Re: comedi-0.7.70 installation problem

From: R Leao <richardson.leao_at_anu.edu.au> · Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:06:31 +1000

i had the same kind of errors in another machine and booting from the
freshly compiled kernel helped... i hope it works as I have installed
only in kernel 2.4 and 2.6.

On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 15:40 +1000, bobby mager wrote:
> It is a fresh kernel from kernel.org, linux-2.2.20.
> 
> I unzipped it into the /usr/local/src/linux and then
> followed the rest of THESE instructions.
> 
> I DID NOT boot from that but from the existing kernel.
> 
> So I should compile that and then boot from that and
> then follow these instructions??
> 
> I said I was new in all this. :)))
> 
> 
> --- R Leao <richardson.leao_at_anu.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> > did you boot using the kernel that was compiled
> > from /usr/local/src/linux? Is that a fresh kernel
> > from kernel.org?
> > 
> > On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 14:47 +1000, bobby mager
> > wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I am very new to this. I am hoping to install
> > > Comedi-0.7.70 drivers on a Debian Woody system.
> > > 
> > > I have gone through the INSTALL manual in the
> > > comedi-0.7.70 directory and followed all the
> > steps.
> > > 
> > > My linux source is installed in
> > /usr/local/src/linux.
> > > 
> > > I have edited the EXTRAVERSION variable to =-386.
> > > 
> > > I have run 'make oldconfig'. NO PROBLEM.
> > > 
> > > I have run 'make dep'. NO PROBLEM.
> > > 
> > > I have done ./configure
> > > --with-linuxdir=/usr/local/src/linux .
> > > 
> > > I have tried to compile it with 'make' but it
> > comes up
> > > with a lot of complaints and errors about
> > > 
> > > comedi_fops.c and comedi_fops.o .
> > > 
> > > This is where it stops with 2 errors.
> > > 
> > > I have done the same installation procedure with
> > > comedilib-0.7.22 with NO PROBLEMS whats so ever!
> > > 
> > > What do I do???
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your time.
> > > 
> > > Bobby
> > > 
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