Mike Partyka wrote: >I have been trying for the better part of two weeks to get a custom >kernel compiled from sources on kernel.org on a SuSE 9 desktop system. >My difficulties have caused me to shift my thinking somewhat. First boot SuSE 9 with its default kernel and copy /proc/config.gz which is the gzip compressed .config file used to build the running kernel. The kernel option that enables /proc/config.gz is CONFIG_PROC_CONFIG which SuSE has usually included by default. Always make sure this option is enabled, since that will make it easier to determine what was statically (and well as dynamically) compiled into the kernel Next try an updated SuSE Linux kernel and compare its .config file and the default config, add and remove options as you see fit and compile the new kernel. A kernel.org kernel may not have all the patches that SuSE has added and it usually has much fewer options selected than the default SuSE kernel, so it may not function as well, if at all. Some features of the SuSE distribution will not work (or work properly) without certain SuSE applied kernel patches. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Ken Fuchs <kfuchs at winternet.com> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list