make xconfig error

[rheck]

I'm running fedora 10 on a virtual machine. I'm trying to create a kernel so that I can use the imaging software FOG on multiple computer makes and models. I'm pretty new to linux so I'm sure I'm missing something I just need someone to point me in the right direction. I have installed the "Development Tools" and qt3-devel. When I run make xconfig or make menuconfig it errors out. The following is what I get...

make xconfig
[root@localhost linux-2.6.26.2]# make xconfig
scripts/kconfig/qconf arch/x86/kconfig
init/kconfig:514: can't open file "usr/Kconfig"
make[1]: *** [xconfig] Error 1
make: *** [xconfig] Error 2


make menuconfig
[root@localhost linux-2.6.26.2]# make menuconfig
scripts/kconfig/mconf arch/x86/Kconfig
init/Kconfig:514: can't open file "usr/Kconfig"
make[1]: *** [menuconfig] Error 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error2


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[glennzo]

I haven't done this is ages, but I gave it a shot on my F11 system. Here's the result.

[glenn@coolhand 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i686.PAE]$ make menuconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
scripts/kconfig/conf.c:644: fatal error: opening dependency file scripts/kconfig/.conf.o.d: Permission denied
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/conf.o] Error 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2

[glenn@coolhand 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i686.PAE]$ sudo make menuconfig
Password: 
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o
 *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the
 *** required header files.
 *** 'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries.
 *** 
 *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again.
 *** 
make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2

sudo yum install ncurses-devel
Blah. Blah. Blah......
Running Transaction
  Installing     : ncurses-devel-5.7-2.20090207.fc11.i586                                            1/1 

Installed:
  ncurses-devel.i586 0:5.7-2.20090207.fc11

[glenn@coolhand 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i686.PAE]$ sudo make menuconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/yesno.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/mconf
scripts/kconfig/mconf arch/x86/Kconfig


*** End of Linux kernel configuration.
*** Execute 'make' to build the kernel or try 'make help'.

And here we go. See screen shot.

[rheck]

I'm still getting the same error as before. The installation of ncurses-devel didn't seem to help.

[glennzo]

What command are you using to start menuconfig ?

[rheck]

I've tried just make menuconfig and sudo make menuconfig. I think there might be something screwy since I did try a lot of different fixes before I posted in this forum. I'm going to do a reinstall and see if that clears anything up.

[glennzo]

Did you change directory first? I believe that you need to cd to a particular folder before the command will work. In my case that folder is

/usr/src/kernels/2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i686.PAE

Try that on your computer. Re-installing is a bit premature, don't you think?

[rheck]

I'm running it in the correct directory. The reinstall would be premature if I was using this virtual machine for anything else. I'm just using it to create kernels and to test for the FOG server that we have running. Like I said I made a lot of changes and think I messed something up before I posted here. There where some crazy suggestions out there and I'm sure atleast one of them has something to do with how screwy the virtual machine is running.

[glennzo]

Not so premature if it's a virtual install. Those are throw away installations.

[rheck]

Yep that's why I'm learning on this and not the FOG server.

[glennzo]

Looks like you must have missed something. I am running Fedora 11. I've installed VirtualBox and then installed Fedora 11 within VirtualBox. From that virtual installation / OS I was able to successfully run make menuconfig. I had the same issue with ncurses-devel that I did earlier. Once I installed that menuconfig worked as expected.

[rheck]

Now that I have reinstalled Fedora 10 and installed "Development Tools", qt-devel, qt3-devel, and mcurses-devel both make menuconfig and make xconfig work. Thanks glennzo for your help.

[glennzo]

OK, good. Glad it works for you.