You have to make sure you have header files (.h) in the
/usr/include directory (if you do not have these install
glibc-devel*.rpm packages) and appropriate libraries in
/usr/lib (You probably already have these).

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: harmston [mailto:harmston@adata.com]
-> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 6:30 PM
-> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> Subject: kernel compiling problem
-> 
-> 
-> I am new to linux and want to recompile the kernel to 
-> support my sound card but
-> when I type make xconfig  I get the following 
-> [root@localhost linux]# make xconfig
-> rm -f include/asm
-> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
-> make -C scripts kconfig.tk
-> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts'
-> gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -c -o 
-> tkparse.o tkparse.c
-> tkparse.c:48: stdio.h: No such file or directory
-> tkparse.c:49: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
-> tkparse.c:50: string.h: No such file or directory
-> make[1]: *** [tkparse.o] Error 1
-> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts'
-> make: *** [xconfig] Error 2
-> [root@localhost linux]#   
-> 
-> What can I do to fix this problem 
-> 
-> I am running mandrake linux 7.1
-> 
-> Thanks for any help 
-> 
-> 
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