Re: Problem with compiling under Debian Linux

[Ole M. H. <li...@ha...>]

Hello!

Thanks for your help, but unfortunately I've done that already, and it 
does not help... Any other tips?

Ole Morten Haaland

-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Olszewski <ra...@co...>
To: lir...@li...
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:43:19 -0700
Subject: Re: Problem with compiling under Debian Linux

> At 01:01 AM 4/12/2004 +0200, Linux wrote:
> >Hello!
> >
> >First of all, I am quite new to linux, so if anyone answers, please
> >explain things step by step. Thanks!
> >
> >I have a serious problem compiling Lirc under my Debian Linux
> computer.
> >Every time, the "make"-command fails with an error message similar to
> >this:
> >
> >cd . \
> >   && CONFIG_FILES= CONFIG_HEADERS=config.h \
> >      /bin/sh ./config.status
> >config.status: creating config.h
> >config.status: config.h is unchanged
> >make  all-recursive
> >make[1]: Entering directory `/root/lirc-0.6.6'
> >Making all in drivers
> >make[2]: Entering directory `/root/lirc-0.6.6/drivers'
> >Making all in lirc_serial
> >make[3]: Entering directory `/root/lirc-0.6.6/drivers/lirc_serial'
> >Makefile:378: /usr/src/linux//Rules.make: No such file or directory
> >make[3]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux//Rules.make'. 
> Stop.
> >make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/lirc-0.6.6/drivers/lirc_serial'
> >make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> >make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/lirc-0.6.6/drivers'
> >make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> >make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/lirc-0.6.6'
> >make: *** [all] Error 2
> >
> >I've tried with kernels 2.4.22 (which was the original kernel for my
> >installation), 2.6.3 (installed with apt-get) and 2.6.5
> (self-compiled).
> >I've tried to apt-get lirc, with version 0.6.6 and from CVS-version
> >0.7.0pre4. Every time it fails, with an error message similar to the
> one
> >above.
> >
> >I will be very thankful for any tips on what might be wrong, and what
> I
> >can do to fix it. If you need any more info, please ask, and I will
> >answer my best. Thanks!
> 
> Normally I would not make this basic a suggestion ... but since you say
> you 
> are "new to linux", I wonder if you have made a rookie error. When you 
> "self-compiled" kernel 2.6.5, did you make /usr/src/linux a symlink to
> its 
> source directory (probably something like /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.5,
> if 
> your source comes from Debian packages)? If not, lirc's Makefile cannot
> find the kernel source directory where it expects it to be so cannot
> find 
> the file /usr/src/linux//Rules.make .
> 
> Similarly, when you tried to compile for stock (kernel-image) Debian 
> kernels, did you first install the corresponding kernel-source-*
> package 
> for each, then symlink it to /usr/src/linux? You need a kernel source
> tree 
> to compile just about ANY modules, not just lirc.
> 
> Oh, to complete the "step by step" part -- su to root, then run the
> command
> 
>          ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.5 /usr/src/linux
> 
> except change the kernel-source-2.6.5 part to whatever is right for
> your setup.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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