>On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, Pavel Musil wrote:
>> Thanks to all of you for your answers. I shall start with re-compiling the
>> kernel. However, I don't know what CONFIG_SYSVIPC is and how to compile the
>> kernel with it. When I installed RedHat 6.1 I chose the easy graphic
>> installation and I don't remember the installer to inquire about any kernel
>> options. Does anybody happen to know if there is an easy way to recompile
>> the kernel from some X utility or has it to be done manually.
I don't know about RH 6.1, but kernel compilation in general consists of
several steps, detailed in /usr/src/linux/README (where the linux part of
the preceding path is a symlink to your kernel version, e.g., 2.2.13). The
step of creating the .config file that can be done in three ways:
make config -- the old-style, question-and-answer way
make menuconfig -- a (ncurses-based, looks like) text-
screen menu. Looks lice in an eterm; this is
the one I usually use.
make xconfig -- a GUI-based menu that lets you choose
among most (I don't think quite all) of the
configuration options. I little too gimmicky
for my taste, but some like it. It requires
tcl to run.
Actually there is a fourth way, if you're feeling brave -- you can edit the
file /usr/src/linux/.config by hand, in vi or emacs or whatever ...
occasionally, I've been driven to this when a corrections is described too
obscurely for me to find it by way of any of the *config scripts.
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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