I'm running Linux Mint with kernel version 3.8.0-29-generic. So I downloaded and extracted the Linux Kernel 3.8.9 source code and placed the folder in the main directory. Now using the command make menuconfig in the gnome-terminal I get the make error message:
DALEK linux-3.8.9 # make menuconfig
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
Segmentation fault
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 139
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
So I did a memory test before booting up and there are no memory errors. So what's the problem? FTR I am using a Toshiba satellite L500 with x86_64 architecture. It was suggested by someone else that the kernel source is not configured for this architecture....And if that's the case where might I find a Linux kernel that works for x86_64?
The reason I'm trying to do this is in preparation to build the kernel source in order to create a kernel module: Is that even necessary with the Kernel already installed???