&nbsp;I am lookig for advice on compiling a second instance lirc for mythtv.<br><br>i am running fedora 7 with kernel 2.6.22.<br><br>when i run make i get the following error:<br><br>[root@mythtv remote-0.8.1pre1]# make<br>make&nbsp; all-recursive
<br>make[1]: Entering directory `/root/remote-0.8.1pre1&#39;<br>Making all in drivers<br>make[2]: Entering directory `/root/remote- 0.8.1pre1/drivers&#39;<br>Making all in remote_dev<br>make[3]: Entering directory `/root/remote-
0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev&#39;<br>Makefile:8: **************************************************<br>Makefile:8: *** Makefile trick not undone, trying to recover *<br>Makefile:8: **************************************************
<br>mv Makefile.automake Makefile<br>make all<br>make[4]: Entering directory `/root/remote- 0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev&#39;<br>mv Makefile Makefile.automake<br>cp ../Makefile.kernel Makefile<br>make -C /usr/src/linux/ SUBDIRS=/root/remote-
0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev modules \<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KBUILD_VERBOSE=1<br>make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22&#39;<br>test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo &quot;&nbsp; ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.&quot;;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.&quot;;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Run &#39;make oldconfig &amp;&amp; make prepare&#39; on kernel src to fix it.&quot;;&nbsp; \<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /bin/false)<br>
mkdir -p /root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/.tmp_versions<br>rm -f /root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/.tmp_versions/*<br><br>&nbsp; WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux- 2.6.22/Module.symvers<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.
<br><br>make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/root/remote-0.8.1pre1 /drivers/remote_dev<br>&nbsp; gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/.remote_dev.o.d&nbsp; -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.1.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude&nbsp; -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2&nbsp; -march=i586 -mtune=generic -mtune=generic -ffreestanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-generic -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -fomit-frame-pointer -g&nbsp; -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DIRCTL_DEV_MAJOR=72 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/root/remote- 
0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/../.. -I/usr/src/linux//include/&nbsp; -DMODULE -D&quot;KBUILD_STR(s)=#s&quot; -D&quot;KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(remote_dev)&quot;&nbsp; -D&quot;KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(remote_dev)&quot; -c -o /root/remote- 
0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/.tmp_remote_dev.o /root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/remote_dev.c<br>/root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/remote_dev.c:35:26: error: ./linux/config.h: Too many levels of symbolic links
<br>/root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/remote_dev.c:54:35: error: ./linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h: Too many levels of symbolic links<br>/root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/remote_dev.c: In function &#39;cleanup&#39;:
<br>/root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/remote_dev.c:132: warning: implicit declaration of function &#39;devfs_remove&#39;<br>/root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/remote_dev.c: In function &#39;remote_register_plugin&#39;:
<br>/root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/remote_dev.c:381: warning: implicit declaration of function &#39;devfs_mk_cdev&#39;<br>make[6]: *** [/root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev/remote_dev.o] Error 1<br>make[5]: *** [_module_/root/remote-
0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev] Error 2<br>make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22&#39;<br>make[4]: *** [remote_dev.o] Error 2<br>make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/remote- 0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev&#39;<br>make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
<br>make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/remote-0.8.1pre1/drivers/remote_dev&#39;<br>make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1<br>make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/remote- 0.8.1pre1/drivers&#39;<br>make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
<br>make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/remote-0.8.1pre1&#39;<br>make: *** [all] Error 2<br><br><br>I ran make oldconfig and make prepare as suggested...same error.&nbsp; If you have the time I would appreciate any help you can give me.
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