Compile Kernel 2.6 under Debian Sarge

Did you enable iptables during

Code:

make menuconfig

?

 

hi....
yes I did enable iptables at first I thought I overlooked it but it is enabled....

 

There must be a config file for your new kernel in the /boot directory. What's the output of

Code:

grep -i iptables /boot/[I]kernel_config[/I]

?

 

hi....

the output is:

Code:

# grep -i iptables /boot/config-2.6.20.1-raysun3
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_IPTABLES=m

this time I got it working I did not make a symlink to linux instead I cd into /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.1 and I followed your how to
at my first and second attempt the system kept hanging on boottime and after it booted I could not connect to the net...
thanks for reacting....

 

I am not able to run shorewall anymore.
Do I have to compile iptables against the new kernel? part of the output of shorewall show capabilities:

Code:

# shorewall show capabilities
NAT: Not available
Packet Mangling: Not available

Looked on google/clusty but I could not find a how to compile iptables against a kernel for debian/ubuntu....

thanks in advance....

 

Did you use an old, working kernel configuration for configuring your new kernel? Or did you configure your new kernel from scratch?

 

Hi....
I used an old working kernel configuration I used the 2.6.8....configuration and then I enabled xtables... during menuconfig...

 

What's the output of

Code:

which iptables

and

Code:

modprobe iptables

?

 

the out is:

Code:

# which iptables
/usr/local/sbin/iptables

Code:

# modprobe iptables
FATAL: Module iptables not found.

I am trying to compile iptables against the kernel I installed iptables-1.3.7 now I am going to compile the kernel hopefully it will work
is there a debian/ubuntu way for this?
thanks in advance....

 

I finally got it working I compiled iptables against the kernel(2.6.20.3)....
here is the how to:

to patch the kernel you will need to download iptables and patch-o-matic

Code:

[COLOR="Red"]apt-get remove iptables ipchains --purge[/COLOR] 

Code:

cd /usr/src
iptables source - wget -c http://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/iptables-1.3.7.tar.bz2
patch-o-matic - wget -c http://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/patch-o-matic-ng/snapshot/patch-o-matic-ng-20070322.tar.bz2
Linux kernel source - wget -c http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.20.3.tar.bz2

unpack the downloaded files:

Code:

tar xjf patch-o-matic-ng-20070322.tar.bz2 
tar xjf  iptables-1.3.7.tar.bz2
tar xjf linux-2.6.20.3.tar.bz2

First you need to run the make menuconfig command to
preconfigure the kernel otherwise *PATCHING WILL FAIL* change into the
linux-2.6.20.3 directory and run the make menuconfig command

Code:

[COLOR="Red"]apt-get install kernel-package libncurses5-dev fakeroot wget bzip2 build-essential udev[/COLOR]
cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3
make clean && make mrproper
cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config
make menuconfig

exit and save the config file. Now you will need to go into the patch-o-matic directory

Code:

cd /usr/src/patch-o-matic-ng-20070322
# KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3 ./runme extras

Once you issue that command you will be prompt with the following

Code:

Hey! IPTABLES_DIR is not set.
Where is your iptables source code directory? [/usr/src/iptables]/usr/src/iptables-1.3.7

Once that is done you will be prompt for which patches you would like to apply, they also give you a little description on
what each patch does.

Once you have finished selecting which patches you want installed you will need to compile your iptables so you will
need to do the following in the iptables source directory.

Code:

cd /usr/src/iptables-1.3.7
make KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3
make install KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3
make clean

your iptables have been compiled now you can start compiling your kernel so you can issue the following in the kernel source directory

Code:

cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3
make-kpkg clean
make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers

after the kernel build the kernel can be found in the /usr/src directory

Code:

cd /usr/src
dpkg -i *deb

Create A Ramdisk

Code:

apt-get install libhtml-template-perl libparse-recdescent-perl
cd /tmp
wget http://downloads.howtoforge.com/files/yaird_0.0.12-8bpo1_i386.deb
dpkg -i yaird_0.0.12-8bpo1_i386.deb

nano -w /boot/config-2.6.20.3-raysun1
[....]
# CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config"
[....]
 

create ramdisk

Code:

mkinitrd.yaird -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20.3-raysun1 2.6.20.3-raysun1 

update grub

Code:

 update-grub

reboot system

Code:

shutdown -r now 

hope it helps....

source:
http://www.linux-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2182&hl=
http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_debian

 

hi

maybe you could help me i have some troubles with compiling debian kernel 2.6.18.3. as i read the flip has the same problem with sbin/init cannot open dev/console. we tried to do it in differnt way but did not help.

thanks

 

haloo anybody here?

