Process for buildin new kernel

Build the kernel

a. Download kernel

b. Untar it
c. make menuconfig
d. This Command builds the images in the *parent directory*
/usr/bin/fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_headers

Install the kernel
a. Move the packages to target machine and install

sudo dpkg --purge linux-headers-2.6.35.4-custom
sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-2.6.35.4-custom
sudo rm -f /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35.4-custom*

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.35.4-custom_2.6.35.4-custom-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.35.4-custom_2.6.35.4-custom-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
sudo update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.35.4-custom

b. Update initramfs
sudo update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.35.4-custom

c. Update grub.conf.
Add initrd file path.
Edit the path of root device in kernel options from /dev/hda1 to /dev/sda1.


Reboot.. Hopefully it should come up with no kernel panics.

I would like to start a linux kernel tutorial. The idea of this blog is to provide me with a drive to complete the book. Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love.

You can access the pdf here.

ScreenCast in Ubuntu

a. Install gtk-recordmydesktop
Record your first screen cast using this software

b. Install Audacity: To remove noise
Get a wav file to be used with Audacity
ffmpeg -i out.ogv out.wav

c. Merge the edited wav file with original video file(Also convert it to avi)
mencoder -audiofile out.wav -oac mp3lame -ovc xvid -xvidencopts fixed_quant=4 -o out.avi out.ogv