel can be found on the kernel.org homepage.

Thanks for that. But what is the command to upgrade your kernel from an upgrade patch?

[dcstar]

Ck, performance patches, can be found  here.  Patches for upgrading your kernel can be found on the kernel.org homepage.

Thanks for that. But what is the command to upgrade your kernel from an upgrade patch?

Refer to the "patch" command on the first post of this thread.

[OPaul]

Whenever I use this method to install a new kernel I loose the use of my Toshiba hotkeys, like display brightness. I copied the .config file over like it says to do, so shouldn't whatever option it is that corresponds to them get checked?

Anyone? If I copy the .config file doesn't that mean all my settings from the previous kernel should be copied over?

[tseliot]

Anyone? If I copy the .config file doesn't that mean all my settings from the previous kernel should be copied over?

You also have to get to the folder with the kernel source and type:

sudo make oldconfig

just to be sure

[OPaul]

You also have to get to the folder with the kernel source and type:

sudo make oldconfig

just to be sure

Is that the old kernel source or the new one?

Also, what does a dot mean in the xconfig program? I understand a checkmark and an empty box, but I don't get the dot.

[ashrack]

I can't seem to get the fglrx module to compile. I've installed the source with
sudo apt-get install fglrx-kernel-source
as suggested in the guide but when i make the kernel package i get
IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 CC="gcc-4.0" /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/modules/fglrx-kernel/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x -f Makefile SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_PARAMS="-C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/fglrx-kernel/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x"
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/fglrx-kernel/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x'
make[3]: Makefile: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `Makefile'. Stop.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/fglrx-kernel/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x'
make[2]: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/fglrx-kernel'
make[1]: *** [kdist_image] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/fglrx-kernel'
Module /usr/src/modules/fglrx-kernel failed.
Hit return to Continue

Any suggestions?
Jeremy

theres a bug in the FGLRX, check out this bug report and also report your bug. Hopefully the DEV will fix this error since its more than 2month old now.
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu....15/+bug/45563

[ashrack]

Whenever I use this method to install a new kernel I loose the use of my Toshiba hotkeys, like display brightness. I copied the .config file over like it says to do, so shouldn't whatever option it is that corresponds to them get checked?

Well it does. But in the UBUNTU kernels there are also a lot of custom patchs applied which are not in the VANILA kernel U are trying to compile. And its just possible that the support for TOSHIBA isnt in the default VANILA kernel.
U could verify this with the 'make oldconfig' command.

[ashrack]

Also, what does a dot mean in the xconfig program? I understand a checkmark and an empty box, but I don't get the dot.

The dot means that it will compile as a module.

[PoisoN2003]

which one do i install sincei get 2 deb files 1 image the other header?

well iget things like these from time to time while i compile is it bad?

fs/isofs/namei.c: In function ‘isofs_lookup’:
fs/isofs/namei.c:162: warning: ‘offset’ may be used uninitialized in this function
fs/isofs/namei.c:162: warning: ‘block’ may be used uninitialized in this function

[tseliot]

Is that the old kernel source or the new one?

You need to copy the .config file to the folder containing the new source. From there you need to use the command I suggested