Hi Nikhil,
On Thursday 20 Jan 2005 10:47 am, Nikhil Karkare wrote:
> Hello Pluggies
>
> I had a couple of questions -
> 1. I want to install package Y using RPM. Package Y depends on Package
> Z which depends on Package A and so on. Is there a way to automate
> this process? Can I download all the required RPM's for package Y with
> some utlity?
Since you mentioned that you use Fedora, I'd suggest you use 'yum' download
and learn more about it here:
http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/
>
> 2. I have a Reliance LG-LSP340E phone which I want to use for the
> internet (via USB)from my laptop running FC1. Sadly - Reliance gives
> support for only COM. I use the COM to USB attachment to connect to my
> USB port. Does anyone know how to map the USB port to COM? Its
> possible in Windows...
I guess mapping the usb to COM should be pretty straight forward with the
usbserial module. However, I'm sorry you'd have to wait for somebody who has
had experience with Reliance phones to help you out with the actual details.
>
> 3. How do I configure Linux so that I don't have to log in anytime -
> preferrably in X (assume that runlevel is 5).
Install the autologin rpm and configure your display manager (gdm ??)
> 4. Is there a way to upgrade from a 2.4 kernel to a 2.6 kernel? I know
> make oldconfig works on the same major revision of the kernel. Is
> there a way I can get the settings of the current kernel (2.4) and put
> them in the 2.6 .config file automatically?
Well, that wouldn't be recommended. More so because the build system for the
kernel has undergone some major changes since the 2.4 days. If you already
have the sources I'd reccomend re-configuring your kernel.
Another advantage of doing this, is that you can actually see what's new
and choose to use new features which are typically disabled by default when
they are introduced.
> 5. Anyone ever worked with webcams on Linux? I want to capture and
> process an image with my application from the webcam every 1 second or
> so... I have /dev/video0 mapped and running fine. xawtv works fine.
umm ...what did google throw up ?? ...you did google right ?? :)
Regards
Steve
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