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Title: "No rule to make target..."

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"No rule to make target..."

Symptom:

You want to compile a kernel but when you enter the command:

cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
or, under circumstances...
make xconfig

you receive the following error message:

user@computer:/usr/src/linux > make xconfig
make: *** No rule to make target `xconfig'.  Stop.

Cause:

The kernel source code is not installed on your system. Since SuSE 6.2 the source code is not automatically installed in an effort to save hard drive space.

Solution:

Using YaST, install the package lx_suse from Series D and try the compilation again, following the directions given in the handbook Chapter 13.3 "Configuring the Kernel"

IMPORTANT: The SuSE Installation Support Team can no longer answer questions concerning self-compiled kernels!!! This is due to the fact that there are too many sources of possible error, not becuase we don't want to. In many (most) cases it is impossible to answer these questions in a reasonable amount of time. In the mean time there are over 800 different kernel options available!!! Questions in relation to self-compliled kernels will not be answered!

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Keywords: KERNEL, COMPILING, RULE, TARGET, AMKE, XCONFIG, MENUCONFIG

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