(Q) First time Compiling - Optimus One, P500, V General

Ok, I setup my 2 build boxes. One Ubuntu 11.10x64 and one Mint 11x86. Installed required packages and downloaded multiple toolchains. I have tried compiling on both machines and on both I get the same errors.
make[2]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make: *** No rule to make target `include/config/auto.conf', needed by `include/config/kernel.release'. Stop.
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
CHK include/linux/version.h
I have tried make thunderc_perf_defconfig and get the same error. Copied .config from device dropped into source, same error.
Any ideas on what is going on? I'm new to this so any help would be great.

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I don't known, maybe gcc

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try checking your mount options?

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Nope its not gcc; as I said I have installed all required packages including gcc + bison etc. My mount options? Is that the "export ARCH=arm" ? Where I have to set the default compiler? I'm new to the newer flavors of linux. The last distro I used was Mandrake 7.1 ;-) Now I am testing this on 2 builds; an x64 Ubuntu and a x86 Mint(Which is Ubuntu). I have to be missing something on both, but I have followed tutorials guides to the T and still get this error. I get more errors than this by the way. The compiler kicks back Kconfig saying unexpected line of code.

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SgtPropain said:
Ok, I setup my 2 build boxes. One Ubuntu 11.10x64 and one Mint 11x86. Installed required packages and downloaded multiple toolchains. I have tried compiling on both machines and on both I get the same errors.
make[2]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make: *** No rule to make target `include/config/auto.conf', needed by `include/config/kernel.release'. Stop.
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
CHK include/linux/version.h
I have tried make thunderc_perf_defconfig and get the same error. Copied .config from device dropped into source, same error.
Any ideas on what is going on? I'm new to this so any help would be great.
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I ran a search on your error message about the missing rule to make auto.conf and found this:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=99089
It relates to the other poster's comment about checking your mount options. It's a short process to fix it.
And if it doesn't work maybe it will at least give you a new error message to research.

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glarepate said:
I ran a search on your error message about the missing rule to make auto.conf and found this:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=99089
It relates to the other poster's comment about checking your mount options. It's a short process to fix it.
And if it doesn't work maybe it will at least give you a new error message to research.
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just as i thought. that might have happened. its worth a try though.

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SgtPropain said:
Nope its not gcc; as I said I have installed all required packages including gcc + bison etc. My mount options? Is that the "export ARCH=arm" ? Where I have to set the default compiler? I'm new to the newer flavors of linux. The last distro I used was Mandrake 7.1 ;-) Now I am testing this on 2 builds; an x64 Ubuntu and a x86 Mint(Which is Ubuntu). I have to be missing something on both, but I have followed tutorials guides to the T and still get this error. I get more errors than this by the way. The compiler kicks back Kconfig saying unexpected line of code.
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Wrong...
Because you don't have .config file in the source. If you are building kernel from source, you must have the kernel config. That kernel config can be shared in the source code, it depends on that kernel developer, he can shared it in arch/arm/config, access to there then find that kernel defconfig. Or you can get the kernel config of that kernel with another method, but this method just can be applied if the kernel you want to build is for our device: flash that kernel then go to terminal then type:
Code:
su
(Accept the super user)
Code:
cp /proc/config.gz /sdcard
If it show "No such file or directory found" so you should ask that kernel developer for their .config.
If it doesn't show anything, go to sdcard and find if there is a file that named config.gz, it's the kernel config. Get back to terminal then type:
cd /sdcard
gunzip config.gz
Voila!

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I actually tried that already.... I have been at this for about three days. XDA was my last resort as I like to figure things out on my own. However I'm stuck @ a brick wall. I have edited /etc/fstab and removed the bs mount options..remounted same error. Mind you I'm doing most of this from a Virtual Environment. Starting to think this is my issue, but it doesn't explain the same error on machine #2. Maybe I'm doing it right, possibly a bad git clone?

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thachtunganh said:
Wrong...
Because you don't have .config file in the source. If you are building kernel from source, you must have the kernel config. That kernel config can be shared in the source code, it depends on that kernel developer, he can shared it in arch/arm/config, access to there then find that kernel defconfig. Or you can get the kernel config of that kernel with another method, but this method just can be applied if the kernel you want to build is for our device: flash that kernel then go to terminal then type:
Code:
su
(Accept the super user)
Code:
cp /proc/config.gz /sdcard
If it show "No such file or directory found" so you should ask that kernel developer for their .config.
If it doesn't show anything, go to sdcard and find if there is a file that named config.gz, it's the kernel config. Get back to terminal then type:
cd /sdcard
gunzip config.gz
Voila!
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Yeah that would be great if I hadn't done that already. In my post I stated I had replaced the .config from my device. I have literately tried everything but doing this from base. IE not from a VM. I appreciate the help but its a "no go".
Beginning of my .config for proof
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
# Linux kernel version: 2.6.32.9-ck2
# Wed Apr 11 20:41:44 2012
#
CONFIG_ARM=y
CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_GPIO=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS=y
CONFIG_KTIME_SCALAR=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS=y
CONFIG_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_LOCKDEP_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE=y
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPUFREQ=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ=y
CONFIG_VECTORS_BASE=0xffff0000
CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config"
CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS=y
Setting up a third independent machine Ubuntu x86 testing..

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where do you get that .config from?

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pull /proc/config.gz

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SgtPropain said:
pull /proc/config.gz
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What device are you using, and what kernel are you using.

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for the time being you can use prebuilt kernel...no need to build kernel from source....

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williamcharles said:
for the time being you can use prebuilt kernel...no need to build kernel from source....
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He isn't building ROM from source. He is learning how to build a kernel from source.

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Sorry for the delay; had 2 deaths in the family.
I setup my third box and again I get the same results. I really don't know where I'm going wrong. This kinda makes me lean to, I have bad source code. I'm no pro C programmer; however when building I get Kconfig errors. I opened said file and the comments look all messed up. The compiler I think is reading the comments as code and kicking it back giving me this error.

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by the way what are you compiling and please teach me compiling i want to learn it .

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I'm compiling a modified kernel for the Optimus V. I can't teach you how to compile because I don't even know if I'm doing it right.