[clue-tech] Need lots of help at Installfest

[David L. Willson]

How can my brand-new kernel have missing deps?  How do I figure out which device is my cdrom, or if my cdrom is even being recognized?  Ah!  Linux hardware management, we hates it.

David L. Willson
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
MCT, MCSE, Linux+
tel://720.333.LANS

----- "Red Mop" <redmop924 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Before you ran "make oldconfig" did you copy an existing kernel config
> to the kernel source directory and name it ".config"?
> 
> 
> 
> Shawn
> 
> 
> 
> On Friday 15 May 2009 05:47:28 pm David L. Willson wrote:
> > It's a DOD project. Running in a VM is not an option. Worse yet, the
> top priority is that the serial port must work. The ~serial~ port?
> What? I don't even know what to use one for, anymore, much less test
> it in Linux.
> >
> > Anyone got a clue for me on how to figure out which hardware is
> being supported by which module and vice-versa?
> >
> > And, when doing a "make oldconfig" the default for all new options
> is "(NEW)". Does that mean that choosing new causes me to choose the
> default answer for the new option? Or does "(NEW)" map to "no" or does
> it mean something else?
> >
> > David L. Willson
> > Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
> > MCT, MCSE, Linux+
> > tel://720.333.LANS
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> clue-tech mailing list
> clue-tech at cluedenver.org
> http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-tech