Re: make menuconfig error

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Michael Buesch wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I don't know, if this was posted some time ago, because I was unsubscribed
> for a time.
> I unpacked a vanilla 2.5.66, copied the .config of my already configured
> 2.5.64 to the new kernel, made a make menuconfig and immediately canceled
> it, without saving.
> I got this error-message:
> 
> # bla ...
>   gcc  -o scripts/lxdialog/lxdialog scripts/lxdialog/checklist.o scripts/lxdialog/menubox.o scripts/lxdialog/textbox.o scripts/lxdialog/yesno.o scripts/lxdialog/inputbox.o scripts/lxdialog/util.o scripts/lxdialog/lxdialog.o scripts/lxdialog/msgbox.o -lncurses 
> ./scripts/kconfig/mconf arch/i386/Kconfig
> #
> # using defaults found in .config
> #
> .config:763: trying to assign nonexistent symbol INTEL_RNG

i'm pretty sure that, if you just unpacked the source for the
first time, you should first "make mrproper" just to play it
safe, and after that, you *must* do at least one full config
of some kind, to create a number of header files that are
necessary.  the fact that you said you did a "make menuconfig",
but bailed before you actually saved anything makes me uneasy.

and the INTEL_RNG has something to do with random number
generation.  but can you do a "make oldconfig" and see if
you get the same error?

rday