From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Ouyang <ilhebe999@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: problem with installing the kernel
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:24:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FFE437E.8080008@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20120712T044726-224@post.gmane.org>
On 07/11/2012 09:52 PM, Ouyang wrote:
> I add something to the wireless-testing and then run:
>> make modules
>> make bzImage
>
> it seems all fine. but could not go any further
> # make modules_install
> rm:invalid option -- '3'
> Try 'rm -- help' for more information
> make : *** [_modinst_] Error 1
>
> Could anyone please help me with the situation?
> The version of the linux is 3.4.4-3.fc17.x86_64 #1
Are you building the kernel as root? That is a terrible policy!!!
You should run "make" as a regular user, and follow that with "sudo make
modules_install install". If that fails, you need to ask about the problem at
Fedora. The standard kernel does the modules installation without any problems.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-12 3:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-12 2:52 problem with installing the kernel Ouyang
2012-07-12 3:24 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2012-07-12 4:13 ` Ouyang
2012-07-12 14:47 ` Larry Finger
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