Anyone able to build Joe's mol-0.9.71_pre6 on ubuntu?

[Bin Zhang]

On 12/31/05, Rob Frohne <frohro at wwc.edu> wrote:
> Hi Bin, et. al.,
>
> You were right that compiling a vanilla kernel got me passed the
> problems I was having building.  Unfortunately, the ubuntu team must
> have included some magic in their kernel that I need for networking, and

I don't use ubuntu, but I don't think so.

> probably some other stuff.  I am still getting hung up making the tun
> driver.

I don't know how to solve your problem.
It seems to me that you must build mol as root:
-----------
$ cd  ~/mol-0.9.71_pre6
$ sudo rm -rf obj-ppc
$ sudo ./autogen.sh
$ sudo  make
---------------------------

>
> + Entering netdriver
> make[4]: *** No rule to make target
> `/home/frohro/mol-0.9.71_pre6/obj-ppc/build/src/netdriver/tun.c', needed
> by `/home/frohro/mol-0.9.71_pre6/obj-ppc/build/src/netdriver/tun.o'.  Stop.
> make[3]: ***
> [_module_/home/frohro/mol-0.9.71_pre6/obj-ppc/build/src/netdriver] Error 2
> frohro at frohne:~/mol-0.9.71_pre6$ cd netdriver
>
> If anyone has any advice on this issue, I'd like it.  :-)
>
> I am right now downloading the CDs with the ubuntu source on them.  It
> looks like the only way to get the source to their kernel, and there are

Try
$ sudo apt-get install linux-source-2.6.12
(you will find it in /usr/src)


Regards,
Bin

> four CDs with no directory listing so I don't know which ones I need.  I
> am hoping that if I re-build their kernel, I should be able to get mol
> going.  If I do, I will update the ubuntu wiki with directions on how to
> do it.
>
> Bin Zhang wrote:
>
> Thanks for the tip!
>
> Rob
>
> >On 12/29/05, Rob Frohne <frohro at wwc.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi Bin,
> >>
> >>I'm rather new to the Linux world.  What other problems is building a
> >>kernel from kernel.org likely to cause?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >No others problem.
> >But if you don't know how yaboot works, maybe you will not be able to
> >booting your new kernel !!!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>I have been pretty pleased with
> >>the way ubuntu works out of the box.
> >>
> >>Why is building a new kernel likely to help me with this issue?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I don't know. I use debian unstable.
> >I think ubuntu's kernel patch is the problem.
> >
> >
> >
> >>Isn't
> >>that kind of like reinstalling in Windows, something you do when you
> >>don't know what is messed up, and can't seem to fix it except by
> >>starting over?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >No.
> >ubuntu/debian kernel = vanilla kernel + modifications
> >
> >I don't know these modifications, so if I can't build mol using
> >ubuntu/debian kernel, I try vanilla kernel.
> >
> >regards,
> >Bin
> >
> >
> >
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Rob
> >>
> >>Bin Zhang wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>On 12/28/05, Rob Frohne <frohro at wwc.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi All,
> >>>>
> >>>>After the advice to use the latest distribution for Tiger and more
> >>>>responsiveness, I am trying to build it under Breezy 5.10 (kernel
> >>>>2.6.12-9-powerpc), and it  seems to configure ok, but when  it starts
> >>>>compiling I get  a bunch of errors on  checklist.c, like for example:
> >>>>
> >>>>('KEY_LEFT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >>>>
> >>>>The wiki on the ubuntu web site tells how to get an old version going.
> >>>>Maybe it would be easier to patch that to the present, but I thought I'd
> >>>>just try Joe's gentoo version first.  Any advice?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Try to build your kernel from kernel.org's source.
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>Bin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>Rob
> >>>>
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