On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 09:42:54PM -0600, K.R. Foley wrote: > Ruben Safir wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 03:10:43PM -0600, K.R. Foley wrote: > >> Ruben Safir wrote: > >>> Hello > >>> > >>> I updated my kernel and its broken the automounter. Does anyone know how > >>> I might > >>> repair it for the USB devices, Floppy and CDROM? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Ruben > >> Suse kernels of the 9.x era carried a patch for subfs. If you can get > >> that to apply to your newer kernel it might work. I am attaching a copy > >> that worked with a 2.6.16 kernel. Good luck. > >> > >> -- > >> kr > > > > that's interesting. I figured that SuSE had to make a kernel hack to make > > the automounter to > > work correctly since it just doesn't work well in standard distrobution. > > > > Do you have a link that tells you how to add a patch like this to the > > kernel module? > > > > Ruben > > > > DISCLAIMER: Do this at your own risk. I assume you know how to build and > install a kernel from source or we wouldn't be having this conversation. > > save attachment > cd <your kernel sourcedir> > cat <savedfile> | patch -p1 --dry-run (-p1 strips (one - hence -p1) > level of directory, --dry-run says don't actually apply patch just test) > > Make sure there are no failed hunks. Fuzz is ok but no failures. If you > have failures the patch won't work. If no failures continue to next step. > > cat <savedfile> | patch -p1 (now really apply the patch) > make oldconfig > > If it doesn't prompt you about subfs run make menuconfig and turn on > subfs for module. > > make; make modules_install; make install > > You should be on familiar ground now I assume. > >
Thank You! I left this entire message intact for archival and google purposes even if I broke the thread. First, I want to thank you for being so kind, and secondly for giving very appropriate help, which speaks to a user who knows his way around the keyboard and has some basic grounding in the OS and computers in general. I've always avoided patches (and diff) because they make me nervous and the docs actually confuse me. Like many documents and man pages they can often be written as if the reader is as familiar with the process or program as much as the writer. It often takes coaching to understand what is being read. Your help, without fanfare, or extraneous personal commentary is just what makes a community more effective and many many people can learn from you. If your ever in New York, give me a ring and I'll buy you a beer. If your up to it, NYLXS does inservice lectures aimed at just this kind of material. >From experience at trying to help people, I know that this kind of help is >time consuming and difficult to write. I want you to know that I personally apreciate the effort and wish that I could spend a lifetime being just as clear and just as helpful to others. Respectfully as always Ruben > > -- > kr -- http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.< You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one." © Copyright for the Digital Millennium -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