 

hello so i am here....

 

Bumping a post every 30 minutes is not going to help you. Personally I think this is abusive. You're adding a vague question to the end of a long thread and the entry before yours is giving a solution. I suggest you start a new thread in which you explain what exactly is your problem. Expect you need to wait around 1-2 days. If you need quicker answers, consider paid support and/or hiring someone.

 

ok i already did

 

Hey i need help with the same thing...i have had the same kinda trouble...

thanks.




--
Webkinz Recipes

 

I have problem and I do not know how to solve it myself. Last weekend I tried ( I said tried ) to recompile kernel on my Debian Sarge machine, but I encountered some problems.

After compilation and rebooting my macnine and choosing new kernel to boot I got error as follows:
modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.15.4/modules.dep : No such file or directory
umount devfs: not mounted
pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init:432 cannot open dev/console
kernel panic-Not syncing: Attempted to kill init

I really do not what to do in order to compile kernel, I have many manuals, and I read them as you can see I made procedure of compilation on right way ( Tell me if I am wrong ) but still I cannot solve above mentioned errors.

Please show me what I did wrong and what I should correct in order to make my 2.6.15.4 works.

Thank you in advance

The procedure I used to compile kernel and files I got after cmpilation is as follows.

I run make-kpkg kernel-image and after 20 minutes
DeusEtMachine:/usr/src# ls -l
total 52228
-rw-r--r-- 1 root src 13558552 2006-03-19 17:33 kernel-image-2.6.15.4_10.00.Custom_i386.deb
drwxrwxrwx 21 root root 4096 2006-03-19 17:44 linux-2.6.15.4
-rwx------ 1 root src 39846379 2006-03-18 16:11 linux-2.6.15.4.tar.bz2
DeusEtMachine:/usr/src#

In /lib/modules I have

DeusEtMachine:/lib/modules# ls -l
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2006-03-19 17:34 2.6.15.4
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2006-02-25 10:11 2.6.8-2-386
DeusEtMachine:/lib/modules#

In /lib/modules/2.6.15.4 there are next files

DeusEtMachine:/lib/modules/2.6.15.4# ls -l
total 1008
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2006-03-19 17:34 build -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.15.4
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2006-03-19 17:34 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 201018 2006-03-19 17:34 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2006-03-19 17:34 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 212744 2006-03-19 17:34 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 813 2006-03-19 17:34 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 394 2006-03-19 17:34 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21025 2006-03-19 17:34 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182827 2006-03-19 17:34 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 98846 2006-03-19 17:34 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264449 2006-03-19 17:34 modules.usbmap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2006-03-19 17:34 source -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.15.4
DeusEtMachine:/lib/modules/2.6.15.4#

In /boot/ I have as follows

DeusEtMachine:/boot# ls -l
total 12964
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63903 2006-03-04 15:51 config-2.6.15.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55809 2005-05-19 10:38 config-2.6.8-2-386
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-03-19 17:38 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4317184 2006-03-19 17:35 initrd.img-2.6.15.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4317184 2006-02-25 10:35 initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 814523 2006-03-19 17:33 System.map-2.6.15.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 865733 2005-05-19 11:26 System.map-2.6.8-2-386
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1680929 2006-03-19 17:33 vmlinuz-2.6.15.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1097419 2005-05-19 11:25 vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386
DeusEtMachine:/boot#

In /grub/menu.lst I have the next output
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15.4
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15.4 root=/dev/hda2 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15.4
savedefault
boot

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15.4 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15.4 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15.4
savedefault
boot

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386
savedefault
boot

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386
savedefault
boot

 

I have seen this happen in Grub many times where it (for some strange reasons) changes the (hd 0,0) to (hd 1,0) or another form of it.
I even had a server with hd 2,0 in the menu.lst file which changed itself to hd0,0 after an upgrade! then no boot!

so always make backup copy of your (Working) menu.lst file BEFORE doing any updates/upgrades or recompiling kernel.
2 cents worth from a noob!