> Hi! > > I'm using a laptop that needs the vt8623fb module and I don't know how > I can just compile the module alone since recompiling the whole kernel > (even if it's tweaked) takes way too much time on my machine. > > I've lost 3days doing nothing but unsuccessful researches on the > subject. > Now I spent something like 8~9hours compiling the kernel using the ABS > (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernels/Compilation/Arch_Build_System) > with the modules I needed and it just ended up creating a dummy empty > package (while saying that everything was done successfully). > Not to mention that patching the kernel from 3.2 to 3.2.7 just fails > miserably for no reason (?!) so I had to tweak the PKGBUILD to grab > the GNU/Linux Libre Kernel 3.2.7 directly. > > It's seriously driving me mad and I'm starting to wonder if I just > doesn't have a IQ high enough to do all of theses things. > > If anyone knows how to help me, you have all my attention. For now > I'll just prevent myself from smashing this computer on the floor. > Also, before anyone start to answer my problem by not answering it: I > don't want to use another distribution than Parabola. I have a problem > and I want to fix it. > > Thank you all in advance for your answers, > Marc-Alexandre Espiaut
I'm forwarding this message to the dev list because looks like nobody wants to help me out with the list for assist people. I can't help you out with that, is very technical for my skills, but, that module's source code is free as in freedom? sorry, we must ask first... -- Jorge Araya Navarro Universitario, idealista y pseudo-activista del Software Libre. Siquirres, Limón, Costa Rica. http://swt.encyclomundi.net Diaspora*: http://diasp.org/u/shackra identi.ca: http://parlementum.net/sweet Jabber: [email protected] Skype: ¡De ninguna manera, tras de privativo, te espían!. el software privativo en GNU/Linux, al igual que en Windows o en MacOs, te hace un ser no-libre. Deja de engañarte, ¡¡despierta ahora!!: http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html http://replicant.us/about/
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