Re: Make failed - standard ubuntu 9.10

[David Henig <dhhenig@googlemail.com>]

Thanks, I've been trying to follow the wiki, but getting this error. The 
main kernel packages seem to all be installed, but perhaps something 
less obvious is missing - hard to tell without a definitive list of 
dependencies. Help would be much appreciated!

David

Németh Márton wrote:
> David Henig wrote:
>   
>> Please can someone assist, not sure what the cause of the below is? This 
>> is my second attempt to get linux tv to work, I suspect it's a basic 
>> level error - sorry I'm fairly new to Linux... output below, I'm running 
>> a fairly standard ubuntu 9.10 setup.
>>
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/david/v4l-dvb/v4l'
>> Updating/Creating .config
>> Preparing to compile for kernel version 2.6.31
>> File not found: /lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic/build/.config at 
>> ./scripts/make_kconfig.pl line 32, <IN> line 4.
>> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `.myconfig', needed by 
>> `config-compat.h'. Stop.
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/david/v4l-dvb/v4l'
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>     
>
> I think you don't have the kernel development files installed.
>
> The recommended reading would be:
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers
>
> Regards,
>
> 	Márton Németh
>