Alex Maneu Victoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have downloaded from the internet some "patches" > for my parallel port. The objective is to finally use > the printer and the Zip drive, but not at the same time. > > Basically I have 2 questions: > 1) How should I "install" these patches and then configure > it all to finally be able to print?
Find out which kernelversion the patches are made for. Download the official kernel sources from ftp.kernel.org. You cannot use the kernel source provided by Debian, because they may already contain some patches. Unpak the kernel source into /usr/local/src. This should create the directory /usr/local/src/linux. Enter this directory and type the command: patch -p0 < some-path/patchfile Now you are ready to compile the kernel. I suggest you install the Debian package "kernel-package". This package contains scripts that allow you to easily compile the kernel into a ready-to-install kernel-image.deb package. - Sten Anderson -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
