Re: How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-15 Thread J N
Kenward: Did Dell have the information down to the chipsets that were used? I have yet to find that information... perhaps it's as simple as all the chipsets that were used at Dell were made at Dell, but I haven't seen that statement made yet, so I didn't know for sure... For example, the

Re: How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-15 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:29:13AM -0600, J N wrote: Kenward: Did Dell have the information down to the chipsets that were used? I have yet to find that information... perhaps it's as simple as all the chipsets that were used at Dell were made at Dell, but I haven't seen that statement

Re: How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-15 Thread Jason Norment
I followed all the links on that page, off that page into tldp.org (found many neat how-to's in there that I will be referencing as I'm attempting to get this kernel to do everything I want it to), but no information on the same level that would allow me to make smarter choices when

Re: How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-15 Thread Jason Norment
Debian installed pretty well without a hitch. (There was a minor sound problem, but it was easily remedied.) I'm now trying to compile the newest and greatest kernel available (that's listed as stable), and I aim to get such features as 'automounting' working... (A few other 'wants', such as

Re: How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-15 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:00:06PM -0600, Jason Norment wrote: Debian installed pretty well without a hitch. (There was a minor sound problem, but it was easily remedied.) I'm now trying to compile the newest and greatest kernel available (that's listed as stable), and I aim to get such

How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-14 Thread J N
... I'm noticing that I appear to need to know more specific technical information than I currently have access to for my laptop: Dell Latitude CPI-A 366XT. Can anyone point me to a FAQ that would tell me what kind of chipsets were in the machine (such as FLASH chipsets), or the type of IDE

Re: How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-14 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, J N wrote: ... I'm noticing that I appear to need to know more specific technical information than I currently have access to for my laptop: Dell Latitude CPI-A 366XT. you can visit the site http://www.tuxmobil.org/ to get usefull links and stuff Can anyone point me to a FAQ that

Re: How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 10:49:29AM -0600, J N wrote: ... I'm noticing that I appear to need to know more specific technical information than I currently have access to for my laptop: Dell Latitude CPI-A 366XT. Can anyone point me to a FAQ that would tell me what kind of chipsets were in