jmr_071769 wrote: > Alexander Toresson wrote: > > > I myself has added those ip* modules. Dunno if I need them. It was while > > trying to get my wireless nic to work. > > > > Anyway, do you know how to get fn-setup to work in linux? > > > > Regards, Alexander Toresson > > > > > > unga bunga! what a ton of modules! > > here's a few things to consider: > > when you're compiling, consider all that nice info you've listed, strip > out what you don't need (of course), and track down and compile the > following *into* the kernel: > > -the proper chipsets ( ide/pci/agp/isa/southbridge)
ide chipset: Intel PIIXn pci graphics card: neomagic agp: system doesn't have anyone isa: cs4237b soundcard, compatible with the cs4232 oss driver southbridge: I didn't find any setting to change this. Actually, I don't know what it is. I've compiled in support for the cardbus bridge, though no setting was found to compile support for the PIIX4 bridges. > -isa/pnp support PNP and ISAPNP are compiled in. > -your root filesystem type Ext2 and ext3 are compiled in. > those ip modules you added are most likely for ipv6 and firewalling with > iptables. if your machine is directly connected to the internet, then > it's a good idea to at least use iptables. > > as far as x goes, a good idea is to edit your /etc/inittab and set it to > runlevel 3 instead of 5 to boot into console. that way, if x bails, you > should still have an environment to work with. I searched for info about runlevels, and runlevel 2-5 are the same on debian systems. My default runlevel is runlevel 2. I have disabled xdm from starting by placing 'exit 0' at the top at /etc/init.d/xdm. This works in my stock kernel. I get a nice prompt for login. However, with me self-compiled kernel, the system just stops when it's supposed to prompt me for login. I tried starting the new kernel in recovery mode. In this mode, I got a prompt to enter the root password, I did so, and then I was in. Almost everything but X seems to be working. lspci displayed everything it displayed with the old kernel. However, lspnp complained that /proc/bus/pnp didn't exist. And it didn't, even though I compiled in support for pnp and isapnp. And there were also some minor things, like I hadn't selected ad1848 support in the kernel config, which was needed by my soundcard, and I hadn't compiled in support for usb-snd-audio, which is needed by my midi interface. Another interesting thing was that the cd-rom device had moved from /dev/hdc to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0. Also, /dev/hda (the hd) and /dev/hdb (floppy) didn't exist, though they could be reached in a similar manner. May this have serious impact? Anyway, I'm beginning to think that there's something seriously wrong with my config. It seems to be unable to display a normal login prompt, which may also affect X. Regards, Alexander Toresson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
