Problem compiling xfree86

[Grigorios Prasinos]

Hello again

Thanks for the reply.
If I understand correctly it seems that I can
safely ignore the "Unresolved symbols" messages (my xfree86 seem to run
well anyway). My card is an Ati mobility radeon 7500.

As for the configure options, I don't want to do anything special, I
just ask so as to know how much control (or trouble!) I can have when
I install a module. I'm satisfied with the options lunar passes
automatically.

However I do not like the idea of having a 10gb partition for lunar.
I can run a Mandrake installation with gnome etc. in under 2gb. I
though that lunar, by being a lean and efficient distro could live on
less space.

Concering combreloc: I didn't have any problems so far (compiled
binutils, glibc, xfree86 with it) but I read on some forums that
its use may be problematic so I just wanted to know what is the
experience of the other lunar users.

As for openmosix the "stable" moonbase does not have it... Maybe
a module is in development?

Thanks again for your reply,
-Grigoris Prasinos

Nick Hudson wrote:
> 
>>I recently installed Lunar Linux (1.3) and I must say that I really
>>like the speed and control it gives me (although I got a little bit
>>bored waiting for it to compile everything!).
>>I had some minor problems though, so I seek help from this list:
>>When compiling xfree86 at the end of the compile I got the message:
>>
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/gamma.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/gamma_drv.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/r128.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/r128_drv.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/radeon.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/radeon_drv.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/sis.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/sis_drv.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/sis_mm.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/tdfx.o
>>depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in 
>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-lunar-r1.1/kernel/drivers/tdfx_drv.o
>>
>>As stated in the instructions I had disabled DRM support in the kernel
>>and enabled it in the host.def. So what's happening?
> 
> 
> Actually nothing.  I get this too if I compile in DRI/DRM support into
> my xfree86 build.  Just for the hell of it what kind of Video card do
> you have?
> 
> 
>>And some other questions:
>>- Is there an easy way to pass arguments to the configure script when 
>>installing a program?
> 
> 
> Usually Lunar does a good job of providing options to the configure
> script for you.  What are you trying to do?  What module do you want
> extra options for?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>- How big should be the partition where lunar is installed? How much
>>free space should it have? This is supposed to be a lean and mean
>>distro. I have it on a ~2GB partition and I almost run out of space
>>when compiling glibc and xfree86. I'm afraid to try gnome2, I think
>>the space will not be enough.
> 
> 
> Heh well I will tell you that 2gb will not be enough if you wish to have
> a X server and run Gnome2.... thats just not possible.  If you wanted to
> run a small server and always made sure your /var/spool/lunar and
> /var/cache/lunar directories were clean of all sources and compiled
> sources.  I would say you need atleast a 10gig hard drive if you wish to
> keep sources and run some programs.  I have a 10 gig on my laptop which
> works fine if I clean out my /var/spool/lunar directory every other day
> or so.
> 
> 
> 
>>- I have chosen to include support for "combreloc". Did anyone have
>>problems with it?
> 
> 
> No cambreloc has always worked fine for me but it might cause troubles
> with other people.  What other opts do you have if you are having
> trouble?
> 
> 
> 
>>And finally some requests:
>>- quickswitch: the best program for network profiles for laptops.
>>(I'll try to make the script for that myself, it seems easy)
>>- openmosix: what is faster than a PC running lunar? More PCs running
>>lunar!
> 
> 
> Actually I think there is a open mosix module.  I would check out the
> crater modules from cvs and look there.
> 
> 
> 
> hth
> 
> Nick Hudson
> 
> 
> 
>>Thanks in advance for any reply, keep up the good work.
>>-Grigoris Prasinos
>>