[NTLUG:Discuss] Kernel config acting up

[Jack Snodgrass]

I copied the make menuconfig messages. Mine shows:




There seems to be a problem with the lxdialog companion utility which is
built prior to running Menuconfig.  Usually this is an indicator that you
have upgraded/downgraded your ncurses libraries and did not remove the
old ncurses header file(s) in /usr/include or /usr/include/ncurses.

It is VERY important that you have only one set of ncurses header files
and that those files are properly version matched to the ncurses libraries
installed on your machine.

You may also need to rebuild lxdialog.  This can be done by moving to
the /usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog directory and issuing the
"make clean all" command.

If you have verified that your ncurses install is correct, you may email
the maintainer <mec at shout.net> or post a message to
<linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org> for additional assistance.



Your's doesn't get that far. Looks like your ncurses is really hosed.
Didn't you say that you upgraded GCC or something like that. Maybe the
new GCC you've got doesn't like the current ncurses that you have or
there is a conflict.


I wonder what would happen if you
1). rm /usr/incude/ncurses.h
    rm /usr/include/ncurses/*
2). tried the make menuconfig

if that still fails.... install ncurses 5.2 from
http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html
or re-install the SuSE Ncurses package and then try the make menuconfig

jack


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Davidson" <sdavidson at delphis.com>
To: "NTLUG" <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 5:02 PM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Kernel config acting up


> Greetings.
>
> Working on upgrading the next box....
>
>
> Suggestions?
>
> -Steve
>
> steve at www2:/usr/src/linux-2.4.13 > make menuconfig
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts/lxdialog all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.13/scripts/lxdialog'
>
cc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE  -DCURSES_LOC
="<ncurses.h>" -c -o checklist.o checklist.c
> In file included from
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.0.2/include/ncurses.h:88,
>                   from dialog.h:29,
>                   from checklist.c:24:
> /usr/include/unctrl.h:57: parse error before "unctrl"
> make[1]: *** [checklist.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.13/scripts/lxdialog'
> make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
> steve at www2:/usr/src/linux-2.4.13 > uname -a
> Linux www2 2.4.4-4GB #1 Sat Jun 23 05:26:59 GMT 2001 i686 unknown
>
> --
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