[Sussex] FW: Unable to 'c'

[Angelo Servini]

I wrote:

<snip> 
> > 
> > I downloaded a kernel driver for my scanner (alpha version) 
> and tried 
> to
> > compile it.  It did not compile and came up with errors where 'cc' 
> was not
> > recognised.  I fixed it with:
> > 
> >    ln -sf /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc
> > 
> > Now however, when I run make, I get:
> > 
> >    depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
> >    /lib/modules/2.4.19-x1/kernel/drivers/usb/gt6801.o
> > 

I got this from Xandros

<snip>
> 
> Do you have alink to the source code for this driver ?  It is 
> something
> we may want to include in future updates to xandros.
> 
> The Xandros kernel uses modversions so you will have to have properly 
> configured kernel source to build your module against so that it can 
> load and not give the unresolved symbols error.
> 
> You can configure the xandros kernel to build modules against it by 
> following the following steps :
> 
> ----
> 1) Log in as root
> 2) Insert Xandros Desktop Installation CDROM
> 3) dpkg -i
> /disks/Removable/cdrom.1/dists/xandros1.0/main/binary-i386/bas
> e/xandros-
> kernel-source-2.4.19_1.0.4-1_all.deb
> (Replace cdrom.1 with cdrom.2 if you are using 2nd CD on system)
> 4) cd /usr/src
> 5) tar jxf xandros-kernel-source-2.4.19.tar.bz2
> 6) ln -sf xandros-kernel-source-2.4.19 linux
> 7) cd linux
> 8) make EXTRAVERSION=-x1 mrproper
> 9) cp /boot/config-2.4.19-x1 .config
> 10) make EXTRAVERSION=-x1 oldconfig
> 11) make EXTRAVERSION=-x1 dep 
> ----
> 
> 
> also, any other make commands you use to build the module or 
> any of the 
> kernel components should have the EXTRAVERSION=-x1 added to the end.  
> 
> If you have a SMP machine, replace -x1 with -x1-smp
> 

I hope this helps anyone using Xandros/Debian



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