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Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> On 7/13/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
>>> A non-programmer. I read that IP-over-FireWire can only be done
>>> in Linux by recompiling the kernel. Maybe this was wrong.
>
> Compiling a kernel is *not* "programming". It does, though, take a
> bit of geek knowledge.
>
> What kernel are you running? If a stock Debian binary kernel, then
> the work has probably been already done for you.
>
>> AGNULA/DeMudi 2.6.12
>> It doesn't offer me any sort of option to use firewire in the
>> Networking panel. Modem, Ethernet, Wireless, Parallel Line, and
>> Infrared.
>> Didn't there used to be a find option in the Debian File Browser?
>> This is just one of those things I can't think of any possible reason
>> not to include, but it's not there. And the Help file for File
>> Browser is not found. Maybe I should toss AGNULA and just install
>> Debian like I did before.
I only use Firewire for external storage and pulling video from a
camcorder. Linux works perfectly for that.
There is also Ethernet-over-Firewire, which Sid auto-detects. Why
your install doesn't autodetect it, I can't say.
$ dmesg | grep eth1
eth1394: eth1: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0)
$ /sbin/ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
00-50-8D-00-00-D4-B8-9B-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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