Gentoo problem compiling modules

[Collins Richey]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:40:39 -0500
Alan Jackson <ajackson at oplnk.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:50:37 -0700
> Condon Thomas A KPWA <tcondon at kpt.nuwc.navy.mil> wrote:
> 
> > Alan Jackson wrote:
> > > I installed Gentoo a week ago, and it has mostly been quite
> > > smooth.
> > > 
> > > However.... some, but not all, of my modules missed getting
> > > compiled. In particular, usb/printer doesn't seem to want to
> > > compile. I ran make modules_install
> > > and it didn't help. I get no errors, I just don't get a
> > > printer.o file created. Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Did you run "make modules" first?
> > 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> I'm closer to the problem, though. For some reason, in my 
> /etc/kernels/default_config
> the usb printer is disabled. I tried editing this file and
> recompiling, but that doesn't do it. What command does
> gentoo expect for me to update whatever file knows which
> modules to compile?
> 

The normal action (for me) is 

1) make menuconfig
    scroll to the bottom of the choices and load your existing config
    make your changes
    scroll to the bottom again and save your config where you got it
from.
    Save your actual .config on exit

2) make dep && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install

3) Copy your new arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot under a new name
    Copy your new System.map to /boot under a new name
    remake your link for /boot/System.map

4) make appropriate changes to lilo or grub.

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