apt-get install libncurses5-dbg
did the trick. now the
'make menuconfig' works now so it's off to trying to find the modules to support (2) usb cameras:
the web cam and the quickcam
If anybody has deb packages or ides how to get these working, under kernel version
2.4.18, let me know
James
OK,
It took me a few days, but, I decided to experiment with kernel building on a separate system
for now. These steps work until I enter in:
'mak,e menuconfig'
which give me this error:
You must have Ncurses installed in order to use 'make menuconfig'
Numerous attempts to find the *.deb package that has the libcurses, ncurses or curses
stuff, have resulted in several additional packages containing *curses* but nothing corrects
this error?
Ideas?
James
Andrew Perrin wrote:
You're confusing debian versions with kernel versions. Debian woody (3.0)
can run on top of a 2.4.x kernel - I do it with 2.4.20, which I had to
download by hand from packages.debian.org, but if you're OK with 2.4.18,
you can get it with apt-get:
cd /usr/src apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18 bunzip2 kernel-source*bz tar xf kernel-source-2.4.18.tar cd kernel-source-2.4.18 make menuconfig
...
make-kpkg kernel_image cd .. dpkg -i ./kernel-image-.....
should do it.
ap
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, James wrote:
Hello,
I need many of the new features in a 2.4 based kernel on my portable. However, I like the Stable packages, as I have not had any issues, except my own lack of knowledge of Debian on a laptop.
I read that may people are running 2.4.x kernels on their portables. Is there a (semi) stable release of Debian 2.4, that I can run on a portable?
I have a Prostar P-IV running at 2GHz....
I have not tried to fix these 2.2 problems:
/dev/dsp device not found and not working i.e. no sound. (I prefer Alsa)
CD/DVD anything as the native deb install does not allow much of
anything to work
I install with floppies....
Could a portable boot 2 kernels (2.2.a and 2.4) from lilo without having
the installed packages wig out?
This way I can test everything on the same portable BEFORE making a
permanent commitment to 2.4.
Is 2.4.x near a formal release for Debian?
I really do not want to install everthing twice, but, if I have to I could do this and test all that is critical on 2.4, before deleteing the 2.2 kernel and packages? Suggestions and pointers to a howto?
Actually, this is hopefully answered somewhere(in a howto) ????
I also want to add xawtv and many other MPEG4 packages, but, they only seem to run on a 2.4 kernel.
Ideas and suggestions are most welcome!
James
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