On Sunday 22 October 2006 11:47, "Régis Décamps" wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] asterisk zaptel-1.2.9.1 error': > > * Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory. > > * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a configured set of > > Linux sources. > You should hava a backup of your linux-kernel configuration in /boot. > use ls -al /usr/src/linux to check that the version of the kernel > source is the same than the kernel image you use. In which case you > can: > ln -s /boot/Config- /usr/src/linux/.config Try the script below instead, it might not fix everything, but it's less hit-and-miss than manually searching for a configuration backup that you may not even have. #!/bin/bash if [ -h /usr/src/linux ]; then echo 'You have a /usr/src/linux symlink, good.' if [ "$(readlink /usr/src/linux)" == "linux-$(uname -r)" ]; then echo 'It points to your running kernel, also good.' else echo "But, it points to the wrong place. I'll fix it." ln -snf "linux-$(uname -r)" /usr/src/linux || exit 127 fi elif [ -e /usr/src/linux ]; then echo 'You have a /usr/src/linux, but it is not a symlink.' echo "Your system is broken, but I can't automatically fix it." exit 1 else echo "You don't have a /usr/src/linux, let me make one for you." ln -snf "linux-$(uname -r)" /usr/src/linux || exit 127 fi if [ -r /proc/config.gz ]; then echo 'You have a /proc/config.gz, good.' else echo "You either don't have a /proc/config.gz or I can't read it." echo "Sorry, I can't access the configuration of your running kernel." exit 1 fi if [ -r /usr/src/linux/.config ]; then echo 'You already have a readable /usr/src/linux/.config, hrm.' elif [ -e /usr/src/linux/.config ]; then echo "Your /usr/src/linux/.config exists, but I can't read it." echo "There's probably a permissions problem somewhere." exit 1 else echo 'No /usr/src/linux/.config, using running config.' zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/linux/.config || exit 127 exit 0 fi if zcat /proc/config.gz | diff /usr/src/linux/.config - ; then echo 'Your /usr/src/linux/.config and your running configuration agree.' echo "I can't believe you wasted my CPU cycles. ;)" exit 0 else echo -n 'Your /usr/src/linux/.config and your running configuration ' echo -n 'are different. You should build and install, as needed, this ' echo -n 'new configuration. After doing so, you should be able to ' echo -n 'compile out-of-tree modules, but they will not be usable until ' echo 'you boot into the newly configured kernel.' exit 1 fi -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh