[Lunar-bugs] [Lunar Linux 0000187]: drm-git and madwifi-svn: unexplained ERROR: kernel configuration is invalid

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http://bugs.lunar-linux.org/view.php?id=187 
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Reported By:                engelsman
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Lunar Linux
Issue ID:                   187
Category:                   kernel
Reproducibility:            N/A
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Moonbase Version:           20070303.07 
Core Tools:                 Lunar 
Core Tools Version:         20070106 
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Date Submitted:             03-03-2007 09:32 CET
Last Modified:              04-07-2007 13:45 CEST
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Summary:                    drm-git and madwifi-svn: unexplained ERROR: kernel
configuration is invalid
Description: 
This is for info on something that may or may not be a problem.

I installed the 1.6.1 ISO a couple of weeks ago, and rebuilt the kernel
several times, and included drm-git and madwifi-svn modules. I've been
working with it without problem.

This morning drm-git and madwifi-svn were marked as 'expired' but failed
to build during the lunar update. Both gave 'ERROR: kernel configuration
is invalid' messages. Strange, because I haven't changed the kernel config
since the last time they were built (although being modules from git and
svn they themselves could have changed).

I noticed that the kernel-headers-2.6 didn't appear in the activity log,
even though lvu installed showed 2.6.12.0 installed. So I lin'd it. Still
drm-git and madwifi-svn failed to build.

So, just one thing left to try. lin linux-2.6.
drm-git and madwifi-svn build without problems.

Any ideas?
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 engelsman - 03-03-07 09:37  
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OK, just uploaded a summary of the activity log,
and the failing logs (had to truncate madwifi log to upload it) 

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 sofar - 03-03-07 22:12  
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in order to compile kernel modules you NEED to compile a kernel once. 

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 sofar - 03-03-07 22:13  
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on a fresh install, kernel-headers-2.x is installed but the log is wiped
(emtpy). That explains why lvu actifity doesn't show it. It's still there
tho. 

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 engelsman - 03-04-07 09:18  
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OK, cold light of the next day, and some time to think.

tchan might be right that drm-git and madwifi-svn might have been updated
in their respective repositories and therefore needed to be in sync with
the kernel, but it's a bit of a coincidence that two completely unrelated
modules suddenly give the same error. (BTW, these two modules are the only
cvs, git or svn based ones that I have installed so I can't see if there's
a wider pattern)

Both modules use UPDATED=`date -u +%Y%m01` so they won't expire until next
month,
so I suggest we just wait and see whether the same thing happens again
then.

In the meantime, at least you are aware that something *may* be a bit
screwy. 

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 engelsman - 04-07-07 13:45  
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OK, I've waited until the change of month so that madwifi-svn and drm-git
would be marked as expired and run 'lunar update' and editting the queue
to leave only those. Apart from a glitch where I said no to installing
xkeyboard-config to replace xkbdata, they built without problems. I
rebooted, and subsequently rebuilt the kernel too, and still no problems.

So I don't know what it was, but the problem seems to have resolved
itself.

I notice that I've become a developer, so I'll mark this as resolved :-) 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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03-03-07 09:32  engelsman      New Issue                                    
03-03-07 09:32  engelsman      Moonbase Version          => 20070303.07     
03-03-07 09:32  engelsman      Core Tools                => Lunar           
03-03-07 09:32  engelsman      Core Tools Version        => 20070106        
03-03-07 09:33  engelsman      File Added: activity                         
03-03-07 09:33  engelsman      File Added: typescript                       
03-03-07 09:33  engelsman      File Added: drm-git.log                      
03-03-07 09:35  engelsman      File Added: madwifi-svn.log                    
03-03-07 09:37  engelsman      Note Added: 0000373                          
03-03-07 22:12  sofar          Note Added: 0000376                          
03-03-07 22:13  sofar          Note Added: 0000377                          
03-04-07 09:18  engelsman      Note Added: 0000379                          
04-07-07 13:45  engelsman      Note Added: 0000497                          
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