Re: lirc compiles under the wrong kernel version

[Ryan V. <sim...@ya...>]

On Wed,  5 Nov 2003 19:35:41 -0800
"Florin Andrei" <fl...@an...> | Add to Address Book wrote:
> This issue has been brought to the attention of the LIRC authors but, for some
> reason, has not been emphasized clearly enough in the documentation.
> 
> Solution:
> 
> 1. Install kernel sources RPM (you probably did that already)
> 2. Go to /usr/local/linux-2.4 (or wherever the sources get installed)
> 3. Edit Makefile and:
> - if you're runing the single-CPU kernel, remove the string "custom" from the
> EXTRAVERSION variable (so if it's "-20.9custom" it becomes "-20.9")
> - if you're running the SMP kernel, replace "custom" with "smp" in the
> EXTRAVERSION variable (so if it's "-20.9custom" it becomes "-20.9smp")
> 4. Run "make clean; make mrproper"
> 5. Run "make menuconfig" but don't change anything; just exit saving the config
> 6. Run "make dep"
> 
> Now your kernel source should be ready to build any 3rd party kernel modules,
> including LIRC, and the version should be correct.
> Same advice applies to users of VMware, ALSA or other 3rd party kernel modules.
> 
> I take these steps on almost any system after i install it, and after i update
> the kernel (and the kernel sources).
> 

this is one reason i try to emphasis the building of a kernel after a user has been fairly familiarized with the system, it can avoid these type of things, and with a person there to walk you through it, its not that hard, just LONG...

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