Cannot find system map file

[Anita Lewis]

On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 16:59:57 -0800 (PST), Net Llama wrote:

>> Would the .config file be in /usr/src/linux if the person had not
>> compiled
>> the kernel previously?  
> 
> It should come as part of the kernel-source RPM that Caldera provides. 
> I can't say for sure, since the last kernel RPM I played with was 2.2.5.
> 

That doesn't seem to be the case for other distros, because I have had
problems when doing a recompile of the kernel after a fresh install and not
getting things like PPP or Sound in it.  Isn't the kernel altered during the
installation process - well at least the modules being used vary depending
on the system, right?  So how would the .config file from a kernel-source
contain the information on what a person's current kernel has.  

What I'm getting at is that it is easy on the first recompile to omit things
that are needed especially when they are not there by default (like PPP) and
it would be most helpful to just be able to have that .config file and run
'make oldconfig' or 'make menuconfig' and add or subtract from a known
entitiy.

Anita