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Post subject: RE: nividia-kernel-source does not build with 38-kernel
 Posted: 17.03.2011, 04:53
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| I'm using towo's kernel and it works like charm,towo is genius. towo for president ! |
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Post subject: RE: nividia-kernel-source does not build with 38-kernel
Posted: 17.03.2011, 15:07
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Someone has requested from me to explain how I built a custom aptosid kernel. I think it is a good idea. Mostly because of two reasons:
1. Even if the aptosid documentation is excellent, things not always work by the book.
2. Most likely, there are better ways to do it that the one I found and therefore the developers can suggest how to do things in a more proper way.
OK, let's see if I remember what I did. I followed these instructions:
http://www.aptosid.com/index.php?module ... osidKernel
However, as mentioned, not everything worked as expected (most likely due to my lack of knowledge and expertise, also keep in mind that I use the amd64 version which is typically more troublesome):
1.- As root, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/aptosid.list and remove the # in front of the line saying:
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deb-src http://aptosid.com/debian/ sid main fix.main
Then as root update your apt:
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apt-get update
2. Cd to /usr/src and grab the source:
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apt-get source linux-image-2.6-aptosid-$arch
(replace $arch with the arch you actually want, in my case amd64)
NOTE: In order to work in /usr/src you should be either a member of the src group (recommended) or root (not recommended). If you make yourself a member of src, you will need to to log out for the changes to take effect. I personally use sudo (not recommended)
This will download and decompress several files. Right know this should result in a directory called linux-aptosid-2.6-2.6.38.
NOTE: The sid and aptosid repos are very dynamic entities. Eventually downloading may fail or not give the expected results. In such a case, the solution is retrying later.
3. As root, install the needed files:
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apt-get install fakeroot build-essential devscripts libncurses5 libncurses5-dev
apt-get build-dep linux-2.6
4. Then I tried to build the kernel, but, apparently, there is a problem with the development versions of binutils. Bugs are reported for 2.21.0.20110302-1, but in my experience the current 2.21.0.20110302-2 also gives troubles.
I downloaded the stable version from here http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.21.tar.bz2, decompressed it and installed by the usual ./configure, make, sudo make install.
NOTE: You can skip this step and check if kernel building works for you.
5. Cd into /usr/src/linux-aptosid-2.6-2.6.38
NOTE: If you wish, you can create a symbolic link called /usr/src/linux pointing to /usr/src/linux-aptosid-2.6-2.6.38
6. Now you can apply the patches you need or revert the patches that are harmful for you. In my case:
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patch -Rp1 < debian/patches/features/bkl/0019-BKL-That-s-all-folks.patch
The BKL headers are needed to compile the Nvidia drivers 260.19.44 and so I reverted the patch that removes them.
7. At this stage I tried to build the official kernel package, for me:
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cp /boot/config-2.6.38-0.slh.2-aptosid-amd64 .config
NOTE: This assumes you have the kernel package installed from the repos. The config file from 2.6.37 does not work with 2.6.38
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fakeroot make -f debian/rules.gen binary-arch_amd64_none_aptosid-amd64
However, this complains about a non-empty thing (I do not remember very well ) and suggests running "make mrproper"
I did that, which resulted in the debian directory being deleted. Therefore, this method is not going to work for me anymore.
8. I switched to the classic method:
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make mrproper
cp /boot/config-2.6.38-0.slh.2-aptosid-amd64 .config
make menuconfig
(in processor type and blah-blah-blah I chose the processor type "core 2 or newer Xenon" and saved the new config file)
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sudo fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version "-core2-aptosid" --us --uc --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers
NOTE: Apparently this is deprecated, but I do not know better. This works anyway.
9. And we install the packages:
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cd..
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.38-core2-aptosid_2.6.38-core2-aptosid-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb linux-image-2.6.38-core2-aptosid_2.6.38-core2-aptosid-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
NOTE: In my case the VirtualBox module was rebuilt automatically because I had installed dkms. However, keep in mind that dkms is not installed by default in aptosid.
10. I rebooted but X did not start because I had blacklisted nouveau and configured nvidia. I installed the Nvidia proprietary driver and rebooted. All was working fine.
NOTE: Keep in mind that now it is recommended to create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf rather than /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This is explained here: http://manual.aptosid.com/en/gpu-en.htm
Then people ask me about performance and so on. I have no clue. I have not done any benchmarking and I "feel" no difference between aptosid with the standard kernel 2.6.37 and the custom 2.6.38 I built.
