Every time I do a silly mistake when changing the config which results in crap build which does not bootup or does not work with nvidia drivers, I have to go back to last working configuration and start again. If I have made many changes, then it would be difficult to find out which one [...]
Posts Tagged ‘compile’
How to compile kernel in Karmic
Posted in Projects, tagged compile, kernel, Linux, ubuntu, xps-m1330 on July 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I have recently started a project to reconfigure and compile kernel specific to Dell XPS-M1330 laptop, so I have downloaded latest development version of the kernel (ubuntu-linux-image 2.6.31-4.23). I have tried to use how-to’s on the internet but found out that ubuntu/debian scripts in Karmic have changed(Thanks to Tim Gardner). The old way was to [...]
Today, I took some time to compile my first custom version of linux. Since this is the first time, I took the Ubuntu generic config file, and did very minor changes to the config file. And as usual, with every first time, its not good news. The kernel did boot, but could not load GDM. [...]
Another task, Custom Kernel…
Posted in Projects, tagged compile, Linux, project, xps-m1330 on July 13, 2009 |
Per the previous post, my first task is to create a UTasks.sh file to do necessary things after fresh install. Once I have done that and all, next step is to create a custom kernel. I have read so many posts about “How to Compile Kernel Image” and “Compile custom kernel, is it worth it..” [...]
