[yocto] Unable to find the ncurses libraries when running menuconfig

Nick D'Ademo nickdademo at gmail.com
Wed Nov 12 17:12:28 PST 2014


OK, I'll come up with a simple test case + procedure to reproduce it.

Cheers,
Nick

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:49 AM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would state so as if you need it and it doesn't work then it probably is
> a bug
> with bitbake.
> Cheers Nick
>
> On 14-11-11 09:37 AM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> > Would this be classified as a BitBake bug then?
> >
> > I actually have a recipe which requires 32-bit libs - I'll see if
> there's a
> > way around it.
> >
> > Thanks for your help thus far.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:18 AM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> That was my issue with your build, but I wasn't sure if that was going
> to
> >> prevent the build from you companies requirements. I would recommend
> only
> >> making the build 64 bit as it seems that there is no reason for
> backwards
> >> compatibility with older 32 bit libraries for your build.
> >> Regards Nick
> >>
> >> On 14-11-11 06:23 AM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> >>> A bit of progress (found the cause of the error at least):
> >>>
> >>> The script that is failing is: linux/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/
> >>> *check-lxdialog.sh*
> >>>
> >>> I added 'set -x' to the script so I could see the output as BitBake
> >>> executes it... The function within that script which is failing is
> >> *check()
> >>> *- in particular the following is failing:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *$cc -x c - -o $tmp 2>/dev/null <<'EOF'#include CURSES_LOCmain() {}EOF*
> >>>
> >>> *Script output:*
> >>> *gcc
> -isystem/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/include
> >>> -O2 -pipe -L/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib
> >>> -L/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib
> >>> -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib
> >>> -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib
> >>> -Wl,-rpath,/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib
> >>> -Wl,-rpath,/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib -Wl,-O1
> >>> '-DCURSES_LOC=<ncurses.h>' -DLOCALE
> >>> -L/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/custom_machine_name/usr/lib64
> >>> -lncursesw -ltinfo -x c - -o .lxdialog.tmp*
> >>>
> >>> This command is returning 1 when it should be returning 0 (i.e.
> >> successful
> >>> compile).
> >>>
> >>> The exact error is:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> */usr/bin/ld: cannot find /lib64/libc.so.6/usr/bin/ld: cannot find
> >>> /usr/lib64/libc_nonshared.acollect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status*
> >>>
> >>> Where is it trying to find those libraries? In my host system (they
> don't
> >>> exist!) or the system root of my build? The files *only* exist in my
> >> system
> >>> root @
> */home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/custom_machine_name/usr/lib64
> >> *and
> >>> */home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/custom_machine_name/lib64.*
> >>>
> >>> I suspect that this may be due to the fact that my custom machine conf
> >> is a
> >>> multilib configuration...
> >>>
> >>> Any further ideas?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Nick Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Nick D'Ademo <nickdademo at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> If I do the following (from the same Terminal that oe-init-build-env
> >> has
> >>>>> been run):
> >>>>> 1) cd
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> /home/nick/poky/build/tmp/work/corei7-64-intel-common-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.17.1+gitAUTOINC+b86dd5c6f4_0caf16d385-r0/linux-corei7-64-intel-common-standard-build
> >>>>> 2) make menuconfig
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Menu config loads correctly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So for some reason, 'bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig' is not
> invoking
> >>>>> menuconfig properly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any ideas where to look in regard to my custom machine config?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:11 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Nick,
> >>>>>> Yes this is a issue with your custom machine and I believe this is a
> >>>> issue
> >>>>>> with your your machine
> >>>>>> conf is located in the build directories.
> >>>>>> Cheers Nick
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 14-11-10 02:26 AM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> >>>>>>> menuconfig works with a core-image-minimal vanilla build:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> *Build Configuration:BB_VERSION        = "1.24.0"BUILD_SYS
>  =
> >>>>>>> "x86_64-linux"NATIVELSBSTRING   = "Ubuntu-14.04"TARGET_SYS        =
> >>>>>>> "arm-poky-linux-gnueabi"MACHINE           = "qemuarm"DISTRO
> >>>>   =
> >>>>>>> "poky"DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.7"TUNE_FEATURES     = "arm armv5 thumb
> >>>>>>> dsp"TARGET_FPU        = "soft"meta              meta-yocto
> >>>>>>> meta-yocto-bsp    =
> >>>>>>> "master:45bb9e3323073070453647a32289dc1792f3d660"meta-oe
> >>>>>>> meta-multimedia   meta-gnome        =
> >>>>>>> "master:dac2422f737c351c37a8405a76b5f0b5df9311a0"*
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> So this must be an issue with my custom machine.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:43 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Nick,
> >>>>>>>> Then this is an issue with your machine conf or paths required for
> >>>>>>>> kernel
> >>>>>>>> building. Are you able
> >>>>>>>> to build a poky distro with a working kernel and this is just a
> >> issue
> >>>>>>>> with
> >>>>>>>> you building the yocto
> >>>>>>>> kernel alone or can you also not build poky too?
> >>>>>>>> Cheers Nick
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 10:36 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Just tried with the latest 3.17.2 kernel. 'make menuconfig' works
> >>>> fine
> >>>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>>> loads the interactive kernel config.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:01 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Try downloading a stock kernel for kernel.org and extract it in
> >>>> your
> >>>>>>>> home
> >>>>>>>>>> directory and run make menuconfig in
> >>>>>>>>>> the root of the kernel source tree, if this works then I am
> >>>> assuming
> >>>>>>>>>> either ncurses or your machine conf is wrong
> >>>>>>>>>> somewhere.
> >>>>>>>>>> Cheers Nick
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 09:51 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi Nick,
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> I removed build/tmp/ and performed a rebuild - I'm still
> >>>>>>>>>>> experiencing
> >>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>> same error message unfortunately.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:58 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Seems to after reading and doing some research a build issue
> >> with
> >>>>>>>>>> multiple
> >>>>>>>>>>>> jobs or try running rm -r tmp in your
> >>>>>>>>>>>> build and then rebuild as it may be an issue with out of date
> >>>> temp
> >>>>>>>>>> files.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers Nick
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:51 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for trying that out Nick.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Issue is present on both 3.14 and 3.17 for me.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> All paths in the require lines are correct too.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Any other ideas?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:46 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I tried bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig on my own system
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> running
> >>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> same distro and it seems to my
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> default use kernel 3.14 not 3.17 otherwise this seems be
> fine
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> from
> >>>>>>>> my
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> understanding. Also check all the
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> paths in your require lines as there may be an issue with
> your
> >>>>>>>> builds
> >>>>>>>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the path set up by these files
