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RE: [somewhat off-topic] Re: Trouble installing netfilter/iptable s (long)
> Qustions:
> 1-does "make menuconfig" require X to be installed? I dont
> have X, i just
> have RH 7.1 with kernel dev and kernel sources installed
> (atleast those were
> the ONLY things i had selected during install).

same as me! make xconfig is the X version - I have run make menuconfig via
a ssh shell from windows. Its a text mode one

> 2-if i untared/unpacked the kernel to the folder
> /root/newkern (here is
> where i did the "gzip -cd linux 2.4.7...... |tar xvf -"
> command) is it ok to
> delete the newkern folder and unpack nd then do the "make menuconfig"?
> Thanks

yeah. I would run a "make mrproper" first - for some reason if I didn't do
that then my kernel wouldn't run. Then

make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
make bxImage

if i remember correctly. Installing the new kernel is a whole new topic....
and we should take this off the netfilter mailing list ;)

Cheers
Nigel