Re: Building kernels the Debian way

2008-12-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-09 20:02 +0100, lee wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:22:51PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> > Create new default link to new source code >> >> This is absolutely unnecessary and maybe even harmful. Read the README >> in the Linux kernel tree why you should not do it. > > The NV

Re: Building kernels the Debian way (was: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created)

2008-12-09 Thread lee
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:22:51PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > Create new default link to new source code > > This is absolutely unnecessary and maybe even harmful. Read the README > in the Linux kernel tree why you should not do it. The NVIDIA driver doesn't install when it wants to comp

Re: Building kernels the Debian way

2008-12-08 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:45:08 +0100 Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-12-08 23:01 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > Sven Joachim: > >> Finally, some good advice. But before this step, you need to copy your > >> old config to linux-2.6.22.1/.config and cd to the kernel directory. >

Re: Building kernels the Debian way

2008-12-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-08 23:01 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Sven Joachim: >> Finally, some good advice. But before this step, you need to copy your >> old config to linux-2.6.22.1/.config and cd to the kernel directory. > > The copy should be unnecessary as long as the current config is > available from /p

Re: Building kernels the Debian way (was: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created)

2008-12-08 Thread Jochen Schulz
Sven Joachim: > >> Create a new config file based on the old one, this will prompt for new >> configuration settings. Read carefully every question. >> root# make oldconfig > > Finally, some good advice. But before this step, you need to copy your > old config to linux-2.6.22.1/.config and cd t

Building kernels the Debian way (was: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created)

2008-12-08 Thread Sven Joachim
I feel the need to correct a few bad ideas here. On 2008-12-08 21:53 +0100, subscriptions wrote: > Download the source code and unpack Note, none but one of the steps below require root privileges if you are a member of the `src' group or perform them below your home directory instead of /usr/sr

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-03 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Romain Lerallut wrote: > Thus spake Keith O'Connell on Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 07:34:08AM +: > > Yes you did, and that was the post that sent me (as a newbie) into > > dselect looking for "newbiedoc" but it isn't there. Some of the > > followup posts make me see that is must b

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-03 Thread Romain Lerallut
Thus spake Keith O'Connell on Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 07:34:08AM +: > Yes you did, and that was the post that sent me (as a newbie) into > dselect looking for "newbiedoc" but it isn't there. Some of the > followup posts make me see that is must be part of "woody" or "sid". > > Therein lies the pr

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-01 Thread Theo Wribe
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > Hi, > > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The > Debian Way", but I cannot seem to find it, and

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 07:34:08AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > Serafim Zanikolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Only a few days ago I posted (part of) the description of the package > > newbiedoc: > > > > Current release includes: > > ---> Co

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-01 Thread Keith O'Connell
Serafim Zanikolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > >Only a few days ago I posted (part of) the description of the package > newbiedoc: > > Current release includes: > ---> Compiling kernel

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The > Debian Way", but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Dan
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:09:08AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > | Keith O'Connell wrote: > | > > | > Hi, > | > > | > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in > | > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread dman
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:09:08AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: | Keith O'Connell wrote: | > | > Hi, | > | > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in | > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The | > Debian Way&qu

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Serafim Zanikolas
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > Hi, > > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The > Debian Way", but I cannot seem to find it, and

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Erik Steffl
Keith O'Connell wrote: > > Hi, > > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The > Debian Way", but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I would like to > read

Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Keith O'Connell
Hi, As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The Debian Way", but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I would like to read it. If it exists could someone give me the url for it plea