[PLUG] Grub with a new kernel

Jason R. Martin nsxfreddy at verizon.net
Mon May 30 06:11:29 UTC 2005


Michael D. Harris wrote:
> In the Linux Cookbook, it mentions that I will need QT for menuconfig.  I 
> couldn't make menuconfig so I assumed I was missing something.  I noticed in 
> my Gnome apt manager tool, that I could get the Qt development libraries if I 
> selected a 2.6.8 kernel, so I did that, but have not done anything else with 
> it.  I am assuming if I go through the same motions I will be able to make 
> menuconfig.  Then maybe move up to the 2.6.11 kernel.  Actually, I was only 
> after the 2.6 kernel because I heard it handles usb devices that attach 
> memory cards and such.

make menuconfig requires the ncurses libraries, but should not require 
any X libraries or toolkits (like QT), as it is for command-line based 
menus (which is what ncurses does).

Jason



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