[mythtv-users] Mandrake 9.1 LIRC headaches

[Mark Edwards]

isn't this about the time where tech supports recommends that you reinstall
windows? ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <fairlane at voyager.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mandrake 9.1 LIRC headaches


> Every time I've tried a vanilla kernel on mandrake, all kinds of stuff
> got broken.
>
> Mark Edwards wrote:
>
> >I'd start with a fresh .22 from www.kernel.org if I were you...
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mark" <fairlane at voyager.net>
> >To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 3:24 PM
> >Subject: [mythtv-users] Mandrake 9.1 LIRC headaches
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>UGH!!!
> >>
> >>I have been trying all night to get a custom kernel compiled for a new
> >>version
> >>of LIRC, and I am getting nowhere.  I know MDK9.1 LIRC is broken, so
> >>I was trying to recompile the kernel with serial port modularized before
I
> >>install the new LIRC, and I can't get the dumb kernel compiled!  It
keeps
> >>failing on make dep with an Error 2, it can't find some file related to
> >>LIRC.
> >>
> >>Below is a note I sent to the mandrake list:  anyone see any problems?
> >>
> >>Running MDK9.1.  Having a lot of problems recompiling.
> >>I need to recompile to get LIRC running, before anybody asks why
> >>I need to recompile...
> >>
> >>Steps I've taken so far:
> >>
> >>cd /usr/src/linux as root
> >>make mrproper
> >>make menuconfig
> >>
> >>switch the character devices setting under 16550 UART from built-in to
> >>
> >>
> >Module
> >
> >
> >>Save the config file
> >>
> >>make dep, which gives a bunch of stuff then
> >>some errors about missing files and directories that used to exist for
> >>
> >>
> >LIRC,
> >
> >
> >>OK, I removed them until the new LIRC source is downloaded.
> >>Last line is make: *** [dep-files] Error 2
> >>
> >>Then, I run make clean, runs ok.
> >>
> >>Then, I run make bzImage, which runs for a couple seconds, then enters
> >>/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-13mdk/kernel, says No rule to make target
> >>modversions.h, needed by sched.o.  Stop.
> >>Error 2.
> >>
> >>And that's it.
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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