kernel recompile-last step?

Hi all, I have been troubleshooting PCMCIA/802.11b networking under SuSE 7.3 on a Mac PowerBook, and learning quite a bit, actually. I'm at the last step of recompiling this feature into the kernel and have a couple questions--Aaahhh, my first recompile...'I wish my brother George were here!

Re: SuSE ISOs

>Michael, >This is one reason why there are different distributions, with >different philosophies. Of course. I just didn't know when I bought in to SuSE how different their 'philosophy' was ;0) They put together a fabulous package which almost installed itself. But the pieces that fell throug

SuSE ISOs (for intel/pentium)? Where?

>SuSE places the ISOs online after the release has been out for a month. I don't think this is true, anyway. I have gone round with this as I was trying to find an iso for one of their PPC distros a year ago. AFAIK the only iso's they provide are for 'less supported' hardware like Sparc, Alpha

Re2: 802.11b setup, beginner question(s)

Ferenc, thanks for your reply. I will boot into Linux in a moment and try your suggestions, but first a couple follow up questions: >modprobe pcmcia_core, yenta_socket(s?), ds. Then your card's module. I think when I try this the computer cannot find pcmcia_core. I'll try it again, and for th

802.11b setup, beginner question(s)

Okay, here comes round 1 questions. This is pretty basic and boring stuff so if you don't feel inclined to respond, not to mention read this stuff, then delete at will ;0) I have listed below stuff I have found out, and *think* I know to be the case. I'm reading about kernel building and modu

vi humor(!?), plus useful info

Speaking of vi... Apologies if this has been run into the ground too many times already, but a sysadmin friend sent the following link my way today: http://www.splange.freeserve.co.uk/misc/vi.html Basically seems like an amusing introduction to the "cult of vi" for the un-enlightened, like me

/etc/fstab, thanks!

Thanks for the thought-filled and insightful replies! Getting such detailed descriptions that go below the surface is just the thing to speed my 'education.' I found the Zip drive HOWTO at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html#toc9) It was in with the "mini" HOWTOs and that's why I miss

/etc/fstab beginner question

Hi again, I'm fine tuning my fstab for devices and permissions that I want to use, and I'm looking for clarification of a couple points that don't seem to be detailed in the fstab or mount man pages nor in my unix and linux books: The vanilla SuSE 7.3 install on my Mac PowerBook (PPC) contains

beginner compile question

Hi all, Speaking of OpenOffice 1.0, I downloaded it (with wget which was unbelievably fast considering the apparent traffic load) and noticed the LinuxIntel part of the tar.gz filename. Does that really mean it is architecture-specific? If this involves something like 'recompiling' to run prop

root PATH, double posts

Hope I'm not getting on any nerves yet with my PATH questions, but anyway my PATH as seen when logged in as root is -- /usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin seems like I can just leave that alone... Another thing -- I'm getting double posts from a lot of people, including Paul L. Is thi

BSD distro for MacOSX?

After checking out the Fink project at sourceforge.net I decided to asked my friend who wrote UltraScan for linux whether it might soon be possible to run his software 'directly' under OSX. (He is planning to make a commercial version for MacOSX users) He replied: I don't think it is quite as

PATH (was total newbie)

Well, the encouraging replies from Derek M., Dan C., and Benjamin S. have turned my frown upside down! (thanks for tolerating my whiney tone yesterday) Simply put, my PATH is really hosed up! /sbin nowhere to be found. No wonder I've been having so much trouble! But let me back up briefly and

total newbie question

Okay, apologies in advance, but something I _just dont get_ is the PATH variable. (I'm a born and raised Macintosh user so please bear with me) I bought a SAMS Teach Yourself book on Unix, but it says nothing about WHY this PATH thing is even necessary. (Under MacOS... if I invoke the 'FIND' c

Re: Newbie article...

Well, as another newbie I guess I'll chime in here with a few lighthearted comments. Bottom line -- its not easy being a newbie ;0) Its fun to hear something of what's going on for the experts on this list, but most of the time I don't understand what is being discussed. That's okay, its stil

SuSE 7.3 for PPC

Well, since I can't buy more hours in a day to learn how to DIY my own Linux updates, I think buying this brand new package from SuSE is what I need to get things working quickly, and I can RTFM in my 'spare' time to figure out what I'm doing. I've been impressed with their documentation and

OT: where to buy?

Hi all, I'm considering buying SuSE 7.3 for PPC, because it seems to be better suited for out-of-the-box use of MacOnLinux (MOL), as well as USB support, PC card slot configuration, and some other things I haven't been able to get working yet. (Things that wouldn't be a problem if I knew what

ls thanks

Thanks, everyone, for your input. Derek mentions colors as well: alias ls='ls -aF --color=tty' If you don't like the default colors, you can set LS_COLORS with your own settings. The easiest way to do that is with the dircolors(1) command. Neat trick I learned from slackware. :) Yeah, sinc

more ls command

Hi folks, On a related note, sort of, I discovered that under SuSE 7.1 for PPC, that if I type ll the output looks the same as if I had typed ls -l, but there is no man page for 'el el'? Is this common for different groups to add their own shorthands, and then not include them in the manpages

Stop spam? (Was OT cool email...)

>...I started adding +comments to my email address >several months back, and have been filtering mail based on those >since. >Makes it much easier to catch SPAM in the filters that way. Aha! Now THIS is what I wanted to get into from the beginning! How might li'l ol' me use these X-header thin

OT-cool email tricks? :0)

Hey, Mike Ledoux's header had the following (emphasis added on last line) --snip-- To: Michael Bovee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: NHPR bitcasts x-no-productlinks: yes x-no-archive: yes X-OpenPGP-KeyID: 0x57C3430B X-OpenPGP-Fingerprint: AA02 86F6 FE1

Re: NHPR bitcasts

Hi all, As a new guy on the block, and a die hard Macintosh (now *improved* with Linux!) user I'm curious that no one has commented about QuickTime for live streaming. I suppose because its just another proprietary format, but in that respect I would guess it should at least be the equal of R

newbie introduces hisself...

Hi all, I'll try to Keep this Simple -- I do research at UVM, and I discovered some extraordinary research software...that runs only under Linux. First came that sinking feeling, but then I thought, "maybe this Mac-user-for-life can do this?" With the help of several otherwise very busy frie