Hi!

I'm trying to install MOL on Debian PPC 3.1r1. Of course, it sounded so simple with packages already created for this installation (or so I thought). I've documented my process below, and I hope someone can guide me in the correct direction.

"apt-get install mod-modules-2.6.8-powerpc" returns:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mol-modules-2.6.8-powerpc: Depends: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc (= 2.6.8-12) but 2.6.8-12sarge1 is to be installed

Of course, uname -r returns 2.6.8-powerpc. So why does it tell me I don't have the correct kernel?

And, just to see what apt-get thinks, "apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc" returns kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc is already the newest version.

No big deal, I'll just compile from the sources...

download, decompress, cd to the mol directory. "make" returns:

--- Error: Unconfigured kernel source!
--- (missing file: /usr/src/kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc/include/linux/config.h)

So, I try and install a number of packages for the kernel. Maybe I missed something. They are:

kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc
kernel-headers
kernel-headers-2.6
kernel-headers-2.6.8
kernel-kbuild-2.6-3
kernel-package
linux-kernel-headers

But then no /usr/src/linux softlink. So (and this may be very wrong) I linked that to /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8. Other directories created when installing the above packages include:

kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc
kernel-headers-2.6.8
kernel-kbuild-2.6-3

Maybe I need the full kernel sources?
So install them, but mol now says they are not configured. So I try and configure the kernel sources (I just accepted all the default since I have no idea what I should be selecting). I can get now get MOL to compile, but now it hangs when I try to run it.

Obviously I need to set something else up, but I don't know which direction to turn. Any advice is much appreciated. The best solution would be a package I can install, or a way to force it to except the package I have, but I'm open to anything.

Deron Kazmaier

Hi DeronKazmaier.

The problem you are facing is because the mol modules declare a strict dependency against the kernel, and thus fail because of the security updated kernel you have installed.

Just rebuild the mol modules as follows :

apt-get build-dep mol-modules-2.6.8
apt-get source -b mol-modules-2.6.8

install resulting .debs.

Not sure if the source package is named mol-modules-2.6.8 or mol-modules-2.6.8-powerpc, but i am sure you can handle that.

Friendly,

Sven Luther

Hi Sven,

At this point I'm not sure I can "handle" anything with this...

After updating /etc/apt/sources.list to actually include a deb-src path, etc...

apt-get build-dep mol-modules-2.6.8-powerpc

returns

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Build-Depends dependency for mol-modules-2.6.8 cannot be satisfied because no available versions of package kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc can satisfy version requirements

So, any ideas? Do I need to roll back the kernel? Can I roll back the kernel?

Thanks for your help!

Deron Kazmaier

Hi !

Maybe you should try the tutorial for installing MacOSX with MacOnLinux on Debian in the Pegasos book (page 133).

There is also a tutorial for installing MOL on Ubuntu (if you have a Pegasos II, I recommand you this distribution based on Debian which is really simplier in my opinion).

And if it still does not work, well you can try PegXMac tutorial which requires the PegXMac install CD (15 euros).

You can also try Molk liveCD from "frostwork" (free).
Good luck !

Oh, well, ...

mol-modules is not the neatest of packages, and will need some serious rework for debian/etch.

do :

apt-get source mol-modules-2.6.8-powerpc

and then go into the resulting dir.

Edit debian/control, and change the versioned build-dependency of kernel-build-... to the one in the security archive, and then do :

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc

and repeat after installing the packages it complains about it any.

Friendly,

Sven Luther

Hi, ...

I remember now, the sarge2 update added a abi name component to the kernel version string, and thus the modules need changing. Jens Schmelzing, the former mol debian maintainer sadly died in july, so i think it is left to me and a few others to handle this.

Dann Franzier today posted a mail on the debian-kernel list asking us to rebuild a bunch of modules, among them are the mol-modules, so your problem should be solving itself in a couple of days.

Friendly,

Sven Luther

I would have at least tried it before posting here had I known it even existed! I have done a fair amount of searching before asking for help. Thanks for the tips!




That would obviously be the best solution for me. However, I'll try your other suggestions (unless you are telling me it still won't work) and pegxmac. First to work wins! If you remember, please post a note here when the updates are available and where.

Thanks to both of you!

Deron Kazmaier