From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932377Ab0EYLUd (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2010 07:20:33 -0400 Received: from mail-gx0-f227.google.com ([209.85.217.227]:40538 "EHLO mail-gx0-f227.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756643Ab0EYLUc (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2010 07:20:32 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=ITHJ7Cl9FeXh7R14bpXBfZr+ZNi7KYt3OjSrnUE8YAaLfXriOQlzlJpk5g4Epy+1sP FsCFsPQpTiWiM1dX7vUWHQrMWfSdRzmhWT8hpNywh8Eg1JVGrmaHmw5fQ3fhfEfDRGQn IymtsJADAHy3vxDpm8kZj8bWd8Fz4LMHyHwJw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:50:31 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: building linux kernel From: ranjith kumar To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I am using fedora11 on my PC. I downloaded the linux kernel souce code. I copied config file from /boot directory and tried to compile. I am getting some compilation errors. So I configured the kernel, with 'make defconfig', and it is compiling successfully. But when I am booting my machine with new kernel, it simply starts and displays '-' at top of the screen. nothing more. My question is are fedora and linux kernel are connected or not? If so how? I thinks linux kernel runs for a while, when it is booted. But after that control comes to fedora. For example, in Fedora we can play chess.Windows are displayed.......etc ...many graphical things are there. I don't think that these gaphics, chess game.....are not part of linux kernel. Am I right? Also, some time back when I was using fedora10, I configured linux kernel with /boot/ config file. I successfully compiled and run new linux kernel. When I boot with new kernel, it is still going into fedora. But when I run uname command it is showing new kernel version. But how come I was able to play chess game? chess game is not part of kernel. So if you got what I am asking, please tell me how to disconnect fedora and linux kernel? So when I boot with new kernel only kernel's things should be running. not fedora's chess game. How to disconnect them? Thanks in advance