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> that you are linking to for your kernel build.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nick
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:40 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Nick.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Machine conf is as follows (it's actually nearly identical
> to
> >>>>>>>>>> nuc.conf
> >>>>>>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> however, BT support, multilib, and preferred providers have
> >>>> been
> >>>>>>>>>>>> added):
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #@TYPE: Machine
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #@NAME: chiefriver
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #@WEBTITLE: Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC) Model:
> >>>> DC3217IYE
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for Intel NUC model
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DC3217IYE
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # i.e. Ivy Bridge + Panther Point
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.17%"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE_FEATURES += "va-impl-intel wifi efi bluetooth"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE_FEATURES += "intel-ucode"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> require conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> require conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> require conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> require multilib.conf
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE_HWCODECS ?= "va-intel gst-va-intel"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_X86_BASE} \
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>            ${XSERVER_X86_EXT} \
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>            ${XSERVER_X86_I965} \
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>            "
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS +=
> >> "linux-firmware-iwlwifi-6000g2b-6
> >>>>>>>> lms8"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # disable the serial port configuration
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SERIAL_CONSOLE = ""
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_jpeg = "jpeg"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_jpeg-native = "jpeg-native"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/fftw = "fftw"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:36 PM, nick <
> xerofoify at gmail.com>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Nick,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This seems to then be an issue with incorrect paths or
> build
> >>>>>>>>>>>> information
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in your nuc.conf
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as the most likely culprit. If you can post your machine's
> >>>> conf
> >>>>>>>>>> file I
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will be glad to see
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if there are any issues I can spot.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nick
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:33 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) source oe-init-build-env is run before building.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) We are actually using a custom machine .conf based on
> >>>>>>>> nuc.conf,
> >>>>>>>>>> so
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> actually: MACHINE = "custom_machine_name". I replaced it
> >>>> with
> >>>>>>>> "nuc"
> >>>>>>>>>>>> in
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> post to avoid confusion.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:25 PM, nick <
> >> xerofoify at gmail.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you run source oe-init-build-env before building and
> >> why
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
> >>>>>>>>>> your
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> machine
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> set to nuc seems this may be an issue?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nick
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:15 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the quick reply Nick.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Host system is Ubuntu 14.04. ncurses is already
> >> installed:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Building dependency tree
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reading state information... Done
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> libncurses5-dev is already the newest version.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:09 PM, nick <
> >>>> xerofoify at gmail.com>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Check to see if you actuality have it installed on
> your
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> host
> >>>>>>>>>>>> system
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your package manager.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The library for ncurses for compiling the kernel is
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> different
> >>>>>>>>>>>> based
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your distro, check
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your distro's installer and install the correct
> ncurses
> >>>>>>>> package
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> first.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this is still an
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> issue please reply with a newer error message.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers Nick
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:05 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Getting a strange error when attempting to configure
> >> the
> >>>>>>>> Yocto
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kernel
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> via: bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas? (error message below)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Much appreciated.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Build Configuration:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BB_VERSION        = "1.24.0"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BUILD_SYS         = "x86_64-linux"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NATIVELSBSTRING   = "Ubuntu-14.04"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TARGET_SYS        = "x86_64-poky-linux"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE           = "nuc"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DISTRO            = "poky"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.7"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TUNE_FEATURES     = "m64 corei7"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TARGET_FPU        = ""
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *make[1]: Entering directory
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> `/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/work/corei7-64-intel-common-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.17.1+gitAUTOINC+b86dd5c6f4_0caf16d385-r0/linux-corei7-64-intel-common-standard-build'
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GEN     ./Makefile *** Unable to find the ncurses
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> libraries
> >>>>>>>> or
> >>>>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> required header files. *** 'make menuconfig' requires
> >>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>> ncurses
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> libraries. ***  *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel)
> and
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> try
> >>>>>>>>>>>> again.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> make[3]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error
> >>>>>>>> 1make[2]:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> ***
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [menuconfig] Error 2make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error
> >> 2make:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [__sub-make]
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Error 2Command failed.Press any key to continue... *
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Clearly your machine config is not  in the correct directory or the
> >>>> layers needed for  you machine config are not being correctly
> >>>> configured. Look at the Yocto Manual on writing Board Support Scripts
> >>>> for more information.
> >>>> Cheers Nick
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
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