... CC init/version.o LD init/built-in.o LD .tmp_vmlinux1 arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x2f52): In function `do_bounds': : undefined reference to `nL199' make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. make [in /usr/src/linux] :-) Actual Results: livecd linux # make CHK include/linux/version.h make[1]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date. CHK include/linux/compile.h dnsdomainname: No address associated with name CHK usr/initramfs_list GEN .version CHK include/linux/compile.h dnsdomainname: No address associated with name UPD include/linux/compile.h CC init/version.o LD init/built-in.o LD .tmp_vmlinux1 arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x2f52): In function `do_bounds': : undefined reference to `nL199' make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 livecd linux # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar 11 2005, 00:07:42)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -pipe -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -pipe -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk ftp://mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk/mirrors/gentoo http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 apm berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt eds emboss encode fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer imlib ipv6 jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif ncurses nls pam pdflib perl png python readline sdl spell ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xml2 zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
[01:18] [steev]_: copy your .config out, and make mrproper [01:18] [steev]_: and then copy it back in and make oldconfig; make && make modules_install What do you know, it worked!