Problems after compiling new kernel

[Jann Röder]

Which kernel sources did you use ? I used the official 2.4.22 sources 
from kernel.org plus the ppc patch 
(ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ports/ppc/2.4). This is neccesary 
for the mouse emulation for example. And for the config file you should 
use the YDL kernel config file as a template and only modify the 
settings of which you are sure what they are. The original config files 
can be found in /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/

Jann

Charles Trois wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> (I had posted this to the newbie list, but this is probably a more proper
> place)
> 
> In my YDL 3.0, I compiled a kernel with a new .config and installed it.
> It boots more or less normally, except that the logs show the following
> errors.
> 
> (1)
> 
> usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -110
> 
> What does it mean? Is it important? May I neglect it?
> 
> (2)
> 
> Sep 13 13:39:33 sirrah iptables: Can't locate module ip_tables
> Sep 13 13:39:33 sirrah iptables: iptables v1.2.6a: can't initialize iptables
> table `filter': iptables who? (do you need to insmod?)
> Sep 13 13:39:38 sirrah autofs: automount startup succeeded
> Sep 13 13:39:33 sirrah iptables: Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be
> upgraded. 
> Sep 13 13:39:33 sirrah iptables:  failed
> 
> What is that? What would produce a module ip_tables? iptables-1.2.6a-2 and
> iptables-ipv6-1.2.6a-2 are installed.
> 
> (3)
> 
> Sep 13 12:35:46 sirrah sysctl: error: 'dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation'
> is an unknown key
> Sep 13 12:35:46 sirrah mouse-emulation: Enabling mouse button emulation:
> failed
> Sep 13 12:35:46 sirrah sysctl: error: 'dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode' is
> an unknown key
> Sep 13 12:35:46 sirrah mouse-emulation: Configuring mouse emulation button
> 2:  failed
> Sep 13 12:35:46 sirrah sysctl: error: 'dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode' is
> an unknown key
> Sep 13 12:35:46 sirrah mouse-emulation: Configuring mouse emulation button
> 3:  failed
> 
> This is really annoying: I have lost the button emulation.
> On the YDL site, there are two Howto's (enable button emulation), but they
> do not seem to apply here: they refer to a file /etc/sysconfig/mouse,
> whereas there are in fact two files, /etc/sysconfig/mouse and
> /etc/sysconfig/mouse-emulation. Both seem to be in order. Then what is there
> to do? 
> An attempt to run
> /sbin/sysctl -w dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode=68
> produces the reply
> 'dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode' is an unknown key.
> 
> I suppose that the trouble comes from the new kernel, but I can't find an
> entry in the .config file that could possibly cause it.
> 
> All suggestions on these problems will be gratefully received.
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
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