Patching & Recompiling Kernel

[Can Sar]

On Oct 12, 2004, at 9:44 PM, John Hornbeck wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 21:21 -0700, Can Sar wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I emailed the list earlier, about a problem I had, but I tracked it
>> down, and can formulate it as a simple question now. I need to change 
>> 1
>> or 2 lines in the Linux Kernel, and then recompile it. Where can I 
>> find
>> the sources in Ubuntu (do I have to install them) and is there some
>> place I can go for information on how to recompile it. I found a
>> general guide for Debian (http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm)
>> but I'm not sure if it applies.
>>
>> Thank you for your help,
>> Can Sar
>>
> You can get the source by "sudo apt-get install linux-source".  I will
> have a guide on the wiki(wiki.ubuntu.com) in the morning.
> John

Sorry to bother you all again, but I need to compile it as soon as 
possible, since my professor is waiting for the working module. I have 
successfully installed the source, but don't want to mess up my 
configuration when recompiling. Where can I find my .oldconfig file in 
Ubuntu?

Many thanks,
Can

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