On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 05:35:46PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > Folks (to the whole list, but esp'ly Messes Smith [NL & AU], > > I'll believe that my ISDN link is working when/if I see this > echoed from the -questions list. I was busy rebuilding my 6.2 > GENERIC kernel after having added > > ^device atapicam
> Lest I stray *too* far OT, I'll share the results of my 3rd > kernel rebuild on this Dell. It crapped out; it hung after > printing out the sio0 line. I had to powercycle and went in by > typing "8" (??) and by hand booting /boot/kernel.old. I tried > twice more by removing part of the additions to GENERIC. Same; > the new kernel still hung. > Here are the sizes of the new kernel (with atapicam) and > the old. > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7206901 Nov 23 21:00 kernel > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4001279 Apr 9 2007 kernel > > I realize that drivers can require a lot of space, but not > over 1.2 megs. Att any rate, the newer kernel hangs. > > I will upgrade to the newest 6.2 and try to get the audio > toys functioning. But does anybody know where I fouled up? Can you post or mail your kernel config? I can sed you mine if that helps. > Could it be as simple as Not having done a make clean > before doing a make buildkernel? It is recommended to clean out /usr/obj before starting a new build. > I don't burn // copy audio > discs that often and haven't ever copied a DVD; I just want these > new utilities to work. You could try burncd, which doesn't require the speudo-SCSI stuff. But I've heard a lot of grumbling about it on the list over the years. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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