Kernel Compilation Woes [was Re: iPod Isssues]

[Ylan Segal]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:11:20 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:

> On Friday 23 June 2006 09:00, Ylan Segal wrote:
>> Brian McKee wrote:
>> > Here's that link I was looking for
>> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=43065&highlight=compile+kernel+d
>> >pkg
>>
>> OK, so after reading the link you provided and poking around the
>> Internet some more, I decided to roll up my sleeves and try to compile
>> my own custom kernel in order to get my iPod working. I got my nose
>> bloody a few times along the way but finally got the kernel to compile
>> like this: (but keep reading, I still have problems)
> Hey, you don't need me at all! :-)
> I'm no guru either - especially here in Debian land....
> 
> Here's what I can tell you.
> 
> 1 - your iPod should work - just tried mine and it does
>     (of course, I didn't try it before I rebooted to the new kernel,
>      so I'm assuming it wasn't working before, but hey, between the two
>      of us we've got it nailed :-)

Sadly, t didn't work. I get the same errors as before. I can't figure out
why since everybody (people posting in the bug in launchpad) says this
works! 

>     
> 2 - your wireless isn't working because I believe some wireless driver
> modules
>     like some propriatary video card drivers have to be recompiled for
>     the kernel you are running.   If this was a different distro I'd say
>     you
> needed to do
>     cd /usr/src/linux && make modules && make modules_install. 
>     Unfortunately,
> I
>     don't understand how to get the modules built using the make kpg
>     commands. Hopefully an old hand at Debian/Ubuntu will step in here?

Calling the Gurus, Calling the gurus!

For anyone that knows more than me: dmesg says:

[17179589.872000] agpgart: Detected an Intel 855PM Chipset.
[17179591.168000] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.1
[17179591.168000] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[17179591.168000] Warning: PCI driver ipw2200 has a struct device_driver shutdown method, please update!
[17179591.392000] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[17179591.780000] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
[17179591.780000] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
[17179591.780000] ipw2200: failed to register network device
[17179591.780000] ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:0b.0 failed with error -5


>     There is some info at 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
>     I don't want to advise too much here, as I don't want to muck up your 
> modules
>     for the stock kernel.   
>     
> 3 - your version number is weird - I've got 2.6.15.5 on the kernel I compiled,
>     but that's likely because I downloaded that kernel source a while ago.
>     synaptic shows me 2.6.15.43 is current version?

It gets weirder. I uninstalled the linux-source, cleared the apt-get cache
and reinstalled (it downloaded again from the repository). I recompiled
again and installed and now I get 2.6.15.7. I am just puzzled!

Anyway... this sucks, my custom compiled kernel doesn't fix the iPod issue
*and* leaves me with no wireless. 

Suggestions welcome!

-- 
Ylan

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