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by **topsoill** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 10:45 pm

Do i have to do the kernel recompile step if i have the following kernel:

$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:18:24 EST 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Thanks.

by **Tux** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:10 am

Yup, 2.4.20-8 is a RedHat kernel and you need a stock kernel.
It's should be easy to do though with void's tip

by **topsoill** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 7:00 am

thanks. Also, as i look through void's recompile instructions, i noticed that there was no 'make oldconfig' command in them. Is that command necessary to do or i can skip over it? I mean don't we have to do 'make oldconfig' so that all the old settings are kept?

by **Tux** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:09 am

Old settings are kept but you dont have to do 'make oldconfig'

by **Void Main** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:20 am

If you've never compiled a kernel on your machine what possible good would a "make oldconfig" do? If you'll, notice there is a step in there to copy the config from the /boot directory which will create a kernel with the same default options as the kernel that was installed on your system.

You might also notice I do not have kernel recompile instructions for Red Hat 9, only for Red Hat 8.0. Why? Because the kernel seems to perform well in RH 9 and I have had no reason to change it. It appears that you are running Red Hat 9. A much bigger problem that you are probably going to find is that WineX does not currently work on Red Hat 9, and it also does not work on Red Hat 8.0 if it has been kept "up to date". There is some incompatibility with GLIBC 2.3.2 which is installed in RH9 and the updated RH8.0. Maybe there is a workaround now but there wasn't just a couple of weeks back. I suggest browsing around transgaming's forums and support.

by **Tux** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:28 am

Thank's void, I missed that!

topsoil - Regarding RH9.0 I believe WineX3.0 has support for it but I am in no way sure.

I am going to make a new FAq for WineX 3.0 in the next few weeks when I have some experience to comment upon.

I am also going to test the instructions on as many distros as I can so that I can have an answer to questions like yours.
I'll look into things...

by **Tux** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:32 am

Hehe, i've found the answer

Due to glibc implimenting pthreads you need to use winex3 and the -use-pthreads yes

So after you install 3.0 you would have to run it with
winex3 -use-pthreads -furtheroptions game.exe

by **topsoill** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:32 am

thanks.

Was wondering if it would be a good idea to just upgrade to kernel 2.5.x. I mean i am doing a recompile anyways so why not use the latest kernel. Or would that bork my system?

by **Void Main** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:43 am

No, you really don't want to upgrade. The 2.5.x kernel is the development line. If you are not experienced at compiling kernels just getting it to compile will be a major project for you. Then you'll have to modify some of the system startup scripts because it does certain things differently. Then you may have problems running certain software, especially things like WineX, VMware, etc. The 2.4.20 kernel is the latest stable/production kernel and most everything should work where that may not be the case with 2.5. If you just want to experiment, by all means give it a shot, but if you are not into experimenting you will not be happy.

by **Tux** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:59 am

Void Main wrote:but if you are not into experimenting you will not be happy.

Hehe, that is beautifully true.

by **topsoill** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:27 pm

k. thanks.

by **topsoill** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 6:07 am

one more question: Say i didn't want to upgrade a kernel, but would want to change some settings in the existing kernel. How would the recompile steps differ?

by **Doogee** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 6:23 am

get the kernel source (doesnt it come as a package) and copmpile that kernel, someone else will be detailed

by **Void Main** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 6:36 am

If you are using my kernel compile instructions either with the kernel from kernel.org or with the one that comes with your system (skipping the wget download step from kernel.org) then you would select all your kernel options at the "make xconfig" step. That's where all the configuring is done. I have a screenshot of that step and you should see that it's all menu driven.

by **topsoill** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:13 pm

so, the following would be the steps:

$ su
enter root's password

# apt-get kernel source
# cd /usr/src
# cd linux
# cp /boot/config-2.4.18-14 (or whatever existing kernel version) .config
# make xconfig
Make desired changes. After, click OK, click Main Menu, click Save and Exit, click OK.

# make dep
# make clean
# make bzImage
# make modules
# make modules_install
# make install

Thats it right? or am i missing a step. Please let me know, because missing even one step will spell trouble.

Thanks.

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