On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > Hello! > > I'm running potato with the 2.4.8-ac5 kernel (make-kpkg'd from the official > source). My problems are the following: > > * I configured ppp, vfat, sound, etc as modules. On a regular terminal > (customized to runlevel 2), the modules are loaded automatically. But > everytime I boot to runlevel 3 (loads gdm automatically), everytime i try to > mount a vfat partition, the system would print out "vfat not supported by the > kernel." I deduce that if vfat doesn't work, then other modules won't load in > an X environment. I've got no plans to recompile the kernel as it'll make the > (big) kernel already bigger. How do i workaround this? do i need to upgrade > modconf or modutils? if so, how do i do it without "woodying" my system? I'm > only using a pc with dial-up connection so i can't easily make a dist-upgrade > without eating lots of time. > > *how do i make ppp run in 2.4.x kernels? i already downloaded the latest pppd > from the samba ftp site. i believe i have to debianize it first. How do i do > it without breaking the original ppp configurations (like pon, poff etc?) > this is the only major constraint i have that hinders me from fully enjoying > linux. i can't configure ppp right (i just am not comfortable with > dual-booting to windows just to connect to the net). how do i do it (aside > from RTFM)? > > *i have the sources of gcc-3.0 and glibc-2.2.3. Is it advisable to install > them without debianizing them? are the consequences too grave? > > Thanks for taking time! > > Paolo Falcone >
Go to http://www.debian.org There you'll find a link on how to prepare potato for running kernel 2.4 via apt-get. I don't have it here since my HD crashed this morning. Frank
