Pacheco Jason NPRI wrote:

I installed the new radeon drivers, which apparently don't come with a prebuilt module for my kernel. So I decided to build my own. I have only ever compiled kernel source on RedHat systems, and SuSE seems to be very different in its setup. Anyway, I completely failed in my attempt, X still will not boot, has anybody managed to build a custom module for this or any other application? Is there any help available on the net?

My main problem is locating the DRM headers and kernel includes and all that. I think I have to modify the /lib/modules/fglrx/build_module/make.sh script that automates the building of the module. It does not seem to be looking in the right places for my headers and things.

One last comment. `make cloneconfig'?!?!? Why don't all other distro's have this? This is wonderful! I just discovered this.

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Before I discovered make cloneconfig only recently, I used to "cp /proc/config.gz /usr/src/linux-???, gzip -d it, mv config .config, cp .config .config.old, then do make xconfig or make oldconfig. SuSE just put that into a nice script for you, you could make similar for any other distro.... see the kernel Makefile ......... cloneconfig: symlinks @if [ -f "/proc/config.gz" ]; then \ mv -f .config .config.bak; \ gzip -d < /proc/config.gz > .config; \ $(CONFIG_SHELL) scripts/Configure -d arch/$(ARCH)/config.in; \ else \ echo "Sorry, your current kernel was built without cloning support."; \ fi Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Linux Only Shop.