[solved] compiling liquorix kernel for (x)ubuntu 12.10

[rootfairy]

hi guys,

i just installed the latest liquorix kernel on my xubuntu 12.10 and i really like it. now, i would like to compile the liquorix kernel myself, but i have absolutely no clue of how to do so. can you provide some help, like guides / tutorials? i found a few but they seem outdated. i really want to get into this stuff and learn about linux. like what packages do i need and what commands do i issue? how do i config the new kernel?

help much appreciated, best regards and thanks in advance

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[matt_symes]

Hi

hi guys, i just installed the latest liquorix kernel on my xubuntu 12.10 and i really like it. now, i would like to compile the liquorix kernel myself, but i have absolutely no clue of how to do so. can you provide some help, like guides / tutorials? i found a few but they seem outdated. i really want to get into this stuff and learn about linux. like what packages do i need and what commands do i issue? how do i config the new kernel? help much appreciated, best regards and thanks in advance

Install the prerequists.

sudo apt-get install build-essential kernel-package libncurses5-dev

Download the linux source. Naivkigate to the source directory and configure the kernel..

sudo make menuconfig

Build the kernel deb

sudo CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=2 make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-my-custom kernel-image kernel-headers

Install it as you would any deb

sudo dpkg -i

Kind regards

[Cheesemill]

Check out the wiki page...
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel

To build the Liquorix kernel instead of the standard Ubuntu kernel you would just have to apply the correct Liquorix patches to the kernel source once you have downloaded it.

[rootfairy]

so i would download the default ubuntu kernel, then apply the liquorix patch and then build it? i absolutely not understand it. where do i download which kernel source?

[matt_symes]

Hi

You get the patches and config from here. Select the config for your arch type.

http://liquorix.net/sources/

Get the kernel sources from here.

https://www.kernel.org/

You can try the Ubuntu sources but i dont know if their own patches will cause problems or not. Try it and see.

You have inspired me to build it as well.

Kind regards

[rootfairy]

while you are at it, just post a step by step guide and i can finally understand what to do. i have still 0 clue.

[matt_symes]

Hi

Take a look at this thread.

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=62069

I wont get time to build it until tomorrow but i will post back.

Change it for the updated patch.

Kind regards

[rootfairy]

hm, i understand a bit more now. but, if 3.8.8 is latest stable release and liquorix is only for 3.8.6 then i cant use the patch and the config on the kernel 3.8.8? :Z best regards and many thanks

[matt_symes]

Hi

Root around their public file system a bit

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/

Kind regards

[rootfairy]

when i try to patch the 3.8.6 from kernel.org with 3.8.6.1 liquorix i get spammed with this, no matter what i do the patch is permanently interrupted by this notification...

Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] Y
Apply anyway? [n] Y

what about this?

biatch@biatchXFCE:~/Downloads/kernel$ sudo apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)
[sudo] password for biatch:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Picking 'linux-liquorix' as source package instead of 'linux-image-3.8-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
Need to get 85.5 MB of source archives.
Get:1 http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid/main linux-liquorix 3.8.0-4 (dsc) [1,585 B]
Get:2 http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid/main linux-liquorix 3.8.0-4 (tar) [84.6 MB]
Get:3 http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid/main linux-liquorix 3.8.0-4 (diff) [877 kB]
Fetched 85.5 MB in 1min 18s (1,091 kB/s)
dpkg-source: warning: extracting unsigned source package (linux-liquorix_3.8.0-4.dsc)
dpkg-source: info: extracting linux-liquorix in linux-liquorix-3.8.0
dpkg-source: info: unpacking linux-liquorix_3.8.0.orig.tar.bz2
dpkg-source: info: unpacking linux-liquorix_3.8.0-4.debian.tar.bz2
dpkg-source: info: applying zen/3.8.6-1.patch
dpkg-source: info: applying debian/version.patch
dpkg-source: info: applying debian/kernelvariables.patch
dpkg-source: info: applying debian/doc-build-parallel.patch

ok i think i understood the basics. but without knowing all the meanings of all the settings in makeconfig its nearly useless to compile your own kernel isnt it?