Help a newbie: "make modules_install" causes depmod errors for EVERY module on EVERY kernel I try?

Help a newbie: "make modules_install" causes depmod errors for EVERY module on EVERY kernel I try?

[Peter Romba]

For some reason I can't compile a kernel anymore.  I recently installed 
gnome 2.4 from source (the only major system change I can think of). 
Now when I try to compile 2.4.21, make modules_install gives depmod 
errors for EVERY module, even dummy.o in the case of an out-of-the-box 
kernel configuration.  This behavior happens on every kernel that I've 
tried.  This is using the typical make mrproper, make menuconfig, make 
dep, make clean, make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install 
sequence of stuff.

In the process of building gnome I had to update ld from an RPM 
(couldn't install it from source, e-mail me if you want details on that).

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)...  I'm at a loss about what to do.

	--Peter
	  promba@purdue.edu

Re: Help a newbie: "make modules_install" causes depmod errors for EVERY module on EVERY kernel I try?

[DervishD]

    Hi Peter :)

 * Peter Romba <promba@purdue.edu> dixit:
> Now when I try to compile 2.4.21, make modules_install gives depmod 
> errors for EVERY module, even dummy.o

    Could you be more precise? Which is the text of the error?
Happens when compiling other software? I'm not sure about what you
call a 'depmod error' O:)

    If you give more information I'm sure we can find the problem ;)

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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Re: Help a newbie: "make modules_install" causes depmod errors for EVERY module on EVERY kernel I try?

[Thom Borton]

What's the compiler version you use? Try gcc -v. If it's a 3.xx, then 
the kernel won't compile properly. If I am not mistaken, 2.95.4 is 
recommended.

Yours, Thom

On Friday 17 October 2003 16:55, Peter Romba wrote:
> For some reason I can't compile a kernel anymore.  I recently
> installed gnome 2.4 from source (the only major system change I can
> think of). Now when I try to compile 2.4.21, make modules_install
> gives depmod errors for EVERY module, even dummy.o in the case of
> an out-of-the-box kernel configuration.  This behavior happens on
> every kernel that I've tried.  This is using the typical make
> mrproper, make menuconfig, make dep, make clean, make bzImage, make
> modules, make modules_install sequence of stuff.
>
> In the process of building gnome I had to update ld from an RPM
> (couldn't install it from source, e-mail me if you want details on
> that).
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated :)...  I'm at a loss about
> what to do.
>
> 	--Peter
> 	  promba@purdue.edu
>
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