RH 5.8 (beta 1) I try to compile the enclosed kernel sources, however I run into several problems: 1) make menuconfig gives this error: There seems to be a problem with the lxdialog companion utility which is built prior to running Menuconfig. Usually this is an indicator that you have upgraded/downgraded your ncurses libraries and did not remove the old ncurses header file(s) in /usr/include or /usr/include/ncurses. It is VERY important that you have only one set of ncurses header files and that those files are properly version matched to the ncurses libraries installed on your machine. You may also need to rebuild lxdialog. This can be done by moving to the /usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog directory and issuing the "make clean all" command. If you have verified that your ncurses install is correct, you may email the maintainer <mec> or post a message to <linux-kernel.edu> for additional assistance. make: *** [menuconfig] Error 139 2) make xconfig gives an error when you attempt to enter the section for frame buffer and other console drivers 3) perhaps related to 2, building a kernel after using make xconfig is unsuccessful due to errors related to fb devices
Upgrade ncurses for the make menuconfig part Newer patches needed for the kernel for the make xconfig to work The 2.2.2 kernel does not have any of these problems.