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Hi all,

I started with slackware 10.1, the 2.4 kernel off of CD #1,
and the apache package from CD. Then, I used pkgtool to
remove the 2.4 kernel and headers packages, and also to
install the 2.6 kernel package and kernel headers package
from the CD #2. I did this because my wireless NIC required
ndiswrapper, which had a problem with the 2.4 kernel, but
was fine with 2.6 kernels. This seemed to work
fine - 2.6 kernel booted and all my software seemed fine,
including the wireless NIC.

I downloaded the latest version of subversion source.
Subversion has a dependency on the APR (apache portable
runtime) which won't compile. I tried fixing the compile
errors, but they got pretty deep pretty fast. I tried
removing the apache package, and downloading the apache
2.0 source, and it has the same problems (won't
compile - APR has the same errors).

The errors look fairly fundamental - inet structures not
defined, kernel constants not defined, etc... any
suggestions on my shortest path to resolution ?

Thanks

"roadkill" <roadkill@mailpad.com> wrote:
> Then, I used pkgtool to remove the 2.4 kernel and headers packages, and
> also to install the 2.6 kernel package and kernel headers package

> Subversion has a dependency on the APR (apache portable runtime) which
> won't compile. I tried fixing the compile errors, but they got pretty
> deep pretty fast. I tried removing the apache package, and downloading
> the apache 2.0 source, and it has the same problems (won't compile - APR
> has the same errors).

> The errors look fairly fundamental - inet structures not defined, kernel
> constants not defined, etc... any suggestions on my shortest path to
> resolution ?

I suppose that you got your problems from installing kernel header
packages which now does not match the kernel header packages that glibc
was built against. Try to revert back to the original 2.4 kernel header
package and see if it helps.

regards Henrik
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:06:36 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> wrote:
>
> > The errors look fairly fundamental - inet structures not defined, kernel
> > constants not defined, etc... any suggestions on my shortest path to
> > resolution ?
>
> I suppose that you got your problems from installing kernel header
> packages which now does not match the kernel header packages that glibc
> was built against. Try to revert back to the original 2.4 kernel header
> package and see if it helps.

Also cheat a little and compile the problem ndiswrapper against 2.6.nn
real kernel headers, I second reverting system kernel headers to 2.4.29
distro package.

--Grant.

Grant Coady wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:06:36 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> wrote:
> > I suppose that you got your problems from installing kernel header
> > packages which now does not match the kernel header packages that glibc
> > was built against. Try to revert back to the original 2.4 kernel header
> > package and see if it helps.
>
> Also cheat a little and compile the problem ndiswrapper against 2.6.nn
> real kernel headers, I second reverting system kernel headers to 2.4.29
> distro package.

Beautiful ! This worked - thanks guys

I had dismissed the idea of going back to 2.4 (which I knew would work)
because of the ndiswrapper problem - and I never would have guessed
that
just compiling it with the 2.6 headers, while possibly compiling OK,
would
have much of an actual chance of working with the 2.4 kernel... but
whaddaya
know - it works

So, I'm back on the 2.4 kernel, and everything seems fine

On 2005-07-10, roadkill <roadkill@mailpad.com> wrote:

> The errors look fairly fundamental - inet structures not
> defined, kernel constants not defined, etc... any
> suggestions on my shortest path to resolution ?

It sounds like you are missing kernel header files if kernel
constants are not defined.

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On 07/11/05 04:15, roadkill wrote:
> Grant Coady wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:06:36 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I suppose that you got your problems from installing kernel header
>>>packages which now does not match the kernel header packages that glibc
>>>was built against. Try to revert back to the original 2.4 kernel header
>>>package and see if it helps.
>>
>>Also cheat a little and compile the problem ndiswrapper against 2.6.nn
>>real kernel headers, I second reverting system kernel headers to 2.4.29
>>distro package.
>
>
> Beautiful ! This worked - thanks guys
>
> I had dismissed the idea of going back to 2.4 (which I knew would work)
> because of the ndiswrapper problem - and I never would have guessed
> that
> just compiling it with the 2.6 headers, while possibly compiling OK,
> would
> have much of an actual chance of working with the 2.4 kernel... but
> whaddaya
> know - it works
>
> So, I'm back on the 2.4 kernel, and everything seems fine
>

You didn't read the notes on installing 2.6.x headers. Did you?

Ciao
Giovanni
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> I started with slackware 10.1, the 2.4 kernel off of CD #1,
> and the apache package from CD. Then, I used pkgtool to
> remove the 2.4 kernel and headers packages, and also to
> install the 2.6 kernel package and kernel headers package
> from the CD #2. I did this because my wireless NIC required

You shouldn't have removed kernel headers.

You must have installed the same kernel-headers version of the kernel
used for building your glibc, even if you use a 2.6 (as I do).

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Giovanni wrote:
> You didn't read the notes on installing 2.6.x headers. Did you?

I'm guessing I didn't, since I'm not sure what notes
you're referring to...

That's not to say I didn't do my share of reading before
I asked for (and got) help.

So, FMOI - have you seen notes that cover this, and if so,
where ? Somewhere associated with ndiswrapper ? The
kernel ? The slackware installation disks ? Somewhere
associated with subversion ?

Just curious...

Not missing, I think - some sorts of mis-matches
somewhere. The constants/variables were
either re-named, or they were #defines that
were changed and referenced other things
that weren't visible, or stuff like that.

Anyway, going back to 2.4 (both kernel and
headers) resolved the subversion compile, and
I just used the ndiswrapper that I had compiled
under 2.6, which solved the issue that had made
me switch to 2.6 to begin with.