SIOCGIFCONF and ifr_bandwidth

Dear all, Could someone please tell me why when I use ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFCONF, (char *)cf); All the addresses returned have a link bandwidth (ifrequest->ifr_bandwidth) of 2? What does this 2 mean and why is the same for all the interfaces (eth, ppp, lo)? Thank you. Regards, Se-Hsieng - To

Specify gcc version during make

Dear all, I am running gcc version 2.96 and need to install gcc version 3.2. After this installation, how may I specify in make bzImage which compiler version to use? Thank you. Regards, Se-Hsieng - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message

Oversized kernel

Dear all, I've just compiled a new kernel and the vmlinuz is over 2Mb in size. Since mkbootdisk returns : Not enough space and I don't have a CD writer on my system, I'm unable to create a boot disk and am a little wary about not having one. How does one know what are the minimum options to choos

Newbie can't start ftpd

Hi, I installed a custom installation of Redhat 7.3 and would like to get the simplest ftp server running. ftp localhost gives me "ftp: connect: Connection refused" I would like to use the basic linux-ftpd-0.17 but typing "ftpd" doesn't help. Please tell me how I may use the basic ftpd command a

2.5.59: Kernel: No module found in object

Dear all, I have to get the Nokia D211 working in the 2.5.59 kernel. I tweaked the driver files (which are meant for 2.4.x kernels) and it compiles and installs fine but when I insert the PCMCIA device, I get: cardmgr[1302]: socket 0: Nokia D211 cardmgr[1302]: executing: 'modprobe nokia_cs' cardm

'Irq_vectors.h: No such file or directory' in 2.5.59

Hello, While compiling the Nokia D211 driver on my computer, I received the following error message. /usr/src/linux-2.5.59/include/asm/irq.h:16:75: irq_vectors.h: No such file or directory Line 15-16 of the above file is as follows: /* include comes from machine specific directory */ #include "i

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Dear all, Is iproute2 necessary for IPv6 to work properly on 2.5.59 kernel? I've tried all combinations in the makefile for ADDLIB and LDLIBS but still get the following errors: I've applied the following patches to my kernel patch-o-matic-20020825 and Lksctp-2_5_59-0_6_5.patch I've also instal

Upgrading from 2.4.18 to 2.5.59

together. Furthermore, may I use the kernel sources on this site since I can't find 2.5.59 on redhat? Thank you. Eng Se-Hsieng Singapore - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordom