Re: [aclug-L] trying to recompile linux

[Cheez-Czar <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote:

> Cheez-Czar <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > ok its been about a month since we talked about this and I need a little
> > more help then whats on the webpage. 
> > 
> > First, I noticed in the menu that certain thing which i'm sure are working
> > are not listed as being selected: ie ppp and scsi support.
> 
> Are you sure you're booting the kernel you compiled?  Ie, what does
> uname -a show?

I hadn't compiled the kerel yet. Unfortunatley I accidently saved my new
configuration. Is there any thing I can do to unsave this? will d/l a
pristine 2.0.34 solve this ie, I won't have wrong options when i compile
with that?


> 
> > second I am trying to set up my soundcard. I click enter and it wants me
> > to put in the irq value (7 is the default) i enter the number (5) and
> > press enter (or tab to ok and press enter same result) it says invalid
> > entry and doesn't change from the default. However if I just hit enter and
> > try to continue with 7 it gives me the same error. 
> > 
> > I have 2.0.34 which I patched from 2.0.30, (d/l all the incremental
> > pathces and running the patch-kernal scripts. (which kept asking what file
> > I wanted to patch)
> 
> It sounds like the patch didn't work successfully.  I don't know what
> the patch-kernel scripts do (I always just apply them manually).

well i had 4 pathes to apply, so i thought this would save a little
effort.

I will try with a pristine and see what happens, but to double check I
should have ppp, and scsi and select my scsi card if its no already done
for me.


> Also, if you are using the kernel-source package from a distribution
> such as Debian or RedHat, you can't apply the patches from 2.0.34 --
> you must download the pristine sources from ftp.kernel.org.  The
> reason is that RedHat has made some modifications and Debian includes
> some things in their 2.0.33 image that were not in the upstream
> version (fat32 support for instance) but are present in 34.  These
> things will keep the patch from working.
> 
> -- 
> John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
> Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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