My apologies if this has gone to the wrong place, or if the answer is
something really obvious, and I'm just too stupid to see it, but I'm at my
wits end.
I'm attempting to compile a new kernel. 2.4.14 by preference, but this
problem also exists with every version I've tried beyond 2.4.7.
My box is running SuSE 7.2 Professional, pretty much standard - I haven't
applied any updates from SuSE because I can't find any which seem relavent
to my problem.
On installing a clean copy of the kernel source tree for ANY version after
2.4.7, I perform the following
cd /usr/src
ln -s linux-2.4.14 linux
cd linux
make mrproper
make menuconfig
At this point, menuconfig runs, and I receive the initial, "Linux 2.4.14
Kernel Configuration" blue yellow and white screen.
However, selecting *ANY* menu option at this point gives the following
error message
===cut===
There seems to be a problem with the lxdialog companion utility which is
built prior to running Menuconfig. Usually this is an indicator that you
have upgraded/downgraded your ncurses libraries and did not remove the
old ncurses header file(s) in /usr/include or /usr/include/ncurses.
It is VERY important that you have only one set of ncurses header files
and that those files are properly version matched to the ncurses libraries
installed on your machine.
You may also need to rebuild lxdialog. This can be done by moving to
the /usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog directory and issuing the
"make clean all" command.
If you have verified that your ncurses install is correct, you may email
the maintainer <[email protected]> or post a message to
<[email protected]> for additional assistance.
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 139
fred:/usr/src/linux #
===cut===
At this point, I follow instructions, and attempt to rebuild the lxdialog
script wit this result.
===cut===
fred:/usr/src/linux # cd scripts/lxdialog
fred:/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog # make clean all
rm -f core *.o *~ lxdialog
gcc -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -c -o checklist.o checklist.c
gcc -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -c -o menubox.o menubox.c
gcc -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -c -o textbox.o textbox.c
gcc -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -c -o yesno.o yesno.c
gcc -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -c -o inputbox.o inputbox.c
gcc -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -c -o util.o util.c
gcc -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -c -o lxdialog.o lxdialog.c
gcc -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -c -o msgbox.o msgbox.c
gcc -o lxdialog checklist.o menubox.o textbox.o yesno.o inputbox.o util.o
lxdialog.o msgbox.o -lncurses
fred:/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog #
===cut===
Returning to the /usr/src/linux directory and attempting to run make
menuconfig gets me back where I started.
I have traced ncurses until I am blue in the face - as far as I can tell,
there is only one libncurses.so link on my box, and it points to a file
which matches the ncurses.h header file version.
Can anyone shed some light on why this has become a problem _only_ since
kernel version 2.4.7? Can anyone suggest some way I can make the compile
work?
Any assistance appreciated - I will try anything suggested along the way
by anyone.
Again, my apologies if this has gone to the wrong place.
Thanks for any help received.
DaZZa
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:35:15 +1100 (EST),
DaZZa <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm attempting to compile a new kernel. 2.4.14 by preference, but this
>problem also exists with every version I've tried beyond 2.4.7.
>
>On installing a clean copy of the kernel source tree for ANY version after
>2.4.7, I perform the following
>
>cd /usr/src
>ln -s linux-2.4.14 linux
>cd linux
>make mrproper
>make menuconfig
>
>At this point, menuconfig runs, and I receive the initial, "Linux 2.4.14
>Kernel Configuration" blue yellow and white screen.
>
>However, selecting *ANY* menu option at this point gives the following
>error message
>
>===cut===
>There seems to be a problem with the lxdialog companion utility which is
>built prior to running Menuconfig. Usually this is an indicator that you
>have upgraded/downgraded your ncurses libraries and did not remove the
>old ncurses header file(s) in /usr/include or /usr/include/ncurses.
An alternative cause is an incorrectly coded menu option. Try make
xconfig, the xconfig code is much more rigorous about checking for
incorrect CML1 syntax.
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Keith Owens wrote:
> >cd /usr/src
> >ln -s linux-2.4.14 linux
> >cd linux
> >make mrproper
> >make menuconfig
> >
> >At this point, menuconfig runs, and I receive the initial, "Linux 2.4.14
> >Kernel Configuration" blue yellow and white screen.
> >
> >However, selecting *ANY* menu option at this point gives the following
> >error message
> >
> >===cut===
> >There seems to be a problem with the lxdialog companion utility which is
> >built prior to running Menuconfig. Usually this is an indicator that you
> >have upgraded/downgraded your ncurses libraries and did not remove the
> >old ncurses header file(s) in /usr/include or /usr/include/ncurses.
>
> An alternative cause is an incorrectly coded menu option. Try make
> xconfig, the xconfig code is much more rigorous about checking for
> incorrect CML1 syntax.
I get the same error {number 139} when attempting to run make xconfig as
well.
I'm beginning to wonder if it's something SuSE specific - anyone got any
experience with this particular distribution?
DaZZa
On Tuesday, 12. March 2002 03:35, DaZZa wrote:
>
> I'm attempting to compile a new kernel. 2.4.14 by preference, but this
> problem also exists with every version I've tried beyond 2.4.7.
>
> My box is running SuSE 7.2 Professional, pretty much standard - I haven't
> applied any updates from SuSE because I can't find any which seem relavent
> to my problem.
We're facing 8.0 now, the successor of 7.3...
> On installing a clean copy of the kernel source tree for ANY version after
> 2.4.7, I perform the following
>
> cd /usr/src
rm linux
> ln -s linux-2.4.14 linux
> cd linux
> make mrproper
> make menuconfig
[strange lxdialog problem]
> Can anyone shed some light on why this has become a problem _only_ since
> kernel version 2.4.7? Can anyone suggest some way I can make the compile
> work?
>
> Any assistance appreciated - I will try anything suggested along the way
> by anyone.
>
> Again, my apologies if this has gone to the wrong place.
>
> Thanks for any help received.
>
> DaZZa
>
Using SuSE since ages (4.3), I didn't came across this one...
Have a look in /usr/include/linux. They put some "standard" linux include
there :(. I've allways linked it to:
# l -d /usr/include/linux
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 10. M?r 15:34 /usr/include/linux
-> ../src/linux/include/linux
strace is a pretty cool tool for this problem domain, btw ;)
Cheers,
Hans-Peter