NOTE: I had already applied the Lennart Poettering method to 2.6.37 (alternative/complementary to the Mike Galbraith 200-lines "doing wonders" script).
ERRATA: I believe muchan is absolutely right. I have created a src directory in my home directory and did the compilation from there. Everything works and you don't need to be root at all until the final installation step (dpkg -i).
UPDATE: For the aptosid kernel 2.6.38-3 the location of the bkl patch has changed. If you need to revert the patch you should now run:
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patch -Rp1 < /home/mirix/src/linux-aptosid-2.6-2.6.38/debian/patches/features/linux-2.6/bkl/0016-BKL-That-s-all-folks.patch
[Edit by BelaLugosi: Just added some codeboxes to make it more readable] |
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Post subject: Re: RE: nividia-kernel-source does not build with 38-kernel
Posted: 17.03.2011, 15:09
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Spaceferret wrote:
I'm using towo's kernel and it works like charm,towo is genius. towo for president !
How do you install towo's kernel?
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mirix
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: nividia-kernel-source does not build with 38-ker
Posted: 17.03.2011, 17:05
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Posted: 17.03.2011, 18:37
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2. Cd to /usr/src and grab the source:
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apt-get source linux-image-2.6-aptosid-$arch
(replace $arch with the arch you actually want, in my case amd64)
NOTE: In order to work in /usr/src you should be either a member of the src group (recommended) or root (not recommended). If you make yourself a member of src, you will need to to log out for the changes to take effect. I personally use sudo (not recommended)
AFAIK, downloading directly to /usr/src and build there is not good.
I think it is the destination folder where headers should be installed from the header package
as the result of build+install.
Instead, you should download and build as user, in private directry, and only install it as root.
(But I'm not a kernel hacker, so leave the topic to people who knows more) |
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Posted: 17.03.2011, 18:57
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| Towo uploaded a new version of nvidia-kernel-source to frickelplatz, which builds against 2.6.38-aptosid. However, oxygen-gtk looks _really_ crappy with this driver version (260.xx with nvidia-kernel-source from towo, the rest from sid) I had 270.xx from frickel until now. |
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Posted: 18.03.2011, 07:33
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towo now also have 270.xx on frickelplatz which build against 2.6.38. So no need to use 260.xx
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mirix
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Posted: 18.03.2011, 15:52
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ERRATA: I believe muchan is absolutely right. I have created a src directory in my home directory and did the compilation from there. Everything works and you don't need to be root at all until the final installation step (dpkg -i).
UPDATE: For the aptosid kernel 2.6.38-3 the location of the bkl patch has changed. If you need to revert the patch you should now run:
patch -Rp1 < /home/mirix/src/linux-aptosid-2.6-2.6.38/debian/patches/features/linux-2.6/bkl/0016-BKL-That-s-all-folks.patch |
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Posted: 18.03.2011, 18:21
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Thanks towo!
BTW: I don't think it's the right way to spoon-feed the nvidia users. I would rather change distribution than my graphics card if they don't harmonize... Nouveau by now is no option with KDE. |
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Post subject: Re: RE: nividia-kernel-source does not build with 38-kernel
Posted: 20.03.2011, 02:07
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mirix wrote:
4. Then I tried to build the kernel, but, apparently, there is a problem with the development versions of binutils. Bugs are reported for 2.21.0.20110302-1, but in my experience the current 2.21.0.20110302-2 also gives troubles.
I downloaded the stable version from here http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.21.tar.bz2, decompressed it and installed by the usual ./configure, make, sudo make install.
Also, I thought BKL was removed in 2.6.37. can someone explain me this? |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: nividia-kernel-source does not build with 38-ker
Posted: 20.03.2011, 10:46
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: nividia-kernel-source does not build with 38-ker
Posted: 20.03.2011, 10:51
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Lat, you are right. There are several solutions to that problem. I guess the easiest one would be downgrading binutils by configuring apt. The problem I see is that only 2.20 is available from the repos:
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=binutils
Yet another option would be building your own Debian packages from the 2.21 sources. |
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Posted: 20.03.2011, 12:13
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I have installed towo kernel, how can I prevent installation of new kernels in dist-upgrade?
In the manual I find:
echo package hold|dpkg --set-selections
I suppose it hold the old kernel, but does'nt stop installation of the new ones.
AND, in case, what am I supposed to write instead of "package"?
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: nividia-kernel-source does not build with 38-ker
Posted: 20.03.2011, 12:31
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: nividia-kernel-source does not build with 38-ker
Posted: 20.03.2011, 14:01
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