On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 03:07:11AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 02:28:39AM -0600, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > > (Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in addition to debian-users. > > Thanks.) > > > > What are my options? > > If I were you I'd install the kernel 2.2.18 source, the kernel-package > package, and build a kernel. yes. it's a bit daunting the firstr > time, but I figured it out a few years ago and I'm not the brightest > bulb on the tree :) The kernel-package setup makes it all really > easy. > > Here's what you do: > > - Install kernel-source, kernel-package, fakeroot, and libncurses5-dev > - make menuconfig (or make xconfig) make sure you pick the lp and > parport modules! > - run `kernel-package --clean' > - run `fakeroot kernel-package --revision=local.2.2.18-1 kernel_image' > - cd ..; dpkg -i kernel-image-2.2.18_local.2.2.18-1_i386.deb > > That's it! Modules will be installed where they should be, lilo will > run if you want it (and you point it at a generic target like > /vmlinuz). Of course it's a good idea to check your lilo config and > run it again as root before you reboot :) > I like the sound of the first plan, so here goes.... Thank you for the detailed little cookbook procedure! I don't compile kernels more than once in a blue moon, and my old grey cells are getting greyer by the week. I am trying to master the debian way, which I hope will last me for awhile, and I need a good kernel config/install recipe.
gp > > Simply install some package? Must I upgrade first? > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > If so, what package gets me a slew of modules, or at least the lp.o > > module? > > You could punt on the above, and run > > `apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.18pre21' > > > Compile from source? > > ----------------------------------- > > I have the file kernel-source-2.2.15.tar. I know that lp.c is in > > there, but I wonder if all the header files, etc, that I need are > > there. (I don't often compile c programs, and don't undertand well > > enough how debian divvies up the various files into packages.) > > > > I haven't found a document which describes how to proceed to locate > > all the pieces and compile a module from source, but could probably > > follow it if I had one. > > You could follow the directions above with your 2.2.15 source, but > 2.2.15 has enough problems that I'd go with newer code. > > Good luck! > > -- > Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better > Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton -- Gordon Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
